College of Arts & Sciences
International Relations
Concentration in International Relations (0317)Required Principal Courses
Minor Concentration in International Relations (B-0317)
International Relations Tracks
Functional Tracks
Regional Tracks
Chair Erik Goldstein
Director of Undergraduate Studies Arthur Hulnick
Professors Bacevich, Chehabi (HI), Connor (PO/SO), Dunbar, Eckstein (SO), Fewsmith (PO), Fromkin (HI/LAW), Goldstein (HI), Keylor (HI), Jackson (PO), Lukes (PO), Maître (COM), Najam (GE), Norton (AN), Palmer (PO), Ra’anan, Schmidt, Silber (LAW/PH)
Associate Professors Berger, Corgan, Grimes, Haqqani, Hulnick, Thacker
Assistant Professors Arreguin, Gallagher, Prodromou, Selin, Ye
Associated Faculty
Professors Bustin (PO), Clemens (PO), Cleveland (CEES), Ellis (EC), Gendzier (PO), Hefner (AN), Lindholm (AN), Lucas (EC), Mayers (PO), Nolan (HI), Weller (AN)
Professors Emeriti Cheever (PO), Halperin (PO), Hoben (AN), Lyne (HI), Mehr (IR), Newman (HI/PO), Thompson (COM)
The study of international relations at Boston University is interdisciplinary. Participating departments and schools include Anthropology, the Center for Energy & Environmental Studies, Economics, Geography, History, Modern Languages & Comparative Literature, Political Science, Religion, Romance Studies, Sociology, the College of Communication, and the School of Management. This comprehensive participation engages the extensive resources of Boston University, permits flexibility, and offers a breadth of courses unusual in an international relations program. The program meets the standards of interdisciplinary programs set by the College of Arts & Sciences. Strong emphasis is placed on individual student counseling through assigned advisors.
Concentration in International Relations (0317)
Note: Students who have declared an international relations concentration prior to September 2007 continue to be subject to the requirements of the bulletin that was current at the time of their declaration. Students who declare an international relations concentration in or after September 2007 are subject to the following:
Twelve courses with two prerequisites are required for an undergraduate concentration in international relations. These include four required principal courses, four courses from a functional track, and four courses from a regional track (for details, see below). A grade of C or higher is required in all principal and track courses. At least two courses in the concentration must be taken at the 400 level or above. Students concentrating in international relations are encouraged to fulfill their College mathematics requirements in statistics. Students must fulfill concentration requirements, including track requirements, as stipulated below. Students concentrating in international relations are encouraged to study abroad for at least one semester. Courses taken overseas must be approved by the department for credit toward the concentration.
CGS students, upon admission to CAS, will be given credit for CGS SS 202 as a substitute for CAS IR 350.
Required Principal Courses
Required principal courses are designed to develop a general understanding of the economic, political, historic, and geographic factors that influence the international system. Students must take all four of the courses listed below; students electing the functional track in international economics and business must take CAS EC 392 or SMG IM 345 in place of CAS IR 292.
CAS IR 271 Introduction to International Relations
CAS IR 292 Fundamentals of International Economics (CAS EC 101 and EC 102 are prerequisite courses)
CAS IR 349 History of International Relations, 1900–45
CAS IR 350 History of International Relations since 1945
Minor Concentration in International Relations (B-0317)
Six courses with two prerequisites (CAS EC 101 and EC 102) are required for a minor concentration in international relations. These include four required principal courses (CAS IR 271, IR 292, IR 349, and IR 350) and two elective track courses. A grade of C or higher is required in all principal and elective track courses.
International Relations Tracks
The Department of International Relations offers courses in 10 subfields, known as “tracks.” Tracks are divided into two types: functional and regional. Undergraduate concentrators must select a functional track, consisting of four courses, and a regional track, consisting of four courses. No course may be used in more than one track. This arrangement is designed to give the undergraduate concentrator a reasonable facility in an important functional subfield of international relations, as well as an understanding of at least one part of the world.
