International Relations - International Political Economy Concentration (BA)
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ENGL 110 - Seminar in Composition (C- minimum)
Multicultural Requirement (three credits)
College Breadth Requirements:
The College Breadth requirements are in addition to the University Breadth requirement. Up to three credits from each of the University Breadth Requirement categories may be used to simultaneously satisfy these College of Arts and Sciences Breadth Requirements. Minimum grade C- required for courses used to satisfy College Breadth.
GROUP A: Creative Arts and Humanities (Nine Credits)
GROUP B: History and Cultural Change (Nine Credits)
GROUP C: Social and Behavioral Sciences (Nine Credits)
GROUP D: Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Technology (Ten Credits)
*If the grade earned is sufficient, a course may be applied toward more than one requirement (e.g., breadth and major requirements), but the credits are counted only once toward the total credits for graduation. If all but one course in a group has been taken in one department or program, a course cross-listed with that program will not satisfy the distribution requirement.
Foreign Language:
Completion of the intermediate-level course (107,112, or 202) in an ancient or modern language with minimum grades of D-.
The number of credits (0-12) needed and initial placement will depend on the number of years of high school study of foreign language.
Students with four or more years of high school work in a single foreign language, or who have gained proficiency in a foreign language by other means, may attempt to fulfill the requirement in that language by taking an exemption examination through the Languages, Literatures and Cultures Department.
Mathematics:
The math requirement must be completed by the time a student has earned 60 credits. Students who transfer into the College of Arts and Sciences with 45 credits or more must complete this requirement within two semesters.
Complete one of the following four options (minimum grade D-):
Option One:
MATH 113 - Contemporary Mathematics Credit(s): 3 (designed for students who do not intend to continue to the study of mathematics)
Option Two:
MATH 114 - College Mathematics and Statistics Credit(s): 3 (designed for students who do not intend to continue the study of mathematics)
MATH 115 - Pre-Calculus Credit(s): 3 (designed for students who intend to continue the study of mathematics)
MATH 117 - Pre-Calculus for Scientists and Engineers Credit(s): 4 (designed to prepare students for MATH 241 )
Option Three:
Successful completion of any 200-level or higher mathematics course except: MATH 201 , MATH 202 , MATH 205 , MATH 251 , MATH 252 , MATH 253 , MATH 266 , and MATH 450 .
Option Four:
Successful performance on a proficiency test in mathematics administered by the Department of Mathematical Sciences (0 credits awarded).
Second Writing Requirement:
A Second Writing Requirement approved by the College of Arts and Sciences. This course must be taken after completion of 60 credit hours, completed with a minimum grade of C-, and the section enrolled must be designated as satisfying the requirement in the academic term completed.
International Relations Major Requirements:
POSC 150 - Introduction to American Politics Credit(s): 3
POSC 240 - Introduction to Global Politics Credit(s): 3
ECON 101 - Introduction to Microeconomics Credit(s): 3
ECON 103 - Introduction to Macroeconomics Credit(s): 3
GEOG 120 - World Regional Geography Credit(s): 3
One Languages, Literatures and Cultures course beyond the intermediate level taught in the relevant language (three credits)
HIST 102 - Europe and the World II Credit(s): 3
HIST 104 - World History II Credit(s): 3
HIST 130 - Islamic Near East: 600-1500 Credit(s): 3
HIST 131 - Islamic Near East: 1500-Present Credit(s): 3
HIST 134 - History of Africa Credit(s): 3
HIST 135 - Introduction to Latin American History Credit(s): 3
HIST 137 - East Asian Civilization: China Credit(s): 3
HIST 138 - East Asian Civilization: Japan Credit(s): 3
Concentrations:
Students must choose one of four IR concentrations: (1) Development, (2) Diplomacy and World Order, (3) International Political Economy, or (4) U.S. Foreign Policy. Concentrations require 18 hours of course work. Each concentration has a required POSC course and ECON 340 (or ECON 311 for the Development Concentration).
Students must take at least three approved Political Science and International Relations courses. One three-credit course from IR concentration course lists other than the student's IR concentration may be used to fulfill a student's chosen concentration (does not apply to the two required courses for each concentration). At least three courses must be taken at the 400-level in each concentration. Courses used to meet concentration requirements cannot be used to fulfill specialization requirements.
