Nov 21, 2024

2020-21 Undergraduate Catalog

2020-21 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

International Relations, B.A.

Political Science and International Relations
615-898-2708
Michael Federici, program coordinator
Michael.Federici@mtsu.edu

The International Relations major offers courses to open doors around the world. A foreign language component is required. It is preferable that minors and electives be in foreign languages, humanities, or social science offerings that significantly contribute to an understanding of economic, geographical, historical, and cultural factors in international relations or in areas that provide students with substantive skills related to a professional environment such as business and computer science. Recommended related courses in social science are ANTH 2010 ; ECON 2410 , ECON 4440 , ECON 4470 ; GEOG 3420 , GEOG 3430 , GEOG 4500 ; HIST 3150 , HIST 4330 , HIST 4340 ; SOC 4511 , SOC 4520 . Interdisciplinary minors with a cross-cultural or area studies emphasis are also recommended.

Accelerated Bachelors/Masters (ABM) Program

High achieving students majoring in International Relations who intend to pursue a master’s degree in International Affairs may apply to participate in the Accelerated Bachelors/Masters (ABM) pathway. The pathway allows undergraduate students an opportunity to complete select requirements for both the bachelor’s and master’s degrees simultaneously. Upon successful completion of the ABM Pathway, students must submit an application (including application fee) to the graduate program. Additional application requirements will be waived, and the student will be admitted to the program automatically. For more information about the ABM pathway, see the Graduate Catalog. NOTE: Applications for this ABM pathway are no longer being accepted. Current ABM students may complete the pathway in place at the time of application.

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

International Relations, B.A., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

General Education	41 hours
Major Requirements	37 hours*
Foreign Language	6 hours
Minor	15-18 hours
Electives	18-24 hours
TOTAL	120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the General Education curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill General Education requirements, the number of elective hours may vary.

General Education (41 hours)

General Education requirements include Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

The following course required by the program meets General Education requirements:

PS 1010 (Soc/Beh Sci)

NOTE:

Substitutions may be made with the advisor’s consent.

Political Science Electives (6 hours)

Six hours from the courses listed above or from

PS 4200 - Directed Studies 3 credit hours
PS 4230 - Classical Political Theory 3 credit hours
PS 4280 - The Washington Experience 12 credit hours
PS 4290 - Public Service Internship 1 to 12 credit hours
PS 4700 - American Political Thought 3 credit hours
PS 4800 - Senior Seminar 3 credit hours
PS 4850 - Advanced Studies in Comparative Politics 3 credit hours
PS 4860 - Advanced Studies in International Relations 3 credit hours
PS 4920 - Modern Political Theory 3 credit hours
PS 4930 - Introduction to Contemporary Political Philosophy 3 credit hours
PS 4950 - Community-Based Research Practicum 1 to 6 credit hours
PS 4970 - Undergraduate Research 1 to 6 credit hours

Foreign Language Requirement (6 hours)

Students must successfully complete 2010 and 2020 or any courses numbered above the 2000 level in a single foreign language.

Minor (15-18 hours)

Electives (18-24 hours)

Curriculum: International Relations, B.A.

Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Freshman

ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
PS 1010 - Introduction to Global Politics 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci)
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours
Mathematics 3 credit hours
Natural Sciences (2 prefixes) 8 credit hours
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
General elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 32 Hours

Sophomore

ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
HUM 2610 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
PS 2000 - Political Science and International Relations as a Profession 1 credit hour
PS 3001 - Research Methods in Political Science 3 credit hours
PS 3210 - International Relations 3 credit hours
PS 3220 - Comparative Politics 3 credit hours
PS elective in Comparative Government 3 credit hours
FL 1010 and 1020 6 credit hours
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 31 Hours

Junior

PS 4240 - American Foreign Policy 3 credit hours
PS elective in Comparative Government 3 credit hours
PS elective in International Relations 3 credit hours
Minor courses 6 credit hours
FL 2010 and 2020 6 credit hours
PS elective 3 credit hours
General electives 6 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

PS 4801 - Senior Seminar in International Relations 3 credit hours
Minor courses 12 credit hours
PS elective 3 credit hours
PS elective in International Relations 3 credit hours
General electives 6 credit hours