Functional Tracks
Environment and Development Track
CAS AN 285 Coping with Crises in Contemporary Africa
CAS AN 362 Culture and Environment
CAS AN 371 Political Anthropology of the Modern World
CAS AN 382 Wealth, Poverty, and Culture
CAS EC 320 Economics of Less-Developed Regions
CAS EC 364 The Chinese Economy
CAS EC 369 Economic Development of Latin America
CAS EC 371 Environmental Economics
CAS EC 387 Introduction to Health Economics
CAS EC 395 Comparative Economic Systems
CAS EC 396 Soviet and Post-Soviet Economics
CAS GE 100 Introduction to Environmental Science
CAS GE 103 Economic Geography
CAS GE 201 World Regional Geography I
CAS GE 202 World Regional Geography II
CAS GE 250 Man and Environment in the Western World
CAS GE 275 Introduction to Quantitative Environmental Modeling
CAS GE 300 Geography of World Commerce
CAS GE 309 Intermediate Environmental Analysis and Policy
CAS GE 331 Political Geography
CAS GE 356 Geography of Third World Development
CAS GE 425 United States Environmental Policy
CAS HI 394 Environmental History of Africa (meets with CAS GE 394)
CAS HI 435 Histories of Human Rights
CAS IR 242 Globalization and World Poverty (meets with CAS SO 242)
CAS IR 304 Environmentally Sustainable Development (meets with CAS GE 304)
CAS IR 365 Rise of China (meets with CAS PO 374)
CAS IR 367 Introduction to Latin American Politics and International Relations (meets with CAS PO 367)
CAS IR 369 Southeast Asia in World Politics
CAS IR 373 Global Governance and International Organization
CAS IR 383 Understanding Modern North Africa
CAS IR 395 North-South Relations (meets with CAS PO 352)
CAS IR 425 Seminar: Women and Social Change in the Developing World (meets with CAS SO 420)
CAS IR 430 Africa and Globalization: Opportunities and Obstacles
CAS PO 251 Introduction to Comparative Politics
CAS PO 370 International Conflicts and Cooperation
CAS SO 246 Sociology of Market Transitions
CAS SO 277 Technology and Society
CAS SO 438 Seminar on International Migration
CAS WS 305 Critical Issues in Women’s Studies
CAS WS 348 Gender and International Development
CAS WS 360 Global Feminism: Race and Gender in International Perspectives
SED IE 490 Introduction to Development Studies
Advanced Courses
CAS AN 505 Asian Development: The Case of Women
CAS AN 538 Human Ecology of Modern Africa
CAS EC 521 Development Theory and Policy
CAS EC 571 Energy and Environmental Economics
CAS GE 510 Physical Principles of the Environment
CAS GE 511 Ecological Economics
CAS GE 512 Global Climate Change: Policy Modeling and Analysis
CAS GE 519 Energy, Society, and the Environment
CAS GE 520 Topics in Energy and Environmental Policy
CAS HI 589 Nature’s Past: Histories of Environment and Society
CAS IR 513 Bureaucracy and Governance: A Comparative Inquiry (meets with CAS PO 546)
CAS IR 527 Political Economy of China (meets with CAS PO 527)
CAS IR 536 European Environmental Policy (meets with CAS GE 536)
CAS IR 587 Political Economy of the Middle East
CAS IR 590 Political Economy of Latin America (meets with CAS PO 550)
CAS IR 594 Global Environmental Policy and Negotiation (meets with CAS GE 594)
CAS IR 597 Sustainable Development in Latin America (meets with CAS GE 597)
CAS IR 599 Science, Politics, and Climate Change (meets with CAS GE 599)
CAS PO 523 Global Justice
CAS PO 551 Comparative Political Development
CAS PO 577 Negotiation in World Affairs
CAS PO 581 National Development and International Politics
CAS SO 534 Seminar: Modernity and Social Change
Foreign Policy and Security Studies Track
