ATLANTIS TRANSATLANTIC DEGREE PROGRAM

CURRICULUM IN GENERAL

For MPA and MDS Degrees
Complete 34 credits MPA @ Maxwell
Complete 28 credits and master’s thesis with development policy focus in Europe

For MPA and MPP Degrees
Complete 34 credits MPA @ Maxwell
Complete 28 credits and master’s thesis with a security policy focus in Europe

For MAIR and MDS Degrees
Complete 34 credits MAIR @ Maxwell
Complete 28 credits and master’s thesis with development policy focus in Europe

For MAIR and MPP Degrees
Complete 34 credits MAIR @ Maxwell
Complete 28 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 (1 credit); Public Budgeting (3 credits); & Public Administration and Democracy (3 credits)

Fall 2012
Economics for Public Managers (3 credits); Introduction to Statistics (3 credits); & Public Organization and Management (3 credits)

Spring 2013
Quantitative Analysis (3 credits); Elective (3 credits); & MPA Workshop (3 credits)

Summer 2013
Executive Leadership (3 credits); Workshop on Security and Development Policy in the EU and US (3 credits); & Internship (3 credits)

Year 2 -- at Hertie School of Governance

Fall 2013
4 Electives with security or development policy focus (a total of 12 credits) plus attend Thesis Research Design course (2 credits) and Master’s Thesis Workshop (1 credit)

Year 2 – International Institute of Social Studies

Spring 2014
4 Electives with security or development policy focus (a total of 7 credits) plus attend Master’s Thesis Workshop (3 credits)

Summer 2014
Finish and present Master’s Thesis (3 credits)

For MAIR/MPP or MAIR/MDS Degrees:

Year 1 – at Maxwell School

Fall 2012
Microeconomics (3 credits); Signature Course (either Comparative Foreign Policy, Culture in World Affairs, or Economic Dimensions of Global Power) (3 credits); Security or Development Elective (3 credits); & Elective with Regional Focus (3 credits)

Spring 2013
Quantitative Skills for IR (3 credits); Strategic Planning in IR (3 credits); Security or Development Elective (3 credits); & Elective with Regional Focus (3 credits)

Summer 2013
IR Capstone (1 credit); Workshop on Security and Development Policy in the EU and US (3 credits); Independent Research Project (3 credits); & Internship (3 credits)

Year 2 -- at Hertie School of Governance

Fall 2013
4 Electives with security or development policy focus (a total of 12 credits) plus attend Thesis Research Design course (2 credits) and Master’s Thesis Workshop (1 credit)

Year 2 - International Institute of Social Studies

Spring 2014
4 Electives with security or development policy focus (a total of 7 credits) plus attend Master’s Thesis Workshop (3 credits)

Summer 2014
Finish and present Master’s Thesis (3 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