{"id":36660,"date":"2011-09-12T07:15:04","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T11:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/?page_id=36660"},"modified":"2026-03-12T16:10:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:10:24","slug":"ba","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/cas\/programs\/international-relations\/ba\/","title":{"rendered":"BA in International Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sidebar\">\n<h3>Contact<\/h3>\n<p>To reach an IR academic advisor, please visit the Pardee School Student Affairs &amp; Services <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/academics\/student-affairs-and-services\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>International Relations is a major offered by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/cas\/pardee-school\/\">Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies<\/a> to students enrolled in the College of Arts &amp; Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>To study international relations is to learn how the world works. At Boston University, we take an interdisciplinary approach. Undergraduates studying international relations choose from a wide range of courses in international relations, history, economics, political science, anthropology, sociology, and religion, among other disciplines. The international relations major can be customized to fit individual students&#8217; interests and goals. Students choose both a <em>region<\/em> of the world on which to focus their studies and a <em>functional<\/em> area, such as Foreign Policy and Security Studies or Environment and Development, that is a subfield of the larger discipline of international relations. In a globalizing world, the study of international relations provides a gateway into a variety of career fields as well as excellent preparation for further graduate or professional training.<\/p>\n<h2>Learning Outcomes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Demonstrate substantive interdisciplinary knowledge of legal, political, economic, social, cultural, and historical factors influencing international affairs.<\/li>\n<li>Display an in-depth understanding of an important functional subfield of the discipline and a major geographical region of the world.<\/li>\n<li>Conduct theoretically informed and empirically based analysis of real-world conditions and events and present the results of that analysis persuasively in written and oral forms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>BU Hub General Education<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>All BU undergraduate students, including both entering first-year and transfer students, will pursue coursework in the BU Hub,\u00a0the University&#8217;s\u00a0general education program that is integrated into the entire undergraduate experience. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/advising-and-the-hub\/hub-requirements-for-students\/\">BU Hub requirements<\/a> can be satisfied in a number of ways, including coursework in and beyond the major as well as through cocurricular activities. Students majoring in International Relations will ordinarily, through coursework in the major, satisfy BU Hub requirements in Diversity, Civic Engagement, and Global Citizenship, as well as some requirements in Philosophical, Aesthetic and Historical Interpretation, Scientific and Social Inquiry, Communication, and the Intellectual Toolkit. Remaining BU Hub requirements will be satisfied by selecting from a wide range of available courses outside the major or, in some cases, cocurricular experiences.<\/p>\n<h4>Major Requirements<\/h4>\n<p>Twelve courses and two prerequisites are required for an undergraduate major in International Relations. These 12 are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Four required principal courses<\/li>\n<li>Four courses from a functional track<\/li>\n<li>Four courses from a regional track<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For details, see below.<\/p>\n<p>A grade of C or higher is required in all principal and track courses. At least two upper-level courses in the major must be taken. Upper-level courses are courses listed at the 400 or 500 level. Internships, even if numbered at the 400 level, cannot be counted toward this requirement, unless they include a significant written component and are approved in writing by the Associate Dean for Studies. Students majoring in International Relations are encouraged to fulfill at least one of their Quantitative Reasoning Hub requirements in statistics. Students must fulfill major requirements, including track requirements, as stipulated below. International Relations majors are encouraged to study abroad for at least one term. Courses taken abroad must be approved by the student\u2019s major advisor for units toward the major.<\/p>\n<p>All required courses are 4-unit hours.<\/p>\n<p>Two prerequisites are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CAS EC 101 Introductory Microeconomic Analysis<\/li>\n<li>CAS EC 102 Introductory Macroeconomic Analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A grade of D or higher is required in prerequisite courses.<\/p>\n<h4>Required Principal Courses<\/h4>\n<p>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; with the exception of students selecting the functional track in International Economics, Business, and Politics, who must take CAS IR 399 or CAS EC 392 or QST IM 345 in place of CAS IR 292. All students must take IR 349 and IR 350 as offered at Boston University; no substitutes will be accepted for these two courses.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CAS IR 271 Introduction to International Relations<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 292 Fundamentals of International Economics <strong>OR<\/strong> CAS IR 399 Fundamentals of Global Money <strong>OR<\/strong> QST IM 345 Global Business Environment (CAS EC 101 and EC 102 are prerequisite courses for all three) <strong>OR<\/strong> CAS EC 392 International Macroeconomics (CAS EC 202 and EC 203 are prerequisites and EC 204 is a corequisite)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 349 History of International Relations, 1900\u20131945<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 350 History of International Relations since 1945<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note: CGS students, upon admission to CAS, will be given units for CGS SS 202 as a substitute for CAS IR 350.<\/p>\n<p>Note: Students who have declared the International Economics, Business &amp; Politics track must take either EC 392, IR 399, or IM 345 in place of IR 292. Students who declare any other functional track may take any of these four classes to satisfy the major requirement. Students who take IR 399 as the Fundamentals of International Economics equivalent cannot also count it toward their International Economics functional track.<\/p>\n<h4>International Relations Tracks<a href=\"#_msocom_1\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The major in International Relations encompasses courses in 9 subfields, known as \u201ctracks.\u201d Tracks are divided into two types: <em>functional<\/em> and <em>regional.<\/em> Undergraduate majors must select a <em>functional<\/em> track, consisting of four courses, and a <em>regional<\/em> track, consisting of four courses. No course may be used in more than one track. This arrangement is designed to give the undergraduate major a reasonable facility in an important functional subfield of international relations, as well as an understanding of at least one part of the world. <strong>A listing of courses, by functional and regional tracks, is included below.<\/strong><b> Additional courses toward tracks may be approved by Pardee\u2019s Associate Dean for Studies.