BA/MA, International Studies
If you are a qualified international studies major, you can begin taking graduate-level courses under the supervision of an advisor during your senior year. All remaining graduate-level courses that are required for the master’s will be completed the following year.
This joint degree is a great opportunity to accelerate your career, giving you the chance to enter the workforce with the competitive edge of a graduate degree while only adding one year to the typical undergraduate experience.
If you are a qualified international studies major, you can begin taking graduate-level courses under the supervision of an advisor during your senior year. All remaining graduate-level courses that are required for the master’s will be completed the following year.
This joint degree is a great opportunity to accelerate your career, giving you the chance to enter the workforce with the competitive edge of a graduate degree while only adding one year to the typical undergraduate experience.
Specializations
You are required to choose at least one area of specialization and successfully complete at least three upper-division INTS courses (12 credit hours) within that area.
Specialization areas include:
- Global Political Economy & International Politics
- International Development & Health
- International Organizations, Security & Human Rights
- Sustainability
Program Features
This program combines all requirements from the International Studies bachelor's and master's, including proficiency in a foreign language. You will also study abroad as part of your learning experience.
See all program features below.
Application Requirements
Informal Application Due Sophomore Year
You're required to submit a non-binding, informal application and a letter of intent to the associate director of the BA program to be considered for BA/MA candidacy.
Formal Application Due Junior Year
All official application materials must be received no later than February 1st of your junior year. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered. Dual degree applicants are subject to the standard application fee.
Featured Courses
INTS 4349
Comparative Public Policy and Finance
About this Course
Course aims to provide in-depth treatment of the question "why do size, form, financing, and distributive outcomes of government differ so greatly across nations?
INTS 4370
Political Economy of Globalization
About this Course
An introductory course on the nature of global economic integration in the postwar period, including contending theoretic perspectives, and several applied issues and policy dilemmas such as the evolving nature of firms (e.g. globalization of production), the "new international of labor," and the status of national sovereignty/policy autonomy in an integrated world economy, politics and markets, and currents themes in political economy.
INTS 4501
Comparative Politics in the 21st Century
About this Course
Comparative Politics: States and Societies in the 21st Century, is a core course in the graduate program curriculum of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies. The course explores theoretical perspectives and policy-relevant knowledge in comparative politics, a sub-field of contemporary political science that considers the ways in which states and societies govern themselves or "allocate value" in countries around the world. Governance is arguably the pivotal variable in the realization of contemporary global development and human security objectives. The principal question the course addresses is: What is "governance," and how does is serve to work for, or against, peace and development in countries around the world?
Application Information
Learn about completing degree requirements for both the BA and the MA in International Studies.
