International Relations, BA - 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 10000Introduction to International Relations

3

IR 20000International Organizations and the Global Architecture

3

IR 30000Diplomatic Affairs: Peace and Conflict Resolution

3

IR 35000International Relations Theory

3

IR 35100American Foreign Policy

3

IR 40100Intelligence, Military, and National Policy

3

PS 30000Comparative Analysis

3

Five courses selected from the following options:

CSP 37000Contemporary China: China in Revolution

3

HIST 21100US History: American Military History through World War II

3

HIST 21200US History: American Military History Since 1941

3

HIST 26100History of the Contemporary World

3

HIST 32300The Civil War and Reconstruction

3

HIST 34300The Soviet Union and European Communism

3

HIST 34400War and Society in the Twentieth Century

3

INTL 48060International Risk and Politics

3

MGMT 38900Game Theory

3

REL 31000Islam and the West

3

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

Two courses selected from the following options:

ANT 31800/SOC 31800Race, Ethnicity, and Gender: A Global Perspective

3

ANT 33700Anthropology of Migration

3

CSP 20000Chinese Culture and Etiquette

3

CSP 37000Contemporary China: China in Revolution

3

ECON 23020Principles of Microeconomics

3

ECON 23030Principles of Macroeconomics

3

ECON 33040Intermediate Microeconomics

3

ECON 33045Intermediate Macroeconomics

3

ECON 33065Seminar in Economic Federalism

3

FRE 33700History of French Civilization

3

GEO 10100World Regional Geography

3

GEO 10300Human Geography

3

GEO 20700World Economic Geography

3

GEO 30100World Historical Geography

3

HIST 26100History of the Contemporary World

3

HIST 26300History of Latin America

3

HIST 26400History of Asia

3

HIST 34300The Soviet Union and European Communism

3

INTL 38000Global Business and Society

3

INTL 48040International Economics

3

IR 31000British Government and Politics

3

PHL 30500Political Philosophy

3

PHL 31800Asian Philosophy

3

PS 30100Comparative Public Policy

3

PS 30700Public Affairs: Writing and Reporting

3

PS 31500Capstone I - Political Science and Public Policy Research Methods

3

PS 33050Political Economy

3

PS 47500Capstone II - Advanced Political Science and Public Policy Research Methods

3

REL 31800Religions of China

3

SOC 31800/ANT 31800Race, Ethnicity, and Gender: A Global Perspective

3

SPA 33500Peninsular Spanish Culture and Civilization

3

SPA 33600Latin American Culture and Civilization

3

SPA 41600The Role of Women in Hispanic Societies

3

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