Graduate School of Public and International Affairs—Master of Public and International Affairs (MPIA)

The MPIA degree has two majors: global political economy (GPE) and security and intelligence studies (SIS).

The global political economy major studies the interaction between economic and political processes in an international order moving toward globalization. Their studies will include courses in international trade; international finance; states and markets; multinational corporations; trade and technology; debt distribution and welfare; and protectionism and liberalization.

The security and intelligence studies major considers the meaning of security as it has changed and broadened in recent decades as the range of threats to national and international security has widened to include some that were previously ignored and others that were unimaginable. Students in the security and intelligence studies major will examine the concept of security itself, the evolution of threats to national and international security, including conventional military, nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, as well as forms of terrorism and threats to economic and security and the environment.

Requirements for Master of Public and International Affairs

Global Political Economy Major

For the major in global political economy, students are required to complete a minimum of 48 credits:

Security and Intelligence Studies Major

For the major in security and intelligence studies leading to the Master of Public and International Affairs, students are required to complete a minimum of 48 credits:

MPIA Program Course Listings

PIA 2001 Quantitative Methods 2

PIA 2003 Research Methods

PIA 2004 Microeconomics for Public Management and Policy (prerequisite: PIA 2008 or waiver)

PIA 2005 Macroeconomics (prerequisite: PIA 2008 or waiver)

PIA 2007 Quantitative Methods

PIA 2008 Economics for Public Affairs

PIA 2009 Policy Analysis (prerequisite: PIA 2007: Quantitative Methods)

PIA 2090 Foreign Study

PIA 2096 Capstone Seminar

PIA 2097 Independent Study

PIA 2098 Internship

PIA 2099 Thesis

PIA 2300 Global Governance

PIA 2301 Global Political Economy

PIA 2302 International Financial Policy

PIA 2303 Security and Intelligence Studies

PIA 2304 Dilemmas in Globalization

PIA 2312 Globalization and Welfare in Developing Countries

PIA 2316 Intercultural Communication

PIA 2317 International Law

PIA 2319 International Trade

PIA 2322 World Economic Patterns

PIA 2324 Peacemaking and Peacekeeping

PIA 2325 Current Issues in U.S. Security Policy

PIA 2327 Terrorism

PIA 2330 Topics in Global Political Economy

PIA 2332 New Issues in Security Policy

PIA 2333 Political Economy of Proliferation and Arms Control

PIA 2336 Strategic Intelligence in International Security Studies

PIA 2341 Non-Military Approaches to International Security

PIA 2343 Humanitarianism in World Politics

PIA 2344 Problems in International Security

PIA 2347 Gender and International Security

PIA 2348 Norms and Force in International Politics

PIA 2355 World War II: The Cold War and its Impact on Developing Nations

PIA 2358 International Affairs Regional Foreign Policy Seminars

PIA 2363 Nationality, Nation-States, and International Politics

PIA 2365 Transnational Organized Crime and International Security

PIA 2366 International Organizations

PIA 2376 Transatlantic Relations

PIA 2377 U.S. and the Atlantic Alliance

PIA 2507 Principles of and Issues in Global Human Rights