CAS HI 307 History of War
CAS HI 340 History of Modern Diplomacy: Institutions, Practices, and Principles, 1400–1919
CAS HI 366 History of American Foreign Relations since 1898 (meets with CAS PO 366)
CAS HI 488 Interwar Japan and the Pacific War
CAS IR 250 Europe and International Relations
CAS IR 310 The Sea and International Relations
CAS IR 318 Religion and American Foreign Policy (meets with CAS RN 318)
CAS IR 320 The American Military Experience
CAS IR 325 The Great Powers and the Eastern Mediterranean (meets with CAS HI 344)
CAS IR 330 Diplomatic Practice
CAS IR 345 The Role of Force in International Relations
CAS IR 365 Rise of China (meets with CAS PO 374)
CAS IR 374 Introduction to Security Studies
CAS IR 375 Introduction to Russian and Post-Soviet Foreign Relations (meets with CAS PO 375)
CAS IR 376 American Foreign Policy
CAS IR 378 Intelligence in a Democratic Society
CAS IR 380 American Foreign Policy: Practice and Process
CAS IR 385 U.S. National Security: Policy and Strategy
CAS IR 436 The Great War and the Fragile Peace (meets with CAS HI 436)
CAS IR 465 America and the Cold War (meets with CAS HI 465)
CAS IR 472 Wars of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries (meets with CAS HI 472)
Advanced Courses
CAS HI 537 World War II: Causes, Course, Consequences
CAS HI 592 The Birth of a State: Israel 1945–1955
CAS IR 502 Transnational Security Issues
CAS IR 506 India: An Emerging World Power
CAS IR 508 Islamic Political Movements and U.S. Policy
CAS IR 516 Intelligence and Homeland Security
CAS IR 521 Congress and National Security
CAS IR 522 Ideas and American Foreign Policy (meets with CAS HI 566)
CAS IR 524 War and Statecraft
CAS IR 535 Diplomacy and Statecraft
CAS IR 538 France, Europe and the World (meets with CAS HI 538)
CAS IR 541 Russia’s International Policies I
CAS IR 544 Comparative Political Systems and Foreign Policies
CAS IR 546 Power and Legitimacy: Ideology as a Political Tool
CAS IR 548 United Nations Peacekeeping
CAS IR 549 Politics and International Relations of the Federal Republic of Germany
CAS IR 554 Intellectual Foundations of American Statecraft I: Washington to Theodore Roosevelt
CAS IR 555 Intellectual Foundations of American Statecraft II: Wilson to Kissinger
CAS IR 556 Current Intelligence Issues
CAS IR 557 Guerrilla Warfare and Terrorism
CAS IR 561 Religion and International Relations (meets with CAS RN 561)
CAS IR 566 Democracy in Latin America and Its Challenges (meets with CAS PO 580)
CAS IR 568 U.S.-Latin American Relations (meets with CAS PO 568)
CAS IR 571 Central America and U.S. Policy
CAS IR 572 The Latin American Military
CAS IR 577 Foreign Policy of the People’s Republic of China (meets with CAS PO 578)
CAS IR 578 Foreign Intelligence and Security Systems
CAS IR 579 Japan in International Politics (meets with CAS PO 579)
CAS IR 581 The Evolution of Strategic Intelligence
CAS IR 583 Aspects of Defense Planning and Technology
CAS IR 589 North Atlantic/European Security Issues
CAS IR 591 The Making of the Modern Middle East (meets with CAS HI 591)
CAS IR 598 International Business Intelligence and Security Practices
COM JO 545 Reporting Military Affairs
International Economics and Business Track
Students planning to take the International Economics and Business track must take CAS EC 392 or SMG IM 345 rather than CAS IR 292 as a principal required course. CAS EC 202 is a prerequisite for CAS EC 392. CAS EC 202 will be credited toward the International Economics and Business track.
