International Relations B.A. - Security Studies Emphasis

42 credit hours

The International Relations with a Security Studies emphasis program focuses particularly on the threats and opportunities present in the global security environment of the twenty-first century. Students with this emphasis will gain an in-depth knowledge of issues such as the evolution of terrorism, nuclear proliferation and rogue states, great power politics and diplomacy, civil war and state collapse, and other challenges facing the international community today and in coming decades.

Requirements

Seven required courses:

IR 10000	Introduction to International Relations	3
IR 20000	International Organizations and the Global Architecture	3
IR 30000	Diplomatic Affairs: Peace and Conflict Resolution	3
IR 35000	International Relations Theory	3
IR 35100	American Foreign Policy	3
IR 40100	Intelligence, Military, and National Policy	3
PS 30000	Comparative Analysis	3

Two courses selected from the following options:

 

CSP 37000	Contemporary China: China in Revolution	3
FRE 33700	History of French Civilization	3
GEO 20100	World Regional Geography	3
GEO 20700	World Economic Geography	3
HIS 20000	History of the Contemporary World	3
HIS 31000	The Civil War and Reconstruction	3
HIS 32100	The United States in the Age of the Cold War	3
HIS 33200	Revolution in the Modern World	3
HIS 33700	The Soviet Union and European Communism	3
HIS 33800	War and Society in the Twentieth Century	3
INTL 38000	Global Business and Society	3
INTL 48040	International Economics	3
INTL 48060	International Risk and Politics	3
MGMT 38900	Game Theory	3
PHL 30500	Political Philosophy	3
PHL 31800	Asian Philosophy	3
PS 30100	Comparative Public Policy	3
PS 30700	Public Affairs: Writing and Reporting	3
PS 31500	Policy Analysis Statistics	3
PS 33050	Political Economy	3
PS 47500	Governmental and Economic Research	3
REL 31000	Islam and the West	3
REL 31800	Asian Myth and Religion	3
SPA 33500	Peninsular Spanish Culture and Civilization	3
SPA 33600	Latin American Culture and Civilization	3
SPA 41600	The Role of Women in Hispanic Societies	3

No more than three courses may be FRE or SPA courses. Approved special topics may also be used to meet this requirement.

Five courses selected from the following options:

 

CSP 37000	Contemporary China: China in Revolution	3
HIS 20000	History of the Contemporary World	3
HIS 21400	American Military History Since 1941	3
HIS 32100	The United States in the Age of the Cold War	3
HIS 33200	Revolution in the Modern World	3
HIS 33700	The Soviet Union and European Communism	3
HIS 33800	War and Society in the Twentieth Century	3
INTL 48060	International Risk and Politics	3
MGMT 38900	Game Theory	3
REL 31000	Islam and the West	3

Approved special topics courses may also be used to meet this requirement.