The International Relations Program at Tufts University offers a course of study for undergraduate students with a primary interest in international and regional studies. The field of international relations includes the study of:

• The history, politics, economics, and cultures of regional systems around the world
• International economics
• Global health, nutrition, and the environment as they relate to international affairs
• The causes and consequences of war and the conditions for peace
• The role of the United States in world affairs
• The role played by personal and group affinities in shaping the identities that bear upon international conflict and cooperation

A major in international relations is therefore multidisciplinary. However, it should not be conceived simply as an agglomeration of knowledge from several fields. Rather, both faculty and students in international relations strive to compare and integrate the methodologies and evidence they acquire in different disciplinary settings as they seek answers to similar questions.