International Relations and Global Studies

Major

Thirty-nine semester hours of coursework, at least twenty-four of which must be upper-division, consisting of the following:

1. Fifteen hours in the following five core courses in the major:
   1. International Relations and Global Studies 301
   2. A three-semester-hour course chosen from the following:  Economics 301, Introduction to Economics; Economics 304K, Introduction to Microeconomics; or Economics 304L, Introduction to Macroeconomics
   3. Geography 305, This Human World: An Introduction to Geography
   4. World history: A three-semester-hour course in world (non-United States) history, chosen from a list of approved courses available in the advising office
   5. A three-semester-hour course chosen from the following:
      Anthropology 302, Cultural Anthropology 
      Economics 304K, Introduction to Microeconomics  
      Economics 304L, Introduction to Macroeconomics
      Radio-Television-Film 312C, Introduction to Global Media
      Sociology 302, Introduction to the Study of Society
2. International Relations and Global Studies 320F, Foundations of International Relations and Global Studies
3. Twelve hours of upper-division coursework in one of the following tracks, chosen from a list of approved courses available in the advising office:
   1. Culture, media, and the arts
   2. International security
   3. Science, technology, and environment
   4. International political economy
4. Six hours of upper-division coursework in a single foreign language
5. International Relations and Global Studies 378, Capstone Research in International Relations and Global Studies; or, for students seeking special honors, International Relations and Global Studies 678H, Honors Tutorial Course

International relations and global studies majors must participate in an approved study abroad program. A list of approved programs is available from the faculty adviser. A student who graduated from an international high school may petition to be excused from this requirement. Documentation is required, and the petition must be approved by the faculty adviser and the associate dean for academic affairs.

Minor for International Relations and Global Studies Majors

Twelve semester hours, including at least six hours of upper-division coursework, in one of the following fields: African and African Diaspora studies; Asian studies; European studies; Latin American studies; Middle Eastern studies; Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies; or a cultural area approved by the faculty adviser. Majors minoring in African and African Diaspora studies must choose courses from an approved list. Six of the required twelve semester hours must be completed in residence.