Program Overview
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Location: McKee 318
Email: HSS@unco.edu
Website: www.unco.edu/hss/political-science-international-affairs
Advising Information:
Students must consult with their assigned major advisor each semester prior to registering.
To find your advisor, log into ursa.unco.edu; go to 'Student' tab and click 'View Student Information' link. If no advisor is listed, contact the major program for advisor information.
The program consists of three parts:
- Liberal Arts Curriculum (LAC) Credits
- Required Major Credits
- University-Wide Credits
Program Description:
This concentration area will develop a broad understanding of international issues through an interdisciplinary combination of regional and international courses. Foreign language study is required.
This concentration area promotes the development of analytical, research, writing and language skills that are necessary to think critically and reflect upon contemporary international issues.
Program Admission Requirements:
Academic Good Standing
Program Requirements:
Students are required to be orally proficient in a foreign language. There are three ways to fulfill the language proficiency requirement:
- Three credits in a foreign language at the 300 level or above;
- Demonstrated proficiency at the intermediate/low level on the ACTFL/ETS Oral Proficiency Interview;
- Other evidence approved by the student's departmental advisor.
Degree Requirements — 120 Credits
1. Liberal Arts Curriculum — 31 credits
Written Communication — 6 credits
Select any courses to fulfill this requirement from the currently approved LAC course list.
See Written Communication courses
Mathematics — 3 credits
Arts & Humanities, History, Social & Behavioral Sciences, U.S. Multicultural Studies [MS], and International Studies [IS] — 15 credits
To complete the LAC in the minimum number of credits, be sure to choose at least one course with an IS designation and one course with an MS designation.
One of the following two courses are recommended, but not required.
GEOG 100 or GEOG 200
Natural & Physical Sciences — 7 credits
Select any courses to fulfill this requirement from the currently approved LAC course list.
See Natural & Physical Sciences courses
See Liberal Arts Curriculum
2. Required Major — 36 credits
Take all of the following courses:
Choose 1 of the following courses:
| PSCI 415 | Senior Seminar in Comparative Politics | 3 |
| PSCI 425 | Senior Seminar in International Relations | 3 |
NOTE: Students should be aware that PSCI 415 and PSCI 425 are only offered in fall semesters. Students enrolled in Study Abroad or an Internship conflicting with fulfillment of the PSCI 415 or PSCI 425 requirement may substitute another PSCI course with the approval of their PSCI Advisor.
Choose 3 of the following courses — 9 credits minimum:
Choose 1 of the following courses — 3 credits minimum
NOTE: No more than 3 credits of internship can be used toward the major.
Choose 2 of the following Regional courses:
| AFS 104 | Survey of Africa | 3 |
| AFS 396 | African and African American World Views | 3 |
| ASIA 116 | State, Society, and Culture in Contemporary AsiaLAB3LAISGT-SS3 | 3 |
| CHIN 116 | Introduction to Chinese CivilizationLAB3LAISGT-SS3 | 3 |
| GEOG 218 | Emerging AsiaLAB2LAISGT-SS2 | 3 |
| GEOG 326 | Emerging Africa: Local Resources and Livelihoods in a Global Context | 3 |
| GEOG 333 | Environment and Society in Latin America | 3 |
| GEOG 340 | Europe | 3 |
| HIST 110 | African CivilizationLAH1LAISGT-HI1 | 3 |
| HIST 112 | Asian Civilization I: From Prehistory to 1500LAH1LAISGT-HI1 | 3 |
| HIST 113 | Asian Civilizations II: From 1500 to the PresentLAH1LAISGT-HI1 | 3 |
| HIST 118 | History of MexicoLAH1LAISGT-HI1 | 3 |
| HIST 283 | Russian Cultural History | 3 |
| HIST 307 | History of China to 1500 | 3 |
| HIST 310 | History of China Since 1500 | 3 |
| HIST 311 | History of Japan | 3 |
| HIST 312 | History of Brazil | 3 |
| HIST 314 | History of Colonial Latin America | 3 |
| HIST 315 | Latin America Since Independence | 3 |
| HIST 316 | History of the Caribbean | 3 |
| HIST 318 | Modern Africa | 3 |
| HIST 371 | The European Enlightenment | 3 |
| HIST 383 | Great War and Aftermath | 3 |
| HIST 384 | Three Germanies | 3 |
| HIST 385 | History of the Holocaust, 1933 to the Present | 3 |
| HIST 386 | Twentieth Century Russia | 3 |
| HIST 392 | Sex and Gender in Modern Europe | 3 |
| HIST 396 | World History | 3 |
| JAPN 116 | Contemporary JapanLAB3LAISGT-SS3 | 3 |
| PSCI 210 | European Politics | 3 |
| PSCI 215 | Post-Communist Russian Empire | 3 |
| PSCI 316 | Latin American Politics | 3 |
| PSCI 319 | Asian Politics | 3 |
| PSCI 325 | Conflict in the Middle East | 3 |
| SPAN 321 | Spanish Civilization and Culture | 3 |
| SPAN 331 | Latin American Civilization and Culture | 3 |
| SPAN 341 | Mexican and Mexican American Civilization and Culture | 3 |
3. University-Wide Credits — 53 credits
Complete additional credits to achieve the minimum credits needed for any degree at UNC; for this program that will typically be 53 credits.
*Note: Students who apply the recommended courses to both the liberal arts curriculum and the major requirements will have an increased number of university-wide electives to apply to this degree. See your advisor for details.