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 – 24-26 credits

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 201 - Principles of Microeconomics (4) or
ECN 210 - Principles of Economics (6)

A capstone course selected from

B. Electives in political science – 12 credits

PS 308 - Special Topics in Comparative Politics and International Relations (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 331 - Politics in Canada and the Commonwealth (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) can 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 413 - International Law (4)

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

ECN 200 - Principles of Macroeconomics (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 co-requisite – 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.