International Relations, B.A.

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Requirements for the liberal arts major in international relations, B.A. program

The major requires a minimum of 42-46 credits, with a possible 58-62 depending upon a student’s competency in foreign language. Credit toward the major will be allowed only for courses completed with a grade of 2.0 or higher.

A. Core

PS 114 - Issues in World Politics (4)
PS 131 - Comparative Politics (4)
PS 303 - Research Methods and Statistics (4) (should be taken in the sophomore year, and no later than the junior year)
PS 314 - International Politics: Theory and Practice (4)
ECN 202 - Principles of Global Macroeconomics (4) or
ECN 210 - Principles of Economics
(6)

A capstone course selected from

B. Electives in political science - 12 credits selected from

PS 308 - Special Topics in Comparative Politics and International Relations (4)
PS 313 - Comparative Foreign Policy (4)
PS 315 - United States Foreign Policy (4)
PS 317 - International Politics of Human Rights (4)
PS 328 - Chinese Politics and Foreign Policy (4)
PS 329 - European Political Systems (4)
PS 330 - Politics of Development (4)
PS 332 - Politics of the Middle East and North Africa (4)
PS 333 - African Politics (4)
PS 334 - Political Systems of Asia (4)
PS 335 - Politics of Latin America (4)
PS 337 - The Russian Political System (4)
PS 338 - International Political Economy (4)
PS 339 - Revolution, Intervention, and Democratization (4)
PS 354 - Global Environmental Governance (4)
PS 360 - International Terrorism: Causes, Consequences, Responses (4)
PS 361 - International Organizations (4)
PS 362 - Model United Nations (2) (may be taken up to two times for a total of four credits toward the international relations major)
PS 363 - Global Democratization (4)
PS 364 - Gender and International Relations (4)
PS 365 - International Conflict and Security (4)
PS 367 - Globalization and International Economic Institutions (4)

C. Electives in economics, history, philosophy - 6-8 credits

ECN 201 - Principles of Microeconomics (4)
ECN 326 - International Economic Development (3)
ECN 373 - International Trade (3)
ECN 374 - International Finance (3)
HST 262 - Introduction to Latin American History II (4)
HST 320 - Cold War America, 1945-1990 (4)
HST 321 - History of American Foreign Relations in the Twentieth Century (4)
HST 341 - Europe Since 1914 (4)
HST 352 - Nationalism in Modern Europe (4)
HST 356 - The Modern Middle East (4)
HST 357 - The Arab-Israeli Conflict (4)
HST 358 - The Cold War in the Middle East (4)
HST 359 - Modern Iran and Iraq (4)
HST 363 - History of Southern South America (4)
HST 367 - History of Mexico (4)
HST 376 - China Since 1949 (4)
HST 383 - Postcolonial Conflicts in African History (4)
HST 386 - Modern African History Since 1800 (4)
HST 389 - African Environmental History (4)
PHL 311 - Philosophy of International Relations: Law, War and Peace (4)
PHL 320 - Global Justice (4)

D. Foreign language corequisite - 16 credits or equivalency

Students must complete two years of a single modern foreign language or demonstrate equivalent competency at the second year level in a single modern foreign language.

Note

Students using this catalog to meet international relations major requirements may also use any course subsequently approved as satisfying requirements in the electives categories and published in a later catalog.