The PUP-PHISO Bachelor of Arts in International Studies

We are very happy to announce that the Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (BAIS), developed by PHISO and in close collaboration with PUP Department of Political Science, is going to be offered this coming semester. Classes will start on June 2018.

Know the “international” that is equipped of balanced Western-Global South knowledge sources with critical study of indigenous IR scholarship, and how this very idea of the “international” is expressed in different multiple societies. See you in class!

Download the curriculum here.

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First Year, First Semester: CHED General Education

Course Code	Subject	Units (21)	Prerequisites
	CHED – Understanding of the Self	3	N/A
	CHED – Purposive Communication	3	N/A
	CHED – Ethics	3	N/A
	CHED – Art Appreciation	3	N/A
	CHED – Readings in Philippine History	3	N/A
	CHED – Life and Works of Jose Rizal	3	N/A
	CHED – Mathematics in the Modern World	3	N/A

First Year, Second Semester: International Studies Preparatory Courses

Course Code	Subject	Units (21)	Prerequisites
IS 1201	The Profession and Study of International Studies	3	N/A
IS 1202	Non-Western Theories and Concepts in IR	3	N/A
IS 1203.1	Fundamentals and Ethics of International Relations Research	3	N/A
IS 1203.2	Survey of Qualitative Research in IR	3	N/A
IS 1203.3	Survey of Quantitative Research in IR	3	N/A
English	Academic Writing in English	3	N/A
	CHED – Science, Technology and Society	3	N/A

 Second Year, First Semester: Basics and Subfields of the “International”

Course Code	Subject	Units (21)	Prerequisites
IS 2102	Global South and Postcolonial IR	3	IS 1201, IS 1202
IS 2101	Western Theories of IR: Methodological Debates	3	IS 1201
IS 2106	International Security: Traditional and Human Security	3	IS 1201, IS 1202
IS 2108	International Political Economy	3	IS 1201, IS 1202
IS 2105	Foreign Policy Analysis	3	IS 1201, IS 1203.1, IS 1203.2, IS 1203.3
	CHED – Contemporary World	3	N/A
	CHED – Elective 1	3	N/A

 Second Year, Second Semester: Contextualizing International Studies

Course Code	Subject	Units (18)	Prerequisites
IS 2202	IR in Southeast Asia	3	IS 2102
IS 2201	Reflexivism in IR	3	IS 2101
IS 2204	International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights	3	IS 2106
IS 2205	Philippine Foreign Policy	3	IS 2105
	CHED – Elective 2	3
	CHED – Elective 3	3

Third Year, First Semester: The Eastern Influence on the World and Thesis Proposal

Course Code	Subject	Units (15)	Prerequisites
IS 2203	Thesis 1.4: Thesis Proposal Defense	3	IS 2105, IS 2101, IS 2102, IS 2103, IS 2108, English
IS 3101.1	Key Thinkers in Oriental Philosophy of IR	3	N/A
IS 3102.2	Religion and International Relations	3	IS 2201, IS 2202
IS 3102.3	Civilizational IR	3	IS 2201, IS 2202
IS 3107	Seminar on Current Issues in International Studies	3	IS 2201, IS 2202

Third Year, Second Semester: The Western Influence on the World

Course Code	Subject	Units (15)	Prerequisites
IS 3203	Thesis 2.4: Thesis Writing	3	IS 3103
IS 3201.1	Modernity, Modernism and Modernization in the International System	3	IS 3102.1/IS 3102.2, IS 2201
IS 3201.2	Industrial Age, Capitalism and Globalization	3	IS 3102.1/IS 3102.2, IS 2201
IS 3201.3	Nationalism and Nation-States in IR	3	IS 3102.1/IS 3102.2, IS 2201
IS 3201.4	Dialectic, Materialist and Marxist Theorizing in International Relations	3	IS 3102.1/IS 3102.2, IS 2201

Summer

Course Code	Subject	Units (3)
IS 3305	Internship	3 Units	Third year standing

Fourth Year, First Semester: Thematic Approaches to International Studies

Course Code	Subject	Units (15)	Prerequisites
IS 4103	Thesis 3.4: Final Defense	3	IS 3203
IS 4106.1	The Anthropocene and Global Environmental Issues	3	IS 2106, Fourth Year Standing
IS 4106.2	International Development Studies	3	IS 2106, Fourth Year Standing
IS 4106.3	Gendering International Relations	3	IS 2106, Fourth Year Standing
IS 4106. 4	Terrorism and Transnational Crimes	3	IS 2106, Fourth Year Standing

Fourth Year, Second Semester: IR Praxis in Preparation for Career Development

Course Code	Subject	Units (18)	Prerequisite
IS 4203	Thesis 4.4: Academic Publishing Processes	3	IS 4103
IS 4205.1	Diplomacy	3	IS 2205, Fourth year standing
IS 4204	Public International Law	3	IS 2204, Fourth year standing
IS 4205.2	Consular Practices	3	IS 3305, Fourth year standing
IS 4209	International and Regional Organizations	3	IS 3305, Fourth year standing