Plan of Study – International Relations

Note: A Semester Hour (s.h.) is a unit of academic credit representing an hour of class (such as lecture class) or three hours of laboratory work each week for an academic semester. Most courses are two, three or four semester hours.

International Relations: Cert Comp

International Relations: Certificate of Completion

Certificate Courses (Minimum of 9 semester hours required.)

HIS 4320 Foreign Policy History of the United States (3 s.h.)

Influence of foreign policy on past and present life of the United States; emphasis on the nation as a world power, taking into account the viewpoints of the international community of nations.

PSC 3030 International Relations (3 s.h.)

Analysis of world politics, sources of foreign policy, dynamics of the existing international system, systematic theorizing about future developments.

PSC 3410 Comparative Politics (3 s.h.)

Comparative analysis of political phenomena, emphasizing the dynamics of power, governmental institutions, social-economic-cultural configurations, and patterns of values and ideologies among various countries.