2024-2025 College Catalog

International Relations, Minor

International Relations Minor Requirements

The International Relations minor consists of two components: two required courses and four electives, at least one at the 300-level. The coursework must total a minimum of 18 credits.

No more than two courses or eight credits may be double-counted toward a student’s major or an alternative minor.


Two Required Courses

POSC 105International Relations

3

POSC 108Politics of the World

3

Four Elective Courses

Complete four courses from the following list, or others as approved by the department chair, at least one at the 300-level.  Political Science J Term programs to locations outside the US can also count towards the International Relations minor.
POSC 205US Foreign Policy

3

POSC 208Russian Politics & the Ukraine War

3

POSC 215International Organizations

3

POSC 218Central Asian Politics

3

POSC 225Water and Human Rights

POSC 235US & China: Images and Politics

POSC 238Chinese Foreign Relations

POSC 245Model United Nations

1

POSC 248Middle East Politics

3

POSC 278Politics and Law in Asia

3

POSC 305Comparative Foreign Policy

3

POSC 315Rising Powers

3

POSC 325International Environmental Politics

3

POSC 335International Law

3

POSC 337Global Justice

POSC 365Peacekeeping and Security

HIST 223Global History I: 1400-1750

3

HIST 224Global History II: 1750-present

3

HIST 313Europe and the World Wars

4

HIST 348The Vietnam Wars

4

HIST 378American Foreign Relations, 1898 to the Present

4