<\/b><\/p>\n<h5>Functional Track Options Include:<\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li>Environment and Development<\/li>\n<li>Foreign Policy and Security Studies<\/li>\n<li>International Economics, Business, and Politics<\/li>\n<li>International Systems and World Order<\/li>\n<li>Regional Politics and Cultural Anthropology<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Environment and Development Functional Track Courses<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CAS AN 285 Coping with Crisis in Contemporary Africa<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 363 Food and Water: Critical Perspectives on Global Crises<\/li>\n<li>CAS AR 290 Human Impacts on Ancient Environments<\/li>\n<li>CAS EC 320 Economics of Less-Developed Regions<\/li>\n<li>CAS EC 365 Economic Institutions in Historical Perspective<\/li>\n<li>CAS EC 369 Economic Development of Latin America<\/li>\n<li>CAS EC 371 Environmental Economics<\/li>\n<li>CAS EC 387 Introduction to Health Economics<\/li>\n<li>CAS EE 100 Environmental Change and Sustainability<\/li>\n<li>CAS EE 150 Sustainable Energy: Technology, Resources, Society, and Environment<\/li>\n<li>CAS EE 201 World Regional Geography<\/li>\n<li>CAS EE 250 The Fate of Nations: Climate, Resources, and Institutions<\/li>\n<li>CAS EE 309 Intermediate Environmental Analysis and Policy<\/li>\n<li>CAS EE 375 Introduction to Quantitative Environmental Modeling<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 343 Taste, Culture, and Power: The Global History of Food<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 242 Globalization and World Poverty (meets with CAS SO 242)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 251 Introduction to Comparative Politics (meets with CAS PO 151)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 304 Environmentally Sustainable Development (meets with CAS EE 304)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 311 Climate Change and Development Policy<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 322 History of the Climate Crisis<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 365 Rise of China (meets with CAS PO 352)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 367 Introduction to Latin American Politics and International Relations (meets with CAS PO 360 and CAS HI 399)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 369 Southeast Asia in World Politics (meets with CAS PO 354)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 373 Global Governance and International Organization (meets with CAS PO 384)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 393 Technology and Economic Development<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 395 North-South Relations (meets with CAS PO 328)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 399 Fundamentals of Global Money<\/li>\n<li>CAS JS 385 Israel and the Environment (meets with CAS EE 385)<\/li>\n<li>CAS JS 387 Environmental Law in Israel and the Mediterranean (meets with CAS EE 387)<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 151 Introduction to Comparative Politics<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 333 Democratic Erosion<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 338 Urban Politics of the Global South<\/li>\n<li>CAS SO 280 Global Urban Studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Environment and Development Track Advanced Courses\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>CAS AA 416 Religion, Race, and Climate Change<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 505 Women and Social Change in Asia<\/li>\n<li>CAS EC 521 Development Policy<\/li>\n<li>CAS EC 571 Energy and Environmental Economics<\/li>\n<li>CAS EC 598 The Economics of Globalization<\/li>\n<li>CAS EE 400 Environment and Development: A Political Ecology Approach<\/li>\n<li>CAS EE 475 Urban Ecology<\/li>\n<li>CAS EE 512 Urban Climate<\/li>\n<li>CAS EE 519 Energy, Society, and the Environment<\/li>\n<li>CAS EE 521 Law for Sustainability<\/li>\n<li>CAS EE 522 The Development of Sustainable Environmental Responsibility<\/li>\n<li>CAS EE 524 Environmental Justice<\/li>\n<li>CAS EE 526 Global Energy Justice<\/li>\n<li>CAS EE 538 Research for Environmental Agencies and Organizations 2<\/li>\n<li>CAS EE 545 Methods of Environmental Policy Analysis<\/li>\n<li>CAS EE 555 World Oil Markets<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 526 Poverty and Democracy: Modern India and the United States in Comparative Perspective<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 426 NGO Management and Leadership<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 480 Political Economy of Human Development<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 519 People Power in Global Politics<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 520 The State &amp; Public Purpose in Asia (meets with CAS PO 550)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 527 Political Economy of China (meets with CAS PO 548)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 537 Environment and Empire<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 544 Solving Humanitarian Crises<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 545 History of Inequality<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 565 Development Finance Institutions<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 584 Global Trade and Development<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 586 Financing Development in Africa<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 587 Global Energy History<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 588 African Development: Policy and Practice<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 590 Political Economy of Latin America (meets with CAS PO 562)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 591 Political Economy of Gender Inequality<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 592 Economic Development and International Institutions<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 593 Technology and Economic Inclusion in the Developing World<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 594 Global Environmental Negotiation and Policy (meets with CAS EE 594)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 597 Development and Environment in Latin America (meets with CAS EE 597)<\/li>\n<li>CAS SO 438 Seminar on International Migration<\/li>\n<li>CAS SO 442 Urban Inequality in the Americas<\/li>\n<li>CAS SO 490 Seminar in Global Health: Politics, Institutions, and Ideology<\/li>\n<li>QST SI 453 Strategies in Environmental Sustainability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Foreign Policy and Security Studies Functional Track Courses<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CAS HI 287 History of American Foreign Relations since 1898 (meets with CAS PO 381 and CAS IR 376)<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 384 History of Genocide<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 393 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 234 Fundamentals of Strategic Intelligence<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 240 America Abroad: Debating the US and the World since 1789<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 250 Europe and International Relations (meets with CAS PO 343)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 290 Drugs and Security in the Americas<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 312 Comparative Development in the Middle East<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 315 International Nuclear Politics (meets with CAS PO 358 &amp; CAS HI 335)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 330 Diplomatic Practice<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 347 Causes of War and Peace<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 353 Nuclear Security (meets with CAS PO 356)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 365 Rise of China (meets with CAS PO 352)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 367 Introduction to Latin American Politics and International Relations (meets with CAS PO 360)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 369 Southeast Asia in World Politics (meets with CAS PO 354)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 374 Introduction to Security Studies<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 376 History of American Foreign Relations since 1898 (meets with CAS PO 381 and CAS HI 287)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 378 Intelligence in a Democratic Society<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 379 Civil-Military Relations: Theory and Practice<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 380 American Foreign Policy: Practice and Process<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 332 Civil Wars<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 343 The Global Arms Trade<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 344 Political Violence<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 346 Bombs and Bombshells: Gender, Armed Conflict, and Political Violence<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 357 Causes of War and Peace\u00a0(meets with CAS IR 347)<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 389 Citizenship: Who Belongs? Who Decides?