B.A. in International Relations Concentrations 

Study the historical, religious, social and political origins of Islamism and Islamist movements around the world today.

Economic and cultural processes of globalization as they affect different groups of men, women and households; including gender and work, development and environmental change, and redefinitions of masculinity and femininity across the globe.

Societies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Social organization, economic and political structures, religions and world view, survey of languages, the arts. Transition and modernization, rural and urban problems.

Examines sustainability science, communications and public policy through the lens of climate-what is known about climate change and impacts, what motivates public understanding, and what actions through mitigation and adaptation make progress toward sustainability.

Critical analyses of international development in theory and practice, especially as it relates to environmental change in complex ways in the Global South. Topics include modernization, participation, community, gender, sustainability, agriculture, trade, water and climate change.

Global health in anthropological perspective. Examines how culture affects people’s experience and response to morbidity and mortality. Considers topics like gender and health, reproductive health, infectious disease, health and inequality and health and war.

Explore the origins, nature and likely future course of the European Union. How will changing demographics, globalization, civic integration, power rivalry and sustainable development impact the future of the EU? 

Examine the theory and practice of global governance and international diplomacy through an in-depth study of the United Nations system. 

Learn about different legal systems including common law, civil law, Islamic law and African and Asian legal traditions. 

Course examines: definitions and interpretations of genocide; case studies of mass killing and atrocity in multiple global contexts during the twentieth century (Armenia, Cambodia, Holocaust, Rwanda, Soviet Union and others).

Examines global politics, war and violence through a gender-sensitive lens. The topics include human trafficking, prostitution, militarization, poverty, nationalism, ethnic conflict, war-rapes, torture, genocide, reconciliation and recovery.

Critical geographical analyses of inter-connected and cross-scalar role of water in environment, society, politics and economy globally. Investigates various water-society relationships, water governance, policies, crises, struggles, controversies, conflicts and water justice, in theory and practice. 

Learn about the history of globalization, trends and issues related to global trade, including its impact on labor, poverty, environment, etc.

Learn about the making of the international system, the “third world,” globalization, trade, debt, multinational corporations and lending agencies (IMF, World Bank).

The nature of China’s economic and financial environment. History and significance of China’s reforms. China’s economic relations and importance to global finance.

Examines the Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union from a global perspective.

Examine militarism and war and their relationship to gender and power. Particular attention is given to how war impacts people differently across axes of race, class, ethnicity, sexuality and other forms of identity.

Examines ethnicity and its effects on politics. Engages the concept of ethnicity, how it structures politics and sparks conflict, and what political tools exist to manage these conflicts.

Surveys global politics of refugees and those displaced by persecution, conflict, disasters or development. Topics include historical trends, legal regimes and ethical concerns. Explores causes and consequences of forced displacement, and responses by state and non-state actors.

This course examines human migration and its sociocultural and political impacts on sending and receiving communities. Focused on the mobility of people, ideas and commodities, it investigates migration’s role in producing and transforming human geographies.

A political economy approach to educating students about the human and capital costs of tourism to the Caribbean. The integral relationship between sex work and Caribbean tourism exposes the region’s development that has resulted in its current configuration.

• South Africa (GEO)
• Africa and Global Affairs 1870 - Present (HST)
• African International Relations (PSC)

• Modern South Asian Cultures (ANT)
• Modern China (HST)
• Politics of East Asia (PSC)

• Transformation of Eastern Europe (ANT)
• Russia in the Twentieth Century (HST) 
• Politics of Europe (PSC)

• Middle East in Anthropological Perspective (ANT)
• Politics of the Middle East (PSC)
• Politics of Iran (PSC)

• Peoples and Cultures of North America (ANT)
• Latin American Development: Spatial Aspects (GEO)
• Modern Latin America (HST)