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International Studies – Political Science
Program Overview
Lower Division Requirements
- Fourth Quarter Language Proficiency
Upper Division Requirements
- International Studies Core (3 courses)
- Political Science Disciplinary Focus (8 courses)
- Interdisciplinary Electives (3 courses)
- International Studies Regional Requirement
Major Requirements:
Language Requirement
International Studies majors are required to demonstrate basic proficiency in a modern foreign language. This can be accomplished in one of the following ways:
Language course may be taken for a letter grade or Pass/No Pass, students must earn either a C- or better or a Pass. All other courses for major requirements must be taken for a letter grade of C- or above.
International Studies Core Courses (3 courses)
International Studies Core Courses (3 courses)
All courses are 4-units and must be taken for a letter grade of C- or better.
For Students Beginning the INTL Course Sequence in Fall 2024:
- INTL-100. Analysis, Argument, and Real World Problems
- INTL-101. Culture and Society in International Perspective (Prerequisite: INTL-100)
- INTL-102. Economics, Politics, and International Change (Prerequisite: INTL-100)
- INTL-190 seminars with a regional/country focus may be taken to fulfill an ISP regional requirement.
INTL-102 may be taken before INTL-101.
For ISP Students who have already taken INTL-101 and/or INTL-102 by Spring 2024:
- INTL-101. Culture and Society in International Perspective
- INTL-102. Economics, Politics, and International Change
- INTL-190. Seminar in International Studies (Prerequisites: INTL-101 and INTL-102)
INTL-102 may be taken before INTL-101. Both INTL-101 and INTL-102 must be completed before INTL-190. The INTL core courses must be taken at UC San Diego.
You may not take INTL-100 instead of INTL-190.
Disciplinary Focus (8 courses)
All eight (8) courses must be 4 units, upper-division and taken for a letter grade of C- or better.
Eight (8) upper-division courses must be selected from the following:
- Comparative Politics:
- POLI-120 – POLI-138D*
- International Relations:
- POLI-140A – POLI-154ª
A maximum of three (3) courses may be selected from the following subfields:
- American Politics:
- POLI-100A – POLI-108
- Political Theory:
- POLI-110A - POLI-119A†
- Policy Analysis:
- POLI-160AA – POLI-168
- Research Methods:
- POLI-170 – POLI-181
Notes:
*POLI-120A and POLI-136 will not be accepted prior to Fall 2022.
ªPOLI-142K will not be accepted prior to Fall 2022.
†POLI-113A will not be accepted prior to Fall 2022.
Interdisciplinary Elective Courses (3 courses)
All three (3) courses must be upper-division, 4 units and taken for a letter grade of C- or better.
- Courses must be selected from the approved Interdisciplinary Elective Course List
- Note: All courses must be selected from departments outside of the disciplinary focus department.
Course Pre-requisites: Students are responsible for meeting all departmental pre-requisite courses. Please refer to the General Catalog for additional information.
Regional Requirement
At least three (3) of the eleven (11) Disciplinary Focus and Interdisciplinary Elective courses must focus on one region.
- Note: This requirement is an overlap requirement comprised of courses that count for both the Disciplinary Focus or Interdisciplinary Elective courses and the Regional Requirement.
- Regional Requirement courses may come all from within the Disciplinary Focus, Interdisciplinary Electives, or a combination of the two.
- Possible regions include: Africa, East Asia, Europe, Latin America or the Middle East.
- Regional Course List
Refer to Political Science Department Course Offerings for tentative future course offerings.
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