Mar 28, 2024  
2017-2018 HillBook (Class of 2021) 
    
2017-2018 HillBook (Class of 2021) [ARCHIVED HILL BOOK]

POL 410 - Global Development and Security Studies

Three Credits
Not Offered 2017-2018

Part of the Learning Inside-Out Network (LION) program on Global Development and Security Studies, the course examines two often competing understandings of security. The traditional approach defines security purely as political-military defense of a state and its territory. Human security as an alternative highlights the economic welfare of individuals and their immediate communities. It departs from traditional formulations of security by stressing the social and economic causes of insecurity, often internal to states. Issues covered in the course range from environmental degradation, crime, armed conflict, poverty and economic disparities.

The program includes:

  • A three-week Summer Institute on Global Development and Security Studies, Armenia in June.
  • Participation in the International Conference on “Local Roots of Global Peace: Junior Voices in Global Security”.
  • A one-credit International internship (POL 411 ) with a LION partner in Armenia or Serbia in July.
  • Study trips to four international NGOs and international organizations in Yerevan.
  • Cultural trips in Armenia to medieval monasteries and churches in the world’s oldest Christian nation; Wings of Tatev, the world’s longest aerial tram; visits to ancient wineries; and much more.


Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): By application only. No other prerequisites required, but prior background in international politics, criminology or economics is encouraged.
Note: Course fulfills the Moral Inquiry requirement.
Program fees include tuition, housing internship placement services, conference in Yerevan, cultural trips, and flight from Yerevan to Belgrade* (Serbia placements only).