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Minor Requirements

The requirements for the minor are six economics and political sciences courses and completion of the language requirement as follows:

Introductory Course

• POSC 232 - Fundamentals of International Relations (IR) (a prerequisite for upper-level courses for IR majors)

Core Political Science Subfield Courses

At least two of the following POSC courses:

• POSC 349 - The International Political Economy
• POSC 353 - National Security
• POSC 357 - International Institutions
• POSC 366 - Contemporary American Foreign Policy
• POSC 374 - International Law

Economics Courses

All of the following:

• ECON 151 - Introduction to Economics
• ECON 249 - International Economics (Students who have completed the relevant prerequisites may take ECON 349 in place of ECON 249)

IR Seminar

Unless the director grants specific permission, the seminar must be taken on campus. IR concentrators pursuing honors must take an IR seminar in addition to the honors seminar.

One of the following:

• HIST 489 - Seminar on Problems in Military History
• POSC 405 - Seminar: Coercive Diplomacy: Trade, Aid & Sanctions
• POSC 406 - Seminar: The State and Political Violence
• POSC 407 - Seminar: Media and International Relations
• POSC 416 - Seminar: Democracy, Capitalism, and the Changing World Order
• POSC 421 - Seminar: Information Warfare
• POSC 433 - Seminar: Topics in Globalization
• POSC 434 - Seminar: Immigrants, Refugees, and the Politics of Borders
• POSC 436 - Seminar: Continuity and Change in International Politics
• POSC 437 - Seminar: Democratization and Prospects for Peace and Prosperity
• POSC 451 - Seminar: Africa in World Politics
• POSC 454 - Seminar: The Cold War and After
• POSC 456 - Seminar: War - Theories and Practices
• Other seminars in the Division of Social Sciences may count with permission of the program