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