International Relations at Boston University

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Overview To study International Relations is to learn how the world works. At Boston University, we take an interdisciplinary approach. Undergraduates studying international relations choose from a wide range of courses in international relations, history, economics, political science, anthropology, sociology, and religion, among other disciplines. In a globalizing world, the study of international relations provides a portal for entry into a variety of career fields or for further graduate or professional training.Twelve courses with two prerequisites are required for an undergraduate major in International Relations. These include:Four required principal coursesFour courses from a functional trackFour courses from a regional trackA grade of C or higher is required in all principal and track courses. At least two upper-level courses in the major must be taken. This includes all 500-level courses as well as 400-level academic courses. Internships, even if numbered at the 400 level, cannot be counted toward this requirement, unless they include a significant written component and are approved in writing by the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Students majoring in International Relations are encouraged to fulfill their college mathematics requirements in statistics. Students must fulfill major requirements, including track requirements, as stipulated below. International Relations majors are encouraged to study abroad for at least one semester. Courses taken abroad must be approved by the student’s major advisor for credit toward the major.Learning OutcomesDemonstrate substantive interdisciplinary knowledge of legal, political, economic, social, cultural, and historical factors influencing international affairs.Display an in-depth understanding of an important functional subfield of the discipline and a major geographical region of the world.Conduct theoretically informed and empirically based analysis of real-world conditions and events and present the results of that analysis persuasively in written and oral forms. I want to find another Bachelor Course

International Relations at Boston University is a major offered by the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies to students enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences.

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International Relations

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Other Requirements

1 : Common Application or Coalition Application High School TranscriptSenior Year GradesCounselor Recommendation and School Report Form Teacher EvaluationStandardized TestsSecondary School RecordsDocumentation of Financial SupportCopy of Data Page of Passport

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USD 56,854

International Relations

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