Courses for Spring 2023 | International Relations

	Title	Instructor	Location	Time	Description	Registration Notes	Syllabus URL
INTR 2600-001	Counterintelligence: History, Theory, and Practice	Frank Plantan	WILL 319	T 3:30 PM-6:29 PM	This course will address the conceptual and practical issues of the practice of counterintelligence as it relates to the national defense, economic competitiveness, and foreign policy decision-making and the role of the intelligence community in thwarting intelligence gathering and espionage against the United State and the United Kingdom. Because the closer is to the contemporary world and the inherent secrecy the surrounds intelligence and counterintelligence activities, much of this class focuses on historical cases where long term public research and declassification of government documents have allowed us to look into the system and process of intelligence gathering, analysis, and recommendations for action. We will explore recurrent and prominent themes of intelligence failures, the trade-offs and calculations of a strong CI infrastructure as it relates to ethics, democracy and national power and prestige that shape our understanding of the subject and how it directly and indirectly impacts our lives and our society. Students will gain an appreciation of how the practice has been utilized by government, specifically: its structure, analytical processes, organizational culture, practice-related ethics, perception(s) by the public, guiding charter, and governmental oversight. This class covers the diverse array of counterintelligence applications - within the government as well as in the private sector and our individual lives.	<span class="penncourse-course-notes">Perm Needed From Instructor</span>
INTR 2900-001	Religion and International Relations	Valeriya Kamenova	BENN 24	MW 3:30 PM-4:59 PM	Topics in International Relations focuses on specialized issues, practical or applied approaches, policy and other topics of contemporary relevance in modern study of international relations. These are experimental or occasionally offered classes. Past topics of included US Foreign Policy and the Arab Spring, the Iraq Wars, Secret Intelligence & American Democracy, Counterintelligence, Homeland Security, the US & South Asia Cold War and New Alignments, and Think Tanks and Global Governance.		https://coursesintouch.apps.upenn.edu/cpr/jsp/fast.do
INTR 2900-002	International Strategies	Farah Naz Jan	PSYL C41	TR 12:00 PM-1:29 PM	Topics in International Relations focuses on specialized issues, practical or applied approaches, policy and other topics of contemporary relevance in modern study of international relations. These are experimental or occasionally offered classes. Past topics of included US Foreign Policy and the Arab Spring, the Iraq Wars, Secret Intelligence & American Democracy, Counterintelligence, Homeland Security, the US & South Asia Cold War and New Alignments, and Think Tanks and Global Governance.
INTR 3500-001	Research Methods/Practice in IR	Tomoharu Nishino	WILL 1	TR 3:30 PM-4:59 PM	International Relations is concerned with both theory and practice so we employ a range of analytical tools to examine actors and events in world politics. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the various research methods utilized by students and scholars in the field of IR including: case studies, historical - comparative and archival research, survey research, interviewing techniques, simulations, quantitative and statistical analysis.
INTR 4297-001	Senior Seminar For Thesis Research II	Allison Schmidt	WILL 639	MW 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	Seminar in international relations. Second semester of a two semester sequence including review of advanced international relations theory and research methods for the preparation of the senior thesis.
INTR 4297-002	Senior Seminar For Thesis Research II	Farah Naz Jan	WILL 639	W 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	Seminar in international relations. Second semester of a two semester sequence including review of advanced international relations theory and research methods for the preparation of the senior thesis.
INTR 4297-003	Senior Seminar For Thesis Research II	Allison Schmidt	WILL 639	TR 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	Seminar in international relations. Second semester of a two semester sequence including review of advanced international relations theory and research methods for the preparation of the senior thesis.
INTR 4297-004	Senior Seminar For Thesis Research II	Valeriya Kamenova	WILL 220	TR 3:30 PM-4:59 PM	Seminar in international relations. Second semester of a two semester sequence including review of advanced international relations theory and research methods for the preparation of the senior thesis.