International Relations (IR)

Course Offerings

IR-295 Independent Study

Fall and Spring. Credits: 1 - 4

The department
Instructor permission required.

IR-395 Independent Study

Fall and Spring. Credits: 1 - 8

The department
Instructor permission required.

Courses Approved for International Relations Focus Fields

Global Commons

Economics
ECON-325Economics of Health Care and Health Service Organizations4
Environmental Studies
ENVST-210Political Ecology4
ENVST-346Global Environmental Politics Governance4
ENVST-347Environmental Geopolitics and Security4
Geography
GEOG-105World Regional Geography4
GEOG-202Cities in a Global Context4
GEOG-204Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Change4
GEOG-208Global Movements: Migrations, Refugees and Diasporas4
GEOG-261MGCollaborative Research Experience: 'Human Migration'4
GEOG-328Climate Migration4
History
HIST-247Mountains and Modernity4
HIST-257City Life in Modern Europe, 1750-19144
HIST-277History of Energy4
Politics
POLIT-232Introduction to International Political Economy4
POLIT-366Global Migration4
POLIT-380Nationalism and Ethnic Politics4
Spanish
SPAN-330SLAdvanced Studies in Identities and Intersections: 'Spain and Islam'4
SPAN-350MGAdvanced Studies in Concepts and Practices of Power: 'Spanish Migrations'4

International Institutions

Environmental Studies
ENVST-346Global Environmental Politics Governance4
History
HIST-124History of Modern South Asia, 1700 to the Present4
HIST-239ENTopics in Asian History: 'Empire, Nation, and the Making of Tribes in South Asia'4
HIST-244European Public Policy, West and East4
HIST-252History of Money4
HIST-260HHTopics in the Recent History of Europe: 'The Habsburgs, Hitler, and the Law'4
HIST-327Mayhem Under Nazi Rule: Who Whom, Why and How?4
HIST-357History of British Capitalism4
Politics
POLIT-208Chinese Politics4
POLIT-247International Law and Organization4
POLIT-267The Politics of Finance and Financial Crises4
POLIT-363Political Economy of the European Union4
Russian & Eurasian Studies
RES-240Contemporary Russian Politics: From Lenin to Putin4
Spanish
SPAN-230GVIdentities & Intersections: An Introduction: 'Gendered Violence from Medieval to Contemporary Spain'4
SPAN-330SLAdvanced Studies in Identities and Intersections: 'Spain and Islam'4

International Peace and Security

Economics
ECON-325Economics of Health Care and Health Service Organizations4
Environmental Studies
ENVST-347Environmental Geopolitics and Security4
Geography
GEOG-261MGCollaborative Research Experience: 'Human Migration'4
History
HIST-240The Holocaust in History4
HIST-262Stalinism in Central Europe4
Politics
POLIT-209Contemporary Russian Politics4
POLIT-216Middle East Politics4
POLIT-218Israel/Palestine: Fact/Fiction4
POLIT-224The United States and Iran4
POLIT-226The United States, Israel, and the Arabs4
POLIT-270American Foreign Policy4
POLIT-314Political Violence: Causes and Solutions4
POLIT-319War: What Is It Good For?4
POLIT-327Transitional Justice4
POLIT-366Global Migration4
POLIT-380Nationalism and Ethnic Politics4
POLIT-384Ending War and Securing the Peace: Conflict Mediation and Resolution in the 21st Century4

International Political Economy

Economics
ECON-213Economic Development4
ECON-215Economics of Corporate Finance4
ECON-314Globalization and Development4
Environmental Studies
ENVST-346Global Environmental Politics Governance4
History
HIST-208The Consumer Revolution: A History of Shopping4
HIST-252History of Money4
HIST-257City Life in Modern Europe, 1750-19144
HIST-277History of Energy4
HIST-301CSColloquium: 'Capitalism in South Asia'4
HIST-357History of British Capitalism4
Politics
POLIT-232Introduction to International Political Economy4
POLIT-267The Politics of Finance and Financial Crises4
POLIT-272Trade and American Foreign Policy4
POLIT-363Political Economy of the European Union4

International Ethics

Economics
ECON-314Globalization and Development4
History
HIST-230History and Law4
Politics
POLIT-247International Law and Organization4
POLIT-272Trade and American Foreign Policy4
POLIT-305International Society4
POLIT-319War: What Is It Good For?4
POLIT-327Transitional Justice4
POLIT-333Just War and Jihad: Comparative Ethics of War and Peace4
POLIT-342Islamic Political Thought4
POLIT-343Law and Religion4
POLIT-365Ethics and International Relations4