International Political Economy Concentration Requirements:
POSC 316 - International Political Economy Credit(s): 3
ECON 340 - International Economics Credit(s): 3
At least two of the following:
POSC 329 - International Migration Credit(s): 3
POSC 333 - Contemporary Political Ideologies Credit(s): 3
POSC 362 - Diplomacy Credit(s): 3
POSC 409 - Topics in World Politics Credit(s): 3
POSC 417 - National Security Policy Credit(s): 3
POSC 419 - International Relations History Credit(s): 1-3
POSC 431 - Populism Credit(s): 3
POSC 442 - Topics in European Politics Credit(s): 3
POSC 448 - Theories of International Relations Credit(s): 3
POSC 449 - Ethics and Politics Credit(s): 3
POSC 453 - Comparative Political Economy Credit(s): 3
POSC 460 - Good Governance Credit(s): 3
Approved Electives:
Other courses approved to fulfill the 18 credit concentration minimum in addition to courses listed above:
ANTH 222 - Technology and Culture Credit(s): 3
ANTH 230 - Peoples of the World Credit(s): 3
ANTH 370 - Culture of Food Production and Economic Development Credit(s): 3
ANTH 401 - The Idea of Race Credit(s): 3
APEC 410 - International Agricultural Trade and Marketing Credit(s): 3
ECON 311 - Economics of Developing Countries Credit(s): 3
ECON 441 - International Trade Credit(s): 3
ECON 443 - International Monetary Economics Credit(s): 3
GEOG 203 - Introduction to Cultural Geography Credit(s): 3
GEOG 311 - Economic Geography & Uneven Development Credit(s): 3
GEOG 236 - Conservation: Global Issues Credit(s): 3
GEOG 422 - Resources, Development and the Environment Credit(s): 3
HIST 210 - Introduction to Military History Credit(s): 3
HIST 302 - The World in Our Time Credit(s): 3
HIST 351 - Europe in Crisis: 1919-1945 Credit(s): 3
Regional Specializations:
Students must pick or choose one of five regional specializations: (1) Africa, (2) Asia, (3) Europe, (4) Latin America, (5) Middle East. Specializations require nine hours of course work. At least one course must be in POSC and at least one course must be at the 400-level in each specialization.
African Specialization:
Three courses from the following, with at least one course in Political Science, and at least three credits at the 400-level (nine credits):
NOTE: POSC 309 and POSC 441 may count toward the regional specialization when taken during study abroad in the appropriate region of the world.
POSC 270 - Introduction to Comparative Politics Credit(s): 3
POSC 304 - Islam, Identity and Governance Credit(s): 3
POSC 311 - Politics of Developing Nations Credit(s): 3
POSC 424 - African Women in Politics Credit(s): 3
POSC 433 - African Politics Credit(s): 3
POSC 439 - Topics in African Politics Credit(s): 3
ANTH 225 - Peasant Societies Credit(s): 3
ANTH 326 - The African Diaspora and the World Credit(s): 3
ANTH 330 - Development and Underdevelopment Credit(s): 3
ANTH 333 - Peoples of Africa Credit(s): 3
ECON 342 - Studies in Intl Economics Credit(s): 3
HIST 381 - Islam and the West: The History of Mutual Perceptions Credit(s): 3
HIST 395 - Pan Africanism Credit(s): 3
HIST 397 - History of South Africa Credit(s): 3
HIST 439 - Women and Revolution in Africa Credit(s): 3
HIST 440 - Seminar in Africa Under Colonial Rule Credit(s): 3
HIST 475 - Seminar in Modern European History Credit(s): 3
Asian Specialization:
POSC 312 - Politics of East Asian Development Credit(s): 3
POSC 412 - The International Relations of Asia Credit(s): 3
POSC 422 - The New Asia? The US, China, and a Changing East Asia Credit(s): 3
POSC 428 - Topics in Asian Politics Credit(s): 3