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Foreign Policy and Security Studies Track Advanced Courses<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>CAS HI 537 World War II: Causes, Course, Consequences<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 559 Wars, Peace, and Diplomacy<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 411 Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Latin America (meets with CAS PO 566)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 428 International Negotiations<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 432 Public Diplomacy<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 437 The Prevention of Genocide<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 453 Forced Migration and Human Trafficking: Virtual Policy Incubator<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 503 The US in the Middle East (meets with CAS PO 503)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 505 Arms Control and Proliferation of Weapons<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 507 Islam and Politics<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 516 Intelligence and Homeland Security<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 521 Intelligence, Congress and the Formulation of National Security Policy<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 523 Cybersecurity &amp; US National Security<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 525 21st Century Deterrence: Nuclear, Space, Cyber<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 526 National and Homeland Security Law<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 532 The Far Right in Europe<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 535 Diplomacy and Statecraft<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 544 Solving Humanitarian Crises<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 548 Peacekeeping and State-Building<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 552 Technology and War<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 556 Current Intelligence Issues<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 557 Guerrilla Warfare and Terrorism<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 558 Terrorism and Targeted Violence<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 559 Leadership and Cultural Change in Large Organizations<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 560 Ethnic Conflict in Global Perspective<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 561 Religion and International Relations (meets with CAS PO 589 and CAS RN 561)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 566 History of Deportation and Border Security in the Americas<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 568 US-Latin American Relations (meets with CAS PO 565)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 573 Seminar in Public International Law<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 574 Laws of War<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 577 Foreign Policy of the People\u2019s Republic of China (meets with CAS PO 576)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 579 Japan in International Politics (meets with CAS PO 552)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 581 The Evolution of Strategic Intelligence<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 583 Strategies of Defense Planning<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 589 North Atlantic\/European Security Issues (meets with CAS PO 582)<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 555 South Asian Security<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 556 Women and Rebellion<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 558 War and Society in the Modern Age<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 560 Rwanda: Genocide and Its Aftermath<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 569 Money, Guns, and Power (meets with CAS IR 630)<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 578 The United States as a Great Power<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 579 Political Biography and Statecraft<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">International Economics, Business, and Politics Functional Track Courses<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>Students planning to take the International Economics, Business, and Politics Track must take CAS IR 399 <strong>or<\/strong> CAS EC 392 <strong>or<\/strong> QST IM 345 rather than CAS IR 292 as a principal required course. CAS EC 203 is a prerequisite for CAS EC 392; CAS EC 204 is a corequisite for students who have not already completed it. Students who take IR 399 to fulfill their international economics requirement cannot count it towards the International Economics, Business, and Politics Track.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CAS AA 234 African Americans in Global Perspective: Slavery and the Creation of Race<\/li>\n<li>CAS EC 201 Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis (prerequisite for CAS EC 391)<\/li>\n<li>CAS EC 202 Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis<\/li>\n<li>CAS EC 320 Economics of Less-Developed Regions<\/li>\n<li>CAS EC 365 Economic Institutions in Historical Perspective<\/li>\n<li>CAS EC 369 Economic Development of Latin America<\/li>\n<li>CAS EC 370 The Chinese Economy<\/li>\n<li>CAS EC 371 Environmental Economics<\/li>\n<li>CAS EC 387 Introduction to Health Economics<\/li>\n<li>CAS EC 391 International Trade<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 304 Environmentally Sustainable Development (meets with CAS EE 304)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 311 Climate Change and Development Policy<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 340 Comparative Public Policy (meets with CAS PO 324)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 354 Gender and Global Politics<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 363 Economic Cooperation in East Asia<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 365 Rise of China (meets with CAS PO 352)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 368 Contemporary East Asian Economics (meets with CAS EC 368)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 369 Southeast Asia in World Politics (meets with CAS PO 354)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 373 Global Governance and International Organization (meets with CAS PO 384)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 389 Technology and Global Governance<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 390 International Political Economy (meets with CAS PO 329)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 395 North-South Relations (meets with CAS PO 328)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 399 Fundamentals of Global Money<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 324 Comparative Public Policy<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 331 Comparative Political Economy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>International Economics, Business, and Politics Track Advanced Courses<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>CAS EC 521 Development Policy<\/li>\n<li>CAS EC 571 Energy and Environmental Economics<\/li>\n<li>CAS EC 591 International Economics<\/li>\n<li>CAS EC 595 International Finance<\/li>\n<li>CAS EC 598 The Economics of Globalization<\/li>\n<li>CAS EE 