CAS EC 201 Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis (prereq for CAS EC 391)
CAS EC 202 Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis (prereq for CAS EC 392)
CAS EC 320 Economics of Less-Developed Regions
CAS EC 364 The Chinese Economy
CAS EC 369 Economic Development of Latin America
CAS EC 391 International Economics I
CAS EC 395 Comparative Economic Systems
CAS EC 396 Soviet and Post-Soviet Economics
CAS GE 300 Geography of World Commerce
CAS IR 304 Environmentally Sustainable Development (meets with CAS GE 304)
CAS IR 365 Rise of China (meets with CAS PO 374)
CAS IR 368 Contemporary East Asian Economics (meets with CAS EC 368)
CAS IR 369 Southeast Asia in World Politics
CAS IR 373 Global Governance and International Organization
CAS IR 389 Current Issues in International Economics and Business
CAS IR 390 International Political Economy (meets with CAS PO 355)
CAS IR 395 North–South Relations (meets with CAS PO 352)
CAS IR 430 Africa and Globalization: Opportunities and Obstacles
CAS SO 246 Sociology of Market Transitions
SMG IM 445 International Management
Advanced Courses
CAS EC 591 International Economics
CAS EC 595 International Finance
CAS IR 520 The State and Public Purpose in Asia (meets with CAS PO 562)
CAS IR 527 Political Economy of China (meets with CAS PO 527)
CAS IR 575 Political Economy of Mexico and NAFTA (meets with CAS PO 553)
CAS IR 587 Political Economy of the Middle East
CAS IR 590 Political Economy of Latin America (meets with CAS PO 550)
CAS IR 596 Globalization and Contemporary Capitalism in Advanced Industrialized Nations
CAS IR 597 Sustainable Development in Latin America (meets with CAS GE 597)
CAS IR 598 International Business Intelligence and Security Practices
International Political Economy Track
CAS EC 320 Economics of Less-Developed Countries
CAS EC 364 The Chinese Economy
CAS EC 369 Economic Development of Latin America
CAS EC 395 Comparative Economic Systems
CAS EC 396 Soviet and Post-Soviet Economics
CAS GE 300 Geography of World Commerce
CAS GE 356 Geography of Third World Development
CAS IR 304 Environmentally Sustainable Development (meets with CAS GE 304)
CAS IR 365 Rise of China (meets with CAS PO 374)
CAS IR 366 Political Economy of East Asia (meets with CAS PO 377)
CAS IR 368 Contemporary East Asian Economics (meets with CAS EC 368)
CAS IR 369 Southeast Asia in World Politics
CAS IR 373 Global Governance and International Organization
CAS IR 390 International Political Economy (meets with CAS PO 355)
CAS IR 395 North-South Relations (meets with CAS PO 352)
CAS IR 430 Africa and Globalization: Opportunities and Obstacles
CAS SO 246 Sociology of Market Transitions
Advanced Courses
CAS IR 520 The State and Public Purpose in Asia (meets with CAS PO 562)
CAS IR 527 Political Economy of China (meets with CAS PO 527)
CAS IR 575 Political Economy of Mexico and NAFTA (meets with CAS PO 553)
CAS IR 587 Political Economy of the Middle East
CAS IR 590 Political Economy of Latin America (meets with CAS PO 550)
CAS IR 596 Globalization and Contemporary Capitalism in Advanced Industrialized Nations
CAS IR 597 Sustainable Development in Latin America (meets with CAS GE 597)
International Systems and World Order Track
CAS GE 300 Geography of World Commerce
CAS GE 331 Political Geography
CAS HI 435 World War II: Causes, Course, Consequences
CAS IR 230 Fundamentals of International Politics
CAS IR 250 Europe and International Relations
CAS IR 303 Universal History
CAS IR 310 The Sea and International Relations
CAS IR 330 Diplomatic Practice
CAS IR 360 Making Sense of the World: The Conceptual Foundations of International Relations (meets with CAS PO 372)
CAS IR 373 Global Governance and International Organization
