INS 501 International Organizations
This course covers the entire spectrum of international organizations and the theoretical and practical issues relating to international organizations including peace and security, human rights, and economic development. Organizations covered include the United Nations and major regional integration organizations; particular stress will be placed on the work of nongovernmental organizations. This course is team taught.

INS 512 International Administration
This course presents a broad overview of concepts, theories, processes, and practical global challenges confronting professional public/nonprofit managers; discusses contemporary issues facing multi-national corporations, non-government organizations, and public agencies; and analyzes the similarities and differences between public, non-profit and private management.

INS 513 Information and Communication in International Relations: Culture and Religion
The course will overview the world religions and cultures as a backdrop of effective communication for international professionals.  The study of comparative religions and cultures will make students aware of special challenges in international and intercultural communication, and the role of mass media in international relations.
The course will be team taught bringing together a group of experts on both different religions and cultures as well as media. As part of this course, the students will produce a television program using the studio facilities of the University of Miami School of Communication.  The students, who will determine the program content, will write, produce and present each segment of this program which will be broadcast on UMTV, the campus cable channel.

INS 514 World Affairs
This course introduces the conceptual basics of international relations and trains students in analytical and critical thinking skills through familiarity with the broad palette of issues and actors that make up today’s world politics. Topics include the origins of the state and its changing role in today’s world and an examination of the actors in international relations and the issues before them. The course is co-taught by a senior diplomat and a senior academic.

INS 516 Strategic Thinking, Negotiation and Bargaining
This course explores organizations from the strategic perspective of the leader, identifying common elements of thinking, structure, measures, outcomes, issues, and challenges faced by those who seek leadership roles in international administration. The course approach is that of a combination of facilitated discussions, drawing on participants’ experiences, readings, and other assignments, and structured material provided by the instructor.

INS 517 Practicum in International Administration
The practicum gives students the opportunity to apply academic theory and acquired skills in international administration under real world conditions. Students first compete an approved internship in an appropriate organization and then present a report/case study analysis under the supervision of MAIA faculty.
Prerequisite: Permission of program coordinator.

INS 517 includes:

• Skills Enhancement Clinics, classes offered throughout the year, consisting of a range of skills not covered in the Information Bootcamp, the Finance and International Operations Bootcamp or other courses.
• Internship refers to a period of time of work with an organization in the student's field of interest.: a minimum time commitment of at least 200 hours. There may be some modification to a student’s internship schedule with approval by MAIA director. Because the MAIA degree is structured to allow completion in three semesters, students need to begin planning for their internship experience from the start of the program.
• Internship Report. At the end of internship student writes a report and presents it to his/her committee in a defense open to public. (In special circumstances a report can be substituted with a report which then has to comply with the guidelines of MA theses of the Graduate School. Director of MAIA has to approve this substitution.)

INS 621 International Economics for MAIA
The course reviews the essentials of International Economics. It then provides students with (1) an operational understanding of the theory of comparative advantage and its applications to policy issues such as tariffs, quotas, and free trade areas, and (2) a conceptual framework to analyze the balance of payments, exchange rates, and monetary policy issues in the global economy. The institutional frameworks of the GATT/WTO, and the IMF are reviewed in depth. Students learn to access and interpret major economics databases. The course finishes with seven applied cases.

Examples of Electives
 

INS 571 International Health and Development
Topics include health and development links, policies and their impact on human health and social equity, development and it’s relationship to water, human rights, violence, emergence and reemergence of diseases, maternal and child health, disasters, global environmental change and ethical and cultural considerations in health development strategies.

EEN 567 Database Design and Management
Database systems design, modeling, implementation, and management methodologies and techniques. Different database systems are addressed including relational, object-oriented, object-relational, and distributed database systems. Internet (WWW) technology, data warehousing, and online analytical processing applications of database management systems. Hands-on experience with commercial databases, e systems.

CAP 582 International Advertising and Public Relations
History, theory and practice of advertising and public relations in a global, multi-cultural environment. Prerequisite: Admission to major; senior standing; permission of instructor and program director.

COM 601 Communication Theory
Comparison of theories dealing with the processes and effects of communication.

A list of available electives will be issued every semester.