Current Courses
– The full list of courses regularly offered within the Curriculum can be found in the Undergraduate Bulletin.
– For an archive of previous syllabi, please click here.
Spring Semester 2021
| Home | CrossList | Number | Course Title | Meeting Pattern | Times | Instructor | Mode* |
| PLCY | PWAD | 101.001 | Making Public Policy | MW | 10:10-11:00 | Goldsmith | RS |
| PLCY | 110H.001 | Global Policy Issues | TR | 11:00-12:15 | Sullivan | IP | |
| GEOG | PWAD | 120.001 | World Regional Geography | TR | 2:00-3:15 | Pickles | RM |
| POLI | PWAD | 150.001 | International Relations and World Politics | MW w/ Rec. | 9:05-9:55 | Bapat | RM |
| POLI | PWAD | 150.002 | International Relations and World Politics | TR | 3:30-4:45 | Case-Ruchala | RS |
| ENGL | PWAD | 161.001 | Literature of War | TR | 3:30-4:45 | Lithgow | RS |
| HIST | PWAD | 207.006 | The Global Cold War | MW w/ Rec. | 1:25-2:15 | Morgan | RM |
| PLCY | 210.001 | Policy Innovation and Analysis | TR | 2:00-3:15 | Summerlin-Long | RM | |
| HIST | PWAD | 212.001 | History of Sea Power | MWF | 2:30-3:20 | Caddell | RA |
| PLCY | PWAD | 220.001 | The Politics of Public Policy | Kreitzer | RA | ||
| ASIA | PWAD | 235.001 | Israeli Cinema | TR | 2:00-3:15 | Shemer | RS |
| PWAD | 250.001 | Introduction to Peace & Security Studies | MW | Whitaker | RM | ||
| HIST | PWAD | 266.006 | Global History of Warfare | 11:00-12:15 | Lee | RM | |
| PHIL | PWAD | 272.001 | The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense | MW | 9:05-9:55 | Maclean | |
| MUSC | PWAD | 289.001 | Sounds of War and Revolution | TR | 12:30-1:45 | Litwin | RM |
| ASIA | PWAD | 331H.001 | Cracking India: Partition and its Legacy | TR | 11:00-12:15 | Lothspeich | RS |
| PWAD | 352.001 | History of Intelligence Operations | TR | 5:00-6:15 | Caddell | RA | |
| PWAD | 353.001 | Intelligence Analysis: Research Methods and Writing | MW | 12:00-1:15 | Whitaker | RS | |
| PWAD | 363.001 | Ethics in Intelligence and National Security | T | 9:45-12:15 | Whitaker | RS | |
| HIST | PWAD | 368.001 | War in American Society to 1903 | TR | 11:00-12:15 | Glatthaar | RS |
| PWAD | 393 | PWAD Internship | N/A | ||||
| PWAD | 396 | Independent Study | N/A | ||||
| ASIA | PWAD | 427.001 | Cold War Culture in East Asia | TR | 3:30-4:45 | Kief | IP |
| POLI | PWAD | 459.001 | Trans-Atlantic Security | TR | 12:30-1:45 | Jenkins | RS |
| ECON | PWAD | 460.001 | International Economics | TR | 9:30-10:45 | Vaidyanathan | RS |
| ECON | PWAD | 460.002 | International Economics | TR | 11:00-12:15 | Vaidyanathan | RS |
| GSLL | PWAD | 465.001 | Literature of Atrocity: The Gulag and the Holocaust in Russia and Eastern Europe | TR | 2:00-3:15 | Pike | RA |
| PWAD | 490.040 | Special Topics: United States Use of Force – End of Cold War to Present | MW | 11:15-12:30 | Blair | IP | |
| COMM | PWAD | 574.001 | War and Culture | TR | 9:15-10:30 | Dauber | IR |
| COMM | PWAD | 575.001 | Presidential Rhetoric | TR | 12:20-1:35 | Dauber | IR |
| PWAD | 675.001 | War, Crimes Against Humanity, and Justice | R | 2:00-4:30 | Ross | RS | |
| PWAD | 676.001 | Law and US National Security: Civil War to Global War on Terror | TR | 3:30-4:45 | Delaney | RS | |
| PWAD | 692H | Honors in Peace, War, and Defense | N/A | N/A | |||
RESEARCH WRITING SELECTIONS (These courses fulfill the requirement for applying for the Honors Thesis Program and counts for PWAD credit) |
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| Home | CrossList | Number | Course Title | Meeting Pattern | Times | Instructor | Mode |
| HIST | 398.004 | Nazi Germany: A View From Sources | M | 3:35-6:05 | Jarausch | RS | |
