Degree Requirements

In addition to the requirements of the academic major, students must comply with the General Academic Regulations for Graduation  and Undergraduate Academic Policies .  As part of these policies, students must complete the General College Curriculum , which is based on the degree.

Major Requirements

The program in International Studies adapts the History or Political Science major by requiring more of the required 37 semester hours of history or political science courses focus on international relations. International Studies students are required to take

• GEOG 113 - Introduction to Geography (3)

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• GEOG 114 - World Regional Geography (3)

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• POLS 229 - The National Government (3)
• POLS 260 - Scope and Methods of Political Science (3)
• POLS 343 - Introduction to Comparative Foreign Government (3)
• POLS 345 - International Relations (3)
• POLS 403 - History and Politics of International Economic Relations (3)
• MATH 160 - Elementary Statistics (3)
• HIST 448 - American Foreign Relations since 1898 (3)
• ECON 201 - Microeconomics (3)
• ECON 202 - Macroeconomics (3)

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• POLS 449 - The Development of the American Constitution (3)

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• POLS 450 - The Development of the American Constitution (3)

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• SOCI 345 - Human Diversity (3) (recommended)