Requirements for the concentration

Students in the BA in international affairs program must complete at least five courses (15 credits) to fulfill their concentration requirements, as indicated below. These courses must be taken in at least two different academic departments.

Students in the BS in international affairs program must complete at least three courses (9 credits) to fulfill their specialization requirements, as indicated below. It is not required that these courses be taken in two different academic departments.

Required
For the BA in international affairs program: Five courses selected from the following. At least two courses must be from Group A and at least two courses must be from Group B.
For the BS in international affairs program: Three courses selected from the following. At least one course must be from Group A and at least one course must be from Group B.
Courses in Group A are typically in the social sciences and do not include the humanities. Courses in Group B are in history and other humanities disciplines, for example literature, film, and religion courses.
Group A:
ECON 2151Economic Development
GEOG 3197Special Topics in Regional Geography (Geography of Russia and its Neighbors)
GER 3188The Lives of East Germans
GER 4174Inside/Outside the Third Reich
HONR 2047Self and Society Seminar (Holocaust Memory)
or IAFF 3205 Holocaust Memory
or JSTD 2002: Topics in Judaic Studies: Modern (The Holocaust)
IAFF 2092Russia and Eastern Europe: An Introduction
IAFF 2094Europe in Transition
IAFF 3185Special Topics in European and Eurasian Studies (all IAFF 3185 topic offerings are approved for the Europe and Eurasia concentration Group A)
IAFF 3205Holocaust Memory
or IAFF 3205 Holocaust Memory
or HONR 2047 Self and Society Seminar (Holocaust Memory)
JSTD 2002Topics in Judaic Studies: Modern (or HONR 2047 or IAFF 3205, all in topic Holocaust Memory)
PSC 2105Major Issues of Western Political Thought I
PSC 2106Major Issues of Western Political Thought II
PSC 2330Comparative Politics of Western Europe
PSC 2331Comparative Politics of Central and Eastern Europe (Politics of Russia and Central and Eastern Europe)
PSC 2332European Integration
PSC 2366Russian Politics
PSC 2993Special Topics in Comparative Politics (Dictators in Europe and Russia)
PSC 2993Special Topics in Comparative Politics (Ukrainian Politics)
PSC 2994Special Topics in International Relations (International Politics of Central and Eastern Europe)
PSC 3192WProseminar: Political Science (British Politics)
Group B:
CAH 1135History of Spanish Art From the Golden Age to Goya
CAH 1136History of Spanish Art From Goya to the Present
CAH 2145History of European Decorative Arts
CAH 3140European Art of the Eighteenth Century
CAH 3141European Art of the Early Nineteenth Century
FREN 2500Cultural Politics of Food in France
FREN 3100WIntroduction to French Literature
FREN 3020Contemporary France
FREN 3220Modern French Literature
FREN 3560Topics in Contemporary Francophone Literature and Cinema
GER 2091Introduction to German Literature—in English I
GER 2092Introduction to German Literature—in English II
GER 2161German Culture–in English I
GER 2162German Culture–in English II
GER 3185Literary Voices and the Fascist Experience—in English
GER 3187German Cinema after 1945
GER 3188The Lives of East Germans
GER 4174Inside/Outside the Third Reich
GER 4175Literature of two Germanies
HIST 1121The War of Ideas in European and International History, 1750-Present
HIST 2001Special Topics (Modern European Women's History)
or WGSS 3170 (Modern European Women's History)
HIST 2001Special Topics (Muslims, Christians and Jews in Medieval Spain)
HIST 2060Modern Jewish History
HIST 2113The Roman World to 337 A.D.
or CLAS 2113 The Roman World to 337 A.D.
HIST 2115The Middle Ages: 500 to 1500
HIST 2124Nineteenth-Century Europe
HIST 2125Twentieth-Century Europe
HIST 2141History of France Since 1789
HIST 2160History of Germany
HIST 3044WThe Price of Freedom: Normandy 1944
HIST 3061The Holocaust
or JSTD 2002 (The Holocaust)
HIST 3101Topics: Europe
or HIST 3101W Topics: Europe
HIST 3103European Intellectual History I
HIST 3104European Intellectual History II
HIST 3111Topics in Ancient History (Ancient Identity: Greeks, Romans, Others)
HIST 3111Topics in Ancient History (The High Middle Ages)
HIST 3126European Integration: A History
HIST 3130History of England I
HIST 3132Tudor England
HIST 3134Stuart England
HIST 3135Victorian Britain
HIST 3137The British Empire
HIST 3139Twentieth-Century Britain
HIST 3140History of France
HIST 3145The French Revolution
HIST 3148El Camino de Santiago
or SOC 2181 (El Camino de Santiago
HIST 3149History of Spain
HIST 3168Divided and United Germany Since 1945
HIST 3173The Habsburgs in East Central Europe
HIST 3178The Making of the Modern Balkans
HIST 3180Russia to 1801
HIST 3181Russia Since 1801
HIST 3840History of Central Asia
ITAL 2500History of Italian Film
ITAL 2600Culture and Conflict in Italian Foodways (Italian Foodways)
ITAL 4184Contemporary Italian Cinema (Migration in Italian Film)
JSTD 2002Topics in Judaic Studies: Modern (Holocaust Memory)
or IAFF 3205 Holocaust Memory
or HIST 3601 Topics: Asian History
PSC 2993Special Topics in Comparative Politics (Al Andalus and Sepharad)
or HIST 3001 (Al Andalus and Sepharad)
REL 3419Islamic Civilization and the West
SLAV 1391Introduction to Russian Literature I
SLAV 1392Introduction to Russian Literature II
SLAV 2361Russian Culture
SLAV 2366Russian Literature from World War II to the Present
SLAV 2785Introduction to Russian Cinema I
SLAV 2786Introduction to Russian Cinema II
SOC 2181Special Topics in Sociology (El Camino de Santiago)
or HIST 3148 El Camino de Santiago
SPAN 3100Texts and Contexts of the Spanish-Speaking World
SPAN 3510Heresy and the Other in Early Modern Iberia
SPAN 3700Cinema of Spain and Latin America
SPAN 45501898 to 1998: Spain's First Century without Empire
SPAN 4600Special Topics (Female Writers in Spanish Literature)
And any undergraduate literature or film course numbered 2000 or above with this regional focus.