International Relations B.A. - 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

Two courses selected from the following options:

 

CSP 37000Contemporary China: China in Revolution

3

FRE 33700History of French Civilization

3

GEO 20100World Regional Geography

3

GEO 20700World Economic Geography

3

HIS 20000History of the Contemporary World

3

HIS 31000The Civil War and Reconstruction

3

HIS 32100The United States in the Age of the Cold War

3

HIS 33200Revolution in the Modern World

3

HIS 33700The Soviet Union and European Communism

3

HIS 33800War and Society in the Twentieth Century

3

INTL 38000Global Business and Society

3

INTL 48040International Economics

3

INTL 48060International Risk and Politics

3

MGMT 38900Game Theory

3

PHL 30500Political Philosophy

3

PHL 31800Asian Philosophy

3

PS 30100Comparative Public Policy

3

PS 30700Public Affairs: Writing and Reporting

3

PS 31500Policy Analysis Statistics

3

PS 33050Political Economy

3

PS 47500Governmental and Economic Research

3

REL 31000Islam and the West

3

REL 31800Asian Myth and Religion

3

SPA 33500Peninsular Spanish Culture and Civilization

3

SPA 33600Latin American Culture and Civilization

3

SPA 41600The Role of Women in Hispanic Societies

3

No more than three courses may be FRE or SPA courses. Approved special topics may also be used to meet this requirement.

Five courses selected from the following options:

 

CSP 37000Contemporary China: China in Revolution

3

HIS 20000History of the Contemporary World

3

HIS 21400American Military History Since 1941

3

HIS 32100The United States in the Age of the Cold War

3

HIS 33200Revolution in the Modern World

3

HIS 33700The Soviet Union and European Communism

3

HIS 33800War 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.