To concentrate in International Relations, students must complete their two Foundations Courses, the Introduction to International Relations (PS 160) or America in the World: Contemporary Power Politics on a Global Scale (PS 113CCD), four electives within the concentration, one capstone course within the concentration, and two additional Political Science Courses not in the concentration.
This document provides a list of the courses that meet each requirement. Below is a description of each class taught by political science faculty.
| Number | Title | Codes | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLSCI 107 | Intro to Comparative Politics: How to Compare the Incomparable | CCI, SB, SS | |
| POLSCI 113CCD | America in the World: Contemporary Power Politics on a Global Scale | CC, SB | |
| POLSCI 128 | Climate Change: A Political Economy Perspective | STS, SS | |
| POLSCI 159 | Israel/Palestine: Comparative Approaches to Rights and Justice | CCI, EI, SS | |
| POLSCI 160D | Introduction to International Relations | CCI, SB, SS | |
| POLSCI 168CNS | International Conflict Resolution | SB | |
| POLSCI 176FS | Human Rights and World Politics | EI, IJ, SS | |
| POLSCI 177FS | 9/11 And After: The World We've Inherited and The Quest to Make A Difference | CCI, EI, SB, CZ | |
| POLSCI 204 | 9/11 and Its Aftermath: How Bin Laden Changed America and the World | EI, IJ, CZ, SS | |
| POLSCI 207 | National Security Simulation: The Arctic, Climate Change and Great Power Competition | EI, SB, SS | |
| POLSCI 215 | The United States and the World, 1898 to the Present | CCI, EI, CZ, SS | |
| POLSCI 217 | Discovering Game Theory: Social Complexity and Strategic Interdependence | QC, SB, QS, SS | |
| POLSCI 228 | Politics of Authoritarian Regimes | CCI, R, SS | |
| POLSCI 229S | Institutions and Self Governance | R, IJ, SB, SS | |
| POLSCI 232 | Politics of Terrorism | CCI, SS | |
| POLSCI 233 | Nuclear Weapons: US Foreign Policy and the Challenges of Global Proliferation | STS, SS | |
| POLSCI 237 | Religion and Foreign Policy | CCI, EI, CZ, SS | |
| POLSCI 254S | The US Intelligence Enterprise | EI, SS | |
| POLSCI 257 | Latin American Wars of Independence | CCI, IJ, CZ, SS | |
| POLSCI 259 | Russia in the World: From Cold War to Putin's Wars | CCI, IJ, CZ, SS | |
| POLSCI 262 | The Holocaust | CCI, EI, STS, IJ, CZ | |
| POLSCI 277D | The Ethics of War: Self-Defense, Humanitarian Intervention, Terrorism and Law | EI, SS | |
| POLSCI 290 | Special Topics in Political Science | ||
| POLSCI 290S | Special Topics in Political Science | ||
| POLSCI 317S | Global Corruption | CCI, SB, SS | |
| POLSCI 321 | International Law and International Institutions | CCI, R, W, SB, SS | |
| POLSCI 322 | Introduction to Middle East Politics | CCI, EI, CZ, SS | |
| POLSCI 324S | Chinese Politics | CCI, SS | |
| POLSCI 328 | Statecraft and Strategy | CCI, SB, CZ, SS | |
| POLSCI 329S | Politics in Violence | R, W, SB, SS | |
| POLSCI 332 | Games and Politics | QC, SB, QS, SS | |
| POLSCI 334 | How to Rule the World: Empire and Global Governance from Greece to America | CCI, EI, W, IJ, WR, CZ | |
| POLSCI 350 | International Political Economy | CCI, R, SB, SS | |
| POLSCI 352S | U.S. Policy in the Middle East | CCI, EI, SS | |
| POLSCI 361 | Political and Criminal Armed Groups | CCI, SS | |
| POLSCI 362 | International Security | EI, STS, SS | |
| POLSCI 364 | Political Violence, Repression, and Organized Crime | CCI, SS | |
| POLSCI 365D | Foreign Policy of the United States | CCI, SS | |
| POLSCI 367DS | Environment and Conflict: The Role of the Environment in Conflict and Peacebuilding | CCI, EI, W, SS | |
| POLSCI 367S | Environment and Conflict: The Role of the Environment in Conflict and Peacebuilding | CCI, EI, W, IJ, SS | |
| POLSCI 403D | Introduction to Tools of Political Risk Analysis | SS | This Course will Count as a Capstone for International Relations |
| POLSCI 427S | World in Your Hand | R, QC, SB, QS, SS | This Course will Count as a Capstone for International Relations This Course will Count as a Capstone for Decision Theory and Data Science |
| POLSCI 432S | Money and Power in Christian Thought and the Social Sciences | EI, IJ, CZ | This Course will Count as a Capstone for International Relations and Law & Political Theory. |
| POLSCI 524 | National Security Simulation: The Arctic, Climate Change and Great Power Competition | EI, SB, SS | |
| POLSCI 547 | Politics of United States Foreign Policy | EI, R, SS | This Course will Count as a Capstone for International Relations |
| POLSCI 555S | Global Politics of AI | R, SB, SS | This Course will Count as a Capstone for International Relations |
| POLSCI 562S | American Grand Strategy | R, W, CZ, SS | This Course will Count as a Capstone for International Relations and American Political Institutions and Behavior |
| POLSCI 563S | Foundational Scholarship in International Relations | SB, SS | This Course will Count as a Capstone for International Relations |
| POLSCI 564S | Intelligence for National Security | EI, IJ, SS | This Course will Count as a Capstone for International Relations |
| POLSCI 565S | National Security Decision Making | EI, SB, SS | This Course will Count as a Capstone for International Relations |
| POLSCI 599S | Political Economy of Conflict, Development, and Peacebuilding in Africa and the Middle East | CCI, SS | This Course will Count as a Capstone for Political Economy This Course will Count as a Capstone for International Relations |
| POLSCI 659S | Civil Wars | CCI, EI, R, SS | This Course will Count as a Capstone for International Relations |
| POLSCI 667S | American Civil-Military Relations | R, SB, SS | This Course will Count as a Capstone for International Relations and American Political Institutions and Behavior |
| POLSCI 668S | Theory and Practice of International Security | R, SB, SS |