Specialized Tracks in International Relations
Jump to a specific track:
- Track A – Global Security
- Track B – Political Economy and Development
- Track C – Governance of Nations
Not every course listed is offered every year, and new courses are constantly added to this list. For courses in Political Science, the Political Science Department's website contains lists of courses offered this semester and next semester, as well as full course descriptions.
Track A – Global Security
Only active courses are shown below. To see archived courses also, click here.
- PSC/IR 106 Introduction to International Relations
- PSC 161 Introduction to International Politics
- IR 200 Analyzing International Relations
- IR 228 International Security
- IR 230 The Tools of U.S. Foreign Policy
- IR 231 Counterinsurgency in Theory and Practice
- IR 233 Internal Conflict and International Intervention
- PSC/IR 265 Civil War and the International System
- PSC/IR 268 International Organization
- PSC/IR 270 Mechanisms of International Relations
- PSC/IR 271 Russia and Eastern Europe: Politics and International Relations
- PSC/IR 272 Theories of International Relations
- PSC/IR 276 The Politics of Insurgency and Terrorism
- PSC/IR 279 War and the Nation State
- PSC/IR 372 International Politics Field Seminar
- PSC/IR 373 Territory and Group Conflict
- PSC 465 Civil War and the International System
- ANT 229 War and Migration
- ANT 264 Islam and Global Politics (REL 248)
- CLT 160 The New Europe: Formations and Transformations
- HIS 102 The West and the World since 1492
- HIS 168 The Wars of Vietnam, 1917-1980
- HIS 196Q Germany Between East and West
- HIS 205 Europe since 1945
- HIS 206 The Holocaust
- HIS 214 Europe and the Great War, 1914-1918
- HIS 220 Fascism in Europe
- HIS 225 Germany and Austria, 1800-1914
- HIS 226 Hitler's Germany, 1914-1945
- HIS 238 History of British India
- HIS 244 Islam and the Third World (REL 247)
- HIS 273 The Making of the Modern Middle East
- HIS 279 Japan at War and After
- HIS 286 American Foreign Relations
- HIS 287 History of International and Global Health
- HIS 293 Stalinism
- HIS 310 World War II: The Eastern Front
- HIS 314 International Human Rights
- HIS 318 Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Europe, 1800-2000
- HIS 330 Russia in East Asia
- HIS 359 Introduction to the Global World
- PHL 116Q Philosophy, History, and Practice of Non-Violence
- PHL 301 Selected Topics in the Ethics of Non-Violence
- PHL 308 Morality and War
- REL 247 Islam and the Third World (HIS 244)
- REL 248 Islam and Global Politics (ANT 264)
Track B – Political Economy and Development
Only active courses are shown below. To see archived courses also, click here.
- PSC/IR 108 Introduction to Political Economy
- PSC 151 Political Economy of Developing Countries
- IR 200 Analyzing International Relations
- IR 211 Political Economy of Africa
- IR 216 Political Economy of Post-Communism
- IR 229 International Political Economy
- IR 238 Political Economy of International Migration
- PSC 244K Politics and Markets: Innovation and The Global Business Environment
- PSC/IR 251 Political Economy of Development
- PSC/IR 255 Institutions and Underdevelopment
- PSC/IR 268 International Organization
- PSC/IR 269 Russian Politics
- PSC/IR 271 Russia and Eastern Europe: Politics and International Relations
- IR 282 Eastern Europe: Philosophy and Reform
- PSC/IR 356 Political Economy of Reform
- PSC/IR 364 Comparative Political Economy
- PSC/IR 372 International Politics Field Seminar
- PSC/IR 374 International Political Economy
- ANT 104 Contemporary Issues and Anthropology
- ANT 224 Anthropology of Development
- ANT 244 Marriage, Families, and Communities in a Global Perspective
- ANT 266 Global Culture
- ANT 278 Birth and Death II: Making Populations Healthy
- ECO 192Q Population Growth
- ECO 252 Economies and Societies of Latin America (HIS 203)
- ECO 255 Africa's Sleeping Giant: Nigeria since the Islamic Revolution of 1804 (HIS 272)
- ECO 268 Economics of Globalization
- ECO 269 International Economics
- ECO 270 International Finance
- ECO 272 International Political Economy (PSC 274)
- ECO 273 Economic Growth and Development
- ECO 294 Economic Development in a Global Perspective
- ECO 371 Evolution of the World Economic Order since the Sixteenth Century (HIS 357)
- ECO 385 The Atlantic Slave Trade and Africa, 1650-1850 (HIS 356)
- HIS 201 The Third World
- HIS 203 Economies and Societies of Latin America (ECO 252)
- HIS 205 Europe since 1945
- HIS 272 Africa's Sleeping Giant: Nigeria since the Islamic Revolution of 1804 (ECO 255)
- HIS 287 History of International and Global Health
- HIS 294 Economic Development in a Global Perspective
- HIS 295 Politics of Energy and the Environment
- HIS 319 Economic, Institutional, Legal, and Geopolitical Aspects of Globalization
- HIS 356 The Atlantic Slave Trade and Africa, 1650-1850 (ECO 385)
- HIS 357 Evolution of the World Economic Order since the Sixteenth Century (ECO 371)
Track C – Governance of Nations
Only active courses are shown below. To see archived courses also, click here.
