International Studies (MA)

The Master of Arts (MA) in International Studies is an academically rigorous, broadly interdisciplinary, two-year program focused on social analysis, research, and the skills necessary for contemporary challenges. The world is confronted by a complex climate crisis, growing authoritarianism, the failure of neoliberal globalization, recurrent economic crises, and unregulated technology. The most vulnerable among us suffer stigma, violence, and systematic discrimination. Mainstream economics and IR theory has failed to offer insightful analyses or solutions these problems. At INT DePaul, we offer tools for students to analyze this increasingly complex world, challenge conventional wisdom, and to find creative solutions. The MA curriculum allows the flexibility of integrating multiple disciplines along with the training in critical theory and a program that offers the choice of a scholarly thesis or an internship report or a creative project on a subject that is chosen by you. Students can investigate the underlying assumptions and histories of complicated issues, constructing their analysis from critical social and cultural theories, and international political economy, and internship work.

The MA in International Studies is an academically demanding two-year program. The master’s program only admits in the Fall so students can begin their sequence of classes as a cohort. There are no Winter or Spring admissions, and all of our graduate classes are offered in the evening. This graduate program is committed to building a community of scholars and researchers who have demonstrated a commitment to engaging questions of power and inequality at an international level. Minimum Requirements for Acceptance into the MA Program Bachelor’s degree from an accredited undergraduate institution GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale Grade of B or better on an advanced modern language course (other than English) beyond the standard two-year college language learning sequence, or the equivalent score on a language placement exam