Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 Courses
- INTA 3110: US Foreign Policy
- PUBP 4226: Business and Government

Open to all majors — no background in INTA or PUBP required. Each GTDC student will take two courses (3 credits each) during the semester:
- One from the School of Public Policy (PUBP)
- One from the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs (INTA)
Applicants are surveyed for preferences, and final courses are announced before non-refundable deposits are paid.
Customized Each Semester
Course offerings are selected with input from students to match the interests and needs of each cohort. Options may include classes that fulfill:
- Core Area C (Humanities & Ethics)
- Core Area E (Social Sciences)
- Georgia Legislative Requirements (U.S. and Georgia history & constitution)
- International Plan (IP)
- Law, Science, and Technology (LST) Minor / Pre-Law Certificate
Your Courses
Courses count toward majors/minors in INTA or PUBP, and may apply to the International Plan or Georgia Legislative requirements.
Learn from Experts
Taught by INTA and PUBP faculty, with guest lectures from alumni and D.C. professionals. Assignments connect directly to the D.C. experience.
When & Where
Classes meet once a week in the evening for three hours. The classroom is located in the same building as student housing.
Potential Course Offerings
C = Core Area C E = Core Area E GSLR = GA Legislative IP = International Plan LST = LST Minor/Pre-Law
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy
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Explores the main currents in political philosophy, with a focus on American political thought, from antiquity to the present, with applications to contemporary debates about policy and political process.
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This course explores the fundamental interactions between politics, economics, and policy. It examines how even non-partisan, scientific policy solutions can have distributive consequences that affect their design, passage, and implementation. Students will learn to apply political-economic analysis to current topics in American politics and policy.
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The science and craft of policy problem-solving, analysis, and advice. Economic and political approaches and techniques for analysis of costs, benefits, and risks.
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Application of political science and other social science concepts and theories to current issues. Investigates several current topics in detail.
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How government regulates business and markets, and how business exercises power and influence on government in areas such as antitrust, financial markets, safety and health, and environmental quality.
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Examination of relationships between science, technology, and government, and their mutual influence on public and private decisions.
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Theories and concepts of technological innovation and diffusion, economic development, and the role of public and private institutions in technological development at the firm, industry, regional, national, and international levels.
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Exploration of technology and technological society, going beyond utility and functionality to consider justice, meaningfulness, and self-realization. Perspectives include political economy, aesthetics, and social change.
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
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Introduction to current issues of politics, geography, and history around the globe, using a wide variety of media and sources.
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An introduction to the major principles, concepts, actors, and theories of the international system and their application to current issues in world affairs.
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Examines American government in relation to other political and economic systems in countries around the world. Credit not allowed for both POL 1101 and INTA 1200.
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An overview of science and technology as a determinant in the development and functioning of states and societies worldwide and the international context for the development of science and technology.
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Explore the meaning of global citizenship in scholarly and public debates and how it is “practiced” by individuals and “institutionalized” by universities, corporations and organizations.
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Analyzes the formulation and implementation of America’s foreign policy from 1914 to the present, stressing economic, political, and strategic factors.
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Examines contemporary American defense policy, including the formulation of strategy, the defense budget, force structure, and nontraditional uses of military force.
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Addresses the impact of technological developments on the evolution of military organization and on international conflict.