Minor in International Relations
International Relations Minor - 19 units
Requirements under the major program relating to upper division work, limitations on CR/NC grading, and order in which courses are taken also apply to the minor.
All coursework used to satisfy the requirements of the minor must be completed with a minimum grade point average of 2.0.
Required Courses (11 units)
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| I R 104 | Introduction to World Affairs | 3 |
| I R 308 | Fundamentals of International Relations Theories, Issues, and Perspectives | 4 |
| I R 310 | U.S. Foreign Policy | 4 |
| or I R 312 | Introduction to International Political Economy | |
Electives (8 units)
Upper-division elective courses offered under the I R prefix or that are cross-listed with International Relations.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| I R 305 | Hi-Tech and Foreign Policy | 4 |
| I R 306 | U.S.-Central American Relations | 4 |
| I R 314 | Post Modernism in International Relations | 4 |
| I R/GPS/PHIL 315 | Introduction to Global Peace Studies | 3 |
| I R/PLSI 321 | Development and Foreign Policy: Africa | 4 |
| I R/PLSI 322 | Latin American Policy Analysis | 4 |
| I R 323 | The Persian Gulf in International Relations | 4 |
| I R 324 | Middle East and North Africa in International Relations | 4 |
| I R/PLSI 325 | Chinese Foreign Policy | 4 |
| I R 326 | South and Southeast Asia Foreign Relations | 4 |
| I R 327 | Europe: Forming a More Perfect Union | 4 |
| I R/PLSI 328 | Domestic and Foreign Policy: Post-Communist Regions | 4 |
| I R/PLSI 329 | U.S.-Japan Politics | 4 |
| I R 330 | World Law | 4 |
| I R/ENVS 331 | Global Environmental Crisis | 4 |
| I R 332/C J 505 | International Criminal Law | 4 |
| I R 334 | International Organizations: New World Order | 4 |
| I R 335 | Muslim Societies in Transnational Perspective | 4 |
| I R 336 | Politics of Globalization | 4 |
| I R 337 | Introduction to the European Union | 4 |
| I R 341/C J 340 | Comparative Criminal Justice | 4 |
| I R/PLSI 342 | Strategy and War | 4 |
| I R/HIST 346 | Recent European History | 3 |
| I R 360 | Intelligence and Intelligence Agencies | 4 |
| I R 361/C J 461 | Terrorism and Covert Political Warfare | 4 |
| I R/PLSI 362 | Domestic & Transnational Sources of U.S. Foreign Policy | 4 |
| I R/PLSI/HUM 372 | Critical Political Theory | 4 |
| I R/PLSI 404 | Politics of China | 4 |
| I R/PLSI 407 | Politics of Russia | 4 |
| I R/PLSI 409 | Russia and World Order | 4 |
| I R/PLSI 411 | East Asian Politics | 4 |
| I R/PLSI 412 | South Asian Politics | 4 |
| I R 413/CHIN 411/JOUR 411 | Media Chinese | 3 |
| I R/PLSI 416 | Ethnicity and Nationalism | 4 |
| I R/PLSI 417 | Gender, Equality, and Politics: A Comparative Perspective | 4 |
| I R/PLSI/SOC 424 | Social Movements | 4 |
| I R/GEOG 428 | International Political Economy of Food and Hunger | 4 |
| I R/JS/PLSI 430 | Israeli Democracy: Politics, Institutions, and Society | 3 |
| I R 432 | Model United Nations | 4 |
| I R/MEIS 433 | Model Arab League | 4 |
| I R/PLSI/FIN 435 | Politics of Global Finance and Crisis | 4 |
| I R 436/PHIL 435 | Human Rights in Global Perspective | 3 |
| I R/GEOG 445 | Geopolitics and Globalization | 3 |
| I R 446 | The Multinational Corporation in World Affairs | 4 |
| I R 450/LABR 550 | International Labor | 3 |
| I R/JOUR 452 | International Media Politics | 4 |
| I R 453 | Women and Media in International Relations | 4 |
| I R/PLSI 459 | Refugees in Global Perspective | 4 |
| I R 460 | Rising Powers | 4 |
| I R 520 | Globalization and Development | 4 |
| I R 530/JS 560 | The Arab-Israeli Conflict | 3 |
| I R 540 | The Rich and the Poor Nations | 4 |
| I R/PLSI 544 | Women in the World | 4 |
| I R 601 | Lectures on Contemporary Global Issues | 1 |
| I R 604 | Analysis of Global Issues | 4 |
| I R/ECON 635 | Economics of Globalization | 3 |
| I R 640 | Field Study in International Relations | 1-5 |
| I R 685 | Projects in the Teaching of I R | 1-4 |
| I R 699 | Independent Study | 1-4 |