CAS IR 374 Introduction to Security Studies
CAS PO 370 International Conflicts and Cooperation
CAS SO 438 Seminar on International Migration
Advanced Courses
CAS IR 502 Transnational Security Issues
CAS IR 531 Intercultural Communication
CAS IR 535 Diplomacy and Statecraft
CAS IR 539 State-Formation and Nation-Building in Southeastern Europe: From Byzantium to Brussels
CAS IR 544 Comparative Political Systems and Foreign Policies
CAS IR 545 Central/East European Diplomatic History, 1814–1918
CAS IR 546 Power and Legitimacy: Ideology as a Political Tool
CAS IR 547 The Intellectuals and the Powers
CAS IR 548 United Nations Peacekeeping
CAS IR 560 The Politics of Religion, Ethnicity, and Nationalism in International Relations (meets with CAS RN 560)
CAS IR 561 The Multiple Modernities of Religion and International Relations (meets with CAS RN 561)
CAS IR 573 Introduction to Public International Law
CAS IR 574 Ethics and International Relations (meets with CAS PO 574)
CAS IR 594 Global Environmental Negotiation and Policy (meets with CAS GE 594)
CAS IR 599 Science, Politics, and Climate Change (meets with CAS GE 599)
CAS PO 504 Political and Cultural Foundations of Human Development
CAS PO 523 Global Justice
CAS PO 551 Comparative Political Development
CAS PO 577 Negotiation in World Affairs
CAS PO 581 National Development and International Politics
CAS SO 534 Seminar: Modernity and Social Change
SED IE 490 Introduction to Development Studies
Regional Politics and Cultural Anthropology Track
CAS AN 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
CAS AN 252 Ethnicity and Identity
CAS AN 260 Men and Women: Cultural Expectations and Gender Experiences
CAS AN 285 Coping with Crisis in Contemporary Africa
CAS AN 305 Comparative Family Systems in Asia
CAS AN 307 Turkey and Middle East in Comparative Perspective
CAS AN 312 Peoples and Cultures of Africa
CAS AN 317 Power and Society in the Middle East
CAS AN 318 Southeast Asia: Tradition and Development
CAS AN 319 Anthropology of Muslim Cultures and Politics
CAS AN 320 Women in the Muslim World
CAS AN 344 Modern Japanese Society: Family, School, and Workplace
CAS AN 347 Afghanistan
CAS AN 355 Religious Fundamentalism in Anthropological Perspective
CAS AN 362 Culture and Environment
CAS AN 371 Political Anthropology of the Modern World (meets with GRS AN 771)
CAS AN 375 Culture, Society, and Religion in South Asia (meets with CAS RN 375)
CAS AN 379 China: Tradition and Transition
CAS GE 102 The Cultural Landscape
CAS GE 331 Political Geography
CAS GE 381 Geography of Asia
CAS HI 223 Jews in the Modern World
CAS HI 277 Modern Armenian History and Literature
CAS HI 280 The History of Israel: An Introduction
CAS HI 347 Issues in Modern Russian and Soviet History, 1861-1956
CAS HI 390 Introduction to Modern Chinese History
CAS HI 391 Introduction to Modern Japanese History
CAS HI 392 Introduction to the Middle East
CAS HI 393 Americans and the Middle East
CAS HI 399 Modern History and Geopolitics of the Caucasus
CAS HI 430 Comparative European Fascism
CAS HI 487 Continuity and Change in Late Imperial and Modern China
CAS IR 242 Globalization and World Poverty (meets with CAS SO 242)
CAS IR 275 The Pacific Challenge (meets with CAS PO 365)
CAS IR 328 Turko–Persia in the Twentieth Century (meets with CAS HI 398)
CAS IR 341 Central Europe (meets with CAS HI 341)
CAS IR 364 The Politics of Post-Communist Russia (meets with CAS PO 364)
CAS IR 367 Introduction to Latin American Politics and International Relations (meets with CAS PO 367)
CAS IR 382 Understanding the Middle East (meets with CAS GE 382)
CAS IR 383 Understanding Modern North Africa
CAS IR 397 History of Modern Iran, 1900–Present (meets with CAS HI 397)
