International Relations (BA)

Courses cannot double count between the different requirements in the major unless otherwise noted. Students majoring in International Relations may not pursue minors in Economics, Political Science, or International Strategy and Diplomacy because of the course overlap between International Relations and those minors.

Requirement 1 — Complete 1 of 2 Courses

course - Comparative Governmnt&Politics 3.0

course - Principles of Comprtv Politics 3.0

Requirement 2 — Complete 1 of 2 Courses

course - Intro International Politics 3.0

course - Principles of Intl Relations 3.0

Requirement 3 — Complete 4 Courses

course - Econ Principles & Problems 3.0

course - Geography & World Affairs 3.0

course - Calculus 1 4.0

course - Political Inquiry 4.0

Requirement 4 — Complete 1 of 2 Courses

STDEV 317 and STDEV 318 may be substituted here.

course - Career Prep 1.0

course - Prof Dev International Studies 1.0

Requirement 5 — Complete 1 of 2 Options

Option 5.1 — Complete 2 Courses

Note: ECON 388 can double count for an elective under specialization track 12.2 or 12.7.

course - Statistics for Economists 3.0

course - Intro to Econometrics 3.0

Option 5.2 — Complete 1 Course

course - Statistical Analysis 4.0

Requirement 6 — Complete 2 Courses

course - Intermediate Micro Theory 1 3.0

course - Intermed Macroeconomics 3.0

Requirement 7 — Complete 1 of 6 Courses

course - Economic Development 3.0

course - Economic Growth 3.0

course - Natrl Resources & Envir Econ 3.0

course - International Trade Theory 3.0

course - International Monetary Theory 3.0

course - Game Theory & Economics 3.0

Requirement 8 — Complete 2 of 14 Courses

course - US Foreign Relations 3.0

course - Democracy and Autocracy 3.0

course - European Politics 3.0

course - Designing Democ. Constitutions 3.0

course - Comparative Political Econ 3.0

course - Comp. Parties and Elections 3.0

course - Southeast Asian Politics 3.0

course - Russia/Former Soviet Politics 3.0

course - African Politics 3.0

course - China: Government & Politics 3.0

course - Middle East Politics 3.0

course - Latin American Politics 3.0

course - US Foreign Policy 3.0

course - Civil Wars & Ethnic Violence 3.0

Requirement 9 — Complete 1 of 6 Courses

course - Intrnl Political Economy 3.0

course - International Law 3.0

course - International Organizations 3.0

course - US Foreign Policy 3.0

course - National Security Affairs 3.0

course - International Conflict 3.0

Requirement 10 — Complete 1 of 5 Courses

Only MESA 495, POLI 350, or POLI 370 can fulfill the GE Advanced Written and Oral Communication requirement when coupled with Poli 200. Students may complete POLI 350 or POLI 370 before their senior year.

course - Capstone in Asian Studies 1.0

course - Senior Seminar 3.0

course - Sr Sem in Middle East Studies 3.0

course - Research Proj: Comp Politics 3.0

course - Resrch Proj: Intrnl Relations 3.0

Requirement 11 — Complete 1 of 30 Courses

Achieve proficiency in a modern foreign language. In addition to the courses listed below, students can fulfill this requirement with a 330-level language course in dozens of other less commonly taught languages. Visit the Kennedy Center Advisement Office (273 HRCB) or the IR program website (https://kennedy.byu.edu/international-relations) for a current list of approved substitutes. See the Center for Language Studies website (https://cls.byu.edu/) for course availability. International students who speak English as a second language should visit the Kennedy Center Advisement Office to have this requirement waived.

course - Newspaper Arabic 4.0

course - Cultural History of Bulgaria 3.0

course - Advanced Mandarin 4.0

course - Cultural History of Czech 3.0

course - Advanced Danish 3.0

course - Adv Lang & Cult: Dutch 3.0

course - Finnish Literature 3.0

course - Advanced French Part 1 3.0

course - Intro to Literary Analysis 3.0

course - German Cultural History 3.0

course - Cultural History of Hungary 3.0

course - Old Icelandic Lang &Literature 3.0

course - Adv Lang & Cult: Indonesian 3.0

course - Advanced Language Part 1 3.0

course - Intro to Italian Literature 3.0

course - Advanced 1: Current Events 3.0

course - Third-Year Korean 2 4.0

course - Norwegian Literature 3.0

course - Cultural History of Poland 3.0

course - 3rd-Yr Port Read, Gram, & Cult 3.0

course - Adv Lang & Cult: Romanian 3.0

course - 3rd Yr Russian, Part 1 3.0

course - Cultural History of Russia 3.0

course - 3rd-Yr Span Read, Gram, & Cult 3.0

course - Advanced Swedish 3.0

course - Adv Lang & Cult: Tagalog 3.0

course - Adv Lang & Cult: Thai 3.0

course - Adv Lang & Cult: Twi 3.0

course - Cultural History of Ukraine 3.0

course - Adv Lang & Cult: Vietnamese 3.0

Requirement 12 — Complete 1 of 8 Options

Specializations: Choose and complete one of the following tracks. Courses above cannot double count for any specialization track unless otherwise noted. With the prior approval of the International Relations faculty coordinator, a student may use 3 hours of IAS 399R (any semester/term) or IAS 351R (winter semester only) toward their specialization track.

