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May 12, 2026
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2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Political and Global Affairs, International Relations Concentration, B.S.
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Political and Global Affairs
615-898-2708
James Chaney, program coordinator
pga@mtsu.edu
The major in Political and Global Affairs, International Relations Concentration, offers courses to open doors around the world. 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.
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Degree Requirements
| True Blue Core (TBC) | 41 hours | | Major Requirements | 45 hours* | | Minor 1 | 15-18 hours | | Minor 2 | 15-18 hours | | Electives | 0-10 hours | | TOTAL | 120-122 hours | *This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours may vary. True Blue Core (41 hours)
True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category. The following courses required by the program meet True Blue Core requirements: Major Requirements (45 hours)
Politcal and Global Affairs Core (15 hours)
International Relations Concentration (27 hours)
Comparative Government (6 hours)
Political Science Electives (6 hours)
Curriculum: Political and Global Affairs, International Relations, B.S.
Freshman
- Written Communication 3 credit hours
- Information Literacy 3 credit hours
- Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
- Scientific Literacy 8 credit hours
- Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
- History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
- Human Society and Social Relationships/General elective 3 credit hours
- PS 1005 - Introduction to American Politics 3 credit hours (HSSR)
- PS 1010 - Introduction to Global Politics 3 credit hours (HSSR)
Junior
- PS 4240 - American Foreign Policy 3 credit hours
- International Relations Concentration course 3 credit hours
- Comparative Government elective 6 credit hours
- Minor courses 18 credit hours
Senior
- International Relations Concentration course 3 credit hours
- Political Science electives (see list for options) 6 credit hours
- Minor courses 9 credit hours
- Minor courses/General elective courses 6 credit hours
- Human Society and Social Relationships/General elective 3 credit hours
- PGA 4800 - Senior Seminar 3 credit hours
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