ATLANTIS TRANSATLANTIC DEGREE PROGRAM
CURRICULUM IN GENERAL
For MPA and MDS Degrees
Complete 68 credits MPA @ Maxwell
Complete 56 credits and master’s thesis with development policy focus in Europe
For MPA and MPP Degrees
Complete 68 credits MPA @ Maxwell
Complete 56 credits and master’s thesis with a security policy focus in Europe
For MAIR and MDS Degrees
Complete 68 credits MAIR @ Maxwell
Complete 56 credits and master’s thesis with development policy focus in Europe
For MAIR and MPP Degrees
Complete 68 credits MAIR @ Maxwell
Complete 56 credits and master’s thesis with security policy focus in Europe
SCHEDULE OF COURSES
For MPA/MPP or MPA/MDS Degrees:
Year 1 – at Maxwell School
Summer 2012
Public Affairs Colloquium (2 credits); Public Budgeting (6 credits); & Public Administration and Democracy (6 credits)
Fall 2012
Economics for Public Managers (6 credits); Introduction to Statistics (6 credits); & Public Organization and Management (6 credits)
Spring 2013
Quantitative Analysis (6 credits); Elective (6 credits); & MPA Workshop (6 credits)
Summer 2013
Executive Leadership (6 credits); Workshop on Security and Development Policy in the EU and US (6 credits); & Internship (6 credits)
Year 2 -- at Hertie School of Governance
Fall 2013
4 Electives with security or development policy focus (a total of 24 credits) plus attend Thesis Research Design course (4 credits) and Master’s Thesis Workshop (2 credits)
Year 2 – International Institute of Social Studies
Spring 2014
4 Electives with security or development policy focus (a total of 14 credits) plus attend Master’s Thesis Workshop (6 credits)
Summer 2014
Finish and present Master’s Thesis (6 credits)
For MAIR/MPP or MAIR/MDS Degrees:
Year 1 – at Maxwell School
Fall 2012
Microeconomics (6 credits); Signature Course (either Comparative Foreign Policy, Culture in World Affairs, or Economic Dimensions of Global Power) (6 credits); Security or Development Elective (6 credits); & Elective with Regional Focus (6 credits)
Spring 2013
Quantitative Skills for IR (6 credits); Strategic Planning in IR (6 credits); Security or Development Elective (6 credits); & Elective with Regional Focus (6 credits)
Summer 2013
IR Capstone (2 credits); Workshop on Security and Development Policy in the EU and US (6 credits); Independent Research Project (6 credits); & Internship (6 credits)
Year 2 -- at Hertie School of Governance
Fall 2013
4 Electives with security or development policy focus (a total of 24 credits) plus attend Thesis Research Design course (4 credits) and Master’s Thesis Workshop (2 credits)
Year 2 – International Institute of Social Studies
Spring 2014
4 Electives with security or development policy focus (a total of 14 credits) plus attend Master’s Thesis Workshop (6 credits)
Summer 2014
Finish and present Master’s Thesis (6 credits)
Click the following links for a full listing of courses available at each institution:
Syracuse MAIR Program
Syracuse MPA Program
Hertie School of Governance
International Institute of Social Studies