POSC 429 - Southeast Asia and the World Credit(s): 3
POSC 443 - China and the World Credit(s): 3
ANTH 210 - Peoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia Credit(s): 3
ANTH 211 - Peoples and Cultures of East Asia Credit(s): 3
ANTH 310 - Wives, Mistresses, and Matriarchs: Asian Women's Lives Credit(s): 3
ANTH 312 - Asian Women in the Globalized Workplace Credit(s): 3
HIST 270 - History of Modern Asia Credit(s): 3
HIST 365 - Topics in Asian and Pacific History Credit(s): 3
HIST 368 - Modern China: 1600s to Present Credit(s): 3
HIST 369 - China Since 1949 Credit(s): 3
HIST 370 - History of Modern Japan Credit(s): 3
HIST 371 - Postwar Japan Credit(s): 3
HIST 372 - Japan's Global Pop Culture Credit(s): 3
HIST 393 - History of Modern Vietnam Credit(s): 3
HIST 479 - Seminar in Asian History Credit(s): 3
PHIL 309 - Indian Religion and Philosophy Credit(s): 3
PHIL 310 - Chinese Religion and Philosophy Credit(s): 3
European Specialization:
POSC 310 - European Politics Credit(s): 3
POSC 339 - European Union Credit(s): 3
POSC 458 - Post-Soviet Union Credit(s): 3
ANTH 325 - Peoples of Europe Credit(s): 3
HIST 254 - Jewish Holocaust: 1933-1945 Credit(s): 3
HIST 339 - Topics in European History Credit(s): 3
HIST 348 - History of Spain: 1479-Present Credit(s): 3
HIST 352 - Europe, 1945 to the Present Credit(s): 3
HIST 353 - Modern Germany: 1770-1919 Credit(s): 3
HIST 354 - Germany in the Twentieth Century: 1914 to Present Credit(s): 3
HIST 357 - The European City Credit(s): 3
HIST 359 - Soviet Union: 1917-1991 Credit(s): 3
HIST 360 - Revolutionary France 1789-1871 Credit(s): 3
HIST 373 - Modern Ireland: 1660-Present Credit(s): 3
HIST 374 - A Player, A Virgin, and a Regicide: Tudor & Stuart England, 1485-1688 Credit(s): 3
HIST 375 - Britain Since 1714 Credit(s): 3
HIST 474 - Seminar in British History Credit(s): 3
SPAN 308 - Contemporary Spain II Credit(s): 3
FREN 308 - Contemporary France Credit(s): 3
Latin American Specialization:
POSC 426 - Latin American Politics Credit(s): 3
POSC 450 - Topics in Latin American Politics Credit(s): 3
ANTH 351 - Race and Ethnicity in Latin America Credit(s): 3
ANTH 375 - Peoples and Cultures of Modern Latin America Credit(s): 3
GEOG 226 - Geography of Latin America Credit(s): 3
HIST 331 - History of Caribbean I Credit(s): 3
HIST 332 - History of Caribbean II Credit(s): 3
HIST 336 - Topics in Latin American History Credit(s): 3
HIST 349 - Modern Latin America: 1800-Present Credit(s): 3
HIST 392 - Brazil in the Modern World Credit(s): 3
HIST 477 - Seminar in Latin American History Credit(s): 3
SOCI 319 - Sociology of Latin America Credit(s): 3
SPAN 307 - Topics in Contemporary Latin American Culture Credit(s): 3
Middle East Specialization:
POSC 377 - Arab-Israeli Politics Credit(s): 3
POSC 410 - Islam in Global Affairs Credit(s): 3
POSC 430 - Intermestic Relations of Islam and America Credit(s): 3
POSC 482 - America in the Middle East Credit(s): 3
ANTH 212 - The Anthropology of Islam Credit(s): 3
ANTH 316 - Islam and Gender Credit(s): 3
HIST 377 - Radicalism and Revolution: Islamic Movement/Modern Middle East Credit(s): 3
HIST 378 - Family, Tribe and Nation: Identity in the Modern Middle East Credit(s): 3
HIST 380 - History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict Credit(s): 3
HIST 444 - Seminar: Women in the Islamic Middle East Credit(s): 3
After required courses are completed, sufficient elective credits must be taken to meet the minimum credit requirement for the degree.
Last Revised for 2019-2020 Academic Year