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:

Degree Requirements

Students are required to complete all standard college requirements.

Major Requirements:

Total major units: 15

This program requires an application to declare the major approved by the ICPS committee.

Six Units of ICPS Requirements

Four Units from One of the Following Subjects:

Anthropology

ANTH 211 - Introduction to Anthropology: History, Theory, Method

Three Units From:

ANTH 201 - Topics in Contemporary Anthropology -only when offered as “Global Political Ecology,”
ANTH 320 - Social Movements, Protests, and Historical Change in South Asia
ANTH 343 - African Pasts, African Futures
ANTH 357 - Comparative Fascisms
ANTH 361 - The Middle East: Culture and Politics
ANTH 364 - Global Tibet through Film
ANTH 365 - The Anthropology of Development in Post-Mao China
ANTH 391 - Legal Anthropology
ANTH 395 - Globalization

Economics

ECON 201 - Introduction to Economic Analysis

Three Units From:

ECON 328 - Latin America: Economic History and Policy Challenges
ECON 342 - International Macroeconomics
ECON 366 - Jobs, Technology, and Trade
ECON 382 - Economics of Development
ECON 383 - International Trade
ECON 385 - China’s Economy in Transition
ECON 393 - Global Health and Consumer Behavior

History

Four Units From the Following:

A maximum of two units may be in American history.

HIST 240 - World Environmental History
HIST 256 - Migration Histories in the British Imperial World
HIST 307 - War and Peace in Europe, 1700-1914
HIST 315 - Defining and Defying Difference: Race, Ethnicity, and Empire
HIST 334 - Race and the Politics of Decolonization
HIST 370 - The Tragedies of American Diplomacy: U.S. Foreign Policy since 1893
HIST 389 - Labor in Modern Latin America

Political Science

POL 220 - Introduction to Global Politics
OR
POL 230 - Introduction to Political Economy
OR
POL 240 - Introduction to International Relations
OR
POL 260 - Introduction to American Politics and Public Policy

Three Additional Units of Empirical Politics From:

⇒A minimum of two at the 300 level or higher (excluding 470)

POL 220 - Introduction to Global Politics
POL 230 - Introduction to Political Economy
POL 240 - Introduction to International Relations
POL 260 - Introduction to American Politics and Public Policy
POL 322 - Social Movements
POL 324 - Human Rights in Latin America
POL 326 - Capitalism and Its Critics
POL 331 - Money, Finance, and Empire
POL 335 - Gender and Politics in the U.S. and Latin America
POL 344 - International Environmental Politics
POL 346 - International Political Economy
POL 347 - Politics of International Development
POL 350 - Networks and Social Structure
POL 351 - Interdisciplinary Approaches to Social Science
POL 352 - Special Topics in International Comparative Policy Studies
POL 359 - Weapons, Technology, and War
POL 362 - State and Local Politics
POL 368 - Environmental Politics and Policy
POL 369 - Public Policy
POL 371 - Identity Politics
POL 375 - Disaster Politics and Policy
POL 444 - Global Catastrophic Risks

Two Additional Units from the Following, in a Different Subject Than Used Above:

Anthropology

ANTH 211 - Introduction to Anthropology: History, Theory, Method

One Unit From:

ANTH 201 - Topics in Contemporary Anthropology -only when offered as “Global Political Ecology,”
ANTH 320 - Social Movements, Protests, and Historical Change in South Asia
ANTH 343 - African Pasts, African Futures
ANTH 357 - Comparative Fascisms
ANTH 361 - The Middle East: Culture and Politics
ANTH 364 - Global Tibet through Film
ANTH 365 - The Anthropology of Development in Post-Mao China
ANTH 391 - Legal Anthropology
ANTH 395 - Globalization

Economics

ECON 201 - Introduction to Economic Analysis

One Unit From:

ECON 328 - Latin America: Economic History and Policy Challenges
ECON 342 - International Macroeconomics
ECON 366 - Jobs, Technology, and Trade
ECON 382 - Economics of Development
ECON 383 - International Trade
ECON 385 - China’s Economy in Transition
ECON 393 - Global Health and Consumer Behavior

History

Two Units From the Following:

A maximum of one unit may be in American history.

HIST 240 - World Environmental History
HIST 256 - Migration Histories in the British Imperial World
HIST 307 - War and Peace in Europe, 1700-1914
HIST 315 - Defining and Defying Difference: Race, Ethnicity, and Empire
HIST 334 - Race and the Politics of Decolonization
HIST 370 - The Tragedies of American Diplomacy: U.S. Foreign Policy since 1893
HIST 389 - Labor in Modern Latin America

Political Science

POL 220 - Introduction to Global Politics
OR
POL 230 - Introduction to Political Economy
OR
POL 240 - Introduction to International Relations
OR
POL 260 - Introduction to American Politics and Public Policy

One additional unit of Empirical Politics from:

POL 322 - Social Movements
POL 324 - Human Rights in Latin America
POL 326 - Capitalism and Its Critics
POL 331 - Money, Finance, and Empire
POL 335 - Gender and Politics in the U.S. and Latin America
POL 344 - International Environmental Politics
POL 346 - International Political Economy
POL 347 - Politics of International Development
POL 350 - Networks and Social Structure
POL 351 - Interdisciplinary Approaches to Social Science
POL 352 - Special Topics in International Comparative Policy Studies
POL 359 - Weapons, Technology, and War
POL 362 - State and Local Politics
POL 368 - Environmental Politics and Policy
POL 369 - Public Policy
POL 371 - Identity Politics
POL 375 - Disaster Politics and Policy
POL 444 - Global Catastrophic Risks

Seven Units in Sociology, Including:

SOC 211 - Introduction to Sociology
SOC 311 - Research Methods

A Minimum of Three Units From:

SOC 231 - Organizations
SOC 280 - Social Movements
SOC 322 - Gender and Work
SOC 326 - Science and Social Difference
SOC 331 - Topics in Organizational Analysis
SOC 337 - The Collapse of Communism
SOC 340 - American Capitalism
SOC 348 - Race, Economy, Public Policy
SOC 364 - Law and Society
SOC 380 - Networks and Social Structure

Junior Year Requirement:

Junior qualifying examination

Two units of Thesis

ICPS 470 - Thesis

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