Degrees Offered
BA in International Studies or Language and Area Studies
MA in International Affairs; International Development; International Communication; International Peace and Conflict Resolution; International Environmental Policy
MS in Development Management
JD/MA in International Affairs
PhD in International Relations
Master of International Service Degree, a mid-carer execitove masters proram with possible Middle East concentration.
MA in International Affairs/MBA

Middle East Languages
Arabic (through Intermediate)
Hebrew (through Intermediate)

Courses
Islamic Civilization
Contemporary Middle East
Modern Islam
International Relations of the Middle East I, II
Islam and Nationalism in the Middle East
and selected topics in Middle Eastern and Islamic studies which have included:
The Gulf States Government and Politics
Directed Readings in Islamic Culture
Islamic Peace paradigms
Modern Islam
The World of Islam
Fundamentalist Movements in Islam
US-Middle East Policy Alternatives
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Islam and International Relations
International Relations of the Gulf States
The Kurdish Search for Identity

Faculty
60 full-time faculty and 30 adjunct faculty
Core of faculty and curriculum with focus on Middle Eastern and Islamic studies. 

Chairs/Directors
Louis W. Goodman, Dean
Nanette S. Levinson, Associate Dean
Quansheng Zhao, Director, Comparative and Regional Studies
Renee Marlin Bennett, Director, International Politics and Foreign Policy
Hamid Mowlana, Director, International Communication Program
Stephen Silvia, Director, Ph.D. Program
Ibn Khaldun, Chair of Islamic Studies
Abdul Aziz Said, Mohammed Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace & Director, International Peace and Conflict Resolution Program
Clovis Maksoud, Director, Center for the Study of the Global South
Edmund Ghareeb, Middle East Coordinator

Scholarship/Graduate Support
General university fellowships and scholarships plus a limited number of special school awards; Woodrow Wilson fellowships

Special Features
Undergraduate Functional Concentration in Islamic Studies; Graduate Islamic sub-field in Comparative and Regional Studies

Inquiries
SIS Office of Graduate Admissions
American University
Washington DC 20016-8071
202-885-1646
sisgrad@american.edu
www.american.edu/academic.depts/sis/

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 08, 2004