International Security and Conflict Resolution
Bachelor of Arts
About the Major
Learn to analyze global affairs and develop strategies to build a more peaceful, just, and ecologically sustainable global order. You'll also gain knowledge of prominent institutions (such as the United Nations, the International Criminal Court, the World Trade Organization, etc.) and critical themes (such as human rights, terrorism, North-South relations, the climate crisis) in global politics.
Program Highlights
The ISCOR program features three areas of emphasis: (1) justice in the global system; (2) cooperation, conflict, and conflict resolution; and (3) environment and security. Through your study abroad experience, you'll demonstrate a deeper and more specific understanding of historically rooted political struggles that have shaped the host country, as well as its specific cultural practices.
Sample Courses
- Conflict and Conflict Resolution
- Our Global Future
- International Security in the Nuclear Age
- Politics of Global Resistance and Solidarity
Career Options
Our graduates pursue careers in diplomacy, intelligence, defense and foreign policy strategy, and homeland security.
- U.S. European Command
- Washington State Supreme Court
- American Red Cross
- Kaiser Permanente
Transferable Skills
- Analytical and critical thinking abilities
- Research experience
- Extensive technical and analytical writing abilities
- Rhetorical skills
- Making projections
- Thinking logically
- Comparing and contrasting ideas and information
- Didactic skills
- Oratory skills
- Conflict resolution skills
- Worldliness/understanding of current events
- Conceptualizing and implementing projects
- Developing research designs and models
- Understanding components of complex problems
ISCOR Program
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