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.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| 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 (literature, film, religion, etc). | ||
| Group A: | ||
| ECON 2151 | Economic Development | |
| ECON 2199 | Special Topics in Economics (Economics of the EU) | |
| GEOG 3197 | Special Topics in Regional Geography (Geography of Russia and its Neighbors) | |
| GER 3183 | Berlin Before and After the Wall | |
| GER 3188 | The Lives of East Germans | |
| GER 3189 | Dealing with the Communist Past in Germany and Eastern Europe | |
| GER 4174 | Inside/Outside the Third Reich | |
| HONR 2047 | Self and Society Seminar (Holocaust Memory) | |
| Or IAFF 3205 or JSTD 2002: Holocaust Memory | ||
| IAFF 2092 | Russia and Eastern Europe: An Introduction | |
| IAFF 2094 | Europe in Transition | |
| IAFF 3180 | Special Topics in Security Policy (Nato's Strategic Challenges) | |
| IAFF 3185 | Special Topics in European and Eurasian Studies (All IAFF 3185 topic offerings are approved for the Europe and Eurasia concentration Group A) | |
| IAFF 3190 | Special Topics in International Affairs (Global Environmental Justice) | |
| IAFF 3190 | Special Topics in International Affairs (History of Paris) | |
| IAFF 3205 | Holocaust Memory | |
| Or JSTD 2002 or HONR 2047: Holocaust Memory | ||
| IAFF 4191 | Research and Writing Seminar (Europe) | |
| JSTD 2002 | Topics in Judaic Studies: Modern (Holocaust Memory) | |
| or IAFF 3205 | Holocaust Memory | |
| PSC 2105 | Major Issues of Western Political Thought I | |
| PSC 2106 | Major Issues of Western Political Thought II | |
| PSC 2330 | Comparative Politics of Western Europe | |
| PSC 2331 | Comparative Politics of Central and Eastern Europe (Politics of Russia and Central and Eastern Europe) | |
| PSC 2332 | European Integration | |
| PSC 2337 | Development Politics | |
| PSC 2366 | Russian Politics | |
| PSC 2461 | European-Atlantic Relations | |
| PSC 2468 | Post-Soviet Foreign Policy | |
| PSC 2990W | Selected Topics (British Politics) | |
| PSC 2994 | Special Topics in International Relations (International Politics of Central and Eastern Europe) | |
| PSC 3192W | Proseminar: Political Science (British Politics) | |
| PSC 3192W | Proseminar: Political Science (Russian Politics: Comparative Perspective) | |
| Group B: | ||
| CAH 2145 | History of European Decorative Arts | |
| CAH 3140 | European Art of the Eighteenth Century | |
| CAH 3143 | Early Twentieth-Century Art | |
| or CAH 3143W | Early Twentieth-Century Art | |
| FREN 2500 | Cultural Politics of Food in France | |
| FREN 2500 | Cultural Politics of Food in France (in English) | |
| FREN 3100W | Introduction to French Literature | |
| FREN 3020 | Contemporary France | |
| FREN 3220 | Modern French Literature | |
| FREN 3400 | Studies in Genre | |
| FREN 3560 | Topics in Contemporary Francophone Literature and Cinema | |
| FREN 3700 | History of French Cinema | |
| FREN 4600 | Special Topics in French Literature (French Crime Writing) | |
| GER 2092 | Introduction to German Literature—in English II | |
| GER 2161 | German Culture–in English I | |
| GER 2162 | German Culture–in English II | |
| GER 3185 | Literary Voices and the Fascist Experience—in English | |
| GER 3187 | German Cinema after 1945 | |
| GER 4174 | Inside/Outside the Third Reich | |
| GER 4175 | Literature of two Germanies | |
| GER 4176 | Contemporary German Literature | |
| HIST 1120 | Europe in the World Since 1715 | |
| or HIST 1120W | European Civilization in its World Context | |
| HIST 1121 | The War of Ideas in European and International History, 1750-Present | |
| HIST 2001 | Special Topics (Modern European Women's History ( Same as WGSS 3170: Modern European Women's History)) | |
| HIST 2001 | Special Topics (Muslims, Christians and Jews in Medieval Spain) | |
| HIST 2060 | Modern Jewish History | |
| HIST 2113 | The Roman World to 337 A.D. | |
| or CLAS 2113 | The Roman World to 337 A.D. | |
| HIST 2124 | Nineteenth-Century Europe | |
| HIST 2125 | Twentieth-Century Europe | |
| HIST 2141 | History of France Since 1789 | |
| HIST 2160 | History of Germany | |
| HIST 3044W | The Price of Freedom: Normandy 1944 | |
| HIST 3061 | The Holocaust | |
| HIST 3101 | Topics: Europe | |
| or HIST 3101W | Topics: Europe | |
| HIST 3103 | European Intellectual History I | |
| HIST 3104 | European Intellectual History II | |
| HIST 3111 | Topics in Ancient History (Ancient Identity: Greeks, Romans, Others) | |
| HIST 3111 | Topics in Ancient History (The High Middle Ages) | |
| HIST 3118 | The Middle Ages: 500–1500 | |
| HIST 3126 | European Integration: A History | |
| HIST 3130 | History of England I | |
| HIST 3132 | Tudor England | |
| HIST 3134 | Stuart England | |
| HIST 3135 | Victorian Britain | |
| HIST 3137 | The British Empire | |
| HIST 3139 | Twentieth-Century Britain | |
| HIST 3140 | History of France | |
| HIST 3145 | The French Revolution | |
| HIST 3150 | Spain and Its Empire, 1492–1700 | |
| HIST 3168 | Divided and United Germany Since 1945 | |
| HIST 3173 | The Habsburgs in East Central Europe | |
| HIST 3178 | The Making of the Modern Balkans | |
| HIST 3180 | Russia to 1801 | |
| HIST 3181 | Russia Since 1801 | |
| HIST 3840 | History of Central Asia | |
| ITAL 3300 | Italian Literature and Culture in Translation | |
| ITAL 3600 | Special Topics in Italian Literature and Culture (“Emigrazione ieri e oggi” – Emigration In the Past and Present) | |
| ITAL 4183 | History of Italian Film | |
| ITAL 4184 | Contemporary Italian Cinema | |
| ITAL 4380 | Italian Journeys Medieval to Postmodern | |
| JSTD 2002 | Topics in Judaic Studies: Modern (Holocaust Memory) | |
| or IAFF 3205 | Holocaust Memory | |
| PHIL 2112 | History of Modern Philosophy | |
| PHIL 3113 | Nineteenth-Century Philosophy | |
| REL 3419 | Islamic Civilization and the West | |
| SLAV 1392 | Introduction to Russian Literature II | |
| SLAV 2310 | The Russian Media Since Communism | |
| SLAV 2361 | Russian Culture | |
| SLAV 2366 | Russian Literature from World War II to the Present | |
| SLAV 2785 | Introduction to Russian Cinema I | |
| SLAV 2786 | Introduction to Russian Cinema II | |
| SPAN 3500 | Medieval Iberia in the Modern World | |
| Any undergraduate literature or film course numbered 2000 or above with this regional focus. | ||