Department: Institute for International Studies
Contacts
Office: Encina Hall Center, First Floor, 616 Jane Stanford Way
Mail Code: 94305-6055
Phone: 650-723-4581
Web Site: http://fsi.stanford.edu/
The Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) provides opportunities for undergraduate research through the CDDRL Undergraduate Honors Program and the CISAC Interschool Honors Program in International Security Studies.
Interschool Honors Program in Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
Director: Stephen J. Stedman
The Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) Undergraduate Senior Honors Program provides students majoring in any Stanford academic department the opportunity to conduct an independent honors thesis focused on the fields of democracy, development, and the rule of law. Students are required to complete a three quarter long honors research seminar that begins Spring Quarter of the junior year. They will spend the last quarter of the senior year working independently with their faculty adviser to complete and submit their honors thesis ahead of their formal defense in mid-May. Upon fulfilling individual department course requirements and completing the honors program, students graduate with a certificate in Honors in Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law.
Students interested in the program consult with their prospective honors advisers in their junior year to determine the tentative thesis topic, which should have some degree of policy relevance. Prerequisites for the program include; a 3.5 grade-point average at the time they apply; a strong overall academic record; sufficient depth and breadth in the fields of democracy, economic and social development, rule of law, and human rights course work; and demonstrated skills in writing and conducting independent research.
Students are required to attend honors college in Washington, D.C. in September before Autumn Quarter classes begin. Applicants are discouraged from studying abroad during the duration of the CDDRL Undergraduate Honors program.
Required Course Work
Two courses that explore the areas of democracy, development, and the rule of law to be approved by the faculty director. CDDRL's flagship undergraduate lecture course taught during Autumn Quarter, which ideally should be completed before the student enters the honors program. DDRL Honors Research Methods Seminars meet on a weekly basis to present their project theses and receive feedback.
Typical Schedule for CDDRL Honors Program
Junior | Units | ||
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AUTUMN | WINTER | SPRING | |
Select one of the following: | 5 |
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Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (course) | |||
Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (course) | |||
course Honors Research Methods |
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| 3 |
Year Total: | 5 |
| 3 |
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Senior | Units | ||
AUTUMN | WINTER | SPRING | |
course Honors Research Workshop | 3 |
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course Honors RResearch Workshop |
| 3 |
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course Independent Study (Optional)1 | |||
Year Total: | 3 | 3 |
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Total Units in Sequence: | 14 | ||
1 | Optional any quarter during senior year for 1-5 units, repeatable once for credit. |
Admitted students must be able to fulfill all course requirements in their individual majors by the time they graduate, in addition to the units required for the honors program. For more information, contact Kristin Chandler, CDDRL Associate Director for Administration & Finance at kdchandl@stanford.edu or go to http://cddrl.stanford.edu/.
Interschool Honors Program in International Security Studies
Co-Directors: Rod Ewing, Amy Zegart
The Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) coordinates a University-wide Interschool Honors Program in International Security Studies. Students chosen for the honors program intern with a security-related organization (prior to the start of senior year), attend the program's honors college in Washington, D.C., in September, participate in a year-long core seminar, and under the direction of a faculty advisor produce an honors thesis relevant to international security policy. Upon fulfilling individual department course requirements and completing the honors program, students graduate in their major with the award of Honors in International Security Studies. To be considered for the program, students must demonstrate sufficient depth and breadth of international security course work.
Students must be enrolled at Stanford for all three quarters of the 2020-21 academic year (Autumn, Winter, Spring) to participate in CISAC honors.
Students who elect to take a leave of absence for any part of the 2020-21 academic year are encouraged to reapply to honors for 2021-22. Given the small size of the program and the large number of applications, the program is unable to offer deferred admissions.
The deadline for informing the program that a student intends to take a leave of absence and withdraw from CISAC honors is August 1, 2020.
Course List | ||
Units | ||
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Successful applicants to the program are expected to have taken: | ||
Technology and National Security: Past, Present, and Future | 3-4 | |
International Security in a Changing World | 5 | |
and at least one related course such as | 4-5 | |
World Food Economy | 5 | |
The Changing Face of War: Introduction to Military History | 5 | |
Global Public Health | 3 | |
Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law | 5 | |
International Law and International Relations | 5 | |
International Law (formerly LAW 479) | 4 | |
3 | ||
3 | ||
War and Peace in American Foreign Policy | 5 | |
Introduction to American Politics and Policy: In Defense of Democracy | 4-5 | |
Formal Organizations | 4 | |
Students in the program enroll in course Interschool Honors Program in International Security Studies, in Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters for 3-5 credits per quarter (9-12 total credits). Information about this program may be obtained from the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Encina Hall, cisachonors@stanford.edu, or the CISAC Interschool Honors Program in International Security Studies website.
Faculty
Interschool Honors Program in Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
Director: Stephen J. Stedman
Interschool Honors Program in International Security Studies
Co-Directors: Rod Ewing, Amy Zegart
Graduate Advising
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