CAS IR 410 Latin America Today: An Interdisciplinary Approach
CAS IR 425 Seminar: Women and Social Change in the Developing World (meets with CAS SO 420)
CAS IR 452 Topics in European Politics and Culture
CAS PO 251 Introduction to Comparative Politics
CAS RN 220 Holy City: Jerusalem in Time, Space, and Imagination
CAS SO 328 Contemporary South Asian Societies
CAS SO 438 Seminar on International Migration
CAS WS 305 Critical Issues in Women’s Studies
Advanced Courses
CAS AN 505 Asian Development: The Case of Women
CAS AN 525 Ritual and Political Identity
CAS AN 538 Human Ecology of Modern Africa
CAS AN 547 Topics in Muslim Societies and Islamic Civilizations
CAS AN 593 Seminar: Topics in Cultural Anthropology
CAS AN 594 Seminar: Topics in Cultural Anthropology
CAS HI 552 Topics in Jewish History
CAS HI 582 Social Movements in Twentieth-Century Latin America
CAS HI 587 U.S.-Mexican Borders
CAS HI 588 Women, Power, and Culture in Africa
CAS HI 592 The Birth of a State: Israel 1945–1955
CAS HI 593 Youth on the Agenda: Roles and Images of Young People in the Jewish Nation
CAS HI 594 The Armenian Genocide
CAS HI 595 Morocco: History on the Cusp of Three Continents
CAS IR 507 The Muslim and Western Worlds—Prospects for a “Clash of Civilizations”
CAS IR 509 Islam in Middle East Politics (meets with CAS PO 573)
CAS IR 513 Bureaucracy and Governance: A Comparative Inquiry (meets with CAS PO 546)
CAS IR 531 Intercultural Communication
CAS IR 543 The Changing Face of Eastern Europe (meets with CAS PO 557)
CAS IR 560 The Politics of Religion, Ethnicity, and Nationalism in International Relations (meets with CAS RN 560)
CAS IR 561 Religion and International Relations
CAS IR 566 Democracy in Latin America and Its Challenges (meets with CAS PO 580)
CAS IR 567 Latin American Politics (meets with CAS PO 567)
CAS IR 570 Politics and Social Change in Postwar Japan (meets with CAS PO 569)
CAS IR 571 Central America and U.S. Policy
CAS IR 582 Taiwan: Politics and Transformation (meets with CAS PO 582)
CAS IR 586 Islam in South Asian Politics
CAS PO 560 Politics and Society in North Africa and the Middle East
CAS PO 566 Political Systems of Southern Africa
Regional Tracks
Africa and the Middle East Track
CAS AN 285 Coping with Crisis in Contemporary Africa
CAS AN 307 Turkey and Middle East in Comparative Perspective
CAS AN 312 Peoples and Cultures of Africa
CAS AN 317 Power and Society in the Middle East
CAS AN 319 Anthropology of Muslim Cultures and Politics
CAS AN 320 Women in the Muslim World
CAS AN 347 Afghanistan
CAS AN 355 Religious Fundamentalism in Anthropological Perspective
CAS AN 375 Culture, Society, and Religion in South Asia
CAS GE 356 Geography of Third World Development
CAS HI 223 Jews in the Modern World
CAS HI 277 Modern Armenian History and Literature
CAS HI 280 The History of Israel: An Introduction
CAS HI 291 Reconstructing the African Past
CAS HI 292 Colonialism in Africa: Impact and Aftermath
CAS HI 392 Introduction to the Middle East
CAS HI 393 Americans and the Middle East
CAS HI 394 Environmental History of Africa (meets with CAS GE 394)
CAS HI 484 Revolutionary Change in North Africa and the Middle East
CAS HI 485 Selected Problems in the Modern Middle East
CAS HI 486 Islamic History
CAS ID 116 Africa Today: The Beat of Popular Culture
CAS IR 242 Globalization and World Poverty (meets with CAS SO 242)
CAS IR 325 The Great Powers and the Eastern Mediterranean (meets with CAS HI 344)
CAS IR 328 Turko-Persia in the Twentieth Century (meets with CAS HI 398)
CAS IR 329 History of Iran Before 1900
CAS IR 382 Understanding the Middle East (meets with CAS GE 382)
CAS IR 383 Understanding Modern North Africa
CAS IR 394 Power, Leadership, and Governance in Africa and the Caribbean (meets with CAS AA/HI 395)