555 World Oil Markets<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 480 Political Economy of Human Development (meets with CAS IR 680)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 520 The State and Public Purpose in Asia (meets with CAS PO 550)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 527 Political Economy of China (meets with CAS PO 548)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 532 The Far Right in Europe<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 545 History of Inequality<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 564 Political Economy of Rising Powers<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 565 Development Finance Institutions<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 571 Global Money<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 584 Global Trade and Development<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 586 Financing Development in Africa<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 590 Political Economy of Latin America (meets with CAS PO 562)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 591 Political Economy of Gender Inequality<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 592 Economic Development and International Organizations<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 593 Technology and Economic Inclusion in the Developing World<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 595 International Finance<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 596 Globalization and Contemporary Capitalism in Advanced Industrialized Nations (meets with CAS PO 529)<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 528 Political Economy of the European Union and US<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 569 Money, Guns, and Power<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 595 Race and Capitalism<\/li>\n<li>QST FE 427 International Financial Management<\/li>\n<li>QST IM 445 Multinational Management<\/li>\n<li>QST IM 475 Global Management Experience<\/li>\n<li>QST SI 453 Strategies in Environmental Sustainability<\/li>\n<li>QST SI 471 International Entrepreneurship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">International Systems and World Order Functional Track Courses<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CAS AA 234 African Americans in the Global Perspective: Slavery and the Creation of Race<\/li>\n<li>CAS AR 395 Politics of the Past: Archaeology, Museums, and Identity<\/li>\n<li>CAS EC 365 Economic Institutions in Historical Perspective<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 341 Political and Cultural Revolutions<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 350 Atlantic History<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 384 History of Genocide<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 230 Fundamentals of International Politics<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 240 America Abroad: Debating the US and the World since 1789<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 250 Europe and International Relations (meets with CAS PO 343)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 295 Quantitative Methods for Global Policy<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 315 International Nuclear Politics (meets with CAS PO 358 &amp; CAS HI 335)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 322 History of the Climate Crisis<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 330 Diplomatic Practice<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 333 Non-State Actors in International Relations (meets with CAS PO 327)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 347 Causes of War and Peace (meets with CAS PO 357)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 352 International Human Rights: Applying Human Rights in Africa (meets with CAS PO 378)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 353 Nuclear Security (meets with CAS PO 356)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 354 Gender and Global Politics<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 373 Global Governance and International Organization (meets with CAS PO 384)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 374 Introduction to Security Studies<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 375 International Law &amp; Organizations<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 389 Technology and Global Governance<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 393 Technology and Economic Development<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 333 Democratic Erosion<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 344 Democracy: Its Origins, Breakdown, and Outcomes<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 353 The Global Arms Trade<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 357 Causes of War and Peace (meets with CAS IR 347)<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 375 Democracy and Protest in the Global South<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 378 International Human Rights: Applying Human Rights in Africa (meets with CAS IR 352)<\/li>\n<li>CAS SO 206 Introduction to the Sociology of Globalization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*CAS CC 221 and CAS CC 222 together count for one class in the International Systems and World Order track.<\/p>\n<h5><b>International Systems and World Order Track Advanced Courses<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>CAS AA 416 Religion, Race, and Climate Change<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 563 Religion and Politics Across Cultures (meets with CAS IR 563)<\/li>\n<li>CAS EE 526 Global Energy Justice<\/li>\n<li>CAS EE 555 World Oil Markets<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 549 Nationalism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 426 NGO Management and Leadership<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 428 International Negotiations<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 432 Public Diplomacy<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 437 The Prevention of Genocide (meets with CAS HI 543)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 453 Forced Migration and Human Trafficking: Virtual Policy Incubator<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 505 Arms Control and Proliferation of Weapons<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 507 Islam and Politics<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 510 Comparative Immigration and Racial Politics<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 519 People Power in Global Politics<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 528 Global History of Military Occupation<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 531 Intercultural Communication<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 535 Diplomacy and Statecraft<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 537 Environment and Empire<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 544 Solving Humanitarian Crises<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 545 History of Inequality (meets with CAS HI 545)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 548 Peacekeeping and State-Building<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 553 Digital Diplomacy<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 557 Guerrilla Warfare and Terrorism<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 558 Terrorism and Targeted Violence<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 559 Leadership and Cultural Change in Large Organizations<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 560 Ethnic Conflict in Global Perspective<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 561 Religion and International Relations (meets with CAS PO 589)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 563 Religion and Politics Across Cultures (meets with CAS AN 563)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 564 Political Economy of Rising Powers<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 566 History of Deportation and Border Security in the Americas<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 