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:
- Fifteen hours in the following five core courses in the major:
- International Relations and Global Studies 301, Introduction to International Relations and Global Studies
- 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
- Geography 305, This Human World: An Introduction to Geography
- 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
- 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
- International Relations and Global Studies 320F, Foundations of International Relations and Global Studies
- Twelve hours of upper-division coursework in one of the following tracks, chosen from a list of approved courses available in the advising office:
- Culture, media, and the arts
- International security
- Science, technology, and environment
- International political economy
- Six hours of upper-division coursework in a single foreign language
- 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 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 studies must choose courses from an approved list. Six of the required twelve semester hours must be completed in residence.