Graduate Institute of International Studies

Contact GIIS at:
GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
PO BOX 14, BIRZEIT,
PALESTINE
TEL: 9722-2982939
FAX: 9722-2982981
email:
is@grad.birzeit.edu

The Masters Program in International Studies

It is a 36 credit-hour program leading to the MA in International Studies, delivered by Birzeit University. It generally takes the students, most of whom are employed and therefore unable to follow a full time course of study, between a year and a half and two years to complete the degree.

Students take thirty hours (ten semester courses) in the four sub-fields: international history, politics, law and economics. At the end of their course work, they either:

• write a Master's thesis; or
• take two research seminars as well as doing an internship in an organization active in the international field, whether intergovernmental, governmental or private; and pass a general examination.

Course Offerings:

International Studies

630: Research Methods
632: Comparative Politics
633: International Relations since 1914
635: Diplomatic History of Palestine in the 19th and 20th Centuries
636: The Arab World and the West in the 20th Century
637: Principles of International Economics
638: Comparative Development
639: Principles of International Economics
730: Comparative Foreign Policy
731: Principles of International Law
732: International Organization
733: Adjudication and Enforcement in International Law
735: Selected Topics in the International System
830: Research Seminar (Non-Thesis Track)
831: Research Seminar (Non-Thesis Track)
860: Thesis