572 Ballot or Bullet: The Global Struggle for Justice<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 573 Introduction to Public International Law<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 574 Laws of War<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 580 Latin America and International Law<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 587 Global Energy History<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 594 Global Environmental Negotiation and Policy (meets with CAS EE 594)<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 533 Globalization of Nationalism<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 542 Immigration: Politics and Policy<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 596 Colonization and Decolonization<\/li>\n<li>CAS SO 438 Seminar on International Migration<\/li>\n<li>CAS SO 490 Seminar in Global Health: Politics, Institutions, and Ideology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Regional Politics and Cultural Anthropology Functional Track Courses<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CAS AH 311 Arab Cities: Architecture, Politics, Religion<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 252 Ethnicity and Identity<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 260 Sex and Gender in Anthropological Perspective<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 291 People of the Arctic<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 301 African Diaspora Archaeology<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 307 Turkey and Middle East in Comparative Perspective<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 312 Peoples and Cultures of Africa<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 317 Power and Society in the Middle East<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 318 Southeast Asia: Tradition and Modernity<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 319 Anthropology of Muslim Cultures and Politics<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 320 Women in the Muslim World<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 344 Culture and Social Change in Japan<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 347 Afghanistan<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 348 Anthropology of Globalization<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 355 Religious Fundamentalism in Anthropological Perspective<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 375 Culture, Society, and Religion in South Asia (meets with CAS RN 375)<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 379 China: Tradition and Transition<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 384 Anthropology of Religion (meets with CAS RN 387)<\/li>\n<li>CAS AR 240 The Archaeology of Ancient China<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 237 Reconstructing the African Past (meets with CAS AA 237)<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 238 Modern Africa<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 298 Black Freedom Dreams: America and the World<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 349 History of Religion in Precolonial Africa (meets with CAS AA 382 and RN 382)<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 360 European Dimensions of the Black Diaspora<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 370 Samurai, Ships, and Soil: Japan Among the Empires of Asia, 1600\u20131950 (meets with CAS LJ 282)<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 376 The Israeli Settlement Project (meets with CAS JS 388)<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 384 History of Genocide<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 389 Americans and the Middle East<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 392 Israel: History, Politics, Culture, Identity (meets with CAS LH 284 and JS 285)<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 397 Modern Latin America<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 238 Modern African (meets with CAS HI 238 and CAS AA 238)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 242 Globalization and World Poverty (meets with CAS SO 242)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 251 Introduction to Comparative Politics (CAS PO 151)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 275 The Making of Asia (meets with CAS PO 350)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 290 Drugs and Security in the Americas<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 307 Introduction to Middle East Politics (meets with CAS PO 368)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 312 Comparative Development in the Middle East<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 343 African Politics Today (meets with CAS PO 373)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 351 Africa in International Politics (meets with CAS PO 377)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 354 Gender &amp; Global Politics<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 362 European Politics (meets with CAS PO 341)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 367 Introduction to Latin American Politics and International Relations (meets with CAS PO 360)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 369 Southeast Asia in World Politics (meets with CAS PO 354)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 370 China: From Revolution to Reform<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 381 Cities in the Middle East: Mecca to Dubai<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 382 Understanding the Modern Middle East<\/li>\n<li>CAS JS 257 Antisemitism after the Holocaust<\/li>\n<li>CAS JS 343 Jewish Fundamentalisms<\/li>\n<li>CAS LP 308 Brazilian History and Contemporary Identities<\/li>\n<li>CAS LR 289 Russian Culture: Literature, Film, and Arts (in English translation)<\/li>\n<li>CAS LY 284 War in Arabic Literature and Film<\/li>\n<li>CAS LZ 315 Tradition and Modernity in Iranian Film and Literature<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 151 Introduction to Comparative Politics (meets with CAS IR 251)<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 333 Democratic Erosion<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 341 European Politics<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 346 Bombs and Bombshells: Gender, Armed Conflict, and Political Violence<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 375 Democracy and Protest in the Global South<\/li>\n<li>CAS RN 105 Introduction to the World&#8217;s Religions<\/li>\n<li>CAS RN 249 Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism (meets with CAS JS 379)<\/li>\n<li>CAS RN 345 Shariah Law<\/li>\n<li>CAS RN 382 History of Religion in Pre-Colonial Africa (meets with CAS HI 349)<\/li>\n<li>CAS RN 387 Anthropology of Religion (meets with CAS AN 384)<\/li>\n<li>CAS SO 242 Globalization and World Poverty (meets with CAS IR 242)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*CAS CC 221 and CAS CC 222 together count for one class in the Regional Politics and Cultural Anthropology track.