The following requirements must be fulfilled: 18 to 21 credits in coursework for the minor and 0 to 8 credits in a language, as outlined below. A minimum grade of C- is required in all courses taken to satisfy the minor.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Language (0 to 8 credits) | ||
| Language proficiency | ||
| Students must demonstrate first-year proficiency in a modern language by examination or coursework. Additional information regarding the Elliott School foreign language examinations is available from the academic advisor. | ||
| Arabic | ||
| ARAB 1001 & ARAB 1002 | Beginning Arabic I and Beginning Arabic II | |
| or ARAB 1201 & ARAB 1202 | Intensive Elementary Arabic I and Intensive Elementary Arabic II | |
| Chinese | ||
| CHIN 1001 & CHIN 1002 | Beginning Chinese I and Beginning Chinese II | |
| French | ||
| FREN 1001 & FREN 1002 | Basic French I and Basic French II | |
| German | ||
| GER 1001 & GER 1002 | First-Year German I and First-Year German II | |
| Hebrew | ||
| HEBR 1001 & HEBR 1002 | Beginning Hebrew I and Beginning Hebrew II | |
| Italian | ||
| ITAL 1001 & ITAL 1002 | Basic Italian I and Basic Italian II | |
| Japanese | ||
| JAPN 1001 & JAPN 1002 | Beginning Japanese I and Beginning Japanese II | |
| Korean | ||
| KOR 1001 & KOR 1002 | Beginning Korean I and Beginning Korean II | |
| Persian | ||
| PERS 1001 & PERS 1002 | Beginning Persian I and Beginning Persian II | |
| Portuguese | ||
| PORT 1001 & PORT 1002 | Basic Portuguese I and Basic Portuguese II | |
| Russian | ||
| SLAV 1001 & SLAV 1002 | First-Year Russian I and First-Year Russian II | |
| or SLAV 1012 | Intensive Basic Russian I | |
| Spanish | ||
| SPAN 1011 | Intensive Beginning Spanish: the Spanish-speaking world | |
| or SPAN 1012 | Intensive Elementary Spanish: the Spanish-speaking world | |
| Turkish | ||
| TURK 1001 & TURK 1002 | Beginning Turkish I and Beginning Turkish II | |
Advanced fundamentals
Anthropology or geography (3 credits)
One of the following courses in anthropology or geography relevant to international affairs. Many of these courses have lower-level prerequisites as detailed in course descriptions in this Bulletin.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 2501 | The Anthropology of Gender: Cross-Cultural Perspectives | |
| ANTH 2506 | Religion, Myth, and Magic | |
| or REL 2506 | Religion, Myth, and Magic | |
| ANTH 3501 | Anthropology of Development | |
| or IAFF 3501 | International Development Theory, Policy, and Practice | |
| ANTH 3502 | Cultural Ecology | |
| ANTH 3503 | Psychological Anthropology | |
| ANTH 3504 | Illness, Healing, and Culture | |
| ANTH 3506 | Politics, Ethnicity, and Nationalism | |
| ANTH 3507 | Kinship, Family, and Community | |
| ANTH 3508 | Art and Culture | |
| ANTH 3513 | Anthropology of Human Rights | |
| or IAFF 3513 | Human Rights and Ethics | |
| ANTH 3601 | Language, Culture, and Cognition | |
| ANTH 3691 | Special Topics in Linguistic Anthropology (Language and Religion) | |
| IAFF 3501 | International Development Theory, Policy, and Practice | |
| or ANTH 3501 | Anthropology of Development | |
| IAFF 3513 | Human Rights and Ethics | |
| or ANTH 3513 | Anthropology of Human Rights | |
| GEOG 2120 | World Regional Geography | |
| GEOG 2125 | Transportation Systems and Networks | |
| GEOG 2127 | Population Geography | |
| GEOG 2133 | People, Land, and Food | |
| GEOG 2134 | Energy Resources | |
| GEOG 2136 | Water Resources | |
| GEOG 2137 | Environmental Hazards | |
| GEOG 2141 | Cities in the Developing World | |
| GEOG 2147 | Military Geography | |
| GEOG 2148 | Economic Geography | |
| GEOG 3132 | Environmental Quality and Management | |
| GEOG 3143 | Urban Sustainability | |
| GEOG 3145 | Cultural Geography | |
| GEOG 3146 | Political Geography | |
| GEOG 3810 | Planning Cities | |
Historical analysis: U.S. foreign policy (3 credits)
One of the following courses pertaining to the history of the U.S. approach to contemporary international affairs.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| HIST 2340 | U.S. Diplomatic History | |
| HIST 3035 | The United States and the Wars in Indochina, 1945–1975 | |
| HIST 3332 | History of American Foreign Policy Since World War II (I) | |
| HIST 3333 | History of American Foreign Policy Since World War II (II) | |
| IAFF 3180W | Special Topics in Security Policy (U.S. Grand Strategy) |
International and comparative politics (3 credits)
One of the following courses pertaining to international political issues and theories from either an international relations or comparative politics perspective:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| IAFF 2444 | International Law | |
| or PSC 2444 | Public International Law | |
