The Masters Program
a. Obligatory courses:
15 credit hours that are obligatory for all students enrolled in the program.
b. Elective courses:
Choosing 15 credit hours from the following courses:
Track A or B :
- Methodology and Thesis Preparation (630):
Methodology in Social Sciences at the level of graduate studies, choosing the topic, the research problem and its elements, definition and accepting hypotheses, the structure of written research, the applied methodology in thesis composition, getting exposed to the facilities provided by the computer in the field of International Relation.
- Theory of International Relations (631):
The structure of the International System, the analytic and methodic manners, states, governmental, nongovernmental and private organizations, instruments and goals of International Relations, the role of geographic, population, cultural, and ideological factors, types of International Relations.
- Comparative Politics (632):
The role of regimes, the psychological issue, bureaucracies, social and economic factors, the realist politics, the historical and cultural factors, causes and effects of foreign policies in the shadow of international regimes, human rights in international relations, national and regional politics in the Middles East, the current and future role of Palestine in international politics.
- Public Administration (633):
The major systems in public administration and its development, the relationship between the state and bureaucracy, the sequence of decision making and allocation of responsibilities, recognition of the concept of public administration and its implementation and coordination among administrative branches, public responsibility and supervision of programs, the establishment of civil and professional service apparatus and its preservation, expression of political, economic and public interests in administration.
- International Relations since 1914 (634):
The change in the international system since World War I, Paris peace agreement and the establishment of League of Nations, the world and the west during the inter-wars era, the colonial system and the mandate system, the development of national liberation movements, the effects of the second world war and the American-Soviet confrontation on the international system, international relations in the post Cold Warera.
- The Diplomatic History of Palestine in the 19th and 20th Centuries (635):
Palestine in the diplomatic history sincn's campaign, 1799, Britain's colonial dreams in the nineteenth century, Palestine and the Othman Empire, and the superpowers during the Crimean War, Europe and the Eastern question and Zionism, the First World War, the British-French competition, the Balfour Declaration and the British Mandate, the Second World War and partition of Palestine, the United Nations and the superpowers and the diplomacy of the Palestinian question since 1948.
- The Arab World and the West in the twentieth century (636):
The role played by superpowers in the Arab East during the First World War, the encounter between France and Britain, on one hand, and the national Arab movements, on the other. The questions of Syria, Palestine, Iraq, and Egypt, independence and dependence, the loss of Palestine and its effect on the Arab relations with the West, the American hegemony in the area, after the Second World War and the role of Israel in this regard, the Arabs and the Cold War, the Baghdad Pact, non-alignment, dual relationships, the collapse of the Soviet Union and its effect on the balance of power in the region.
- Principles of International Economics (637):
The economic problem, the production curve, supply and demand, governmental interference, comparative advantage and trade theories, new trade policies, preferential trade arrangements (the free trade zone, tariffs unions), the global economic masses, balance of payments, the price of foreign currency, trade and financial international institutions (WTO, IMF, WB), the European-Mediterranean partnership (with applications on Palestine and the Arab World).
- The Political Economy of Development (638):
The economic development and underdevelopment from an historical perspective, development, democracy, contemporary international institutions and the debt problem, the role of the state in development, the role of agriculture in development, the role of industry in development, human development.
- Comparative Foreign Policy (730):
Theories explaining tracks, incentives, and effects of states' foreign policies, a comparative study of foreign policies of states that play a leading role in the world, case studies that gave birth to effective foreign policies.
- Principles and Application of International Law (731):
History and design of written International Law and its goals and topics, states and peoples in International Law, international agreements and their implementation, executive institutions and instruments of their work, peaceful resolutions of conflicts, the Law of occupation, International Law that's related to human rights.
- International Organizations (732):
Collective security, international cooperation and organization, League of Nations, United Nations and its specialized agencies, global and regional organizations, case studies on the project of the United Nations' developmental organization, the child care fund which is subordinate to the United Nations, the UNRWA (the United Nations Relief and Work Agency), International Health Organization, International Work Organization, International court of Justice, the role of international organizations in development, peacekeeping, peacemaking, humanitarian delegations, the future of international organizations.
- Jurisdiction and Implementation in International Law (733):
Responsibilities of and questioning states, international organizations, private corporations, and national liberation movements in International Law in accordance with the Hague and Geneva conventions and additional protocols, international customs and precedence, mediation reconciliation, international and regional sanctions.
- Special Topic (735):
An advanced study of a topic chosen by the International Studies Council according to the available possibilities and needs.
- Seminar (830):
An advanced study of a distinct topic that would be chosen from the field of "Topics in International System." Each student must write a deep research with minimum of a 30 pages. Students must complete at least 12 credit hours before taking this course. (INST 630 is a requirement for this course).
- Seminar (831):
An advanced study of a distinct topic that would be chosen from the field of "the Arab World in International Politics." Each student must write an extensive research paper with minimum of a 30 pages. Students must complete at least 12 credit hours before taking this course. (INST 630 is a requirement for this course).
- Thesis (860):
Composition of a thesis in one of the important topics in the field of international studies. That must be in accordance to the authorized instructions of MA thesis writing.