<\/p>\n<h5><b>Regional Politics and Cultural Anthropology Advanced Courses<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>CAS AN 440 Shadow Empires<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 505 Women and Social Change in Asia<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 530 Global Intimacies: Sex, Gender, and Contemporary Sexualities<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 573 The Ethnography of China and Taiwan<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 424 Communism, 1789\u20131989<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 482 Merchants, Pirates, Missionaries, and the State in Maritime Asia, 600\u20132000<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 549 Nationalism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 580 White Supremacist Thought: Self, Culture and Society since the 18th Century<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 582 Power and Resistance in Americas<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 588 Women, Power, and Culture in Africa (meets with CAS AA 588)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 410 Latin America Today: An Interdisciplinary Approach<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 452 Topics in European Politics and Culture (meets with CAS PO 539)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 502 Latin American Political Parties (meets with CAS PO 561)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 504 Seminar: The Persian Gulf\/Arabian Peninsula (meets with CAS PO 577)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 507 Islam and Politics<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 510 Comparative Immigration and Racial Politics<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 519 People Power in Global Politics<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 531 Intercultural Communication<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 532 The Far Right in Europe<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 533 Contentious Politics and the Arab Uprisings in the Middle East<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 550 European Integration (meets with CAS PO 535)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 551 Social Europe: Identity, Citizenship, and the Welfare State (meets with CAS PO 536)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 555 Guatemala: Revolution, Genocide, and Genocide Denial in Twentieth Century Latin America<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 558 Terrorism and Targeted Violence<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 561 Religion and International Relations (meets with CAS PO 589 and CAS RN 561)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 563 Religion and Politics Across Cultures (meets with CAS AN 563)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 566 History of Deportation and Border Security in the Americas<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 572 Ballot or Bullet: The Global Struggle for Justice<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 582 Taiwan: Politics and Transformation (meets with CAS PO 553)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 585 Problems and Issues in Post-Mao China<\/li>\n<li>CAS JS 460 Seminar on the Holocaust<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 533 Globalization of Nationalism<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 534 US Populism in Comparative Perspective<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 555 South Asian Security<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 571 Contemporary African Politics<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 574 Decolonization and Democracy in Africa<\/li>\n<li>CAS RN 435 Women, Gender, and Islam<\/li>\n<li>CAS SO 438 Seminar on International Migration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h4>Regional Track Options Include:<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Africa and the Middle East<\/li>\n<li>Asia<\/li>\n<li>Europe<\/li>\n<li>Latin America<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Africa and the Middle East Regional Track Courses<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CAS AA 234 African Americans in Global Perspective: Slavery and the Creation of Race<\/li>\n<li>CAS AH 311 Arab Cities: Architecture, Politics, Religion<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 252 Ethnicity and Identity<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 285 Coping with Crisis in Contemporary Africa<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 301 African Diaspora Archeology<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 307 Turkey and Middle East in Comparative Perspective<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 312 Peoples and Cultures of Africa<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 317 Power and Society in the Middle East<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 319 Anthropology of Muslim Cultures and Politics<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 320 Women in the Muslim World<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 327 Islam in Africa<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 347 Afghanistan<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 355 Religious Fundamentalism in Anthropological Perspective<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 375 Culture, Society, and Religion in South Asia (meets with CAS RN 375)<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 234 Introduction to India and South Asia<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 237 Reconstructing the African Past (meets with CAS AA 237)<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 238 Modern Africa<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 239 African History through Popular Culture<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 298 Black Freedom Dreams: America and the World<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 320 Understanding Revolution: France and Algeria<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 348 Colonialism in Africa: Impact and Aftermath<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 349 History of Religion in Precolonial Africa (meets with CAS AA 382 and RN 382)<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 350 Atlantic History<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 376 The Israeli Settlement Project<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 389 Americans and the Middle East<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 392 Israel: History, Politics, Culture, Identity (meets with CAS JS 285 and CAS LH 284)<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 393 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (meets with CAS JS 286)<\/li>\n<li>CAS ID 116 Africa Today: The Beat of Popular Culture<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 238 Modern Africa<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 242 Globalization and World Poverty (meets with CAS SO 242)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 307 Introduction to Middle East Politics (meets with CAS PO 368)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 312 Comparative Development in the Middle East<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 343 African Politics Today (meets with CAS PO 373)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 351 Africa in International Politics (meets with CAS PO 377)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 352 International Human Rights: Applying Human Rights in Africa (meets with CAS PO 378)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 381 Cities in the Middle East: Mecca to Dubai (meets with CAS HI 390)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 382 Understanding the Modern Middle East<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 386 Nation Building and Erosion in Africa<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 393 Technology and Economic Development<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 394 Power, Leadership, and Governance in Africa and the Caribbean (meets with CAS AA 395 and CAS HI 352)<\/li>\n<li>CAS JS 257 Antisemitism after the Holocaust<\/li>\n<li>CAS JS 385 Israel and the Environment (meets with CAS EE 385)<\/li>\n<li>CAS JS 387 Environmental Law in Israel and the Mediterranean (meets with CAS EE 387)<\/li>\n<li>CAS LY 284 War in Arabic Literature and Film (in English translation)<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 338 Urban Politics of the Global South<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 346 Bombs and Bombshells: Gender, Armed Conflict, and Political Violence<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 375 Democracy and Protest in the Global South<\/li>\n<li>CAS RN 214 Islam<\/li>\n<li>CAS RN 249 Islamophobia and Antisemitism (meets with CAS JS 379)<\/li>\n<li>CAS RN 316 Modern Islam<\/li>\n<li>CAS RN 345 Shariah Law<\/li>\n<li>CAS RN 382 History of Religion in Pre-Colonial Africa (meets with CAS HI 349 and CAS AA 382)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Africa and the Middle East Track Advanced Courses<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>CAS AN 440 Shadow