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The WPS Concentration

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Description

The concentration in WPS in the Department of International Affairs allows Bush School students and other interested TAMU graduate students to take courses and develop an emphasis in gender analysis as it relates to international affairs. The foundation course is Women and Nations, INTA 645, and this is supplemented by offerings from visiting instructors as well as a capstone research course in WPS. Students may also enroll in graduate courses on gender analysis in other departments at Texas A&M to complete the concentration.

Affiliated Faculty

Valerie Hudson

Dr. Valerie Hudson

University Distinguished Professor and George H.W. Bush Chair, Professor of International Affairs

Sumin Lee

Dr. Sumin Lee

ACES Assistant Professor

Silva Hamie

Dr. Silva Hamie

Instructional Associate Professor

Raymond Robertson

Dr. Raymond Robertson

Director of the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy, Professor, and Helen and Roy Ryu Chair in Economics and Government

Reyko Huang

Dr. Reyko Huang

Associate Professor

Leslie E. Ruyle

Dr. Leslie E. Ruyle

Research Scientist

Courses

  • INTA 625: International Trade Policy (Robertson)
  • INTA 644 Post-Conflict Recovery and Development (Hamie)
  • INTA 645 Women and Nations – REQUIRED CORE COURSE (taught every Fall – Hudson)
  • INTA 659 Transnational Security (Huang)
  • INTA 670 Capstone for WPS Students (usually taught in Spring; prerequisite INTA 645 (Hudson); room for 6-8 students)
  • INTA 689 Special Topics in Women, Peace, and Security
  • INTA 689: Women and Armed Conflict (Lee; once a year)
  • INTA 680: Classic Readings in Feminist International Relations (Hudson; occasionally taught)
  • INTA 701 Women, International Development and Environmental Conflict (Ruyle)
  • INTA 720 Human Trafficking and Forced Labor (Hamie) 
  • NOTE: Instructors of the following courses* may require you to obtain their permission to enroll in these courses—ask before registering for these!:
    • COMM 634 Communication and Gender (COMM faculty)
    • EHRD 634/WGST 634 Gender and Education (EHRD faculty)
    • EHRD 649/WGST 649 Feminist Pedagogy (EHRD faculty)
    • ENGL/WGST 680 Theories of Gender (ENGL faculty)
    • HLTH 634 Women’s Health (HLTH faculty)
    • LAW 7636 Gender and the Law (LAW faculty)
    • POLS 673 Seminar in Gender and Politics in Comparative Perspective (POLS faculty)
    • SOCI 661/WGST 661 Sociology of Gender (SOCI faculty)
    • SOCI 610/WGST 610 Reproduction, Birth, and Power (Morris, SOCI)
    • WGST 650 Gender and International Education (EHRD faculty)
    • *Other courses not listed here may be approved by petition to the faculty coordinator of the concentration.