| IAFF 3180W | Special Topics in Security Policy (Security Policy and Qualitative Analysis) | |
| IAFF 3190 | Special Topics in International Affairs (Global Governance) | |
| IAFF 3190 | Special Topics in International Affairs (Issues in Contemporary Diplomacy and National Security) | |
| IAFF 4191W | Research and Writing Seminar (Security Policy and Qualitative Analysis) | |
| PSC 2334 | Global Perspectives on Democracy | |
| PSC 2336 | State–Society Relations in the Developing World | |
| PSC 2337 | Development Politics | |
| PSC 2338 | Nationalism | |
| PSC 2339 | Comparative Political Economy | |
| PSC 2439 | International Political Economy | |
| PSC 2440 | Theories of International Politics | |
| PSC 2442 | International Organizations | |
| PSC 2444 | Public International Law | |
| or IAFF 2444 | International Law | |
| PSC 2446 | U.S. Foreign Policy | |
| PSC 2449 | International Security Politics | |
| PSC 2991 | Special Topics in Political Thought (Global Justice) | |
| PSC 2994 | Special Topics in International Relations (U.S. Foreign Policy) | |
International economics (3 or 6 credits)
One or two courses pertaining to the theory of international economics, selected from one of the following two options:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Option One (3 credits): | ||
| ECON 2180 | Survey of International Economics | |
| Option Two (6 credits): | ||
| ECON 2181 & ECON 2182 | International Trade Theory and Policy and International Macroeconomic Theory and Policy | |
Regional foundations
Students take two courses (at least 6 credits) from the following to gain an understanding of two regions of the world outside of the United States. These courses must be taken in two different regions.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Africa | ||
| ANTH 3708 | Anthropology of Africa | |
| GEOG 3164 | The Geography of Africa | |
| HIST 3530 | Women in Africa | |
| IAFF 2093 | Africa: Problems and Prospects | |
| IAFF 2190W | Special Topics (North Africa and the World) * | |
| IAFF 3189 | Special Topics in African Studies (Africa Declassified) | |
| IAFF 3189 | Special Topics in African Studies (Africa and Globalization: Culture and Context) | |
| IAFF 3189 | Special Topics in African Studies (African Literature and Politics) | |
| IAFF 3189 | Special Topics in African Studies (Africa in the Global Economy) | |
| IAFF 3189 | Special Topics in African Studies (Ethnic and Religious Conflict in Africa) | |
| IAFF 3189 | Special Topics in African Studies (International Affairs in Africa) | |
| IAFF 3189 | Special Topics in African Studies (Women and Leadership in Africa) | |
| PSC 2381 | Comparative Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| PSC 2482 | African International Politics | |
| *IAFF 2190W (North Africa and the World) is not approved as a regional foundations course for students in the Middle East Studies program due to the degree of overlap between issues in North Africa and the Middle East. | ||
| Asia | ||
| (Students in the BA in Asian studies program must fulfill the regional foundations requirement using a course focused in a world region other than Asia.) | ||
| ANTH 3704 | Cultures of Southeast Asia | |
| ECON 2169 | Introduction to the Economy of China | |
| GEOG 3165 | Geography of South Asia | |
| HIST 3615 | History of Chinese Communism | |
| HIST 3621 | History of Modern Japan | |
| HIST 3631 | History of Modern Korea | |
| HIST 3640 | History of Southeast Asia | |
| IAFF 2091 | East Asia-Past and Present | |
| IAFF 3186 | Special Topics in Asian Studies (Asian Order and Community Building) | |
| IAFF 3186 | Special Topics in Asian Studies (Central Asia Security) | |
| IAFF 3186 | Special Topics in Asian Studies (Comparative Politics in Southeast Asia) | |
| IAFF 3186 | Special Topics in Asian Studies (Economic Development of East Asia) | |
| IAFF 3186 | Special Topics in Asian Studies (Economic Lessons from East Asia) | |
| IAFF 3186 | Special Topics in Asian Studies (Indo-Pacific Security Challenges) | |
| IAFF 3186 | Special Topics in Asian Studies (South Asian Politics Via Literature and Film) | |
| IAFF 3186 | Special Topics in Asian Studies (Women in Asia) | |
| IAFF 3752W | Equitable Development in Southeast Asia | |
| IAFF 3753 | International Relations of South Asia | |
| IAFF 3756 | Christianity and Islam in East Asia | |
| PSC 2368 | Politics in the Two Koreas | |
| PSC 2371 | Politics and Foreign Policy of China | |
| PSC 2374 | Politics and Foreign Policy of Japan | |
| PSC 2373 | Comparative Politics of Southeast Asia | |
| Europe and Eurasia | ||
| GEOG 3197 | Special Topics in Regional Geography (Geography of Russia and Its Neighbors) | |
| HIST 1121 | The War of Ideas in European and International History, 1750-Present | |
