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International Relations (IRE)
Advisor: Robert Givens
This interdisciplinary major has been designed to prepare students either for further study of international relations or for future employment in government or business. The curriculum consists of a four-year program in history, politics, and at least one modern foreign language.
Major: A minimum of 10 course credits, distributed as follows:
- HIS 104 (Modern Europe and Its Critics), 210 (Warfare and Society in Modern Times), and 315 (Diplomacy of War and Revolution);
- ECB 101 (Macroeconomics);
- POL 242 (International Politics), 346 (Political Economy of Developing Countries), 348 (U.S. Foreign Policy), and 349 (International Political Economy);
- One course selected from the following:
ECB 213 (Economic Development),
223 (International Economics),
263 (Multinational Corporation in Central America);
FRE 303 (Cultures of France and Francophone Africa);
HIS 323 (Russia from 1941);
REL 222 (Religions of the World);
RUS 281 (Introduction to Russian Culture and Civilization),
384 (Russia Today);
SPA 381 (Peninsular Culture and Civilization), or
385 (Latin American Culture and Civilization);
- FRE, GER,
JPN, RUS,
SPA 205 or equivalent; and
- Either one course for college credit taught outside the United States (to be approved in advance by the International Relations Committee) or the 301 (Composition and Conversation) course or its equivalent in a modern language. Students whose native language is not English or who have lived for at least one year outside the United States in a non-English-speaking country will be considered to have fulfilled the language/travel requirement.
380. Internship: see Courses 280/380.
390. Individual Project: see Courses 290/390.
988-IRL. Semester in Ireland: Peace and Conflict Studies
988-MID. Semester in the Middle East: Peace and Conflict Studies
988-SWZ. Semester in Switzerland: International Studies
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