UNG offers a 36-credit-hour Master of Arts in International Affairs (MAIA) degree designed to provide an advanced understanding of the international systems along with a focus on the multiple facets of global security issues such as terrorism, strategic security policy, the examination of economic elements of security, and the theories which define the field of international affairs.
The degree provides students the research and analytical skills to help them to advance in their profession or begin to explore a career in international affairs.
All program instruction for the MAIA program is delivered online.
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All application materials are to be received prior to the deadline. If program capacity is met prior to established admission deadlines, we will stop accepting applications for admission and cancel remaining incomplete applicants. Completing your application earlier is better.
The MAIA consists of 36 credit hours, which can be completed in two years if the student enrolls full-time (9 credit hours per semester). The required courses and elective courses are offered within a two-year rotation. However, the majority of students in the program are enrolled part-time and generally take three and a half years to complete the requirements for their degree.
The programs offers a concentration in Security Studies or Regional Studies. Check with MAIA program coordinator for courses applicable to your area of concentration for a total of 9 credit hours.
Any schedule of courses must be understood to be tentative, in that university authorities reserve the right to cancel courses because of inadequate enrollment, the need to staff other necessary functions, etc. On a semester-to-semester basis, the best way to ensure that the course you want to take will not be canceled is by pre-registering for it
The MAIA program offers one graduate assistantship annually that serve either as teaching assistants, research assistants or service assistants. Graduate assistants receive a tuition waiver and are paid a stipend.
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