Empires<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 524 Language and Culture Contacts in Contemporary Africa<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 532 Literacy and Islam in Africa<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 489 The African Diaspora in the Americas (meets with CAS AA 489)<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 588 Women, Power, and Culture in Africa (meets with CAS AA 588)<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 595 Morocco: History on the Cusp of Three Continents<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 503 The US in the Middle East (meets with CAS PO 503)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 504 Politics of the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf (meets with CAS PO 577)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 507 Islam and Politics<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 509 Islam in Middle East Politics (meets with CAS PO 503)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 510 Comparative Immigration and Racial Politics<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 528 Global History of Military Occupation<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 533 Contentious Politics and the Arab Uprisings in the Middle East<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 534 Government and Politics of Contemporary Africa (meets with CAS PO 571)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 569 Race in Africa<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 572 Ballot or Bullet: The Global Struggle for Justice<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 586 Financing Development in Africa<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 587 Global Energy History<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 588 African Development: Policy and Practice<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 560 Rwanda: Genocide and its Aftermath<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 571 Contemporary African Politics<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 574 Decolonization and Democracy in Africa<\/li>\n<li>CAS RN 435 Women, Gender, and Islam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Asia Regional Track Courses<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CAS AN 252 Ethnicity and Identity<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 291 Peoples of the Arctic<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 318 Southeast Asia: Tradition and Modernity (meets with CAS IR 319)<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 344 Modern Japanese Society: Family, School, and Workplace<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 347 Afghanistan<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 375 Culture, Society, and Religion in South Asia (meets with CAS RN 375)<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 379 China: Tradition and Transition<\/li>\n<li>CAS AR 240 The Archaeology of Ancient China<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 234 Introduction to India and South Asia<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 364 Modern Chinese History<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 367 The Odd Couple: China and the USA, 1776 to the present<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 369 Empires and Modernity&#8217;s in Motion: Modern Japan and the Asian World<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 370 Japan Among the Empires of Asia, 1600\u20131950 (meets with CAS LJ 282)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 275 The Making of Asia (meets with CAS PO 350)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 363 Economic Cooperation in East Asia<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 365 Rise of China (meets with CAS PO 352)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 368 Contemporary East Asian Economics (meets with CAS EC 368)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 369 Southeast Asia in World Politics (meets with CAS PO 354)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 370 China: From Revolution to Reform (meets with CAS PO 351)<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 338 Urban Politics of the Global South<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Asia Track Advanced Courses<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>CAS AN 440 Shadow Empires<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 505 Women and Social Change in Asia<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 573 The Ethnography of China and Taiwan<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 482 Merchants, Pirates, Missionaries, and the State in Maritime Asia, 600\u20132000<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 488 Twentieth Century Japanese History<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 526 Poverty and Democracy: Modern India and the United States in Comparative Perspective<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 553 Transnational Asia<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 507 Islam and Politics<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 520 The State &amp; Public Purpose in Asia (meets with CAS PO 554)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 527 Political Economy of China (meets with CAS PO 548)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 564 Political Economy of Rising Powers<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 577 Foreign Policy of the People\u2019s Republic of China (meets with CAS PO 576)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 579 Japan in International Politics (meets with CAS PO 552)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 582 Taiwan: Politics and Transformation (meets with CAS PO 553)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 585 Problems and Issues in Post-Mao China (meets with CAS PO 549)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 587 Global Energy History<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 555 South Asian Security<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 556 Women and Rebellion<\/li>\n<li>QST IM 475 Global Management Experience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Europe Regional Track Courses<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CAS AN 291 Peoples of Arctic<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 316 Contemporary European Ethnography<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 191 What is Europe?<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 218 Power and Authority in Europe Since World War I<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 247 The Making of Modern Britain<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 248 Modern Britain, 1867 to Present<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 271 The Nazis<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 272 The History of Imperial Russia<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 273 The History of the Soviet Union<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 320 Understanding Revolution: France and Algeria<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 360 European Dimensions of the Black Diaspora<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 250 Europe and International Relations (meets with CAS PO 343)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 310 WWI and the Making of the Modern Middle East<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 362 European Politics (meets with CAS PO 341)<\/li>\n<li>CAS JS 257 Antisemitism after Holocaust<\/li>\n<li>CAS JS 460 Seminar on the Holocaust<\/li>\n<li>CAS LR 289 Russian Culture: Literature, Film, and Arts (in English Translation)<\/li>\n<li>CAS LR 353 Stalin\u2019s Crimes: Gulag and Genocide<\/li>\n<li>CAS RN 384 The Holocaust (meets with CAS JS 260)<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 151 Introduction to Comparative Politics<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 333 Democratic Erosion<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 346 Bombs and Bombshells: Gender, Armed Conflict, and Political Violence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Europe