Undergraduate Studies: Current Students
Bachelor of Arts in International Relations Degree Requirements
CORE: 19 Units
IR 104 Introduction to World Affairs (3 Units)
IR 308 Fundamentals of IR: Theories, Issues, and Perspectives (4 Units)
IR 309 International Relations Analysis and Application (4 Units)
IR 310 United States Foreign Policy (4 Units)
IR 312 Introduction to International Political Economy (4 Units)
Culminating Requirements: 6 Units
IR 550 Proseminar in Foreign Policy Analysis
Emphasis/Electives: 18 Units
Students are expected to specialize in one of three fields of emphasis by selecting course work in area studies, international institutions, or global problems in consultation with an adviser. 12 units of course work must be in IR courses. Courses include:
African Studies Units
IR 321 Development and Foreign Policy-Africa 4
IR 446 The Multinational Corporation In World Affairs 4
IR 550 The Rich and Poor Nations 4
BLS 301 African Global Perspective 3
GEOG 570 Regional Studies: Selected Regions 3
HIST 611 Modern Africa 3
Asian Studies Units
IR 325 Chinese Foreign Policy 4
IR 326 South & Southeast Asia Foreign Relations 4
IR 329 US – Japan Politics 4
IBUS 592 Doing Business in China 3
HIST History of Modern China 3
Environmental Studies Units
IR 331 Global Environmental Crisis 4
IR 520 Modernization & Third World Countries 4
IR 560 Energy in Global Peace 3
BIOL 318 Our Endangered Planet 3
GEOG 402 The Climatic Challenge 3
WOMS 578 Third World Women and Ecology 3
Intelligence and Security Units
IR 342 Strategy and War 4
IR 360 Intelligence and Intelligence Agencies 4
IR 361 Terrorism and Covert Political Warfare 4
HIST 386 Soviet Russia. The West and the Cold War 3
GEOG 445 Political Geography 4
International Organizations Units
IR 330 World Law 4
IR 334 International Organizations New World Order 4
IR 432 Model United Nations 4
IR 446 The Multinational Corporations in World Affairs 4
ECON 600 International Economics 3
GPS 315 Introduction to Global Peace Studies 3
Latin American Studies Units
IR 322 Latin American Policy Analysis 4
IR 550 Modernization and Third World Countries 4
PlSI 520 Latin American Politics 4
LARA 670 The US-Mexico Connection 3
HIST 550 Social Change in Modern 3
IBUS 591 Doing Business Latin America 3
Middle East Studies Units
IR 323 Middle East: Periphery 4
IR 324 Middle East: Heartland 4
IR 433 Model Arab League 3
HIST 605 History of Islamic, 1500-Present 3
PHIL 501 Judaism, Christianity, and Islam 3
WOMS 565 Women in Muslim and Arab Worlds 3
Third World Development Units
IR 520 Modernization and Third World Countries 4
IR 540 The Rich and Poor Nations 4
ECON 620 Economic Development 3
GEOG 427 Agriculture and Food Supply 4
SOC 471 Societal Change and Development 4
Women Studies Units
IR 450 International Labor 3
IR 544 Women in the World 4
HIST 535 History of Women in Latin American 3
HIST 575 History of Women in China and Japan 3
PHIL 435 Human Rights in Global Perspective 3
WOMS 531 Women and International Development 3
