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Concentrations are intended to give students at the Bush School of Government and Public Service more opportunities to fashion a specific program of study tailored to their needs and interests. Students are required to complete two concentrations for their degree. Each concentration consists of three courses, and the same course may not count as contributing to more than two concentrations. At least one of the concentrations must be in the student’s chosen track within the Master of International Affairs (MIA) program. The other concentration may be selected from the other track or from the concentrations in the Master of Public Service and Administration program.

Concentrations are defined as clusters of courses dealing with a common theme or topic. Most courses in MIA concentrations are Bush School courses, but some include seminars offered by other departments at the university.

Students may elect to add a third concentration to their degree plan. These concentrations may be chosen from the pre-arranged list; or, with the faculty advisor and department head’s approval, students may design their own concentration either from courses offered throughout the university or in combination with other Bush School courses.

Concentration Topics:

National Security and Diplomacy Concentrations

Cyber Policy

Faculty coordinator: Professor Gary Brown

INTA 689 Cyber Law
INTA 706 Cyberspace Implications for National Security
INTA 713 Advanced Cyber Policy

PSAA 608 Cybersecurity Issues & Operations
CSCE 702 Law and Policy in Cybersecurity

Diplomacy

Faculty coordinator: Professor John Hennessey-Niland

*ONE CORE: Students must take INTA 603 -or- INTA 613 (both are recommended)

INTA 603 American Diplomacy* (core)
INTA 613 Diplomatic Negotiations: An Embassy Perspective* (core)
INTA 646 Foreign Policy Analysis
INTA 660 Diplomacy and International Sports
INTA 674 US Foreign Policy in the Persian Gulf
INTA 689 Foreign Affairs and the Constitution
INTA 704 American Grand Strategy

INTA 711 Briefing Tradecraft
INTA 719 US-Mexico Relations: History, Policy, and the Road Ahead
INTA 721 History, Strategy, and American Statecraft
INTA 730 Indo-Pacific and American Diplomacy
MGMT 639 Negotiations in Competitive Environments

Grand Strategy & Defense Policy

Faculty coordinator: Professors John Schuessler & Jasen Castillo

*ONE CORE: Students must take INTA 623, INTA 631, -or- INTA 704

INTA 617 Deterrence and Coercion
INTA 620 International Security (online)
INTA 623 Grand Strategy* (core)
INTA 631 US Military Policy* (core)
INTA 645 Women and Nations
INTA 646 Foreign Policy Analysis
INTA 648 Contemporary Civil Wars
INTA 654 Military Strategy in Conduct of Nations (online)
INTA 659 Transnational Security Issues
INTA 661 NATO: from Military Alliance to Collective Sec
INTA 665 National Security & Defense Planning (online)
INTA 672 East Asian Security
INTA 674 US Foreign Policy in the Persian Gulf
INTA 704 American Grand Strategy* (core)

INTA 706 Cyberspace Implications for National Security
INTA 711 Briefing Tradecraft
INTA 714 Defense Intelligence
INTA 719 US-Mexico Relations: Hist, Policy, Road Ahead
INTA 721 History, Strategy, and American Statecraft
INTA 728 War or Peace in the Space Domain 
INTA 733 Proxy Wars and Military Intervention
INTA 735 US-Latin Am Relations & the Illicit Economy
PSAA 653 Weapons of Mass Destruction
HIST 634 Maritime History and Sea Power
HIST 645 Research Seminar in War and Society
NUEN 650 Nuclear Nonproliferation and Arms Control

Intelligence

Faculty coordinator: Professor Gregory Vogle

*ONE CORE: Students must take INTA 652

INTA 650 National Security Law
INTA 652 Role of Intelligence in Security Affairs* (core)
INTA 657 Terrorism in Today’s World
INTA 659 Transnational Security Issues
INTA 689 GEOINT in National Security
INTA 696 Analytic Tradecraft
INTA 698 Advanced Analytic Tradecraft

INTA 705 Biodefense for the 21st Century
INTA 706 Cyberspace Implications for National Security
INTA 710 Intelligence Collection Systems
INTA 711 Briefing Tradecraft
INTA 714 Defense Intelligence
INTA 718 Counterterrorism Financing
INTA 723 Covert Action

Both NSD/IDEP Concentrations

Conflict and Development

Faculty coordinator: Professor Reyko Huang

ONE CORE: Students must take INTA 635, INTA 647, -or- INTA 648

INTA 624 African Politics and Regional Affairs
INTA 632 Advanced Economic Development
INTA 635 Great Famines, War, & Disaster Resp* (core)
INTA 636 Int’l Development in Theory and Practice
INTA 644 Post Conflict Recovery and Development
INTA 645 Women and Nations
INTA 647 State Building & State Failure in the Developing World* (core)  
INTA 648 Contemporary Civil Wars* (core)
INTA 659 Transnational Security Issues

INTA 671 Political Economy of the Middle East
INTA 689 Regional Challenges in Women, Peace, Security
INTA 701 Women, Int’l Dev, & Environmental Conflict
INTA 703 Clientelism & Corruption in Developing World
INTA 719 US-Mexico Relations: Hist, Policy, Road Ahead
INTA 720 Human Trafficking and Forced Migration
INTA 729 Gender and Armed Conflicts

Pandemic Preparedness and Disaster Response

Faculty coordinator: Professor Andrew Natsios

*ONE CORE: Students must take INTA 702

INTA 635 Great Famines, War, & Disaster Response
INTA 644 Post Conflict Recovery and Development
INTA 702 Infectious Diseases in the Dev World* (core)
INTA 705 Biodefense for the 21st Century

TBD Outbreak: A One Health Field Investigation
ENTO 635 Vector-Borne Disease Mgmt & Response in Human and Animal Systems
PHEB 615 Disaster Epidemiology

