2025-26 Catalog
International Affairs and Public Policy
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Curriculum
The program at Reed in international affairs (IA) and public policy (PP) is designed to meet the academic needs of students interested in pursuing a major involving interdisciplinary work in the areas of globalization, international relations, comparative policy, and international economic development among other fields. Course offerings reflect the interests of faculty members working in this general domain. Courses applicable to the IA/PP majors come from relevant areas within the departments of anthropology, economics, history, political science, and sociology, and are listed below. Additional information regarding courses for these programs is on the IA & PP courses web page; students are expected to concentrate their IA/PP course of study in one of four departments (anthropology, history, political science, or sociology), providing students with a firm disciplinary basis within the social sciences. IA/PP majors will be identified by their major and their home department of concentration as IA-anthropology, IA-history, IA-political science, PP-political science, or PP-sociology.
Admission to the Major
To be admitted to the IA & PP programs, a student must apply to the IA & PP Committee for acceptance to upper-division standing prior to declaring their major. The initial deadline is Monday of the 12th week (11th week of instruction) of the second semester of the sophomore year; the final deadline is Friday of the first week of the first semester of junior year. Since acceptance into the IA & PP programs is not automatic, applicants should be prepared to pursue an alternative course of study. Please see the IA & PP Committee’s major guide for details and deadlines.
Programs
Majors
International Affairs
Public Policy
Courses
International Affairs (IA) Course List
Public Policy (PP) Course List
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