International Politics

Department: Politics

Required Core
Course Number Title Credits Prerequisites Dist. Skills
PS 101 Introduction to American Government
4
  
S
  
PS 102 Introduction to International Politics
4
  
SI
  
PS 222 Western Political Thought
4
 PS 101, PS 102
HI
  
PS 242 Politics of Developing Nations
3
 PS 102
SI
  
PS 243 United States Foreign Policy
3
 PS 102
SI
  
PS 332 International Law & Human Rights
3
 PS 102
SI
CW
PS 499 Senior Seminar
3
 PS 101, PS 102 & PS 222
S
  
IS 104 Ideas & Power in the Modern World
4
  
IHS
CW
IS 200 The Politics & Culture of Modernization
4
    
IC
EB 105 International Economic Issues
3
  
SI
  
EB 381 International Political Economy
3
 EB 105
SI
  
One of the following courses:
Course Number Title Credits Prerequisites Dist. Skills
ND.SS 214 Statistics for Social Science
4
  
S
QS
EB 222 Principles of Macroeconomics
3
  
S
  
Other Requirements
  • Four additional upper level (300 or 400 level) courses (12 credits):*
    • Two must be International Politics courses
    • Two must be “related field” courses (from the list of IS cross-listed courses.)
  • Two semesters of Foreign Language above the 120 level = 6 credits or 14 credits if the student must take beginning instruction or 12 credits of Chinese language instruction for students spending the year in China.
  • At least one semester study abroad at a JC site

Total credit hours = 51-52 (excluding foreign language courses)

*With the permission of the Politics Department you may count courses taken during study abroad toward the upper-level course requirement.

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updated 8.12