Option 12.1 — Complete 4 of 19 Courses

International Politics Track. Students are strongly encouraged to take at least one history course and one political science course.

course - Economic&Political Institutns 3.0

course - International Media Systems 3.0

course - Issues in Global Communication 3.0

course - Political Geography 3.0

course - WW II in History & Memory 3.0

course - Europe Since 1914 3.0

course - Strategy in Peace and War 3.0

course - US Hist, 1945-2000 3.0

course - The Vietnam War 3.0

course - US Foreign Relations 3.0

course - International Law 3.0

course - Ethics & Intl Affairs 3.0

course - International Organizations 3.0

course - National Security Affairs 3.0

course - International Conflict 3.0

course - Internatl Relations of Europe 3.0

course - Intrnl Political Econ of Women 3.0

course - Civil Wars & Ethnic Violence 3.0

course - Terrorism 3.0

Option 12.2 — Complete 4 of 12 Courses

Political Economy Track. Students are strongly encouraged to take at least two economics courses and one course from another discipline. Students should take ECON 378/388 to fulfill Requirement 5. ECON 388 will double count to fulfill one course in this track. POLI 304 may substitute for ECON 478.

course - Intermediate Micro Theory 2 3.0

course - Intro to Econometrics 3.0

course - Economic Development 3.0

course - Economic Growth 3.0

course - International Trade Theory 3.0

course - International Monetary Theory 3.0

course - Game Theory & Economics 3.0

course - Economic Geography 3.0

course - Designing Democ. Constitutions 3.0

course - Comparative Political Econ 3.0

course - Intrnl Political Economy 3.0

course - Political Econ of Development 3.0

Option 12.3 — Complete 4 of 14 Courses

Asian Politics and History Track. Students are strongly encouraged to take at least one history course and one political science course.

course - Contemporary Japan 3.0

course - East Asia 3.0

course - Southeast Asia 3.0

course - Intro to East Asian History 3.0

course - Pre-modern Korea 3.0

course - Modern Korea 3.0

course - China Since 1200 3.0

course - Modern Japan 3.0

course - Modern Southeast Asia 3.0

course - Southeast Asian Politics 3.0

course - Government & Politics of Asia 3.0

course - China: Government & Politics 3.0

course - Intrntl Relations of Asia 3.0

course - Chin Foreign Polcy 3.0

Option 12.4 — Complete 4 of 8 Courses

Latin American Politics and History Track. Students are strongly encouraged to take at least one history course and one political science course.

course - Middle & South America 3.0

course - Modern Latin Amer 3.0

course - History of Mexico 3.0

course - History of Argentina 3.0

course - Brazil 3.0

course - Gender & History in Latin Amer 3.0

course - Latin American Politics 3.0

course - Intrnl Relations of Latin Amer 3.0

Option 12.5 — Complete 4 of 10 Courses

Middle Eastern Politics and History Track. Students are strongly encouraged to take at least one history course. Note: HIST 242 and HIST 243 do not substitute here.

course - Peoples of the Middle East 3.0

course - Middle East 3.0

course - M E Hist to 1800 3.0

course - M E Hist from 1800 3.0

course - Jewsh Hist 70AD-Pr 3.0

course - Islam in Contemporary Society 3.0

course - Middle East Politics 3.0

course - Intrntl Relatns of Middle East 3.0

course - Islam and Politics 3.0

course - Arab-Palestn-Israeli Conflct 3.0

Option 12.6 — Complete 4 of 17 Courses

European Politics and History Track. Students are strongly encouraged to take at least one history course and one political science course.

course - Europe 3.0

course - Russia & Former Soviet Union 3.0

course - Europe Since 1914 3.0

course - Euro Revolutions Since 1500 3.0

course - History of Ideas 3.0

course - European Women's History 3.0

course - Modern Britain 3.0

course - France 3.0

course - Spain 3.0

course - Modern Italy 3.0

course - Modern Germany 3.0

course - Soviet & Post-Soviet Russia 3.0

course - Scandinavian Hist 3.0

course - European Politics 3.0

course - Russia/Former Soviet Politics 3.0

course - British Government & Politics 3.0

course - Internatl Relations of Europe 3.0

Option 12.7 — Complete 2 Requirements

Economic and Political Development Track. Complete ECON 431 and 3 additional courses. Students are strongly encouraged to take at least one political science course. Students should take ECON 378/388 to fulfill Requirement 5.

Requirement 12.7.1 — Complete 1 Course

Note: ECON 431 cannot be double-counted for the 400-level economics course in the core in Requirement 7.

course - Economic Development 3.0

Requirement 12.7.2 — Complete 3 of 19 Courses

Note: ECON 388 will double count to fulfill one course in this track.

course - Intro to Econometrics 3.0

course - Economic Growth 3.0

course - Natrl Resources & Envir Econ 3.0

course - International Trade Theory 3.0

course - International Monetary Theory 3.0

course - Middle & South America 3.0

course - Middle East 3.0

course - East Asia 3.0

course - Southeast Asia 3.0

course - Africa South of the Sahara 3.0

course - Economic Geography 3.0

course - Democracy and Autocracy 3.0

course - Southeast Asian Politics 3.0

course - Government & Politics of Asia 3.0

course - African Politics 3.0

course - Middle East Politics 3.0

course - Latin American Politics 3.0

course - Intnl Rel of Devel Countries 3.0

course - Political Econ of Development 3.0

course - Islam and Politics 3.0

course - Intrnl Political Econ of Women 3.0

Option 12.8 — Complete 4 of 10 Courses

African Politics and History Track.

course - Peoples of Africa 3.0

course - Intro International Dev Ed 3.0

course - Africa South of the Sahara 3.0

course - Early Africa 3.0

course - Modern Africa 3.0

course - S Africa Liberation 3.0

course - African Social Change 3.0

course - Islam in Africa 3.0

course - Slavery in Africa & Atlantic 3.0

course - African Politics 3.0