A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- International Relations (Minor)
- CIP
- 05.0113
- Credits (computed from items)
- 427-439
- Catalog edition
- 2026-2027
- Checklist type
- degree-program
- SOC
- 25-1062
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 190415
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_190415_cc5a2479
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 61
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Group 1: International Economics and Development
0 items
Core
major core · 3 items
- As published: “International Trade and Finance (crosslisted)”3
- 3
- As published: “Money and Finance in the Digital Age (crosslisted)”3
Electives
electives · 21 items
- 3
- 3
- 3
- As published: “Environmental and Resource Economics (crosslisted)”3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- As published: “Toward a Sustainable Global Food System: Food Policy for Developing Countries (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Money and Finance in the Digital Age (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Global Food, Energy, and Water Nexus – Engage the US, China, and India for Sustainable Future (crosslisted)”3-4
- As published: “China's Next Economy (crosslisted)”4
- As published: “Special Topics in Regional Development and Globalization (crosslisted)”4
- As published: “Economics of Developing Countries (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Money and Finance in the Digital Age (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Health, Poverty, and Inequality: A Global Perspective (crosslisted)”3
- 3
- 3
- As published: “The US-China Relationship: A Labor Perspective (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Labor and Employment in the Middle East and North Africa (crosslisted)”3
- 3
- 3
Group 2: World Politics and Foreign Policy
0 items
Core
major core · 1 item
- 4
Electives
electives · 14 items
- As published: “China, Tibet and Xinjiang (crosslisted)”4
- As published: “China-Africa Relations (crosslisted)”3
- 3
- As published: “America Confronts the World (crosslisted)”4
- 3
- As published: “The Asian Century: The Rise of China and India (crosslisted)”3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- As published: “The Occupation of Japan (crosslisted)”4
- 4
- As published: “Imperial China (crosslisted)”4
- 4
- 4
Group 3: International Policy
0 items
Core
major core · 5 items
- 3
- 3
- As published: “Population and Social Change (crosslisted)”3
- 3
- As published: “Environmental Governance (crosslisted)”3
Electives
electives · 22 items
- As published: “An Introduction to the Economics of Environmental and Natural Resources (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Sustainable Engineering of Energy, Water, Soil, and Air Resources (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Behavioral Economics and Public Policy (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Economics and Environmental Policy (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Resource Economics (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Health, Poverty, and Inequality: A Global Perspective (crosslisted)”3
- 3
- As published: “Environmental Governance (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Environmental Sociology (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Global Cropping Systems and Sustainable Development (crosslisted)”3
- GDEV 4443(crosslisted)Not resolved to a course3
- As published: “Special Topics in Global Development (crosslisted)”1-3
- As published: “(Im)migration and (Im)migrants: Then and Now (crosslisted)”3
- 3
- As published: “Special Topics in Regional Development and Globalization (crosslisted)”4
- 3
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
Group 4: Regional Specialization
0 items
Core
major core · 0 items
Core courses by region (choose 1).
major core · 0 items
Africa
2 items
- 3
- 4
Asia
6 items
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 3
- 3
Europe
2 items
- 4
- 4
Latin America
2 items
- 4
- 4
Middle East and North Africa
2 items
- 3
- 3
Electives
electives · 0 items
As with the core courses, electives must offer a substantial portion of the coursework (> 50%) in a region, or a country within a region, to qualify. The following courses are listed by region. This list is not exhaustive and is only a sample to help students familiarize themselves with potential courses. If you are interested in a course that you believe could qualify as an elective, please email the IR coordinator to get the course approved.
electives · 0 items
Africa
10 items
- 3
- As published: “African American Visions of Africa (crosslisted)”4
- 3
- As published: “The Making of Contemporary Africa (crosslisted)”4
- 3
- As published: “China-Africa Relations (crosslisted)”3
- 3
- 1-4
- 4
- As published: “China-Africa Relations (crosslisted)”3
Asia
22 items
- 4
- As published: “The Arts of Southeast Asia (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Modern Chinese Art (crosslisted)”3
- 3
- As published: “Temple in the World: Buddhism in Contemporary South and Southeast Asia (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “The Asian Century: The Rise of China and India (crosslisted)”3
- 3
- As published: “Transnational Local: Southeast Asian History from the Eighteenth Century (crosslisted)”4
- 4
- 2-4
- 4
- 1-4
- 3
- 4
- 4
- As published: “China's Next Economy (crosslisted)”4
- As published: “Southeast Asian Politics (crosslisted)”4
- As published: “Making Sense of China: The Capstone Seminar (crosslisted)”4
- As published: “Imperial China (crosslisted)”4
- As published: “The Occupation of Japan (crosslisted)”4
- 3
- As published: “Introduction to Asian Religions (crosslisted)”3
Europe
6 items
- As published: “Curating the British Empire (crosslisted)”3
- 4
- As published: “St. Petersburg and the Making of Modern Russia (crosslisted)”4
- 4
- 4
- As published: “Empires and Vampires: History of Eastern Europe (crosslisted)”4
Latin America
8 items
- As published: “Ancient Mexico and Central America (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Art and Architecture of the Pre-Columbian Americas (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Modern Caribbean History (crosslisted)”4
- 3
- As published: “Perspectives on Latin America (crosslisted)”3
- 4-5
- 3
- As published: “Contemporary Issues in Latin - Latino America (crosslisted)”1
Middle East and North Africa
6 items
- 3
- 3
- 3
- As published: “The Ottoman Empire 1800-1922 (crosslisted)”4
- As published: “Israeli Politics (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Labor and Employment in the Middle East and North Africa (crosslisted)”3
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