International Relations
专业介绍
The objective of the International Relations concentration is to foster creative thinking about pressing global problems and to equip students with the analytic tools, language expertise, and cross-cultural understanding to guide them in that process.
To this end, the concentration draws on numerous departments including political science, history, economics, anthropology, sociology, psychology, religious studies, and area studies. The IR concentration is organized around a multidisciplinary core and two sub-themes: security and society, and political economy and society. It has a three-year language requirement that must be linked to the student’s selected region of the world. All concentrators are required to undertake a capstone project using research in a second language. Prospective concentrators should visit the IR site for next steps.
Student Goals
Students in this concentration will:
- Understand global problems of conflict and political economy from multidisciplinary and comparative perspectives
- Achieve fluency in a second language
- Gain experience in using social-science research methods and theories
- Acquire expertise in one region of the world
- Produce a significant piece of original research
- Conduct research in at least two languages