Course Catalogue (2026)

  • Political Violence and Extremism
    • Terrorism and Insurgency
    • Social Movements
    • EITHER Political Ideologies OR International Relations
    • Civil War and Political Collapse

  • International Politics
    • International Relations
    • Advanced IR Theory and Applications
    • Methodology of International Relations

  • Quantum Social Science
    • International Relations
    • Political Ideologies
    • Advanced International Relations Theory
    • Quantum Social Science

  • Biological Social Science and Anthropology
    • Biological Social Science
    • Political Anthropology
    • Primate Societies and Culture

  • Populism and Hate Studies
    • Comparative Politics Social Movements
    • Political Ideologies

  • Propaganda Science
    • Political Ideologies
    • Comparative Politics
    • Advanced Propaganda Studies
    • Political Communication

  • Chinese Politics
    • Political Ideologies
    • Advanced Chinese Literature I OR Advanced Chinese Media I
    • Chinese Politics
    • Critical Chinese Communists

  • Taiwanese and Cross-Strait Politics
    • Political Ideologies
    • International Relations
    • Taiwanese Politics Cross-Strait Relations
    • Advanced Taiwanese Media I OR Advanced Chinese Media I

  • Chinese Language Discourse and Literature
    • Advanced Chinese Literature I OR Advanced Chinese Media I
    • Advanced Chinese Literature II OR Advanced Chinese Media II

  • Taiwanese Language Discourse and Literature
    • Advanced Chinese Literature I OR Advanced Chinese Media I
    • Advanced Taiwanese Literature II OR Advanced Taiwanese Media II

  • Chinese Communism and Propaganda
    • Advanced Chinese Literature I OR Advanced Chinese Media I
    • Chinese Politics
    • Chinese Propaganda OR Chinese Censorship Techniques
    • Advanced Propaganda Studies OR Asian Politics

  • Asian Politics
    • Terrorism and Insurgency OR Civil War and Political Collapse
    • Social Movements
    • Political Ideologies
    • EITHER Chinese Politics OR North Korean Politics OR Taiwanese Politics

  • Middle Eastern Politics
    • Politics Terrorism and Insurgency
    • Middle Eastern International Relations
    • Middle Eastern Media and Propaganda

  • Hebrew Language Discourse and Literature
    • Advanced Hebrew Literature I OR Advanced Hebrew Media I
    • Advanced Hebrew Literature II OR Advanced Hebrew Media II

  • Yiddish Language Discourse and Culture
    • Advanced Yiddish Media I
    • Advanced Yiddish Media II

  • Comparative Religions
    • Comparative Eastern Religions OR Abrahamic Religion
    • Concepts of God
    • Concepts of Afterlife
    • Religious Practice and Mysticism

  • Soviet Communism
    • Critical Soviet Communists
    • Political Ideologies

  • Counterinsurgency and Terrorism
    • Terrorism and Insurgency
    • Advanced Counterinsurgency Studies
    • Civil War and Political Collapse
    • Social Movements

Elective Courses

Any course can be requested by any cohort, but availability is subject to faculty timing:

Abrahamic Religion
Advanced Chinese Literature I
Advanced Chinese Literature II
Advanced Chinese Media I
Advanced Chinese Media II
Advanced Counterinsurgency Studies
Advanced Data Mining Techniques (second term students only)
Advanced Deep Web Scraping Techniques (second term students only)
Advanced Hebrew Literature I
Advanced Hebrew Literature II
Advanced Hebrew Media I
Advanced Hebrew Media II
Advanced IR Theory and Applications (second term students only)
Advanced Propaganda Studies
Advanced Taiwanese Literature I
Advanced Taiwanese Literature II
Advanced Taiwanese Media I
Advanced Taiwanese Media II
Advanced Yiddish Media I
Advanced Yiddish Media II
Applied Machine Learning for Social Science (second term students only)
Asian Politics
Biological Social Science
Chinese Censorship Techniques
Chinese Communism and Propaganda
Chinese Language Discourse and Literature
Chinese Politics
Chinese Popular Media
Chinese Propaganda
Civil War and Political Collapse
Comparative Communist Regimes
Comparative Eastern Religions
Comparative Politics
Comparative State Media
Concepts of Afterlife
Concepts of God
Counterinsurgency and Terrorism
Critical Chinese Communists
Critical Soviet Communists
Cross-Strait Relations
Data Mining for Social Science (second term students only)
Fundamentals of Data
Fundamentals of Research
Genocide Studies
Global Finance and Trade
Hebrew Language Discourse and Literature
International Relations
Israeli Politics
Israeli Popular Media
Methodology of International Relations
Methodology of Political Science
Middle Eastern International Relations
Middle Eastern Media and Propaganda
Middle Eastern Politics
North Korean Politics
Political Anthropology
Political Communication
Political Geography of Taiwan
Political Ideologies
Populism and Hate Studies
Post-Soviet Politics and International Relations
Primate Societies and Culture
Propaganda Science
Propaganda Studies
Quantum Social Science (second term students only)
Religious Practice and Mysticism
Republican Chinese (pre-1991 ROC) Politics
Social Movements
Soviet Communism
Taiwanese and Cross-Strait Politics
Taiwanese Language Discourse and Literature
Taiwanese Politics
Taiwanese Popular Media
Terrorism and Insurgency
The White Terror in Taiwan (second term students only)