Secondary/high school diploma
In-country equivalent of 3.0 high school GPA on a 4.0 scale
TOEFL iBT 80 (18 minimum subscores), IELTS 6.5 (6.0 minimum subscores), Duolingo 105, English GaoKao Subscore Minimum of 120/150 or 96/120 (Jiangsu), or completion of INTO Academic English Level 6 with no grades below C (language requirement may be waived on an individual basis based on SAT/ACT scores or previous study in English-speaking country)
The Political Science and International Relations Department engages students in the study of how people govern themselves—from the smallest communities to the international system. In the town meeting, the halls of Congress or the United Nations, the great political questions are the same—how to reconcile individual aspirations and community needs, freedom and equality, authority and justice, participation and power.
The department offers students a major in Political Science and another one in International Relations. We also offer minors in Political Science, International Relations and Law Justice and Society.
International Relations is the study of the systems and structures that exist (or should exist) to address global concerns. The major provides students thought-provoking courses and multiple experiential learning opportunities, including the Semester on the United Nations, to explore how competing global, regional or domestic factors affect relations between state and non-state actors as they deal with an increasing number of global challenges and threats.
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I. Core (20 credits)
PSCI 102 - Comparative Political Systems
PSCI 104 - International Relations
PSCI 247 - International Security
PSCI 362 - International Political Economy
One course in Human Rights (from the following):
PSCI 241 - Transnational Feminisms
PSCI 248 - Special Topics in Human Rights
PSCI 249 - Refugees and Migrants: The Global Crisis of Immigration
PSCI 333 - International Human Rights
PSCI 344 - Torture: Pain, Body, and Truth
PSCI 365 - Seminar on Human Rights
II. Language Study (4 credits)
Students must complete one course in the target language beyond Drew’s general education requirement. Students starting a language at Drew will therefore require four semesters of language study to fulfill this requirement. Students who place beyond the fourth semester of language instruction in a Drew foreign language will be considered to have completed this requirement, and can complete the major with only 50 credits.
III. Intermediate or Upper-Level (24 credits)
In addition to the required core, language and capstone courses, students must take 24 credits (total) in the intermediate (200) and upper level (300) level courses. At least half of these credits (12) must be at the upper level. A minimum of 16 of these intermediate and upper level credits must be taken on campus.
PSCI 200 - Internship in Political Science
PSCI 220 - Quantitative Approaches to Political Science
PSCI 225 - European Politics
PSCI 226 - Russian Politics
PSCI 228 - Chinese Politics
PSCI 229 - Middle East Politics
PSCI 230 - East Asian Politics
PSCI 240 - United States Foreign Policy
PSCI 241 - Transnational Feminisms
PSCI 242 - International Organizations
PSCI 243 - Terrorism
PSCI 246 - The Political Economy of Development
PSCI 247 - International Security
PSCI 248 - Special Topics in Human Rights
PSCI 249 - Refugees and Migrants: The Global Crisis of Immigration
PSCI 256 - Selected Studies in Political Science
PSCI 257 - Muslims and the West
PSCI 259 - Global Governance and Counter-Terrorism
PSCI 283 - UN Community Internship
PSCI 285 - Internship Project in Washington
PSCI 307 - Research Methods in Political Science
PSCI 314 - American Political Economy
PSCI 321 - International Environmental Policy and Politics
PSCI 329 - Principles of International Law
PSCI 333 - International Human Rights
PSCI 341 - Selected Topics: Comparative Politics
PSCI 344 - Torture: Pain, Body, and Truth
PSCI 345 - War and Peace in the Middle East
PSCI 346 - Comparative Political Economy
PSCI 347 - Seminar in Comparative Revolutions
PSCI 349 - Global Discourse on Human Rights or WGST 349
PSCI 360 - Selected Studies in International Politics
PSCI 361 - Latin America and U.S. Foreign Policy
PSCI 362 - International Political Economy
PSCI 363 - The National Security Council
PSCI 364 - Collective Conflict Management
PSCI 365 - Seminar on Human Rights
PSCI 367 - Seminar on Gender and International Politics
PSCI 369 - Strategies of War and Peace
PSCI 371 - Peacemaking and Peacekeeping in the 21st Century
PSCI 380 - London Semester Interdisciplinary Colloquium
PSCI 381 - Contemporary British Politics
PSCI 382 - The History of Modern Britain
PSCI 383 - The United Nations System and the International Community
PSCI 384 - Research Seminar on the United Nations
PSCI 385 - Elections and Policy Making in Washington
PSCI 386 - Research Practicum in Washington
PSCI 387 - Social Entrepreneurship: Theorizing Global Trends
IV. Capstone (2 credits)
IREL 402 - International Relations Capstone
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