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IAL Student Handbooks
- 2023-2024 (for students entering program in Fall 2023 through Spring 24)
- 2022-2023 (for students entering program in Fall 2022 through Spring 23)
- 2021-2022 (for students entering program in Fall 2021 through Spring 22)
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How to Complete the Interactive Plan of Study (iPOS)
IAL Projected course offerings*
*Future semester course offerings are tentative and subject to change.
Spring 2024
A: IAL 501 Principles of Character-Driven Leadership
A: IAL 502 U.S. National Security Policy
A: IAL 505 Key Issues in Today's Global Economy
A: IAL 511 Human Rights and Realpolitik
A: IAL 598 Religion and Diplomacy
A: IAL 598 The Holocaust and WWII Today
A: IAL 598 Leading in a Dynamic International Environment
B: IAL 503 Applied International Leadership
B: IAL 598 Diplomacy – Preventing Genocide
B: IAL 598 Intro to the Indo-Pacific: Redefining Asia
B: IAL 598 Intelligence and National Security
B: IAL 598 Foreign Policy and National Security Law
B: IAL 598 Getting to Yes with Major International Treaties
B: IAL 598 The Dark Side of Foreign Policy
B: IAL 560 Capstone
Summer 2024
A: IAL 504 U.S. Diplomacy in Action
A: IAL 598 Transitional Justice: Issues and Solutions
B: IAL 598 The U.N. in the Global Arena
B: IAL 598 Global Regime of Human Rights
Fall 2024
A: IAL 501 Principles of Character-Driven Leadership
A: IAL 502 U.S. National Security Policy
A: IAL 598 The African Continent: Exploring Complex Realities
A: IAL 598 Foreign Policy and National Security Law
A: IAL 598 The Role of Congress in U.S. Foreign Policy
A: IAL 598 The Dark Side of Foreign Policy
A: IAL 598 International Negotiations: Trust but Verify
B: IAL 503 Applied International Leadership
B: IAL 504 U.S. Diplomacy in Action
B: IAL 508 Transatlantic Relations
B: IAL 509 Western Hemisphere
B: IAL 598 The United Nations in the Global Arena
B: IAL 560 Capstone
All graduate students must be enrolled in at least one graduate credit in both fall and spring semesters in either A or B sessions (or both). Summer enrollment is optional. Summer courses are more condensed at 6 weeks, as opposed to fall and spring at 7.5 weeks, and offer the same amount of material as fall and spring semesters. Students may take multiple instances of IAL 598 as long as the topic is different each time.
Other resources
Students are responsible for knowing and adhering to the policies in the Graduate Policies and Procedures manual.
Students are responsible for knowing and adhering to the deadlines in the ASU Academic Calendar. Please specifically be aware of add/drop deadlines.
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