What is the IR/PS major?
IR/PS is an interdisciplinary major concerned with understanding global interactions past and present. The major is designed to expose students to a wide range of viewpoints and analytical methodologies in their study of such fields as diplomacy and foreign policy, peace, war and security, international political economy and development, and human rights. The international relations major is an interdepartmental major organized into three tracks: International Relations/Economics, International Relations/History and International Relations/Political Science. All three tracks of the major share a set of five common “core” courses. The majors are administered by their “home” departments, and interested students should contact the IR-PS faculty advisor for guidance on how to fulfill this major. Students who elect one of these IR majors may not combine it with a second major in the same department-e.g. students may not double major in IR-PS and Political Science. Other double majors are pe
