Total Credits: 14 (15 with Honors) + Language
- AP and IB courses are not eligible for IR concentration credit.
- Courses taken online (at Brown or elsewhere) are not eligible for IR concentration credit.
CORE Courses (5) Students MUST take all 5 core courses
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ANTH 0110 or |
Anthropology and Global Social Problems |
INTL 0700 or |
Global Health, Humanitarianism, and Inequality |
ANTH 0100 |
Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
ECON 0110 |
Principles of Economics |
HIST 1900/1554 |
American Empire Since 1890 or pre-approved HIST course from course list. |
POLS 0400 or |
Intro to International Politics |
POLS 0200 |
Comparative Politics |
SOC 1620 or |
Globalization and Social Conflict (WRIT) |
SOC 0150 or |
Economic Development and Social Change |
SOC 1490 |
Power, Knowledge and Justice in Global Social Change |
TRACK Courses (5) Choose one track
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Security and Society
Governance and Diplomacy (2 or 3 courses) Examples of courses in this sub-theme: |
INTL 1443 |
History of American Intervention |
INTL 1700 |
Intro to International Law |
INTL 1802C |
Cybersecurity and Intl Relations |
POLS 1500 |
International Law and Human Rights |
POLS 1560 |
US Foreign Policy |
POLS 1822L |
Nuclear Weapons |
Society (2 or 3 courses) Examples of courses in this sub-theme: |
ANTH 1232 |
War and Society |
ANTH 1233 |
Ethnographies of Global Connection |
ANTH 1411 |
Nations within States |
HIST 1350 |
Modern Genocide/Other Crimes |
INTL 1400 |
Religion and Global Politics |
POLS 1380 |
Ethnic Politics and Conflict |
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Political Economy and Society
Economics (2 or 3 courses) Students must take Micro and Macro |
ECON 1110 |
Micro-Economics |
ECON 1210 |
Macro-Economics |
Plus one international ECON course - for example: |
ECON 1500 |
Current Global Macro-Eco Challenges |
ECON 1540 |
International Trade |
ECON 1550 |
International Finance |
Political Economy (2 or 3 courses) Examples of courses in this sub-theme: |
ANTH 0450 |
Two Billion Cars: Humans, Markets, Cultures, and the Automobile |
ANTH 1324 |
Money, Work, Power: Culture and Economics |
INTL 1802O |
Global Corporate Accountability |
INTL 1802S |
Politics of International Finance |
POLS 1020 |
Politics of the Illicit Global Economy |
POLS 1420 |
Money & Power in the International Political Economy |
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Must be taken prior to 7th semester. Quantitative or qualitative course from approved list. |
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Both courses must be on the same area. Students are required to link these to language study. |
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Three years university study or equivalent. Must correspond to region. |
CAPSTONE Course(s) (1 or 2)
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Taken Sr year (excluding summer and winter sessions).
Must be taken for a grade.
WRIT requirement must be fulfilled by 7th semester.
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a. Senior Seminar Paper (WRIT) see approved list of seminars, OR |
b. Independent Study Research Project (WRIT), OR |
c. Honors Thesis – *2 courses (INTL 1910, INTL 1920) (WRIT) |