Degree requirements:

51 credit hours: required courses
59 credit hours: general education courses
51 credit hours: elective courses

All students seeking a BA degree in International relations are required to complete 51 credit hours within the department. This must include a course in Methods, in International Law, a Senior Thesis (optional) and the Senior Overview. students need to choose an emphasis (15 credits) in either Migration / Refugee Studies, or in International Economics.

The required 51 credit hours (12 courses) must include the following:

• POLT 1050    Introduction to International Relations    3 hrs 
• INTL 2700    Methods of Political Inquiry    3 hrs
• INTL 2030    International Law    3 hrs
• INTL 1500    World System since 1500    3 hrs
• INTL 3100    International Political Economy    3 hrs
• POLT 3310    Conduct of Foreign Policy    3 hrs
• INTL 3700    International Organizations    3 hrs
• INTL/ECON/HIST/POLT 4600    Research Requirement    3 hrs
• INTL 4620    Senior Overview    0 hrs

One course from the following:

• POLT 1070    Introduction to Political Theory    3 hrs
• INTL 2680    International Relations Theory    3 hrs 

One course from the following:

• POLT 1080    Intro to Comparative Politics    3 hrs
• POLT 1060    Intro to American Politics   
• POLT 2250    Politics in the Industrialized World    3 hrs
• POLT 2550    Politics of Development    3 hrs   

One course from the following:

• INTL 3500    International Security    3 hrs
• INTL 3600    Environmental & Energy Security    3 hrs  

One course from the following:

• HIST 3150    International Affairs    3 hrs
• HIST 3130    History of Human Rights    3 hrs
• HIST 3100    Diplomatic History    3 hrs