Courses

Mandatory courses

• CA 501 Empire, Identity, and Modernity - topics in the history of Central Asia
• CA 505 Development, Change, and Transformation in Central Asia
• CA 506 Central Asian Politics - Governance between Past and Future
• CA 507 Central Asia in Global Politics
• CA 508 Master’s Thesis Development I
• CA 508.1 Master’s Thesis Development II
• CA 571 Power and Knowledge - Introduction to Central Asia
• CA 604 Identities in the Making - Soviet Nationalities
• CA 900/901 Independent Graduate Study I and II

Elective courses

Elective courses include theory and methodology courses in a disciplinary field that may address Central Asia only indirectly. They are chosen from the course list of AUCA’s various departments in consultation with the student’s advisor. Two of these elective courses must be in the same field as the student’s MA thesis. Two elective courses may be replaced with Independent Graduate Study courses under the responsibility of the student’s MA thesis supervisor.