| HIST 2125 | Twentieth-Century Europe | |
| HIST 3101 | Topics: Europe (All sections of HIST 3101 are approved for this requirement.) | |
| HIST 3168 | Divided and United Germany Since 1945 | |
| IAFF 2092 | Russia and Eastern Europe: An Introduction | |
| IAFF 2094 | Europe in Transition | |
| IAFF 3185 | Special Topics in European and Eurasian Studies (Nationalism in Eurasia) | |
| IAFF 3185 | Special Topics in European and Eurasian Studies (The West and Russia) | |
| IAFF 3185 | Special Topics in European and Eurasian Studies (Ukraine and Georgia between Russia and the West) | |
| IAFF 3185 | Special Topics in European and Eurasian Studies (Ukrainian Security) | |
| IAFF 3190 | Special Topics in International Affairs (European Economies and Crisis of Integration) | |
| PSC 2330 | Comparative Politics of Western Europe | |
| PSC 2331 | Comparative Politics of Central and Eastern Europe | |
| PSC 2332 | European Integration | |
| PSC 2366 | Russian Politics | |
| PSC 2994 | Special Topics in International Relations (International Politics of Central and Eastern Europe) | |
| PSC 3192W | Proseminar: Political Science (British Politics) | |
| Latin America | ||
| (Students in the BA in Latin American and hemispheric studies program must fulfill the regional foundations requirement using a course focused in a world region other than Latin America.) | ||
| ANTH 3702 | Anthropology of Latin America | |
| ANTH 3791 | Topics in Regional Anthropology (Anthropology of the Caribbean) | |
| GEOG 3161 | Geography of Latin America | |
| HIST 3701 | Topics in Latin American History (Democracy in Latin America) | |
| HIST 3701 | Topics in Latin American History (Violence, Drugs, and Democracy in Latin America) | |
| HIST 3710 | History of Latin America I | |
| HIST 3711 | History of Latin America II | |
| IAFF 2090 | Latin America: Problems and Promise | |
| IAFF 3177 | Political Economy of Latin America | |
| IAFF 3187 | Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Cuba in the Global Arena) | |
| IAFF 3187 | Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Democracy in Latin America) | |
| IAFF 3187 | Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Democracy Under Siege in Latin America) | |
| IAFF 3187 | Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Economic and Social Development of Latin America) | |
| IAFF 3187 | Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Feminist Movements in Latin America) | |
| IAFF 3187 | Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Geography of Latin America) | |
| IAFF 3187 | Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Latin America Geopolitics and Geoeconomy) | |
| IAFF 3187 | Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Latin American Migration) | |
| IAFF 3187 | Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Racial and Ethnic Politics of Latin America) | |
| IAFF 3187 | Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Security in the Americas) | |
| IAFF 3191W | Populism and Regime Change in Latin America | |
| IAFF 3855 | Argentina in Global Context | |
| PSC 2383 | Comparative Politics of Latin America | |
| PSC 2993 | Special Topics in Comparative Politics (Democratic Experiments in Latin America) | |
| SPAN 3200 | Bilingualism in the Spanish-Speaking World | |
| Middle East | ||
| (Students in the BA in Middle East studies program must fulfill the regional foundations requirement using a course focused in a world region other than the Middle East.) | ||
| ANTH 3707 | Anthropology of the Middle East | |
| GEOG 3154 | Geography of the Middle East and North Africa | |
| HIST 3801 | Topics in Middle Eastern History (The Middle East Since WWII) | |
| HIST 3810 | History of the Middle East to 1800 | |
| HIST 3825 | Land and Power in Israel/Palestine | |
| IAFF 2095 | The Middle East in International Affairs | |
| IAFF 2190W | Special Topics (Arab Politics) | |
| IAFF 2190W | Special Topics (North Africa and the World) | |
| IAFF 2190W | Special Topics (Politics and Culture in the Middle East) | |
| IAFF 2190W | Special Topics (Turkey and Its Neighbors) | |
| IAFF 3188 | Special Topics in Middle East Studies (Iran in the Middle East) | |
| IAFF 3188 | Special Topics in Middle East Studies (National Security Lab Middle East) | |
| IAFF 3188 | Special Topics in Middle East Studies (The Middle East Since WWII) | |
| IAFF 3352 | Israeli and Palestinian Peacebuilding | |
| PSC 2377 | Comparative Politics of the Middle East | |
| PSC 2476 | The Arab-Israeli Conflict | |
| or PSC 2476W | The Arab-Israeli Conflict | |
| PSC 2478 | International Relations of the Middle East | |
| PSC 2993 | Special Topics in Comparative Politics (Political Violence in the Middle East) | |