CAS IR 397 History of Modern Iran: 1900–Present
CAS IR 425 Seminar: Women and Social Change in the Developing World (meets with CAS SO 420)
CAS IR 430 Africa and Globalization: Opportunities and Obstacles
CAS RN 214 Islam
CAS RN 220 Holy City: Jerusalem in Time, Space, and Imagination
SED IE 490 Introduction to Development Studies
Advanced Courses
CAS AN 538 Human Ecology of Modern Africa
CAS AN 547 Topics in Muslim Societies and Islamic Civilizations
CAS EC 582 Health Economics II
CAS HI 552 Topics in Jewish History
CAS HI 588 Women, Power, and Culture in Africa
CAS HI 592 The Birth of a State: Israel 1945-1955
CAS HI 593 Youth on the Agenda: Roles and Images of Young People in the Jewish Nation
CAS HI 594 The Armenian Genocide
CAS HI 595 Morocco: History on the Cusp of Three Continents
CAS IR 504 Seminar: The Persian Gulf/Arabian Peninsula
CAS IR 507 The Muslim and Western Worlds—Prospects for a “Clash of Civilizations”
CAS IR 508 Islamic Political Movements and U.S. Policy
CAS IR 509 Islam in Middle East Politics (meets with CAS PO 573)
CAS IR 586 Islam in South Asian Politics
CAS IR 587 Political Economy of the Middle East
CAS IR 591 The Making of the Modern Middle East, 1798–1922 (meets with CAS HI 591)
CAS PO 560 Politics and Society in North Africa and the Middle East
CAS PO 565 Government and Politics of Contemporary Africa
CAS PO 566 Political Systems of Southern Africa
East Asia Track
CAS AN 305 Comparative Family Systems in Asia
CAS AN 318 Southeast Asia: Tradition and Development
CAS AN 344 Modern Japanese Society: Family, School, and Workplace
CAS AN 347 Afghanistan
CAS AN 379 China: Tradition and Transition
CAS GE 381 Geography of Asia
CAS HI 390 Introduction to Modern Chinese History
CAS HI 391 Introduction to Modern Japanese History
CAS HI 487 Continuity and Change in Late Imperial and Modern China
CAS HI 488 Interwar Japan and the Pacific War
CAS IR 275 The Pacific Challenge (meets with CAS PO 365)
CAS IR 365 Rise of China (meets with CAS PO 374)
CAS IR 366 Political Economy of East Asia (meets with CAS PO 377)
CAS IR 368 Contemporary East Asian Economics (meets with CAS EC 368)
CAS IR 369 Southeast Asia in World Politics
CAS IR 370 China: From Revolution to Reform (meets with CAS PO 369)
CAS SO 328 Contemporary South Asian Societies
Advanced Courses
CAS AN 505 Asian Development: The Case of Women
CAS IR 506 India: An Emerging World Power
CAS IR 508 Islamic Political Movements and U.S. Policy
CAS IR 520 The State and Public Purpose in Asia (meets with CAS PO 562)
CAS IR 527 Political Economy of China (meets with CAS PO 527)
CAS IR 570 Politics and Social Change in Postwar Japan (meets with CAS PO 569)
CAS IR 577 Foreign Policy of the People’s Republic of China (meets with CAS PO 578)
CAS IR 579 Japan in International Politics (meets with CAS PO 579)
CAS IR 582 Taiwan: Politics and Transformation (meets with CAS PO 582)
CAS IR 585 Problems and Issues in Post-Mao China (meets with CAS PO 558)
CAS IR 586 Islam in South Asian Politics
Europe Track
CAS EC 346 European Capital Markets
CAS EC 396 Soviet and Post-Soviet Economics
CAS HI 216 Women and Gender in European History
CAS HI 223 Jews in the Modern World
CAS HI 231 History of Europe, 1815–1914
CAS HI 232 History of Contemporary Europe, 1900 to the Present
CAS HI 277 Modern Armenian History and Literature
CAS HI 307 History of War
CAS HI 321 The Making of Modern England
CAS HI 322 Twentieth-Century Britain
CAS HI 325 History of Ireland
CAS HI 338 Germany, 1914 to the Present
CAS HI 340 History of Modern Diplomacy: Institutions, Practices, and Principles, 1400–1919
CAS HI 345 History of Russia, 1689–1917
CAS HI 346 History of the Soviet Union and Post-Communist Russia, 1917 to the Present
