Sample Course Timeline

Sample Program Schedules

Individual schedules may vary and will be developed in consultation with the student’s GMAP faculty advisor.


Fall Admit

The course sequencing below represent a sample schedule for students who begin their MS in GMAP during the Fall semester.

Term 1: Fall Year 1

Term 2: Spring Year 1

Course Number & Title (credits)
Course Number & Title (credits)
GMAP 500, Essentials of GMAP (4) GMAP 501, Micro-Dynamics of Mass Atrocities (4)
GMAP 502, Comparative Genocides (4) GMAP 504, Transitional Justice (4)

GMAP 503, Intro to Nongovernmental Organizations (3)

GMAP 518-538 (A-Z), Elective (3-4)
GMAP 505, Research Methods in Prevention (4)  
Term credit total: 15 Term credit total: 12

Term 3: Fall Year 2 

Term 4: Spring/Summer Year 2 

Course Number & Title (credits)
Course Number & Title (credits)
GMAP 580, GMAP Field Placement (1-8)* GMAP 550, Mechanisms of Atrocity Prevention (3)
  GMAP 590, Capstone (4)
  GMAP 518-538 (A-Z), Elective (3-4)
Term credit total: 1-8 Term credit total: 10-11


PROGRAM CREDIT TOTAL: 

37

*The GMAP Field Placement course may be for 1-8 credits. The students may need more credit hours for financial aid or because of international student status.