International Relations Minor

Political Science Department | College of Liberal Arts

Program Declaration

Completion of an Undergraduate Program Add/Change form .

Minor Requirements

Complete 21 credits from seven courses including one introductory course, five electives, and one senior project.

Pass/fail: No more than one course taken pass/fail may be applied toward the minor. The introductory and senior project courses may not be taken pass/fail.
Residency: At least three courses applied toward the major must be completed at UMass Boston.

Course Requirements

Introductory Course (3 Credits)

POLSCI 220 - International Relations (B) 3 Credit(s)

Electives (15 Credits)

Take five electives from the list below. At least three courses must be at the 300-level or higher. It is strongly recommended that students take at least one course in each group.

Area and Socio-Cultural Studies
AFRSTY 310 - Modern Caribbean Society 3 Credit(s)
AMST 440L - United States in a Global Context 3 Credit(s)
ANTH 272 - Peoples and Cultures of Africa 3 Credit(s)
ANTH 273 - Peoples and Cultures of Mesoamerica (Mexico and Guatemala) 3 Credit(s)
ANTH 274 - Peoples and Cultures of the Caribbean 3 Credit(s)
ASIAN 361L - The History of Modern China 3 Credit(s)
ASIAN 363L - Modern Japan 3 Credit(s)
HIST 214 - Modern World History 3 Credit(s)
HIST 313 - Nineteenth Century Europe 3 Credit(s)
HIST 322 - Shakespeare’s London 3 Credit(s)
HIST 324 - Russia and the Soviet Union: From the 1917 Revolution to Putin 3 Credit(s)
HIST 361L - The History of Modern China 3 Credit(s)
HIST 363L - Modern Japan 3 Credit(s)
HIST 364L - India since 1857 3 Credit(s)
LATAM 270 - Human Rights in Latin America 3 Credit(s)
LATAM 303 - Reform and Revolution in Latin America 3 Credit(s)
POLSCI 202 - Comparative Politics 3 Credit(s)
POLSCI 369 - Politics of the Middle East (C) 3 Credit(s)
POLSCI 371 - Latin American Poltc 3 Credit(s)
POLSCI 372 - Central American Politics (C) 3 Credit(s)
POLSCI 387 - The Government and Politics of China (C) 3 Credit(s)
AMST 349L - The Cold War: Rise and Fall 3 Credit(s)
ANTH 324 - A Biocultural Approach to War 3 Credit(s)
HIST 315 - Europe 1900-1945 3 Credit(s)
HIST 349L - The Cold War: Rise and Fall 3 Credit(s)
HIST 357 - The Vietnam War 3 Credit(s)
HIST 387 - US Foreign Policy since 1898 3 Credit(s)
POLSCI 402 - World Politics and World Order (B) 3 Credit(s)
POLSCI 404 - The Politics of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 3 Credit(s)
POLSCI 422 - Nationalism (C) 3 Credit(s)
International Political Economy
ECON 334 - International Trade 3 Credit(s)
ECON 335 - International Finance 3 Credit(s)
ECON 336 - Economic Development 3 Credit(s)
ECON 337 - Emerging Economies in Asia 3 Credit(s)
ECON 372 - Comparative Economic Systems 3 Credit(s)
ENVSCI 280 - Global Society and the Environment 3 Credit(s)
MGT 434 - Mngng Global Environ 3 Credit(s)
POLSCI 375 - Third World Development (C) 3 Credit(s)
POLSCI 410 - Pol Intrnatnl Econ 3 Credit(s)
Transnational Studies
ANTH 295L - Introduction to Human Rights 3 Credit(s)
ANTH 346 - Culture, Globalization, and the Environment 3 Credit(s)
ECON 339 - Political Economy of International Migration 3 Credit(s)
ENVSCI 260 - Global Environmental Change 3 Credit(s)
ENVSCI 280 - Global Society and the Environment
3 Credit(s)
HIST 290G - Globalization in Historical Perspective 3 Credit(s)
SOCIOL 355L - Gender, Development, & Globalization 3 Credit(s)
SOCIOL 372 - Globalization and Social Change 3 Credit(s)
WGS 295L - Introduction to Human Rights 3 Credit(s)
WGS 355L - Gender, Development, & Globalization 3 Credit(s)

Senior Project (3 Credits)

IR 499L - Seminar in International Relations (B) 3 Credit(s)
or
POLSCI 380 - Theories of International Relations 3 Credit(s)