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2025-26 Catalog 
    
2025-26 Catalog

International Affairs with a Concentration in History


Students must complete all of the following requirements to graduate with a bachelor of arts in this program. Some courses may apply toward multiple requirements.

College Requirements:

  

Students are required to complete all standard college requirements.

Major Requirements:


Total major units: 15-16

This program requires an application to declare the major approved by the IA/PP committee. The application should include at least one and ideally more than one recomended Comparative Analysis course (listed at bottom).

Six to Seven Units of International Affairs


One Unit of International Relations:


Three to Four Units of International Affairs from One of the Following Subjects:


Political Science

One to Two Additional Units of International Affairs from the Following, in a Different Subject Than Used Above:


Political Science

Six Units of History:


⇒The same course may fulfill multiple requirements

⇒A minimum of four units must be taken at Reed

⇒A maximum of two cross-listed courses from other departments may apply toward the Six Units of History requirement

Chronological Requirement:


  • A minimum of one unit before 1800

Geographic Requirement:


A minimum of one unit from four of the following geographic areas: 

  • Transregional, world, global
  • Africa and the Middle East
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • The United States, Canada

One unit of Junior Seminar in History:


Junior Year Requirements:


  • One unit of junior seminar (included in the “Six units of history” requirement above)
  • Junior qualifying examination

Two Units of Thesis


Recommended, but not Required