International Relations Major
The major consists of eleven courses for a total of 44 credits. This is the minimum, however, and we strongly urge students to enrich their educations by going further. The required courses are as follows:
1. Introductory courses (two courses, 8 credits)
- IR 10: Introduction to World Politics (4)
- Eco 1: Principles of Economics (4)
2. Core courses (four courses, one from each functional group, 16 credits)
- International relations theory
- IR 105: Theories of International Relations (4)
- International Political Economy
- IR 120: Globalizaion and World Politics (4) - beginning Spring 2012
- IR 125: International Political Economy (4)
- International Security Studies
- IR 234: Great Power Politics (4) or
- IR 235: International Security (4)
- International Governance
- IR 142: International Law (4) or
- IR 245: International Organization (4)
3. Advanced courses (two courses, 8 credits)
- Any IR courses numbered 300-387 (except IR 307) and 393.
4. Elective courses (three courses, 12 credits)
- Any IR courses other than IR 19, 90, 388 or 391. Core or advanced courses beyond the minimum requirements may be counted as electives. Certain courses offered by other departments may also qualify. Please see below:
Electives - outside IR
- Note: completing the IR major also requires a grade-point average of 2.0 or better in the courses that make up the major. (How IR major GPA is calculated).
Joint International Relations and Modern Languages and Literatures Major (IR-MLL)
The Joint IR/MLL major requires a total of 16 courses for 60-64 credits. At least one semester of study abroad in an approved Lehigh program is required, as is undergraduate research that uses sources in at least one foreign language. Each student will have two major advisors, one each from IR and MLL.
Required courses (50-52 credits), as follows:
ECO 001
5 courses in International Relations (20 credits), as follows:
IR 10
IR 105
IR 125
Two IR advanced courses number 301-387 (except 307) or 393
6 courses in Modern Languages and Literatures (22-24 credits), as follows:
Four courses (16 credits) in one language, either Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, Russian, French (above the level of French 2), German (above the level of German 2), or Spanish above the level of Spanish 2).
Two culture courses (6-8 credits) from an approved list or in consultation with the MLL advisor:
CHIN, FREN, GERM, JPNS, RUSS, SPAN 91, 111-399
MLL 6, 23, 27, 28, 51, 68, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78, 100, 124, 125, 127, 177, 231, 319, 320, 321
1 independent study (4 credits). The course will include original research in at least one language other than English.
Study abroad. 1 semester or more in an approved Lehigh program. Must include language study.
Electives (10-12 credits), as follows:
3 electives from an approved list, including courses from the departments of Sociology and Anthropology, Economics, English, International Relations, Journalism, Modern Languages and Literatures, Political Science, History, Religion, and/or programs in Africana Studies, Asian Studies, Global Citizenship, Latin American Studies, Sociology and Social Psychology, Science, Technology and Society, Women’s Studies, or other courses as approved by IR and MLL advisors. (Courses must be chosen from at least two departments.)
AAS 3, 5, 38, 148, 263
ANTH 111, 120, 123, 184, 187, 320
All ASIA courses
ECO 209, 342, 343
ENGL 38, 120, 121, 318, 384
IR – Any courses numbered 34-387 except IR 72, 74, 105, 118, 119, 125, or 127. Advanced electives must be in addition to the two required advanced courses.
JOUR 246
MLL 6, 23, 27, 28, 51, 68, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78, 100, 124, 125, 127, 140,177, 231, 319, 320, 321*
All Global Citizenship (GC) courses
POLS 3, 104, 108, 323, 324, 325, 335, 336, 337, 342, 374
HIST 5, 11, 12, 49, 50, 75, 76, 107, 157, 158, 159, 160, 177, 341, 342, 347, 348, 349, 350, 356, 357, 358, 359
REL 3, 60, 64, 65, 67, 77, 145, 146, 154, 155, 156, 157, 164, 169, 221, 247
SSP 105, 341
STS 141
WS 73, 326, 327, 341, 342
Joint International Relations/Economics Major (Joint IR-Eco)
This major combines international economics, which is the study of markets and economic policy, with international political economy, which studies international institutions and the interactions of states with those institutions and each other motivated by tradeoffs among economic goals and considerations of power, national security, and citizen welfare. Study of economic theory as well as institutional arrangements allows students to understand consequences for the world economy including political and distributional consequences.
Program Advisors: Professor Chaim Kaufmann, International Relations Department
Professor James A. Dearden, Economics Department
Required Courses (60-61 credits), as follows:
Introductory courses (2 courses/8 credits)
- ECO 1 Principles of Economics (4)
- IR 10 Introduction to World Politics (4)
Core Courses (8 courses/28 credits)
- IR 105 Theories of International Relations (4)
- IR 125 International Political Economy (4)
- IR 234 Great Power Politics (4) or IR 235 International Security (4)
- IR 142 International Law (4) or IR 245 International Organization (4)
- ECO 45 Statistical Methods (3)
- ECO 105 Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis (3) or ECO 146 Applied Microeconomic Analysis (3)
- ECO 29 Money, Banking and Financial Markets (3)
- ECO 119 Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis (3)
Advanced courses in IR (2 courses/8 credits)
Chosen from any IR course 300-387 or 393.
Advanced courses in Economics (2 courses/6 credits)
Chosen from Eco 303, 339, 340, 345, 371 (and 343 and 343, which are offered only periodically).
Electives (3 courses /10-11 credits)
- At least one course chosen from IR 200-387 or 393
- At least one course chosen from ECO 200+ except ECO 258, 273, 362, and 371.
- The third may be from either of the two above categories.
Recommended electives:
Eco 203 Microfinance
Eco 209 Comparative Economic Systems
Eco 303 Economic Development
Eco 339 International Trade
Eco 342 Economic Development in China
Eco 343 European Economic Integration
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IR 222 Political Economy of North-South Relations
IR 321 Economic Relations of Advanced Industrial Societies
IR 322 Poverty and Development
IR 323 Political Economy of Industrialization and Development
IR 344 International Politics of Oil
Collateral course in Mathematics (1 courses / 4 credits)
- Math 21 or Math 81 or equivalent.
Majors in this program may NOT minor or major in either Economics or IR