CORE

Students are required to complete V53.0700 and either V31.0001 or V31.0002 prior to application. Majors must complete four core courses, including V31.0001, V31.0002, and V53.0700.

For politics courses, see description under Politics (53).

For economics courses, see description under Economics (31).

For sociology courses, see description under Sociology (93).

Economic Principles I

V31.0001  GSP students may substitute Y08.1001. Given every semester. 4 points.

Economic Principles II

V31.0002  GSP students may substitute Y08.1002. Given every semester. 4 points.

International Politics

V53.0700  Given every year. 4 points.

Choose one from the following four courses below:

Quantitative Methods in Political Science

V53.0800  Given every year. 4 points.

Introductory Statistics (Economics)

V31.0018  Given every year. 6 points.

Statistics for Social Research (Sociology)

V93.0302  Given every semester. 4 points.

Statistical Reasoning for the Behavioral Sciences

V89.0009  Given every year. 4 points.

THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ENVIRONMENT

Majors must complete three IR courses. Any three from the following list are satisfactory, or students can seek approval from the program director if they wish to take IR courses not on this list.

U.S. Foreign Policy

V53.0710  Given every year. 4 points.

International Economics

V31.0238  Given every year. 4 points.

National Security

V53.0712  Given every year. 4 points.

Diplomacy and Negotiation

V53.0720  Given every other year. 4 points.

International Organization

V53.0730  Given every fall. 4 points.

Business and American Foreign Policy

V53.0736  Given every other year. 4 points.

International Law

V53.0740  Given every spring. 4 points.

War, Peace, and World Order

V53.0741  Given every year. 4 points.

Terrorism

V53.0742  Given every other year. 4 points.

International Politics of the Middle East

V53.0760  Given every other year. 4 points.

International Relations of Asia

V53.0770  Given every other year. 4 points.

International Political Economy

V53.0775  Given every year. 4 points.

Inter-American Relations

V53.0780  Given every other year. 4 points.

Undergraduate Field Seminar: International Relations

V53.0795  Given every year. 4 points.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ELECTIVE

The one required 4-point course in this area can be chosen from the remaining courses in the International Relations Environment, above, or from offerings in a variety of disciplines, including economics, history, politics, and sociology, as well as from area studies. It must be approved in advance by the director of the program or the undergraduate adviser for the IR program.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Students may satisfy this requirement by completing two courses beyond the intermediate level. The language should in most cases be related to the regional specialization and the study abroad site (but not, for example, if the site is London). Students wishing to qualify for exemption from the foreign language requirement must obtain proof of fluency from the appropriate language department.

REGIONAL SPECIALIZATION

Majors must complete two 4-point courses focusing on a particular world region. These courses should normally be taken during the term abroad. Whether taken at NYU or abroad, both courses must be approved in advance by the director of the program or the undergraduate advisor to the IR program.

STUDY ABROAD

Students spend a semester, usually in the junior year, at one of the seven NYU programs abroad or at one of the 18 universities around the world with which NYU has an exchange agreement. Permission to study at any other site, or to fulfill this in any other manner, must be petitioned in advance in the Office of the Associate Dean for Students, after approval by the IR program. Permission to study abroad for an entire year may only occur in exceptional cases and is subject to the approval of the program director. Permission to study abroad for a full year and remain an IR major is granted infrequently. Due to the year-long senior honors sequence, students will not be able to study abroad in their senior year.

SENIOR HONORS

In effect, the major constitutes an honors track with emphasis on quantitative methods and techniques, and students must complete the requirements for departmental honors by taking the senior seminar and writing a thesis.

International Relations Senior Sequence

Senior Seminar

V52.0990  Prerequisite: permission of the director of the international relations major. Students must maintain a 3.65 average to be eligible for this seminar.

This course is the first half of the international relations major’s two-semester capstone experience. It is designed to equip students with the skills required to write an excellent international relations thesis (V52.0991) in the spring semester. The class is meant to be a bridge between the major’s required class in research methods and the substantive classes in the major. Students learn how to develop explanations for international phenomena, derive testable hypotheses, and develop research designs capable of testing them. This class is only offered in the fall semester and must be taken in the fall semester of the senior year.

Senior Thesis

V52.0991  Prerequisite: permission of the director of the international relations major.

One term of individual research culminating in the production of a senior thesis of the student’s own choice under the supervision of an appropriate member of the faculty. This class is only offered in the spring semester and must be taken in the spring semester of the senior year.

IR BRIEFING SESSION

A briefing session on the IR honors major takes place every September. Attendance is mandatory for all current IR honors majors. Students wishing to apply to the IR honors major must also attend the briefing session in September.