Master of Arts - International Affairs

The Master of Arts in International Affairs (MAIA) is an interdisciplinary graduate program offered jointly by ten departments across three colleges: Communication; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Economics and Geography; English; History; Languages, Literatures, and Cultures; Philosophy and Religious Studies; Political Science and Public Administration; Public Health; Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work.

The MAIA program consists of a minimum of 36 credit hours. The eighteen (18) credit core requirements consist of fifteen (15) credits earned through an interdisciplinary common core of required courses and three (3) credits earned from among a selection of methods-based courses. The remaining eighteen (18) credits consist of fifteen (15) credits of major electives and three (3) credit hours obtained by completing a thesis or field experience in international affairs, the latter of which would involve an internship or study abroad component. Students will have to demonstrate intermediate-level foreign language proficiency either upon admission or graduation.