Certificate Requirements
The Certificate requires the completion of fifteen (15) credit hours:
- Foundations Course: CES 605
- Seminar Course: CES 695
- Field Courses: select three courses from the following:
CES 611-612: TOPICS IN THE GEOPOLITICS OF THE BALKAN, CASPIAN, AND CAUCASUS REGIONS
Sample topics include:
- Conflict in the Caucasus
- Geopolitics of the Caspian Sea Region
- Revolutions by Colors in the Former Soviet Union
- Pipeline Wars
CES 650-651: TOPICS IN THE MODERN HISTORY OF EASTERN EUROPE
Sample topics include:
- Terror of Totalitarianism
- Church and State in Eastern Europe
- History of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
CES 660-661: TOPICS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN POLITICS
Sample topics include:
- Democratic Development of Eastern Europe
- Espionage in Central/Eastern Europe: Cold War and Beyond
- Contemporary Russian Politics
- Russian Foreign Policy
- Russian Military Doctrine in the 21st Century
- Russian Intelligence Agencies
- Central/Eastern European Security Policy