Specialized Tracks in International Relations

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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

  • PSC/IR 106 Introduction to International Relations
  • PSC 161 Introduction to International Politics
  • PSC 167 Politics of the Middle East
  • IR 222 Preventive Wars
  • IR 223 Cycles of War and Peace
  • IR 224 Domestic Politics and International Relations
  • IR 225 International Negotiations
  • IR 226 America's 21st Century Wars
  • IR 227 Peace and War
  • IR 228 International Security
  • IR 229 Terrorism
  • 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 248 Politics of the Middle East
  • PSC/IR 260 The Cold War: Europe between the US and the USSR
  • PSC/IR 265 Civil War and the International System
  • 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 275 American Foreign Policy
  • PSC/IR 276 The Politics of Insurgency and Terrorism
  • PSC/IR 277 International Security
  • PSC/IR 278 War and Political Violence
  • PSC/IR 279 War and the Nation State
  • IR 280 Communism and Democracy in Eastern Europe
  • 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 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)
  • HIS 287 History of International and Global Health

Track B – Political Economy and Development

  • PSC 108 Introduction to Political Economy
  • PSC 162 Business and Foreign Policy
  • IR 211 Political Economy of Africa
  • IR 213 Political and Economic Development in Post-Colonial Societies
  • IR 220 Non-State Actors in World Politics
  • IR 221 International Politics of Development
  • IR 232 Political Economy of Europe
  • PSC 244K Politics and Markets: Innovation and The Global Business Environment
  • PSC/IR 251 Political Economy of Development
  • PSC/IR 252 Ethnic Politics
  • PSC/IR 255 Institutions and Economic Underdevelopment
  • PSC/IR 262 Globalization Past and Present
  • PSC/IR 266 Politics of the European Union
  • PSC/IR 268 Economics and Elections
  • PSC/IR 269 Russian Politics
  • PSC/IR 271 Russia and Eastern Europe: Politics and International Relations
  • PSC/IR 273 Political Economy of East Asia
  • PSC/IR 274 Introduction to International Political Economy
  • IR 281 Business and Politics in Eastern and Central Europe
  • 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 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)
  • HIS 287 History of International and Global Health

Track C – Governance of Nations

  • PSC/IR 101 Introduction to Comparative Politics
  • PSC 164 Politics of Authoritarian Regimes
  • PSC 167 Politics of the Middle East
  • PSC 169 Politics of New Europe
  • IR 201 Comparative Legislatures and Executives
  • IR 202 India, Pakistan, and the Politics of South Asia
  • IR 204 Dictatorship and Democracy
  • IR 210 Russian Politics
  • IR 211 Political Economy of Africa
  • IR 212 Democratization in Non-Western Societies
  • IR 213 Political and Economic Development in Post-Colonial Societies
  • IR 214 Political Violence in Comparative Perspective
  • IR 215 Corruption and Good Governance
  • IR 217 States and Markets
  • IR 218 Federalism in Comparative Perspective
  • IR 219 Democracy in Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico
  • IR 224 Domestic Politics and International Relations
  • IR 232 Political Economy of Europe
  • PSC/IR 248 Politics of the Middle East
  • PSC/IR 250 Conflict in Democracies
  • PSC/IR 251 Political Economy of Development
  • PSC/IR 252 Ethnic Politics
  • PSC/IR 253 Comparative Political Parties
  • PSC/IR 256 Theories of Comparative Politics
  • PSC/IR 257 Poland in the New Europe
  • PSC/IR 258 Democratic Regimes
  • PSC/IR 259 Democratic Consolidation
  • PSC/IR 261 Latin American Politics
  • PSC/IR 262 Globalization Past and Present
  • 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 Politics of the European Union
  • PSC/IR 267 Identity, Ethnicity and Nationalism
  • PSC/IR 268 Economics and Elections
  • 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 280 Communism and Democracy in Eastern Europe
  • IR 281 Business and Politics in Eastern and Central Europe
  • 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 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 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)