International Relations Checklist

 

Required Courses: 12 Units
Core Requirements (4)
IR 209     RESEARCH METHODS IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS done need
POLI 231 INTERNATIONAL POLITICS done need
POLI 247 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY done need
IR 401     SEMINAR IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS done need
One unit (1) from:
ECON 237 COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC SYSTEMS done need
ECON 247 GLOBAL TRADE AND FINANCE done need
BUAD 211 INTRO TO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT done need
BUAD 333 GLOBAL MARKETING done need
POLI 333 GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY done need

(ECON 120 or 121 are prerequisites for BUAD 233 which is a prerequisite for BUAD 333)
One unit (1) from:
POLI 221 COMPARATIVE POLITICAL SYSTEMS: EUROPE done need
POLI 222 COMPARATIVE POLITICAL SYSTEMS: ASIA done need
POLI 224 COMPARATIVE POLITICAL SYSTEMS: AFRICA done need
POLI 225 COMPARATIVE POLITICAL SYSTEMS: LATIN AMERICA done need
Western Perspectives:
(A) American Perspectives (1)

POLI 225 COMPARATIVE POLITICAL SYSTEMS: LATIN AMERICA

 done need
POLI 353 THE MAKING OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY done need
HIST 266 MODERN AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC HISTORY done need
HIST 272 LATIN AMERICA done need
HIST 273 LATIN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS done need
SPAN 315 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: SPANISH AMERICA done need
(B) European Perspectives (1)
POLI 221 COMPARATIVE POLITICAL SYSTEMS: EUROPE done need
HIST 241 MODERN RUSSIA done need
HIST 242 MODERN GERMANY done need
HIST 243 MODERN BRITAIN done need
HIST 340 ISSUES IN MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY done need
GRMN 315 THE POST-WAR GERMANYS done need
Global Perspectives (1)

GEOG 110 WORLD GEOGRAPHY

 done need
POLI 232 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS done need
POLI 233 INTERNATIONAL LAW done need
POLI 351 ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC POLICY done need
POLI 352 HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY done need
RELG 130 LIVING RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD done need
Non-Western Perspectives (1)
HIST 254 AFRICA FROM 1850 done need
HIST 255 SOUTHERN AFRICA done need
HIST 282 MODERN EAST ASIA done need
HIST 284 MODERN MIDDLE EAST done need
POLI 222 COMPARATIVE POLITICAL SYSTEMS: ASIA done need
POLI 224 COMPARATIVE POLITICAL SYSTEMS: AFRICA done need

(POLI 221, 222, 224, and 225 may each be offered for major credit only in one of the above categories).
Additional Perspectives:
students must select 3 addtional units from among the previously listed courses and/or from among the following:
ANTH 101 INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY done need
CJUS/SOCI 326 COMPARATIVE CORRECTIONS done need
FREN 311 BUILDING A NATION: FRENCH CIVILIZATIONS AND CULTURE I done need
OR
FREN 312 A NATION EMERGES: FRENCH CIVILIZATIONS AND CULTURE II done need
OR
FREN 315 FRANCOPHONE SOCIETIES done need
GRMN 311 GERMAN CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE done need
OR
GRMN 314 CULTURES OF GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES done need
HIST 140  WORLD HISTORY II done need
HIST 245  HISTORY OF WORLD WAR II done need
IREL 268  THE VIETNAM WAR done need
IREL 261 SPECIAL TOPICS done need
IREL 406 INDEPENDENT STUDY done need
IREL 416 INTERNSHIP done need
IREL 495/496/497 HONORS done need
SOCI 324 SOCIAL STRATIFICATION done need
SOCI 335 GLOBAL POPULATION PROBLEMS done need
SOCI 338 WOMEN'S LIVES AROUND THE WORLD: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES done need

SPAN 311 CIVILIZATION ANC CULTURE: SPAIN

 done need
OR
SPAN 312 CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE: SPANISH AMERICA done need

*495 Honors Project is prerequisite for 497 Honors Project
(Students may also select an approved independent study, internship, or seminar unit)

No more than 2 units of 100-level courses can be counted toward the major.

Political Science 261, History 290, Religion 270 or any one unit Intellectual Inquiry course other than 110 or 120 may serve toward the major whenever the specific topical focus is international and/or comparative in scope as determined by the major coordinator.
 

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