Master of Arts in International Studies

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.