BA in Political Science and International Relations Program is designed not only to prepare students for careers in fields related to international relations and government but also to support research and teaching within a multi-cultural environment based on respect for human dignity, universal human rights, and freedoms for all men and women regardless of race, color, creed or religion.
Highly-qualified academic staff and students, representing a wide variety of cultural and geographical backgrounds, are dedicated to combining academic merits of political science and international relations with “real world” experience in close cooperation with the private sector, government agencies, and with NGOs.
| POLITICAL SCIENCE & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CORE REQUIREMENTS | |
|---|---|
| BUSN/INTL 240 | Law and Ethics |
| ECON 101 | Introduction to Microeconomics |
| ECON 111 | Introduction to Macroeconomics |
| ECON 315 | Political Economy |
| ECON 353 | Globalization and the World Economy |
| ENGL 326 | Technical Writing and Presentation Skills for Political Science and International Relations |
| INTL 161 | Diplomatic History |
| INTL 172 | United States Foreign Policy |
| INTL 239 | International Organizations |
| INTL 255 | International Crisis Diplomacy |
| INTL 257 | International Relations |
| INTL 270 | Global Public Health |
| INTL 271 | Gender, Development, and Globalization |
| INTL 348 | Introduction to International Human Rights |
| INTL 354 | International Development and Emerging Markets |
| INTL 451 | World Politics and World Order |
| INTL 459 | International Security |
| POLS 101 | An Introduction to Politics and Political Science |
| POLS 121 | Government and Politics of the United States |
| POLS 251 | Comparative Politics of Industrialized Societies |
| POLITICAL SCIENCE & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CORE ELECTIVES | |
| INTL 300 | Cyber Security |
| INTL 340 | Transnational Corporations |
| ECON 353 | U.S. and Europe |
| INTL 351 | U.S. and the Middle East |
| INTL 352 | U.S. and ASEAN |
| INTL 353 | U.S. and BRIC |
| INTL 355 | Latin American Politics |
| INTL 388 | Transnational Threats |
| INTL 460 | Global Immigration and Asylum Policy |
| POLS 115 | Political Ideologies |
| POLS 122 | U.S. Political History |
| POLS 252 | Comparative Politics of Transitional Societies |
| POLS 321 | Political Parties in America |
| POLS 335 | Environmental Politics |
| POLS 342 | Political Sociology |
| POLS 343 | Public Policy |
| POLS 432 | Religion and Politics |
| POLS 453 | Political Behavior |
| POLS 459 | Global Perspectives on Democracy |
| GENERAL ELECTIVES: HUMANITIES | |
| ENGL 121 | English Composition 1 |
| ENGL 122 | English Composition 2 |
| ENGL 123 | Academic Writing |
| GENERAL ELECTIVES: MATHEMATICS & THE SCIENCES | |
| ENVS 105 | Introduction to Environmental Science |
| CMPS 110 | Introduction to Computer Science |
| MATH 103 | College Mathematics |
| MATH104 | College Algebra |
| GENERAL ELECTIVES: SOCIAL SCIENCES | |
| PSYC 101 | Introduction to Psychology |
| HIST 166 | Atlantic History |
| HIST 168 | History of Civilizations |
| HIST 170 | U.S. History |
| SOCI 101 | Introduction to Sociology |
| POLS 250 | Media Literacy in the Age of Fake News |
| UNIV 101 | First Year Seminar |