| HIST | 398.005 | South Africa’s Freedom Struggle | M | 3:35-6:05 | Jarvis | RS | |
| HIST | 398.006 | Shaping the World: The Emergence of New Global Orders in the 20th and 21st Century | TR | 2:00-3:15 | Larres | RS | |
| HIST | 398.008 | The Life and Times of Che Guevara | T | 2:00-5:30 | La Serna | RS | |
| PWAD | 675.001 | War, Crimes Against Humanity, and Justice | R | 2:00-4:30 | Ross | RS | |
| PWAD | 676.001 | Law and US National Security: Civil War to Global War on Terror | TR | 3:30-4:45 | Delaney | RS | |
RESEARCH WRITING SELECTIONS (These courses fulfill the requirement for applying for the Honors Thesis Program but DO NOT count for PWAD credit) |
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| Home | CrossList | Number | Course Title | Meeting Pattern | Times | Instructor | Mode |
| HIST | 398.001 | Leisure and the Making of Modern America 1880-1945 | R | 2:00-4:30 | Jackson | RS | |
| HIST | 398.002 | The American Icon | TR | 11:00-12:15 | Sturkey | RS | |
| HIST | 398.003 | Global Cities and Boom Towns | TR | 12:30-1:45 | Bryant | RS | |
| HIST | 398.007 | Martin Luther and the German Reformation | TR | 3:30-6:00 | McIntosh | RS | |
*Instruction Mode Key* IP(In Person), IR(In Person or Remote), RS(Synchronous Remote), RM (Mostly Synchronous Remote), RA ( All Synchronous Remote), UN (Unknown)
Fall Semester 2020
| Home | CrossList | Number | Course Title | Meeting Pattern | Times | Instructor |
| PWAD | 89.015 | FYS: September 11: Origins, Consequences, and Where Do We Go From Here | MW | 9:05-10:20 | Whitaker & Blair | |
| PLCY | PWAD | 101.001 | Making Public Policy | MW | 10:10-11:00 | Goldsmith |
| PLCY | PWAD | 101H.001 | Making Public Policy | MW | 10:10-11:00 | Goldsmith |
| PLCY | PWAD | 110.001 | Global Policy Issues | MW w/ Rec. | 10:10-11:00 | Sullivan |
| GEOG | PWAD | 120.001 | World Regional Geography | MWF | 12:20-1:10 | Birdsall |
| POLI | PWAD | 150.001 | International Relations and World Politics | MW w/ Rec. | 11:15-12:05 | Crescenzi |
| POLI | PWAD | 150.002 | International Relations and World Politics | MWF | 9:05-9:55 | Stern |
| POLI | PWAD | 150.003 | International Relations and World Politics | TR | 5:00-6:15 | Donahue |
| HIST | PWAD | 206.001 | Statecraft and Diplomacy 1815-1945 | MW w/ Rec. | 1:25-2:15 | Morgan |
| HIST | PWAD | 213.001 | Air Power and Modern Warfare | MWF | 2:30-3:20 | Caddell |
| PLCY | PWAD | 220.001 | The Politics of Public Policy | TR | 12:30-1:45 | Kreitzer |
| HIST | PWAD | 238.001 | American Revolution 1763-1815 | MWF | 11:15-12:05 | Duval |
| PWAD | 250.001 | Introduction to Peace and Security Studies | TR | 3:30-4:45 | Lee | |
| HIST | PWAD | 251.001 | The Thirty Years War 1618-1648 | MWF | 1:25-2:15 | McIntosh |
| POLI | PWAD | 260.001 | Crisis and Change in Russia and Eastern Europe | TR | 3:30-4:45 | Jenkins |
| HIST | PWAD | 262.006 | History of the Holocaust | MW w/ Rec. | 12:20-1:10 | Auerbach |
| PHIL | PWAD | 272.001 | Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense | TR | 8:00-9:15 | Quanbeck |
| PHIL | PWAD | 272.002 | Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense | MWF | 12:20-1:10 | Marcoci |
| PHIL | PWAD | 272.003 | Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense | MWF | 1:25-2:15 | Marcoci |
| POLI | PWAD | 287.001 | Strategy and International Relations | TR | 3:30-4:45 | Gent |
| PLCY | PWAD | 330.001 | Conflict Management: Negotiation & Mediation | M | 2:00-4:30 | Tamari |
| COMM | PWAD | 355.001 | Terrorism and Political Violence | TR | 12:30-1:45 | Dauber |
| PWAD | 359.018 | Comparative History of National Intelligence Regimes | TR | 8:00-9:00 | Whitaker | |
| HIST | PWAD | 369.006 | War and American Society in 20th Century | TR w/Rec. | 11:00-12:15 | Glatthaar |
