Location:

Washington, United States

Program Type:

Full Degree

Degree Level:

Graduate Certificate

Specialty:

Political Science

Program Overview

Program Description:

 

This certificate is designed to provide an understanding of the principles required for establishing successful democracies, how these have been promoted worldwide, and the policy issues associated with America’s role in the process of building democracy.

Introductory Courses: Democratization, Nation Building, and U.S. Foreign Policy (required); Foundations of Political and Economic Freedom (required); Problems of Promoting Regime Change and Democracy (required); American Founding Principles and Foreign Policy.

Choose one of the following courses: Islam and Geopolitics in Eurasia; Islam in Contemporary Global Politics; U.S.-Latin American Relations: Threats and Opportunities; Russian Politics and Foreign Policy; U.S.-African Relations.

Additional Program Information

Accreditation:

Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools