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- AMST - American Studies
- ARAB - Arabic
- ARTH - Art History
- ARTS - Studio Art
- ASN - Asian Studies
- BICH - Biochemistry
- BIO - Biology
- BLST - Black Studies
- BOSP - Barack Obama Scholars Program
- CHEM - Chemistry
- CHIN - Chinese Studies
- COGS - Cognitive Science
- CWP - College Writing Program
- COMP - Computer Science
- CORE - Core Program
- CSLC - Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
- CTSJ - Critical Theory and Social Justice
- DWA - Diplomacy & World Affairs
- ECON - Economics
- EDUC - Education
- ENGL - English
- FREN - French
- FYS - First Year Seminars
- GEO - Geology
- GERM - German
- GRK - Greek
- GWSS - Gender Women and Sexuality Studies
- HIST - History
- INT - Internships
- JAPN - Japanese Studies
- KINE - Kinesiology
- LANG - Language
- LATN - Latin
- LING - Linguistics
- LLAS - Latino/a and Latin American Studies
- MAC - Media Arts and Culture
- MATH - Mathematics
- MUSA - Music Applied Study
- MUSC - Music
- PHAC - Physical Activities
- PHIL - Philosophy
- PHYS - Physics
- POLS - Politics
- PSYC - Psychology
- PUBH - Public Health
- RELS - Religious Studies
- RUSN - Russian
- SOC - Sociology
- SPAN - Spanish
- THEA - Theater
- UEP - Urban & Environmental Policy
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2025-2026 Catalog > Course Descriptions > DWA - Diplomacy & World Affairs

DWA - Diplomacy & World Affairs

DWA 101 International Relations: The Changing Rules of the Game
DWA 102 International Organizations
DWA 103 Introduction to Global Political Economy
DWA 152 Social Enterprise Practice and Theory
DWA 195 Topics in Diplomacy and World Affairs
DWA 197 Independent Study
DWA 200 A History of the Palestine-Israel Question
DWA 201 Introduction to Comparative Genocide Studies
DWA 210 Politics of Russia and Eurasia
DWA 219 Democracy and Development in South Asia
DWA 221 International Development
DWA 222 Latin America Political Economy
DWA 224 Latin American Politics
DWA 225 Introduction to Human Rights
DWA 226 Dilemmas of Democracy
DWA 227 Authoritarianism in the Age of Globalization
DWA 228 Democracy and Comparative Democratization
DWA 229 Introduction to Human Rights: Focus on the Americas
DWA 230 Gender and International Human Rights
DWA 231 Gender and International Relations
DWA 232 A Primer for Revolution
DWA 233 African Political Thought
DWA 234 Southern African Politics
DWA 235 Nationalism and Ethnicity
DWA 236 Ideology at the Extremes
DWA 237 Cuba, Vietnam, China: Communism in a Post-Communist World
DWA 238 Identity and Citizenship: The South Asian Diaspora
DWA 239 European Politics
DWA 240 Transitional Justice in Colombia: Comparative Perspectives
DWA 241 International Relations of the Middle East
DWA 245 China and the World
DWA 246 The United States and East Asia
DWA 248 Global Public Health
DWA 250 International Security
DWA 253 Security in Asia
DWA 256 International Terrorism
DWA 257 Social Movements in Comparative and Transnational Perspective
DWA 258 The Global Politics of LGBT Rights
DWA 259 Global Identities in a Post-Modern World
DWA 260 Model United Nations
DWA 270 What Do Countries Want and Why?
DWA 280 Globalization and Development: Issues and Controversies
DWA 282 Global Los Angeles
DWA 283 Soft Power: How Nations Interact Without War
DWA 284 Sports and Diplomacy in a Globalized World
DWA 285 Diplomacy and War
DWA 286 Public Diplomacy in the Americas
DWA 288 Global Environmental Challenges and Politics
DWA 290 Physics for Future Presidents
DWA 295 Topics in Diplomacy and World Affairs
DWA 297 Independent Study
DWA 298 Interdisciplinary Research Design in World Affairs
DWA 299 Qualitative Methods and Research Design
DWA 310 Junior Seminar: Religion and Politics
DWA 320 Junior Seminar: Researching Transnational Social Movements
DWA 329 Junior Seminar: Human Rights and Trafficking in Persons
DWA 332 Junior Seminar: The South Asian Diaspora
DWA 335 Junior Seminar: Theories of Revolution from Africa and the African Diaspora
DWA 337 Junior Seminar: International Relations Theory
DWA 340 Junior Seminar: Contemporary Issues in International and Human Rights Law
DWA 342 Junior Seminar: Transnational Identity and International Relations
DWA 344 Junior Seminar: Post-Conflict Reconstruction
DWA 345 The State, Transnationalism, and Identity in Modern Societies
DWA 351 Junior Seminar: Advanced Topics in Global Sustainability
DWA 352 Junior Seminar: Water in the World: Issues, Conflicts, Prospects
DWA 353 Junior Seminar: Comparative Authoritarianism
DWA 355 Junior Seminar: Economic and Social Human Rights
DWA 360 Who Develops? Research and Policy Making in International Development
DWA 395 Special Topics in Diplomacy and World Affairs
DWA 397 Independent Study
DWA 401 Special Topics at the United Nations
DWA 402 United Nations and Conflict Prevention: Actors and Architecture
DWA 403 The United Nations Experience
DWA 410 Task Force in Diplomacy and World Affairs
DWA 420 Peoples, States, and Wars: Revolutionary Readings
DWA 490 Senior Seminar
DWA 493 Senior Directed Research
DWA 497 Independent Study

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