- PSC/IR 101 Introduction to Comparative Politics
- PSC 164 Politics of Authoritarian Regimes
- IR 200 Analyzing International Relations
- IR 204 Dictatorship and Democracy
- IR 211 Political Economy of Africa
- IR 217 States and Markets
- IR 219 Democracy in Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico
- IR 220 Elections, Parties and Coalitions in Comparative Perspective
- IR 222 Politics of New Europe
- IR 234 Comparative Authoritarianism
- IR 235 Elections under Democracy and Dictatorship
- IR 236 Contentious Politics and Social Movements
- PSC/IR 250 Conflict in Democracies
- PSC/IR 252 Ethnic Politics
- PSC/IR 253 Comparative Political Parties
- PSC/IR 256 Theories of Comparative Politics
- PSC/IR 258 Democratic Regimes
- PSC/IR 259 Democratic Consolidation
- PSC/IR 260 Contemporary African Politics
- PSC/IR 261 Latin American Politics
- PSC/IR 262 Elections in Developing Countries
- PSC/IR 263 Comparative Law and Courts
- PSC/IR 264 Comparative Political Institutions
- PSC/IR 265 Civil War and the International System
- PSC/IR 266 South Asian Politics
- PSC/IR 267 Identity, Ethnicity and Nationalism
- PSC/IR 269 Russian Politics
- PSC/IR 271 Russia and Eastern Europe: Politics and International Relations
- PSC/IR 276 The Politics of Insurgency and Terrorism
- IR 282 Eastern Europe: Philosophy and Reform
- PSC/IR 350 Comparative Politics Field Seminar
- PSC/IR 351 Western European Politics
- PSC/IR 355 Democratic Processes
- PSC/IR 356 Political Economy of Reform
- PSC/IR 364 Comparative Political Economy
- PSC/IR 373 Territory and Group Conflict
- PSC/IR 397 European Political Internship
- PSC 465 Civil War and the International System
- ANT 255 Perspectives on Modern Middle East
- ANT 264 Islam and Global Politics (REL 248)
- ANT 266 Global Culture
- CLT 160 The New Europe, Formations and Transformations
- ECO 255 Africa's Sleeping Giant: Nigeria since the Islamic Revolution of 1804 (HIS 272)
- HIS 106 Colonial and Contemporary Africa
- HIS 116 History of Poland
- HIS 150 Russian Civilization
- HIS 152 Soviet Russia
- HIS 154 Russia Now (4 credits)
- HIS 183 Modern China, 1600-present
- HIS 184 Modern Japan
- HIS 197Q Religion and Society in Modern Europe
- HIS 201 The Third World
- HIS 205 Europe since 1945
- HIS 206 The Holocaust
- HIS 223 Modern France
- HIS 224 Modern Germany, 1945-Present
- HIS 225 Germany and Austria, 1800-1914
- HIS 226 Hitler's Germany, 1914-1945
- HIS 237 England and Ireland since 1800
- HIS 238 History of British India
- HIS 241 Politics of Identity: Russians, Poles, Jews, and Communists
- HIS 244 Islam and the Third World (REL 247)
- HIS 272 Africa's Sleeping Giant: Nigeria since the Islamic Revolution of 1804 (ECO 255)
- HIS 273 The Making of the Modern Middle East
- HIS 279 Japan at War and After
- HIS 283 Mao Zedong and the Chinese Revolution
- HIS 288 Secret Nation: Russia's Hidden Past
- HIS 295 Politics of Energy and the Environment
- HIS 296 Women in East Asia
- HIS 318 Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Europe, 1800-2000
- HIS 385 Guns, War, and Revolution in Southern Africa
- HIS 387 Nation and Culture in 20th Century China
- REL 103 History of Judaism
- REL 104 History of Christianity
- REL 105 The Asian Search for Self
- REL 106 From Confucius to Zen
- REL 107 History of Islam
- REL 108 An Introduction to Hinduism
- REL 234 Cry Freedom
- REL 235 Religion and Society in Latin America
- REL 247 Islam and the Third World (HIS 244)