Departments & Programs
Political Science
Minor in International Relations
Requirements
Students must complete 18 credit hours in Political Science with at least 9 credit hours at the 300–400 level, including six courses.
- POLS-Y 395 Quantitative Political Analysis (3 cr.)
- Five additional courses (15 cr.) including at least three courses from Block A—International and Comparative Politics, and at least one course from Block B—Methods and Policy.
Block A Courses—International and Comparative Politics
- POLS-Y 107 Introduction to Comparative Politics
- POLS-Y 109 Introduction to International Relations
- POLS-Y 332 Russian Politics
- POLS-Y 333 Chinese Politics
- POLS-Y 334 Japanese Politics
- POLS-Y 335 Western European Politics
- POLS-Y 336 South East Asian Political Systems
- POLS-Y 337 Latin American Politics
- POLS-Y 338 African Politics
- POLS-Y 339 Middle Eastern Politics
- POLS-Y 340 East European Politics
- POLS-Y 342 Topics on the Regional Politics of Africa
- POLS-Y 343 The Politics of International Development
- POLS-Y 345 Comparative Revolutions
- POLS-Y 346 Politics in the Developing World
- POLS-Y 347 German Politics
- POLS-Y 348 The Politics of Genocide
- POLS-Y 350 Politics of the European Union
- POLS-Y 351 Political Simulations
- POLS-Y 352 The Holocaust and Politics
- POLS-Y 353 The Politics of Gender and Sexuality
- POLS-Y 356 South Asian Politics
- POLS-Y 360 United States Foreign Policy
- POLS-Y 361 Contemporary Theories of International Politics
- POLS-Y 362 International Politics of Selected Regions
- POLS-Y 363 Comparative Foreign Policy
- POLS-Y 364 International Organization: Political and Security Aspects
- POLS-Y 366 Current Foreign Policy Problems
- POLS-Y 367 International Law
- POLS-Y 368 Russian and Soviet Foreign Policy
- POLS-Y 372 The Analysis of International Politics
- POLS-Y 374 International Organization
- POLS-Y 375 War and International Conflict
- POLS-Y 376 International Political Economy
- POLS-Y 399 Politics of the United Nations
Block B Courses—Methods and Policy
- POLS-Y 204 Institutional Analysis and Governance
- POLS-Y 205 Analyzing Politics
- POLS-Y 349 Comparative Public Policy
- POLS-Y 372 The Analysis of International Politics
- POLS-Y 405 Models and Theories of Political Decision Making