I. Core (20 credits)

• PSCI 102 - Comparative Political Systems
• PSCI 104 - International Relations
• PSCI 247 - International Security
• PSCI 362 - International Political Economy

II. Language Study (4 credits)

Students must complete one course in the target language beyond Drew’s general education requirement.  Students starting a language at Drew will therefore require four semesters of language study to fulfill this requirement.  Students who place beyond the fourth semester of language instruction in a Drew foreign language will be considered to have completed this requirement, and can complete the major with only 50 credits.

III. Intermediate or Upper-Level (24 credits)

In addition to the required core, language and capstone courses, students must take 24 credits (total) in the intermediate (200) and upper level (300) level courses.  At least half of these credits (12) must be at the upper level.  A minimum of 16 of these intermediate and upper level credits must be taken on campus.

• PSCI 200 - Internship in Political Science
• PSCI 220 - Quantitative Approaches to Political Science
• PSCI 225 - European Politics
• PSCI 228 - Chinese Politics
• PSCI 229 - Middle East Politics
• PSCI 230 - East Asian Politics
• PSCI 240 - United States Foreign Policy
• PSCI 241 - Transnational Feminisms
• PSCI 243 - Terrorism
• PSCI 247 - International Security
• PSCI 248 - Special Topics in Human Rights
• PSCI 249 - Refugees and Migrants: The Global Crisis of Immigration
• PSCI 256 - Selected Studies in Political Science
• PSCI 257 - Muslims and the West
• PSCI 263 - Environmental Security & Climate Change or ESS 261 
• PSCI 283 - UN Community Internship
• PSCI 285 - Internship Project in Washington
• PSCI 307 - Research Methods in Political Science
• PSCI 314 - American Political Economy
• PSCI 321 - International Environmental Policy and Politics
• PSCI 329 - Principles of International Law
• PSCI 333 - International Human Rights
• PSCI 341 - Selected Topics: Comparative Politics
• PSCI 344 - Torture: Pain, Body, and Truth
• PSCI 346 - Comparative Political Economy
• PSCI 349 - Global Discourse on Human Rights or WGST 349  
• PSCI 351 - Authoritarian Politics
• PSCI 360 - Selected Studies in International Politics
• PSCI 362 - International Political Economy
• PSCI 365 - Seminar on Human Rights
• PSCI 370 - Health Policy
• PSCI 371 - Peacemaking and Peacekeeping in the 21st Century
• PSCI 380 - London Semester Interdisciplinary Colloquium
• PSCI 381 - Contemporary British Politics
• PSCI 382 - The History of Modern Britain
• PSCI 383 - The United Nations System and the International Community
• PSCI 384 - Research Seminar on the United Nations
• PSCI 385 - Elections and Policy Making in Washington
• PSCI 386 - Research Practicum in Washington
• PSCI 387 - Social Entrepreneurship: Theorizing Global Trends

IV. Capstone (2 credits)

• IREL 402 - International Relations Capstone

Note

A student can propose to have a maximum of 8 credits from other departments applied to the Major.  The proposal must be substantively related to the Major’s focus and be approved by the faculty adviser. Students planning to attend graduate school in Political Science, Public Policy, Public Administration, or a related field and students planning to write an honors thesis or enroll in upper-level research seminars are encouraged to take PSCI 307  - Research Methods in Political Science.