Women, Peace, and Security Studies

Faculty coordinator: Professor Valerie Hudson

*ONE CORE: Students must take INTA 645

INTA 625 International Trade Policy Analysis
INTA 644 Post Conflict Recovery and Development
INTA 645 Women and Nations* (core)
INTA 659 Transnational Security Issues
INTA 670 WPS Capstone (pre-req: INTA 645)
INTA 689 Regional Challenges in Women, Peace & Sec
INTA 689 Classic Readings in Feminist IR/ POLS
INTA 701 Women, Int’l Dev, & Environmental Conflict
INTA 720 Human Trafficking and Forced Migration
INTA 729 Gender and Armed Conflicts

Sample TAMU courses that may count w/ permission:

COMM 634 Communicating Gender & Sexuality
EHRD/WGST 649 Feminist Pedagogy
ENGL/WGST 680 Theories of Gender
HLTH 634 Women’s Health
POLS 660 Gateway Sem- Politics of Race & Ethnicity
POLS 673 Seminar in Gender & Politics, Perspectives
SOCI/WGST 610 Reproduction, Birth, & Power
SOCI/WGST 661 Sociology of Gender
WGST 650 Gender & International Education

International Development and Economic Policy Concentrations

Foreign Economic Policy

Faculty coordinator Prof. Luis Espinoza-Bardales

INTA 625 International Trade Policy Analysis
INTA 630 International Economic Development
INTA 636 Int’l Development in Theory & Practice
INTA 689 Foreign Aid
INTA 694 Economic Restructuring in Latin America
INTA 722 The Politics of Immigration
INTA 735 US-Latin Am Relations & the Illicit Economy
INTA 736 Environmental Issues and Development

PSAA 689 Nonprofit Advocacy in the Policy Process
ACCT/FINC 647 Financial Statement Analysis
AGEC 608 Economics of Foreign Intervention, Conflict & Development
AGEC 620 Food Security, Climate, and Conflict
ECON 617 Economics of the Multinational Firm
ECON 663 International Transfer Pricing

International Economic Development

Faculty coordinator: Professor Ren Mu

INTA 616 Economic Development in China
INTA 625 International Trade Policy Analysis
INTA 630 International Economic Development
INTA 632 Advanced Economic Development
INTA 635 Great Famines, War, & Disaster Response
INTA 636 Int’l Development in Theory & Practice
INTA 638 Political Economy & Development in Africa
INTA 640 Politics & Practice of Democracy Promotion
INTA 644 Post Conflict Recovery and Development

INTA 645 Women and Nations
INTA 689 Foreign Aid
INTA 722 The Politics of Immigration
INTA 735 US-Latin Am Relations & the Illicit Economy
INTA 736 Environmental Issues and Development
PSAA 636 Grant & Contract Mgmt in Public/Nonprofits
HLTH 607 International Health
PLAN 623 Develop Planning in Third World Countries

Regional Concentrations

Open to both NSD and IDEP students.
One course must be a Bush School course; only one course may be undergraduate.
See MIA Department staff on how to qualify undergraduate courses for graduate credit.

China and Indo-Pacific

Faculty coordinator: Professor William Norris

*ONE CORE: Students must take INTA 673

INTA 616 Economic Development in China
INTA 621 Chinese Foreign Policy
INTA 672 East Asian Security
INTA 673 Chinese Domestic Politics in Transition* (core)
INTA 689 Indo Pacific
INTA 709 China’s Military

INTA 717 US-China Relations
INTA 730 Indo-Pacific and American Diplomacy 
Sample TAMU courses that may count w/ permission:
HIST 409 Youth in Modern Asia: Rebellions & Conformities
HIST 639 Readings in Asian History
SOCI 463 Gender in Asia

Europe

Faculty coordinator: Professor Gabriela Marin Thornton

*ONE CORE: Students must take INTA 655

INTA 607 Eurasian Security (DC course)
INTA 610 Eastern European Politics (DC course)
INTA 655 Nationalism, Immigration, & Terrorism in the European Union* (core)
INTA 661 NATO: from Military Alliance to Collective Sec
INTA 686 Russia and International Politics
INTA 722 The Politics of Immigration

Sample TAMU courses that may count w/ permission:
HIST 400 level courses covering Germany, France, Russia, and the UK
HIST 420 European Intellectual History from Enlightenment to 1900
POLS 432 The Politics of European Union

Latin America

Faculty coordinator: Professor Aileen Teague

INTA 648 Contemporary Civil Wars (on case basis)
INTA 659 Transnational Security Issues (on case basis)
INTA 694 Economic Restructuring in Latin America
INTA 719 US-Mexico Relations: Hist, Policy, Road Ahead
INTA 722 The Politics of Immigration (on case basis)
INTA 735 US-Latin Am Relations & the Illicit Economy
INTA 736 Environ Issues & Development (on case basis)
PSAA 654US Border Security: Policies, Strat, & Issues

Sample TAMU courses that may count w/ permission:
HIST 441 History of Mexico, 1821 to the Present
HIST 449 History of Brazil, 1822 to the Present
HIST 468 LatinX Civil Rights Movement
HIST 617 Latin America: The National Period
POLS 423 US-Latin American Relations
SOCI 403 Sociology of Latinos

Middle East

Faculty coordinator: Professor Mohammad Tabaar

*ONE CORE: Students must take INTA 604

INTA 604 Politics of Contemporary Middle East* (core)
INTA 674 US Foreign Policy in the Persian Gulf
INTA 675 Religion and Politics in Iran

INTA 739 Israel, HAMAS, and Hezbollah
INTA 742 US in the Middle East – from Arab Spring to an Uncertain Future (DC course)

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