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Dec 12, 2024
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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [FINAL EDITION]
International Relations, BA
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International relations leads to careers or graduate study in government, law, international business and finance, communications, and diplomacy. Graduates can also seek employment with nonprofit international institutions, such as the United Nations or the World Bank. Working with their academic advisor, students fashion a concentration in such areas as diplomacy, international business, national security, and the history and culture of a geographic region. Students must also study a foreign language.
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Curriculum
Students are encouraged to study abroad for one semester. Credits from pre-approved, overseas programs will be considered for transfer. If students wish to study abroad, they should plan to do so either in the summer or during their junior year.
Required Courses (28 Credits)
Language Requirement (6 Credits)
- A minimum of two 3-credit courses (at or above the 200 level) in a single modern language 6 Credit(s)
Electives (12 Credits)
(select four of the following)
Or from the Following Disciplines
- ANTH 241 - East Asian Civilization 3 Credit(s)
- ANTH 246 - Rum, Rasta, and Revolution 3 Credit(s)
- ANTH 248 - Rum, Rasta, and Revolution Field Study 3 Credit(s)
- ANTH 251 - Progress and Poverty 3 Credit(s)
- ANTH 252 - Culture, Power, and the World System 3 Credit(s)
- EC 202 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credit(s)
- EC 408 - International Economics 3 Credit(s)
- FREN 303 - Introduction to Francophone Civilization and Culture 3 Credit(s) or higher (all have FREN 301 or FREN 302 prerequisites)
- HIST 321 - Women in the World Wars 3 Credit(s)
- HIST 326 - Sex and Gender in European History 3 Credit(s)
- HIST 333 - Fascism, Nazi Germany, and the Holocaust 3 Credit(s)
- HIST 334 - Russia in the 18th and 19th Centuries 3 Credit(s)
- HIST 336 - Russia’s Holocaust: Life and Death in Stalin’s Time 3 Credit(s)
- HIST 337 - Russia Since Communism 3 Credit(s)
- HIST 343 - Allies, Enemies, and World War: European Diplomacy from 1871 to 1945 3 Credit(s)
- HIST 347 - Pox, Priests and Pirates: The Atlantic World, 1450 -1850 3 Credit(s)
- HIST 392 - China in the Modern World 3 Credit(s)
- HIST 395 - Sex, Gender and Culture in China 3 Credit(s)
- HIST 396 - Human Rights in China: A Historical Perspective 3 Credit(s)
- HUM 211 - French Civilization and Culture 3 Credit(s)
- HUM 212 - Contemporary French Civilization 3 Credit(s)
- ITAL 304 - Italian Civilization and Culture 3 Credit(s) or higher (all have ITAL 302 as a prerequisite)
- SPAN 304 - Spanish Civilization and Culture 3 Credit(s)
- SPAN 305 - Latin American Civilization and Culture 3 Credit(s)
- SPAN 309 - Introduction to Hispanic Literature 3 Credit(s) or higher (all have SPAN 302 as a prerequisite)
Total Credits: 46
Note: Prerequisites are in parentheses.
The program of study that appears here applies to students who were admitted for the summer session of this catalog year and later. Students admitted prior to that term should select the appropriate catalog year of their admission. Choose previous catalogs from the Home, Graduate, or Undergraduate Catalog Page at http://Catalog.widener.edu.
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