Major Requirements for International Relations
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A minimum of 10 course credits, distributed as follows:
History
- Modern Europe and Its Critics (HIS 104)
- Warfare and Society in Modern Times (HIS 210)
- Diplomacy of War and Revolution (HIS 315)
Economics & Business
- Macroeconomics (ECB 101)
Politics
- International Politics (POL 242)
- U.S. Foreign Policy (POL 348)
- One course selected from:
- Gender in Developing Countries (POL 331)
- Political Economy of Developing Countries (POL 346)
- POL 336 (when the topic is "Strategies to Alleviate Poverty'')
- One course selected from:
- Women and Politics: A Cross-National Perspective (POL 330)
- International Political Economy (POL 349)
Other
- One course selected from:
- Economic Development (ECB 213)
- International Economics (ECB 223)
- Global Environmental Economics (ECB 261)
- Multinational Corporation in Central America (ECB 263)
- Cultures of France and Francophone Africa (FRE 303)
- Russia from 1941 (HIS 323)
- Religions of the World (REL 222)
- Introduction to Russian Culture and Civilization (RUS 281)
- Russia Today (RUS 384)
- Peninsular Culture and Civilization (SPA 381)
- Latin American Culture and Civilization (SPA 385)
Foreign Language & Travel
- FRE, GER, JPN, RUS, SPA 205 or equivalent
- 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.
- Note: 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.