| PWAD | 393.001 | Internship in PWAD | N/A | N/A | Bapat | |
| PWAD | 396 | Independent Study | ||||
| POLI | PWAD | 416.001 | Constiutional Policies and Judicial Process | TR | 9:30-10:45 | Unah |
| PLCY | 430.001 | Analysis of National Security & Policy | MW | 3:35-4:50 | Sullivan | |
| ASIA | PWAD | 435.001 | The Cinemas of the Middle East & N. Africa | TR | 2:00-3:15 | Shemer |
| GEOG | PWAD | 453.001 | Political Geography | TR | 11:00-12:15 | Kirsch |
| ECON | PWAD | 460.001 | International Economics | MWF | 10:10-11:00 | Vaidyanathan |
| ECON | PWAD | 460.002 | International Economics | MWF | 11:15-12:05 | Vaidyanathan |
| POLI | PWAD | 469.001 | Conflict and Intervention in the Former Yugoslavia | TR | 12:30-1:45 | Jenkins |
| PWAD | 488.001 | Nuclear Security in the 21st Century | TR | 12:30-1:45 | Caddell | |
| PWAD | 490.028 | Special Topics: Conflict-Affected States, Development, and U.S. Foreign Policy | TR | 11:00-12:15 | Sisson | |
| HIST | PWAD | 565.001 | Civil War America | TR | 2:00-3:15 | Barney |
| COMM | PWAD | 574.001 | War and Culture | TR | 9:30-10:45 | Dauber |
| HIST | PWAD | 577.001 | U.S. Foreign Relations in the 20th Century | R | 3:30-6:00 | Larres |
| PWAD | 680.018 | Counterintelligence | W | 11:15-1:45 | Whitaker | |
| PWAD | 691H.001 | Honors | W | 3:00-5:30 | Lee | |
Summer Session I and Maymester |
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| Home | CrossList | Number | Course Title | Meeting Pattern | Times | Instructor |
| PLCY | PWAD | 101.01M | Making Public Policy | M-F | 11:30-2:45 | Goldsmith |
| HIST | PWAD | 134.001 | Modern East Asia | M-F | 11:30-1:00 | Wu |
| POLI | PWAD | 150.01M | International Relations and World Politics | M-F | 11:30-2:45 | Crescenzi |
| PLCY | PWAD | 220.001 | Politics of Public Policy | M-F | 1:15-2:45 | Langford |
| ASIA | PWAD | 235.01M | Israeli Cinema | M-F | 11:30-2:45 | Shemer |
| PWAD | 250.01M | Introduction to Peace and Security Studies | M-F | 11:30-2:45 | Bapat | |
| PHIL | PWAD | 272.001 | Ethics of Peace, War and Defense | M-F | 11:30-1:00 | Cruise |
| PHIL | PWAD | 272.002 | Ethics of Peace, War and Defense | M-F | 1:15-2:45 | Johnson |
| HIST | PWAD | 277.001 | Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | M-F | 9:45-11:15 | Shields |
| PLCY | PWAD | 330.01M | Conflict Management: Negotiation & Mediation | M-F | 11:30-2:45 | Tamari |
| POLI | PWAD | 469H.01M | (Honors) Conflict and Intervention in the Former Yugoslavia | M-F | 9:00-12:15 | Jenkins |
Summer Session II |
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| Home | CrossList | Number | Course Title | Meeting Pattern | Times | Instructor |
| POLI | PWAD | 252.001 | International Organizations and Global Issues | M-F | 11:30-1:00 | Jenkins |
| HIST | PWAD | 262.001 | History of the Holocaust | M-F | 1:15-2:45 | Lazar |
| PHIL | PWAD | 272.001 | Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense | M-F | 11:30-1:00 | Bold |
| PHIl | PWAD | 272.002 | Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense | M-F | 9:45-11:45 | Jensen |
Spring Semester 2020
| Home | CrossList | Number | Course Title | Meeting Pattern | Times | Instructor |
| ASIA | PWAD | 69.001 | FYS: Wars and Veterans Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan | TR | 12:30-1:45 | Yaghoobi |
| PLCY | PWAD | 101H.001 | Making Public Policy | MW | 2:30-3:45 | Goldsmith |
| GEOG | PWAD | 120.001 | World Regional Geography | MWF | 11:15-12:05 | Kirsch |
| PLCY | 110H.001 | Global Policy Issues | MW | 2:30-3:45 | Sullivan | |
| HIST | PWAD | 134.001 | Modern East Asia | TR | 9:30-10:45 | Lee |
| POLI | PWAD | 150.001 | International Relations and World Politics | MW w/ Rec. | 9:05-9:55 | Bapat |
