International Studies Program

Political Science Requirements

International Studies - Political Science Major/Master in International Affairs

Please see the IS-Poli Checklist and Quarter-by-Quarter Plan.

Lower-Division

  • Foreign Language - Click here for more information
  • Prerequisites - MUST ALL BE TAKEN FOR A LETTER GRADE OF C- OR BETTER
    • Mathematics 10A-B-C or Mathematics 20A-B-C
    • Economics 1-2-3
  • Individual courses may have additional prerequisites; see General Catalog course entries for more information

Upper-Division/Graduate (ALL courses must be non-language and taken for a letter grade of C- or better)

Three INTL Courses

Two Methods Courses

  • IRCO 453. Quantitative Methods I (2 units)
  • IRCO 454. Quantitative Methods II (4 units)

Primary Track: Eight (8) total courses

  • Any five (5) undergraduate, upper-division Political Science courses selected from the B.A./M.I.A. Comprehensive Course List
  • ALL of the following three (3) graduate division courses: 
    • IRCO 400. Policy-Making Processes
    • IRCO 410. International Politics and Security
    • IRCO 412. Globalization, the World System, and the Pacific

Secondary Track: Five (5) total courses

  • Any one (1) undergraduate, upper-division Economics course selected from the B.A./M.I.A. Comprehensive Course List
  • ALL of the following four (4) graduate division courses:
    • IRCO 401. Managerial Economics
    • IRCO 403. International Economics
    • IRCO 420. Accounting
    • IRCO 421. Finance

ISP Regional Requirement

Three (3) of the six (6) undergraduate, upper-division, primary/secondary track courses selected from the B.A./M.I.A. Comprehensive Course List must focus on 1 country or region. Please see the IS-Poli Checklist and Quarter-by-Quarter Plan  for ISP regional options.

NOTE: the ISP Regional Requirement is NOT in any way connected to your Language Requirement; BUT the IR/PS Regional Specialization MUST match your Language Requirement.