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Degree Structure

The B.A. in International Relations consists of 30 courses, required and elective.

Code Course Credits
Required courses

Microeconomics 3

Computers Information Systems 3

Politics I - Ideology 3

Intro to Sociology/Intro to Mass Communication/ Social Anthropology/Social Psychology (Option) 3

Intro to Law 3

Intro to International Relations 3

Macroeconomics 3

Political Philosophy 3

Composition I 3

Composition II 3

Politics II - Institutions 3

Political Geography 3

World History II 3

Social Science Research Methods 3

French I 3

French II 3

European History II: The Making of Modern Europe 3

Political Economy 3

Politics of European Union 3

History of the Cold War and the post-Cold War Transition 3

Nations and Nationalism 3

Internship 3

East –Central European Politics 3

Security Studies 3

Thesis Seminar 3
Elective courses


Regionalism in International Politics
3

Czech and Slovak Politics 3

Russian History 3

U.S. History
3

Arab Society, Politics and Culture 3

Intro to Diplomacy 3

International Humanitarian Law 3

UN Law 3

West European Politics and Society 3

Contemporary Politics in the Balkans 3

The post-Soviet Region (Current Political Issues) 3

U.S. Foreign Policy 3

U.S.-European Relations 3

The Americas 3

Contemporary Issues in the Middle East 3

East Asian Modernities 3

Sub-Saharan Africa 3

National and International Security, Ethno-Political Conflicts and International Terrorism 3

The History of Arms Control and Its Tendencies in the 21th Century 3

International Organizations in Diplomatic Practice 3

Environmental Diplomacy 3

Role of Diplomatic Missions 3

Cyber-Diplomacy 3

Central Europe and Stalin: The Making of the Soviet Bloc 3

Selected Issues in International Relations, Diplomacy and Its History 3