Degrees Offered:

Program Title	Ph.D.	Ed.D.	M.S.	M.A.	Master  of	M.Ed.	MFA
International Studies					Y

GRADUATE FACULTY

Director of Graduate Programs:
H. H. Hobbs, Box 8102, , heidi_hobbs@ncsu.edu, Political Science

William Neal Reynolds Professor:  M. D. Schulman

Professors: F. W. Cubbage, D. M. Daley, J. K. Ocko, R. P. Patterson, M. A. Renkow, F. J. Smith, A. J. Taylor; Adjunct Professors: A. L. Schiller; Emeritus Professors: L. S. Bull, C. H. Carlton, E. W. Erickson, R. L. Moxley, J. C. Shih, M. S. Soroos, M. A. Witt; Emeritus Distinguished Professors: S. W. Buol; Associate Professors: W. A. Boettcher, J. C. Dutton, S. H. Greene, C. E. Griffin, H. H. Hobbs, M. A. Johnson, A. F. Khater, J. Kiwanuka-Tondo, R. C. Kochersberger, A. W. Mitchell, R. S. Moog, E. O'Sullivan, R. F. Stephen, R. J. Thomson, J. M. Wallace, S. T. Warren, S. B. Wiley; Emeritus Associate Professors: L. D. Gustke; Assistant Professors: L. N. Minsky, M. J. Struett; Adjunct Assistant Professors: T. E. Ray

The Master of International Studies (MIS) is a 36-hour, non-thesis professional degree program that prepares students for careers in government service, non-profit administration, international businesses, and higher education administration in international student services and study abroad. Located in the School of Public and International Affairs, the MIS degree draws upon faculty and courses from colleges and departments across the university. Approximately half of the course work for the degree is devoted to developing international knowledge and competencies. The remaining coursework is comprised of regional, topical, professional or technical specializations that are designed by students in consultation with their faculty advisors.

Admission Requirements: Applicants must provide GRE scores in addition to other application materials required by the Graduate School.

Degree Requirements: The requirements for the MIS degree are as follows:

1. 36 credit hours of course work;
2. One course from each of the following groupings:

Group A - International Relations
PS 530 Seminar in International Relations
PS 533 Global Problems and Policy
HI 554 History of U.S. Foreign Relations, 1900-Present

Group B - Comparative Politics/Societies
PS 540 Seminar in Comparative Politics
PS 542 Western European Politics
PS 543 Latin America and Caribbean Politics
PS 545 Comparative Systems of Law and Justice
SOC 514 Developing Societies
SOC 727 Comparative Societies

Group C - International Law and Organization
PS 431 The United Nations and Global Order
PS 531 International Law
PS 536 Global Environmental Law and Policy

Group D - International Economy/Development
BUS 426 International Financial Management or Ec 449 International Finance
EC 448 International Trade
ECG 540 Economic Development
PS 539 International Political Economy

Group E - Cross-cultural Communication
COM 523 International and Intercultural Communication
PSY 755 Cross-Cultural Research and Development

3. Individualized specialization of 12-15 hours. The specialization may be in a geographical region (e.g., Latin America, South Asia), an international topic (e.g., security, environment,  sustainable development), a professional field (e.g., business, public administration, non-profit management), or a technical specialty (e.g., agriculture, information technology). The specialization may include an appropriate research methodology course, if recommended by the student's faculty advisory;

4. Capstone seminar (three hours) and oral presentation of work to faculty and peers;

5. A significant foreign work or study experience;

6. Reading/listening/speaking competency in a foreign language as determined by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (FLL).

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NCSU Graduate Catalog