SELECTED SYLLABI You'll find below links to a number of syllabi I downloaded off the internet--syllabi that I happen to like a lot. This list, in fact, is highly selective. Indeed, I'm not including any history courses at all. The syllabi included here are just for international relations courses offered in political science departments. To find syllabi for diplomatic history courses, check the course materials subpage from Sarantakes website. Some links to various other collections of (mainly political science) syllabi are also given here.
At the end, you'll see links to lists of history and political science departments with direct links to their websites. You'll also see a link to a list of U.K. universities. Those lists are provided in case you'd like to search for additional syllabi on your own. Just go into departmental websites, check course listings and lists of instructors (often identified by field); when you click into the links for specific courses and instructors, you'll often be given further links for syllabi and course websites.
I. General International Relations Courses (various levels, but mostly courses for beginning graduate students; listed alphabetically by last name of instructor)
Theories of Security in World Politics (Deborah Avant, GWU, 2002)
Foundations of International Relations Theory (Andrew Bennett, Georgetown, 2001)
International Politics (Robert Jervis, Columbia, 2000) (introductory course)
International Relations Theory (Stephan Haggard, UC San Diego, 2003)
Seminar in International Politics (Robert Jervis, Columbia, 1998)
Theories of International Relations (Robert Jervis, Columbia, 1997)
Theories of War and Peace (Jack Levy, Rutgers, 2003). A very extensive 97-page syllabus. Links to other syllabi at various levels, some quite extensive, are given on the teaching page of Levy's website.
Introduction to International Relations (Charles Lipson, Chicago, 1999)
Field Seminar on International Relations (Moravcsik and Stam, Harvard and Dartmouth, 2004). For links to other Moravcsik syllabi (including very useful ones on European integration and IPE in general), see the teaching page on his website
International Relations: Perspectives on Conflict and Cooperation (Charles Lipson, Chicago)
International Conflict (Dan Reiter, Emory. 1999)
Conceptual Foundations of International Politics (C. Roberts, Columbia SIPA, Summer 2001--links to many useful articles)
International Relations Theory (Scott Sagan, Stanford, 2003)
Theories of International Relations (Kenneth Schultz, UCLA, 2004)
Conflict and Peace (Randall Schweller, Ohio State, 2002)
Contemporary Issues of World Order (Jack Snyder, Columbia, 2000)
Theories of International Relations (Arthur Stein, UCLA, 2003) A very useful 17-page syllabus, with all sorts of important information for beginning graduate students in IR.
Causes and Prevention of War: Theory and Method (Stephen Van Evera, MIT, 2001). An extraordinary 35-page handout, more an introduction to the field than a syllabus in the usual sense.
II. Security Studies
Note that the Center for Strategic Education at SAIS has a website with links to syllabi for courses given in this area. Eliot Cohen, the Director of the CSE, has made a number of his own syllabi available over the internet:
Eliot Cohen syllabi:
Soldiers, Statesmen, and the Use of Force (2000)
Strategy and Policy (2001)
Research Seminar (2001)
War in the Modern World (2002) (pdf)
Understanding Military Technology (2002) (pdf)See also:
War, Peace and Strategy (Richard Betts, Columbia, 2000)
Strategic Studies Seminar (Avery Goldstein, Univ. of Penna., 2001) (pdf)
III. International Political Economy; International Law, European Integration
A collection of syllabi for IPE courses is available online: IPENet Electronic Archive of Course Syllabi. See also:
International Political Economy (Lukauskas, Columbia, 2004)
The Modern World Economy, 1870-2000 (Frieden, Harvard, 2000)
International Political Economy (Ferraro, Mt. Holyoke)
International Law and International Relations (Slaughter, Harvard, 1999) (pdf)
The Political Economy of European Integration (Ellison, UCLA, 2001)
IV. Methods
In this area as well, a collection of syllabi is available on the internet: CQRM (Consortium for Qualitative Research Methods) syllabus bank. Links to about 40 syllabi as of August 2004. Note also:
Methods of Political Analysis (Moracsik and Hall, Harvard, 2002)
V. Specific Countries
U.S. Foreign Policy (Betts, Columbia, 2000)
The Politics of Russia (Treisman, UCLA, 2000)
Russia after Communism (Fish, Berkeley, 2002)
International Relations of China (R. Baum, UCLA, 2000)
DIRECTORIES OF HISTORY DEPARTMENTS:
History Departments around the World (Center for History and New Media). Links to about 1200 history departments in the United States and abroad.
Directory of History Departments and Organizations (AHA) ( links to only some department websites)
DIRECTORIES OF POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS:
UK UNIVERSITIES: alphabetical list; JANET list