International Relations, B.A.

Students must complete the Oakland University General Education Requirements, General College of Arts and Sciences requirements , College of Arts and Sciences Exploratory requirement , Major Requirements, and an appropriate number of free elective classes to meet the overall credit requirement for the degree (in most cases a minimum of 124; some degrees may require a greater number).

A student cannot declare a major and a minor in the same discipline (e.g. a BS in Accounting with a minor in Accounting).

Schedule of Classes

Specific offerings for each semester may be found in the Schedule of Classes.

General Education Requirements

In order to graduate on-schedule without taking additional courses, it is highly recommended that students meet with an Undergraduate Academic Adviser concerning the selection of all of their general education courses.

Each candidate for an Oakland University baccalaureate will need to satisfactorily complete approved courses in each of the following areas: Foundations, Explorations, and Integration. For details, refer to the General Education Requirements section of the catalog.

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

The major requires a minimum of 42 credits, depending upon a student’s competency in foreign language and their choice of electives. Credit toward the major will be allowed only for courses completed with a grade of C or higher.

1. Core courses

PS 1400 - Comparative Politics (4)
PS 1600 - Issues in World Politics (4)
PS 2500 - The Research Process in Political Science (4)
PS 2550 - Data Analysis in Political Science (4)
PS 3040 - International Politics: Theory and Practice (4)

Plus a capstone course (choose one)

2. Political science electives -12 credits

PS 3405 - Politics of Latin America (4)
PS 3410 - African Politics (4)
PS 3415 - Politics of the Middle East and North Africa (4)
PS 3420 - European Political Systems (4)
PS 3425 - The Russian Political System (4)
PS 3430 - Political Systems of Asia (4)
PS 3435 - Chinese Politics and Foreign Policy (4)
PS 3550 - Politics of Development (4)
PS 3555 - Global Democratization (4)
PS 3560 - Revolution, Intervention, and Democratization (4)
PS 3565 - Dictatorships (4)
PS 3605 - Model United Nations (2 OR 4) (may be taken up to two times for a maximum of six credits toward the international relations major)
PS 3610 - United States Foreign Policy (4)
PS 3615 - Comparative Foreign Policy (4)
PS 3630 - International Organizations (4)
PS 3640 - International Political Economy (4)
PS 3650 - Globalization and International Economic Institutions (4)
PS 3660 - International Law (4)
PS 3710 - International Politics of Human Rights (4)
PS 3715 - Gender and Int’l Relations (4)
PS 3730 - Global Environmental Governance (4)
PS 3750 - International Conflict and Security (4)
PS 3755 - International Negotiation and Bargaining (4)
PS 3780 - International Terrorism: Causes, Consequences, Responses (4)
PS 3940 - Special Topics in Comparative Politics and International Relations (1 TO 4)
PS 4955 - Political Science/International Relations Internship (4) (Applicants must seek departmental approval at the beginning of the semester prior to that of the internship)

3. Electives in economics, history, philosophy, or a foreign language - minimum of 6 credits

Students must complete two courses from the list below. If a student chooses to complete these electives using modern foreign language courses, both courses must be in the same language, must be 2000 level or above and in the same language that fulfilled the language corequisite.

Students are advised that modern foreign language courses at the 2000 level will satisfy this portion of the Bachelors of Arts in International Relations, but will not count toward the University requirement of a minimum of 32 upper division credits.

Upper-Level OU courses not listed below can be used towards Group 3 requirements with permission of the faculty advisor.

ECN 2010 - Principles of Microeconomics (4)
ECN 2020 - Principles of Global Macroeconomics (4)
ECN 3260 - International Economic Development (3)
ECN 3730 - International Trade (3)
ECN 3740 - Economics of Intl Finance (3)
HST 2602 - Introduction to Latin American History since 1825 (4)
HST 3206 - Cold War America, 1945-1990 (4)
HST 3210 - History of American Foreign Relations in the Twentieth Century (4)
HST 3400 - Europe since 1914 (4)
HST 3405 - Nationalism in Modern Europe (4)
HST 3435 - Britain, 1911 to Present (4)
HST 3450 - Modern Italy: National Unification and the 20th Century (4)
HST 3480 - Germany since 1740 (4)
HST 3490 - History of Modern Russia (4)
HST 3510 - The Modern Middle East (4)
HST 3520 - The Cold War in the Middle East (4)
HST 3540 - The Arab-Israeli Conflict (4)
HST 3550 - Modern Iran and Iraq (4)
HST 3660 - History of Argentina, Brazil, and Chile (4)
HST 3665 - Indigenous Movements in Latin America, 1492-Present (4)
HST 3670 - Latin American Revolutions (4)
HST 3720 - Modern African History Since 1800 (4)
HST 3730 - Postcolonial Conflicts in African History (4)
HST 3740 - African Environmental History (4)
HST 3820 - China since 1949 (4)
HST 3875 - Twentieth-Century Japan (4)
HST 4250 - The U.S. and the War in Vietnam (4)
PHL 3610 - Philosophy of International Relations: Law, War and Peace (4)
PHL 3620 - Global Justice (4)

4. Foreign language corequisite

Students must complete an introductory two-semester sequence of a single modern foreign language or demonstrate equivalent competency at the first 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.