• INST 5330: American Foreign Relations

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Analyzes American foreign policy decision-making process and selected contemporary foreign policy problems. Stresses political and institutional factors, along with analysis of policy options. Dual listed with INST 4330; cross listed with POLS 5330. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. POLS 2310 strongly recommended.
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• INST 5355: Sust. Planning & Urban Policy

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  This course introduces concepts and practices of sustainable planning and urban policies worldwide and compares American and international cities. It focuses on creating resilient, livable, and environmentally responsible cities and communities, including compact cities, green infrastructure, energy efficiency, affordable housing, sustainable transport, circular economy, climate resilience, equity, and social inclusion. Prerequisites: 6 hours of upper division credits.
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• INST 5360: Intl Peace & Conflict

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Why do nations go to war, engage in atrocities such as genocide, or move toward peace following conflict? Examines underlying processes behind both conflict and peace in the international system, including sources of conflict and ways conflicts might be moved toward sustainable peace. Dual listed with INST 4360. Cross listed with POLS 5360. Prerequisites: 9 hours of political science or international studies including POLS 2310.
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• INST 5375: Transitional Justice

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Mechanisms provide accountability for gross human rights violations and acts of mass atrocity within nations. Case studies are used to examine types of transitional justice interventions; tensions between demands of justice at local, national, and international levels; and transitional justice's role in post-conflict peace-building and reconciliation. Dual listed with INST 4375. Cross listed with POLS 5375. Prerequisites: 9 hours of political science or international studies including POLS 2310.
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• INST 5380: Intl Hist Human Rights

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Examine the modern history of human rights in the global system, with particular emphasis on developments since the Second World War. Topics include the philosophy of human rights ideas; the histories of rights and rights violations in various regions; and the resulting international responses. Cross listed with HIST 5380, dual listed with HIST 5380. Prerequisites: 9 hours of HIST or INST.
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• INST 5385: Env and Resource Conflict

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Drawing on key theory and contemporary real-world case studies this course explores how environmental change and the competition for scarce resources (such as food, water, oil, gems, and timber) have increasingly been linked to violent interstate and intrastate conflict and how such conflicts might be addressed, managed, or resolved through international and national action. Dual listed with INST 4385; cross listed with POLS 5385. Prerequisite: 9 hours of POLS or INST, including POLS/INST 2310.
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• INST 5400: Qual Methods in POLS & INST

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  This is a seminar designed to introduce you to the process of generating data using qualitative social science research methods for graduate research in international studies and political science. This course will encourage you to think about research methodology within the framework of research design. Prerequisites: graduate standing. Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
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• INST 5445: Drug War Geopols in Americas

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  This course examines illegal drug commodity chains and international efforts to police the drug trade in the Americas. It approaches the drug war through a "critical geopolitics" framework, also covering broader themes such as international politics, livelihoods, development, environmental justice, the global economy, race-based discrimination, public health, and resistance movements. Dual listed with INST 4445. Cross listed with GEOG 4445, LTST 4445, and POLS 4445/5445. Prerequisites: 9 hours of international studies or social science coursework.
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• INST 5455: Energy Security

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  This course evaluates the geopolitical and socioeconomic issues surrounding the roots of energy insecurity and the global challenge to provide adequate, affordable, and accessible energy. Topics of study include the questions of energy nationalism, climate security, import dependence and transportation insecurities, the future of fossil fuels and alternative energies. Cross listed with POLS 5455. Dual listed with INST 4455. Prerequisites: 9 hours of INST or POLS coursework, including INST/POLS 2310.
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• INST 5475: Pols of Nat Resources Lat Amer

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  This course examines major trends in resource extraction, management, and conservation in Latin America, and the politics surrounding those trends, from theoretical, social, political, economic, and ecological perspectives and through a variety of grounded case studies. The theories and concepts we study are applicable to resource politics beyond Latin America. Dual listed with INST 5475. Cross listed with GEOG 4475 and POLS 4475/5475. Prerequisites: 9 hours of international studies or social science coursework.
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