Track Advanced Courses<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>CAS AN 440 Shadow Empires<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 424 Communism, 1789\u20131989<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 430 Comparative European Fascism<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 434 Monarchy in Modern Britain (meets with CAS WS 434)<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 444 Transformation and Trauma: Living in Post-Communist Russia<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 537 World War II: Causes, Course, Consequences<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 580 White Supremacist Thought: Self, Culture and Society since the 18th Century<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 452 Topics in European Politics and Culture (meets with CAS PO 539)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 453 Forced Migration and Human Trafficking: Virtual Policy Incubator<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 517 Balkan Politics &amp; International Relations<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 528 Global History of Military Occupation<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 532 The Far Right in Europe<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 537 Environment and Empire<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 545 History of Inequality (meets with CAS HI 545)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 550 European Integration (meets with CAS PO 535)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 551 Social Europe: Identity, Citizenship, and the Welfare State (meets with CAS PO 536)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 552 Technology and War<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 587 Global Energy History<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 589 North Atlantic\/European Security Issues (meets with CAS PO 582)<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 528 Political Economy of the European Union and US<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 534 US Populism in Comparative Perspective<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Latin America Regional Track Courses<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CAS AA 234 African Americans in Global Perspective: Slavery and the Creation of Race<\/li>\n<li>CAS AN 252 Ethnicity and Identity<\/li>\n<li>CAS EC 369 Economic Development of Latin America<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 350 Atlantic History (meets with CAS AA 385)<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 397 Modern Latin America<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 242 Globalization and World Poverty (meets with CAS SO 242)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 290 Drugs and Security in the Americas (meets with CAS HI 331)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 367 Introduction to Latin American Politics and International Relations (meets with CAS HI 399 and CAS PO 360)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 375 International Law &amp; Organizations<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 395 North-South Relations (meets with CAS PO 328)<\/li>\n<li>CAS LP 308 Brazilian History and Contemporary Identities<\/li>\n<li>CAS LP 362 Inventing Brazil (in English Translation)<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 334 Political Violence<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 338 Urban Politics of the Global South<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Latin America Track Advanced Courses<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>CAS HI 489 The African Diaspora in the Americas (meets with CAS AA 489)<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 582 Power and Resistance in Americas<\/li>\n<li>CAS HI 584 Labor, Sexuality, and Resistance in the Afro-Atlantic World (meets with CAS AA 514)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 410 Latin America Today: An Interdisciplinary Approach<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 411 Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Latin America (meets with CAS PO 566)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 480 Political Economy of Human Development<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 555 Guatemala: Revolution, Genocide, and Genocide Denial in Twentieth-Century Latin America<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 566 History of Deportation and Border Security in the Americas<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 568 US-Latin American Relations (meets with CAS HI 523 and CAS PO 565)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 580 Latin America and International Law<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 587 Global Energy History<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 590 Political Economy of Latin America (meets with CAS PO 562)<\/li>\n<li>CAS IR 597 Development and Environment in Latin America (meets with CAS EE 597)<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 534 US Populism in Comparative Perspective<\/li>\n<li>CAS PO 561 Latin American Political Parties (meets with CAS IR 502)<\/li>\n<li>CAS SO 442 Urban Inequality in the Americas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>*EE\/HI\/PO\/IR 300\/400\/500-level topics courses may sometimes be credited toward the International Relations major, but only with advisor approval and when the topic is relevant to the specific regional or functional track.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>NOTE: Additional courses toward tracks may be approved by Pardee\u2019s Associate Dean for Studies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Honors in the Major<\/h2>\n<p>Honors in International Relations within the Pardee School may be earned by completing two terms of independent senior honors work (CAS IR 401 and IR 402) and presenting an original research paper (thesis) in written and oral form to a committee of faculty readers. The committee will consider both the thesis and the result of the oral examination to determine whether the student will receive honors in the major. A grade of B+ or better in each term of CAS IR 401 and CAS IR 402 is also required for the award of honors. Effective fall 2021, CAS IR 401 and CAS IR 402 are approved for BU Hub requirements. CAS IR 401 fulfills a single unit in Writing-Intensive Course, Critical Thinking, and Research and Information Literacy. CAS IR 402 fulfills a single unit in Oral &amp; Signed Communication and Writing-Intensive Course. Students are required to attend structured workshops in the fall and spring related to each of these competencies. The research and writing are conducted under the guidance of a faculty advisor who will serve as the instructor of record for CAS IR 401 and CAS IR 402. In consultation with their faculty advisor, students are also required to complete cocurricular activities that expand their understanding of their research topic. IR honors students earn units for two upper-level courses (CAS IR 401 and CAS IR 402) in their chosen tracks.<\/p>\n<p>Effective fall 2022, students may not simultaneously study abroad and participate in the Honors program.<\/p>\n<p>Admission to the IR Honors program requires a 3.5 cumulative and 3.6 major grade point average, at the time of application. To learn more about the application process, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/academics\/undergraduate\/\">Pardee School of Global Studies website<\/a>. Interested students should contact their Academic Advisor to discuss ideas for research and faculty advisors. Students typically apply for the Honors program in the spring of their junior year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contact To reach an IR academic advisor, please visit the Pardee School Student Affairs &amp; Services website. International Relations is a major offered by the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies to students enrolled in the College of Arts &amp; Sciences. To study international relations is to learn how the world works. 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