| POLI | PWAD | 150.002 | International Relations and World Politics | MWF | 12:20-1:10 | Stern |
| POLI | PWAD | 150.003 | International Relations and World Politics | MW | 3:35-4:50 | Gustafson |
| POLI | PWAD | 150.004 | International Relations and World Politics | TR | 3:30-4:45 | Donahue |
| HIST | PWAD | 207.006 | The Global Cold War | MW w/ Rec. | 1:25-2:15 | Morgan |
| PLCY | 210.001 | Policy Innovation and Analysis | TR | 2:00-3:15 | Summerlin-Long | |
| HIST | PWAD | 212.001 | History of Sea Power | MWF | 2:30-3:20 | Caddell |
| PLCY | PWAD | 220.001 | The Politics of Public Policy | TR | 11:00-12:15 | Kreitzer |
| HIST | PWAD | 248.001 | Counterinsurgencies | TR | 12:30-1:45 | La Serna |
| PWAD | 250.001 | Introduction to Peace & Security Studies | MW | 10:00-11:15 | Bapat | |
| HIST | PWAD | 262.006 | History of the Holocaust: The Destruction of the European Jews | TR | 11:00-12:15 | Auerbach |
| HIST | PWAD | 266.006 | Global History of Warfare | TR w/Rec | 11:00-12:15 | Lee |
| PHIL | PWAD | 272.001 | The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense | MW | 9:05-9:55 | Maclean |
| MUSC | PWAD | 289.001 | Sounds of War and Revolution | TR | 12:30-1:45 | Litwin |
| PWAD | 361.001 | History of Deception | TR | 5:00-6:15 | Caddell | |
| HIST | PWAD | 368.001 | War in American Society to 1903 | TR | 11:00-12:15 | Glatthaar |
| PWAD | 393 | PWAD Internship | N/A | |||
| PWAD | 396 | Independent Study | N/A | |||
| HIST | PWAD | 421.001 | Alexander | MW | 3:35-4:50 | Naiden |
| POLI | PWAD | 459.001 | Trans-Atlantic Security | TR | 12:30-1:45 | Jenkins |
| ECON | PWAD | 460.001 | International Economics | TR | 2:00-3:15 | Vaidyanathan |
| ECON | PWAD | 460.002 | International Economics | TR | 3:30-4:45 | Vaidyanathan |
| GSLL | PWAD | 465.001 | Literature of Atrocity: The Gulag and the Holocaust in Russia and Eastern Europe | TR | 2:00-3:15 | Pike |
| RELI | PWAD | 481.001 | Religion & Nationalism | MW | 3:35-4:40 | Sheikolharam |
| CMPL | PWAD | 489.001 | Empire and Diplomacy | TR | 2:00-3:15 | Leinbaugh |
| PWAD | 490.040 | Special Topics: United States Use of Force – End of Cold War to Present | MW | 11:15-12:30 | Blair | |
| HIST | PWAD | 570.001 | The Vietnam War | MW | 3:35-4:50 | Akers |
| COMM | PWAD | 574.001 | War and Culture | TR | 9:30-10:45 | Dauber |
| COMM | PWAD | 575.001 | Presidential Rhetoric | TR | 12:30-1:45 | Dauber |
| HIST | PWAD | 577.001 | United States Foreign Relations in the 20th Century | T | 3:30-6:00 | Larres |
| PWAD | 692H | Honors in Peace, War, and Defense | N/A | N/A | ||
| RESEARCH WRITING SELECTIONS (These courses fulfill the requirement for applying for the Honors Thesis Program and DO COUNT For PWAD Credit | ||||||
| Home | Crosslist | Number | Course Title | Meeting Pattern | Times | Instructor |
| PWAD | 680.025 | War, Crimes against Humanity, and Justice | M | 2:00-4:15 | Ross | |
| RESEARCH WRITING SELECTIONS (These courses fulfill the requirement for applying for the Honors Thesis Program but DO NOT count for PWAD credit) | ||||||
| Home | CrossList | Number | Course Title | Meeting Pattern | Times | Instructor |
| HIST | 398.001 | Monuments, Commemoration, and Memory | TR | 12:30-1:45 | Brundage | |
| HIST | 398.002 | Ancient Slavery | T | 3:30-6:00 | Naiden | |
| HIST | 398.003 | Environmental History | TR | 3:30-4:45 | Radding | |
| HIST | 398.004 | My Hometown | MW | 3:35-4:50 | Sturkey | |
| HIST | 398.005 | Writing in Central Asia | TR | 3:30-4:45 | Tasar | |
| HIST | 398.006 | Before the War: Exploring the Antebellum South | M | 3:35-6:05 | Watson | |
| HIST | 398.007 | UNC and Africa | MW | 3:35-4:50 | Jarvus | |