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SS479 (Version: 2020 2) COURSE DETAILS


COURSE TITLE EFF YEAR EFF TERM DEPARTMENT CREDIT HOURS
SS479 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 2020 2 Social Sciences 3.0 (BS=0.0, ET=0.0, MA=0.0)
SCOPE
While occasionally individual states in the international system have sought to find the solution to problems that they face alone - be they security-related, financial, social or environmental - the nature of the 21st century's geopolitical issues almost demand a collective, transnational response. But what entity or entities serve to facilitate this transnational cooperation? Enter international organizations, or IOs. This course is centered on introducing students to the landscape of global IOs that exist in the world today. To that end, this course investigates the emergence, purposes, and contemporary statuses of a variety of the major IOs that mark the international relations landscape today. These will include global IOs (like the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization, the International Criminal Court), regional IOs (like the European Union [EU], African Union [AU], and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations [ASEAN]); and a variety of non-governmental organizations (NGOs)(like Doctors Without Borders, Amnesty International, and the International Committee of the Red Cross). The course also assesses the impact and relevance of international organizations as an issue of concern to Army officers and national security professionals.
LESSONS: 30 @ 75 min (2.000 Att/wk) LABS: 0 @ 0 min
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
At the discretion of the current course director.

SS479 COURSE REQUISITES


TYPE COURSE EFF YEAR EFF TERM TRACK RED BOOK FLG
PRE REQUISITE  
  SS307 2018 1 1 Y
  SS357 2018 1 2 Y

SS479 (Version: 2019 2) COURSE DETAILS (ARCHIVED)


COURSE TITLE EFF YEAR EFF TERM DEPARTMENT CREDIT HOURS
SS479 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 2019 2 Social Sciences 3.0 (BS=0.0, ET=0.0, MA=0.0)
SCOPE
International Relations scholars often emphasize "anarchy" as an ordering principle of the international system. Yet "organization" - the arrangement of actors and power in international affairs, as well as the existence of formal organizations like the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, and NATO - is an elemental feature of world politics. This course examines this crucial area of IR theory and practice. The course introduces conceptual approaches to the study and historical development of international organization and global governance and alternative theories to describe, explain, or predict events or developments in this field. It examines the system-level, domestic sources and consequences of international organization and introduces leading formal organizations in the international system. The course also assesses the impact and relevance of international organization as an issue of concern to Army officers and national security professionals.
LESSONS: 30 @ 75 min (2.000 Att/wk) LABS: 0 @ 0 min
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
None

SS479 COURSE REQUISITES


TYPE COURSE EFF YEAR EFF TERM TRACK RED BOOK FLG
PRE REQUISITE  
  SS307 2018 1 1 Y
  SS360 1975 1 1 Y
  SS357 2018 1 2 Y
  SS360 2014 1 2 Y

SS479 (Version: 2017 2) COURSE DETAILS (ARCHIVED)


COURSE TITLE EFF YEAR EFF TERM DEPARTMENT CREDIT HOURS
SS479 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 2017 2 Social Sciences 3.0 (BS=0.0, ET=0.0, MA=0.0)
SCOPE
International Relations scholars often emphasize "anarchy" as an ordering principle of the international system. Yet "organization" - the arrangement of actors and power in international affairs, as well as the existence of formal organizations like the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, and NATO - is an elemental feature of world politics. This course examines this crucial area of IR theory and practice. The course introduces conceptual approaches to the study and historical development of international organization and global governance and alternative theories to describe, explain, or predict events or developments in this field. It examines the system-level, domestic sources and consequences of international organization and introduces leading formal organizations in the international system. The course also assesses the impact and relevance of international organization as an issue of concern to Army officers and national security professionals.
LESSONS: 40 @ 55 min (2.500 Att/wk) LABS: 0 @ 0 min
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
None

SS479 COURSE REQUISITES


TYPE COURSE EFF YEAR EFF TERM TRACK RED BOOK FLG
PRE REQUISITE  
  SS307 2018 1 1 Y
  SS360 1975 1 1 Y
  SS357 2018 1 2 Y
  SS360 2014 1 2 Y

SS479 (Version: 2003 2) COURSE DETAILS (ARCHIVED)


COURSE TITLE EFF YEAR EFF TERM DEPARTMENT CREDIT HOURS
SS479 ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS 2003 2 Social Sciences 3.0 (BS=0.0, ET=0.0, MA=0.0)
SCOPE
This is a course that will study the economic thought process as applied to natural resources and the environment. Our study will fall into three basic categories and the course will be broken into three corresponding blocks. The first block will introduce and elaborate the microeconomic and macroeconomic principles and theory that apply to the study of the environment and natural resources. This section will include the concepts of equilibria, efficiency, and equity. The second block will concentrate on applying the economic theory developed in the first block to exhaustible and renewable natural resources. The third block will apply our new understanding of the environmental economics to the problems of economic growth and development. (Note: dropped to add SS464 Homeland Security, 2006-1)
LESSONS: 40 @ 55 min (2.500 Att/wk) LABS: 0 @ 0 min
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
None

SS479 COURSE REQUISITES


TYPE COURSE EFF YEAR EFF TERM TRACK RED BOOK FLG
PRE REQUISITE  
  SS360 1975 1 1 Y
  SS382 1980 2 1 Y
  SS388 2000 2 1 Y
  SS368 1989 2 2 Y
  SS382 1980 2 2 Y
  SS388 2000 2 2 Y