Course structure
First Year
First Semester - Core Courses
History of International Relations
Introduction to International Security
Diplomacy
Public International Law
Introduction to International Relations
Communication Skills
Second Semester
Introduction to Conflict Management
International Conflict Management
Introduction to Micro Economics
International Political Economy
Introduction to International System
HIV/AIDS
Second Year
First Semester
Introduction to Macro Economics
Foreign Policy Analysis
Dynamics of Globalisation
International Institutions
International Economics
Fundamentals of Development and their
application to Kenya
Second semester
International Human Rights Law
Fundamentals of Intern’l Security Studies
Order in the International System
International Trade
Science and Technology
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Third Year
Research Methods
International Regimes
Elective
Gender and International Relations
The Media and International Relations
Science & Technology in Intern’l Relations
Energy and International Relations
Second Semester
The Environ. & International Relations
The Politics of Aid and Development
Intern’l Organization & World Order
Regional Integration in Africa
Leadership & Change in Intern’l Relations
Fourth Year
First semester
Epistemology of Research
Research Project
Electives
Food Security and International Relations
International Relations of Africa
International Relations of Europe
International Relations of the Americas
International Relations of Asia-Pacific
Comparative Foreign Policy
Foreign Relations of Africa
Second Semester
Electives
Regionalism and World Politics
International Peace and Security
Regional Integration in Africa
Nations and Nationalism
Nationalism in Contemporary Europe
Foreign Policy in the Horn of Africa
Foreign Relations of East Africa
East African Community
Third Year
First Semester
Research Methods
International Regimes
Electives
Documents of Diplomacy
African Regional Organisation
Diplomatic History of Africa
Diplomatic History
Diplomacy and the Media
Second Semester
Electives
Diplomatic History of Kenya
Intern’l Relations and Intern’l Law
Peaceful Settlement of Disputes
Consular and Diplomatic Immunities
Theory and Practice of Intern’l Mediation
Theory and Practice of Intern’l Negotiation
Fourth Year
First semester
Epistemology of Research
Research Project
Electives
Diplomacy and Conflict
Diplomacy of Terrorism
Diplomatic Precedence, Protocol & Procedure
Second Semester
Electives
African Union
Multilateral Diplomatic Negotiations
Responses to Terrorism
Bilateral Diplomatic Negotiations
Diplomatic Methods and Practice
Diplomacy and Collective Security
Global Health Diplomacy
International Crisis Management
Third Year
First Semester
Research Methods
International Regimes
Electives
Intern’l Relations and Intern’l Law
Compliance with International Treaties
Issues of Self-Determination in International Law
Intern’l Tribunals & Transitional Justice
International Legal Aspects of Globalisation
Consular and Diplomatic Immunities
Second Semester
Electives
Women and Children in International Law
Law of Treaties
Diplomatic and Consular Law
Peaceful Settlement of Disputes
International Humanitarian Law
International Environmental Law & Policy
Sovereign Immunity & International Law
Fourth Year
First semester
Epistemology of Research
Research Project
Electives
Law of the Peaceful uses of Outer Space
Intern’l Legal Aspects of National Security
International Criminal Law
Jurisprudence of International Law
Second Semester
Electives
International Law and World Order
The law of International Air Transport
The Law of Diplomacy
Food and International Law 4
Law of the Sea
International Refugee Law
Theory of International Law
INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
Third Year
First Semester
Research Methods
International Regimes
Electives
Conflict Management by Regional and Sub-regional Organizations
Environmental Conflict Management
Ethnic Conflict Management
Human Rights and Peace
Theory and Practice of Intern’l Negotiation
Second Semester
African Regional Organisation
Theory and Practice of Intern’l Mediation
Issues in Peace Building and Reconstruction
Institutions of Conflict Management
Humanitarian and Dev. Agencies & Conflict
Foreign Policy and Security
Regional Security Studies
Fourth Year
First semester
Epistemology of Research
Research Project
Electives
Cross Border Conflicts and Interventions
Population Movements and Conflicts
NGOs, Dev. Agencies and Conflict
Issues in Conflict Mapping
The Diplomacy of Conflict Management
Second semester
Electives
International Law for Conflict Management
Humanitarian Intervention
Conflict Early Warning and Responses
International Crisis Management
Conflict Systems
Social Reconstruction and Justice
Peace Studies 45
International Peacekeeping
Refugees and Conflict
SECURITY STUDIES
Third Year
First Semester
Research Methods
International Regimes
Electives
Arms Control and Proliferation
National Security Studies
Regional Security Studies
Strategic Studies
Second Semester
Electives
Strategic Planning
National Security Strategy
Civil Military Relations
Issues in Human Security
Foreign Policy and Security
Technology and National Security Studies
Fourth Year
First semester
Epistemology of Research
Research Project
Electives
International Law and Security
Globalization and Security
International Security Issues
International Security and Energy
Second semester
Electives
Human Security in the Horn of Africa
Security Strategies
Defence Economics
Gender and International Security
Defence and Strategy
Theory and Practice of Security
International Security and Development
International Environmental Security
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
Third Year
First Semester
Research Methods
International Regimes
Electives
International Economic Development
International Financial Systems
Third World Economic Issues
Globalization and The Third World Economy
Second semester
Sci. and Technology in Intern’l Relations
African Regional Organisation
Humanitarian & Dev. Agencies & Conflict
International Economic Negotiations
International Economic Integration
NGOs & Intern’l Resource & Mobilization
Economic Governance
Fourth Year
First semester
Epistemology of Research
Research Project
Electives
Economic Diplomacy
China Africa Economic Relations
Africa Europe Economic Relations
Second Semester
Electives
Studies in North South Economic Relations
Econ. of Dev. of Newly Industr. Countries
African Diaspora and Economic Dev.
Economic Diplomacy
China Africa Economic Relations
Global Health Diplomacy