International Relations, BA Security Studies Emphasis

39 credit hours

The Bachelor of Arts international relations with a security studies emphasis program focuses particularly on the threats and opportunities present in the global security environment of the 21st 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

IR 10000	Introduction to International Relations	3
IR 35000	International Relations Theory	3
IR 35100	American Foreign Policy	3
IR 40100	Intelligence, Military, and National Policy	3

One of the following courses:

IR 35200	Politics and Culture	3
PS 30000	Comparative Analysis	3

One of the following courses:

IR 20000	The Global Community	3
IR 38000	Geopolitics, Grand Strategy, and War	3

One of the following courses:

IR 30000	Diplomatic Affairs: Peace and Conflict Resolution	3
IR 36000	Origins of War: How the World Stumbles into War	3
IR 36100	Paris 1919: Making of the Modern World	3

Three of the following courses:

IR 20000	The Global Community	3
IR 30000	Diplomatic Affairs: Peace and Conflict Resolution	3
IR 32000	Transpacific Relations	3
IR 32100	Issues in Asia-Pacific Security	3
IR 35200	Politics and Culture	3
IR 36000	Origins of War: How the World Stumbles into War	3
IR 36100	Paris 1919: Making of the Modern World	3
IR 36200	Seapower: History and Application	3
IR 38000	Geopolitics, Grand Strategy, and War	3
MGMT 38900	Game Theory	3
PS 30000	Comparative Analysis	3

Three of the following courses:

CHI 20100	Intermediate Mandarin I	3
CHI 20200	Intermediate Mandarin II	3
ECON 23020	Principles of Microeconomics	3
ECON 23030	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
ECON 33040	Intermediate Microeconomics	3
ECON 33045	Intermediate Macroeconomics	3
ECON 33065	Seminar in Economic Federalism	3
FRE 20100	Intermediate French I	3
FRE 20200	Intermediate French II	3
GEO 10100	World Regional Geography	3
GEO 10300	Human Geography	3
GEO 20700	World Economic Geography	3
GEO 30100	World Historical Geography	3
HIST 11700	US History: American Military History through World War II	3
HIST 11701	US History: American Military History since 1941	3
HIST 26100	History of the Contemporary World	3
HIST 26300	History of Latin America	3
HIST 26400	History of Asia	3
HIST 32300	The Civil War and Reconstruction	3
HIST 34300	The Soviet Union and European Communism	3
HIST 34400	War and Society in the Twentieth Century	3
INTL 48040/ECON 43040	International Economics	3
INTL 48060/MGMT 46010	International Risk and Politics	3
IR 20000	The Global Community	3
IR 26000	Chinese Culture and Etiquette	3
IR 30000	Diplomatic Affairs: Peace and Conflict Resolution	3
IR 31000	Governing Europe	3
IR 32000	Transpacific Relations	3
IR 32100	Issues in Asia-Pacific Security	3
IR 35200	Politics and Culture	3
IR 36000	Origins of War: How the World Stumbles into War	3
IR 36100	Paris 1919: Making of the Modern World	3
IR 36200	Seapower: History and Application	3
IR 36900	Creating Contemporary China	3
IR 38000	Geopolitics, Grand Strategy, and War	3
PHRL 30200	Political Philosophy	3
PHRL 31601	Islam and the West	3
PHRL 31602	Religions of India	3
PHRL 31603	Religions of China	3
PS 30000	Comparative Analysis	3
PS 30100	Comparative Public Policy	3
PS 30700	Public Affairs: Writing and Reporting	3
PS 20000	Methods for Political Science	3
PS 33050	Political Economy	3
SPA 20100	Intermediate Spanish I	3
SPA 20200	Intermediate Spanish II	3

No duplication of coursework allowed. Some substitutions, especially for study abroad and IR special topics courses, may be possible.