Curriculum Description
International Affairs studies assist the student in forming a critical awareness of the complexity of issues in foreign policy and international affairs and an ethical framework for making informed decisions about these issues. Besides examining basic value conflicts in international relations such as questions about war and peace, human rights, nationalism and democracy, courses will be offered in international politics, business, international economics, defense issues, the developing countries, and special geographic regions.

Faculty Advisor
Joseph P. Smaldone, Ph.D., Northwestern University; Professorial Lecturer, Liberal Studies Degree Program, Georgetown University.  His parallel government and academic career of over 20 years includes service primarily in the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Arms Control & Disarmament Agency, his teaching International Affairs and Public Policy courses for Liberal Studies, and his published writing on African military, security, and arms control issues, global arms transfers, and nonproliferation and export control policy.  Currently he is researching and writing his family's history.
smaldonj@georgetown.edu

Degree Requirements
In order to earn a Master’s degree in the International Affairs curricular field, students must complete six courses in this field including one Core course and one Human Values course or two Core courses, and a three-credit thesis reflecting this field. To complete the total number of credits required for the MALS degree, 30 credits, three elective courses may be selected from any Liberal Studies courses or up to two courses at the University appropriate to this degree with the approval of the Program Director. The selected curricular field will appear on the final transcript of record.

Curricular Field
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