International Politics
Features
- Prepares students for employment in a wide range of professional positions: government, international organizations such as the United Nations, consulting firms, public interest organizations, and nonprofit research institutes.
- Provides a conceptual foundation for analyzing and understanding the political, economic, and military components of international policy-making, as well as expertise on specific economic and security issues.
Faculty
The International Politics career track is led by Barbara Walter, Richard Feinberg, and Stephan Haggard.
Required Courses
IRGN 400 - International Relations of Asia PacificIRGN 427 - International Law and Regulation
Electives
Select three of the following International Politics electives:
IRGN 401 - Civil Wars: Theory and Practice
IRGN 403 - Rise of China
IRGN 408 - Korean Security
IRGN 429 - Post War State Building
IRGN 433 - Political Communication & Foreign Policy
IRGN 482 - International Strategies Towards Fragile States
IRGN 490 - Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism
IRGN 490 - Conflict, Terrorism and the Media
IRGN 490 - Social Conflict and Political Violence
IRGN 490 - Cybersecurity
IRGN 490 - Public Policy and Biological Threats
US and Comparative Foreign Policy
IRGN 405 - US China Relations
IRGN 449 - Making US Foreign Policy
IRGN 454 - Current Issues in US-Latin American Relations
IRGN 460 - US-Japanese Relations OR
IRGN 478 - Japanese Foreign Policy
IRGN 463 - Politics of Southeast Asia
IRGN 490 - American Foreign Policy
IRGN 490 - Cuba: Revolution and Reform (pre-requisite: IRGN 409 & basic Spanish)
International Political Economy
IRGN 402 - International Political Economy: Money and Finance
IRGN 490 - International Politics of Energy Policy
IRGN 427 - Human Rights, Public Policy and International Politics
IRGN 434 - NGOs
IRGN 435 - Topics in International Trade (pre-requisites: IRCO 401, 403 & IRGN 446 or consent of instructor)
IRGN 473 - Political Economy of Energy in Asia
IRGN 479 - Politics and Institutions of Latin America
Methods for Analysis
IRGN 446 - QM III, Applied Data Analysis & Statistical Decision Making (Pre-requisites: IRCO 453 & 454 or consent of instructor)
IRGN 490 - Introduction to Spatial Data Analysis
ECON 109 - Game Theory (By consent of Instructor; requires IRPS petition)
Student Groups
Policy Consulting and Advocacy
Latin America Student Organization
China Focus
International Politics Student Intern
“My duties have been to provide planned market research on specific sector industries, edit industry summaries, and create databases for upcoming trade events. My upcoming project is to develop a city profile database for the Shanghai office, looking specifically for cities in the region. I am working with a team of three other people who are in charge of the telecom, chemical, and finance sectors.”
Jessica Graham ’09, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Shanghai, China
Global Employers for International Politics Graduates
Graduates are qualified for employment in a wide range of professional positions: government, multilateral organizations such as the United Nations, consulting firms, public interest organizations, and nonprofit research institutes.
Bainbridge Consulting
Bearing Point Consulting
Central Intelligence Agency
Executive Office of the President - Office of Management and Budget
Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)
Grameen Foundation
International Trade Administration
Ministry of Finance, Korea
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico NGO Committee on Disarmament
Renewable Ventures
Sony
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
UN Development Programme (UNDP)
U.S. Commercial Services
U.S. Department of Defense - Office of the Secretary
U.S. Dept. of State
U.S. General Accountability Office (GAO)
U.S. Navy
For a full list of organizations, access the Employer Database in IRPSCAREERS.
