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IAPA Course Offerings

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  • Courses cannot be substituted.

AY 2025-2026

GATEWAY
ECON 1000Using Big Data
IAPA 0400 Fiscal Plumbing the American Tax State
IAPA 0700Political Economy of Hard Policy Problems
POLS 0400Introduction to International Politics
SOC 1480What's Wrong with Empowerment
FOUNDATIONAL
 
IAPA 1002Foundations of Policy and Governance 
ELECTIVES    See full list of pre-approved electives.
IAPA 1201DSocial Entrepreneurship
IAPA 1203History of American Intervention
IAPA 1401Economic Development in Latin America
RESEARCH METHODS    See full list of research methods courses.
IAPA 1500AEthnographic Research Methods
JR SEMINARS    This is a partial list. Additional courses TBD.
IAPA 1700VMedia and Nation Building in Africa
IAPA 1700WNeoliberalism and the Global Right
IAPA 1700XWorld Peace and its Discontents
IAPA 1701NDiplomacy: An Art That Isn't Lost
IAPA 1701SWar and Daily Life
IAPA 1701TGlobal Transformations in Technology
IAPA 1701VDemocratization
IAPA 1701XAmerican Education Policy in Historical and Comparative Perspective
CAPSTONE Option 1 - SR SEMINAR    This is a partial list. Additional courses TBD.
IAPA 1801FPrison Abolition as Policy
IAPA 1801HDocumentary Filmmaking
IAPA 1801WNational Security
IAPA 1803Humanitarian Response in Modern Conflict
IAPA 1804HEarly History of the CIA
IAPA 1821PPolitical Psychology
CAPSTONE Option 2 - HONORS THESIS
IAPA 1816AHonors Thesis (Part 1) - Thesis Seminar
GATEWAY 
IAPA 0300Costs of War
IAPA 0310Reimagining Human Security
POLS 1250Politics of European Democracies
IAPA [NEW]National Security Decision-Making
POLS 1435Politics of Climate Change
FOUNDATIONAL
 
IAPA 1001Foundations of Development
IAPA 1003Foundations of Security
ELECTIVES    See full list of pre-approved electives.
IAPA 1201ENonprofit Organizations
RESEARCH METHODS    See full list of research methods courses.
IAPA 1500DResearch Design & Methods (QUAL)
IAPA 1502What Works: Program Evaluation
JR SEMINARS    This is a partial list. Additional courses TBD.
IAPA 1701DTurning Rights Into Realities
IAPA 1701WCold War in Latin America
CAPSTONE Option 1 - SR SEMINAR    This is a partial list. Additional courses TBD.
IAPA 1801GTechnology and Development
IAPA 1802BDevelopment's Visual Imaginaries
IAPA 1804MOvercoming Threats to Human Security
IAPA 1806State and Nation Building in Communist Europe
IAPA 1807 Gendered States
IAPA [NEW]Life in PVD 
CAPSTONE Option 2 - HONORS THESIS
IAPA 1817AHonors Thesis (Part II) - Independent Study

AY 2024-2025

GATEWAY

IAPA 0400Fiscal Plumbing
POLS 1020Politics of the Illicit Global Economy
SOC 1480What's Wrong With Empowerment: Critical Perspectives on development
SOC 1490Power, Knowledge, and Justice in Global Social Change

FOUNDATIONAL

 
IAPA 1001Foundations of Development
IAPA 1002Foundations of Policy and Governance
IAPA 1003Foundations of Security

ELECTIVES

 
IAPA 1201DSocial Entrepreneurship
IAPA 1203History of American Intervention
IAPA 1207The Politics of Developing Countries
IAPA 1401Economic Development in Latin America

RESEARCH METHODS

IAPA 1500AEthnographic Research Methods

JR SEMINARS

 
IAPA 1700MComparative Politics of Urban Development
IAPA 1700UCivil Resistance
IAPA 1701NDiplomacy: An Art That Isn't Lost
IAPA 1701VDemocratization
IAPA 1701XAmerican Education Policy
IAPA 1702ESmart, Fluid & Out of Control
IAPA 1702FPolitical (dis)engagement
IAPA 1702GGoverning Marginalized Groups: How State Institutions Shape Social Inequality in the U.S.
IAPA 1702HThe Politics of Industrial Transformation
IAPA 1702IGovernance from Scialist to Post-Socialist China
IAPA 1702JThe (Racial) Politics of National Culture
IAPA 1702KThe Political Economy of the Green State
IAPA 1702LThe Dynamics of Power and Resistance in Political Contention
IAPA 1700UCivil Resistance

SR SEMINARS

 
IAPA 1801HDocumentary Filmmaking
IAPA 1801WNational Security, Innovation, and the Congress
IAPA 1801XSurveillance: State, Capitalism, and Society
IAPA 1801YPolitics of Regulation
IAPA 1802SHuman Security and Humanitarian Response
IAPA 1803Humanitarian Response in Modern Conflict
IAPA 1804Diplomacy, Crisis, War in Modern Era
IAPA 1804AIran and the Islamic Revolution
IAPA 1804DLegal Methods for Public Policy

THESIS SEMINARS

 
IAPA 1816A (01)IAPA Honors Thesis Preparation
IAPA 1816A (02)IAPA Honors Thesis Preparation
IAPA 1816A (03)IAPA Honors Thesis Preparation

GATEWAY

 
IAPA 0310Reimagining Human Security
POLS 1250The Politics of European Democracies

FOUNDATIONAL

 
IAPA 1001Foundations of Development
IAPA 1002Foundations of Policy and Governance
IAPA 1003Foundations of Security

ELECTIVES

View all IAPA-approved electives. Only courses on the approved list satisfy the requirement.

IAPA 1201ENonprofit Organizations
IAPA 1208Political Economy of China
IAPA 1402Beyond Sun, Sea and Sand

RESEARCH METHODS

View all Research Methods courses

IAPA 1500DResearch Design and Methods (Qualitative)
IAPA 1502What Works: Program Evaluation (Quantitative)

JR SEMINARS

 
IAPA 1700VMedia and Nation Building in Africa
IAPA 1700WNeoliberalism and the Global Right
IAPA 1700XWorld Peace and its Discontents
IAPA 1700YWomen and Rebellion
IAPA 1700ZGlobal Governance
IAPA 1701DTurning Rights Into Realities
IAPA 1701MJustice, Gender, Markets
IAPA 1701SWar and Daily Life
IAPA 1701TGlobal Transformations in Technology
IAPA 1702ADiplomacy and Development: Related but Different Missions

SR SEMINARS

 
IAPA 1802BDevelopment's Visual Imaginaries
IAPA 1800DLaw and Public Policy
IAPA 1801DPolitics & Journalism: A Practical Guide to How We Got Here and Where We’re Going
IAPA 1801GTechnology and Development
IAPA 1804MOvercoming Threats to Human Security
IAPA 1806State and Nation Building in Communist Europe
IAPA 1807The Politics of Reproduction
IAPA 1810Democratization and Autocratization
IAPA 1811Contemporary Digital Policy and Politics
IAPA 1814ARoots of Crisis in Central America