CAS HI 347 Issues in Modern Russian and Soviet History, 1861–1956
CAS HI 399 Modern History and Geopolitics of the Caucasus
CAS HI 423 History of the European Union, 1945 to the Present
CAS HI 424 European Socialism, 1789–1989
CAS HI 430 Comparative European Fascism
CAS HI 446 The Russian Revolution
CAS IR 250 Europe and International Relations
CAS IR 325 The Great Powers and the Eastern Mediterranean (meets with CAS HI 344)
CAS IR 341 Central Europe (meets with CAS HI 341)
CAS IR 363 Soviet Politics 1917–1991 (meets with CAS PO 363)
CAS IR 364 The Politics of Post-Communist Russia (meets with CAS PO 364)
CAS IR 375 Introduction to Russian and Post-Soviet Foreign Relations (meets with CAS PO 375)
CAS IR 420 International Relations of the New Europe (meets with CAS PO 420)
CAS IR 452 Topics in European Politics and Culture
CAS PO 361 European Politics
CAS SO 246 Sociology of Market Transitions
CAS SO 324 Soviet and Post-Soviet Society
Advanced Courses
CAS HI 592 The Birth of a State: Israel 1945–1955
CAS HI 593 Youth on the Agenda: Roles and Images of Young People in the Jewish Nation
CAS HI 594 The Armenian Genocide
CAS IR 536 European Environmental Policy (meets with CAS GE 536)
CAS IR 538 France, Europe, and the World: The History of French Foreign Relations in Modern Times
CAS IR 539 State-Formation and Nation-Building in Southeastern Europe: From Byzantium to Brussels
CAS IR 541 Russia’s International Policies I
CAS IR 542 The Reemergence of Russia (meets with CAS PO 556)
CAS IR 543 The Changing Face of Eastern Europe (meets with CAS PO 557)
CAS IR 544 Comparative Political Systems and Foreign Policies
CAS IR 545 Central/East European Diplomatic History, 1814–1918
CAS IR 546 Power and Legitimacy: Ideology as a Political Tool
CAS IR 547 The Intellectuals and the Powers
CAS IR 549 Politics and International Relations of the Federal Republic of Germany (meets with CAS PO 545)
CAS IR 550 West European Integration
CAS IR 551 Social Europe: Identity, Citizenship, and the Welfare State
CAS IR 552 Nordic Europe
CAS IR 558 Turkey and the European Union: The History and Contemporary Aspects of Turkey’s European Path (meets with CAS PO 588)
CAS IR 560 The Politics of Religion, Ethnicity, and Nationalism in International Relations (meets with CAS RN 560)
CAS IR 589 North Atlantic/European Security Issues
CAS PO 586 Nationalism in Post-Soviet Eurasia
Latin America Track
CAS EC 369 Economic Development of Latin America
CAS GE 356 Geography of Third World Development
CAS HI 385 Atlantic History (meets with CAS AA 385)
CAS HI 386 Modern Latin America
CAS IR 242 Globalization and World Poverty (meets with CAS SO 242)
CAS IR 367 Introduction to Latin American Politics and International Relations (meets with CAS PO 367)
CAS IR 395 North-South Relations (meets with CAS PO 352)
CAS IR 410 Latin America Today: An Interdisciplinary Approach
CAS IR 425 Seminar: Women and Social Change in the Developing World (meets with CAS SO 420)
Advanced Courses
CAS HI 489 The African Diaspora in the Americas (meets with CAS AA 489)
CAS HI 582 Social Movements in Twentieth-Century Latin America
CAS HI 584 Comparative Slavery (meets with CAS AA 514)
CAS HI 587 U.S.-Mexican Borders
CAS IR 566 Democracy in Latin America and Its Challenges
CAS IR 567 Latin American Politics (meets with CAS PO 567)
CAS IR 568 U.S.-Latin American Relations (meets with CAS PO 568)
CAS IR 571 Central America and U.S. Policy
CAS IR 572 The Latin American Military
CAS IR 575 Political Economy of Mexico and NAFTA (meets with CAS PO 553)
CAS IR 590 Political Economy of Latin America (meets with CAS PO 550)
CAS IR 597 Sustainable Development in Latin America (meets with CAS GE 597)
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