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 Rationale
In addition to the Core Requirements, majors choose one Thematic Concentration which provides in-depth study of some substantive area of international relations. In complete thematic concentration work ( 4 courses), student should consciously seek to understand and apply the philosophical and methodological assumptions of each of the disciplines that make up the major.
Since thematic concentrations offer a particularly wide range of foci and disciplines, IR majors need to work with their advisors in establishing a coherent sequence of courses, culminating in the senior seminar.
Please Note:
- Students may also use a corresponding seminar course for this requirement but cannot double count the course with the Seminar requirement. For example, PS 171 may be used toward the concentration Foreign Policy Analysis
or to fulfill the seminar requirement but not both.
- Students may use one IR internship or one IR independent study credit to count toward the thematic concentration.
Students may choose from the following thematic concentrations:
- Foreign Policy Analysis
- Regional and Comparative Analysis
- Europe and the Former Soviet Union
- East and Southeast Asia
- Africa
- Middle East and South Asia
- Latin America
- Global Conflict, Cooperation and Justice
- International Economic and Environmental Affairs
- International Trade
- International Finance
- International Environment and Economics
- International Economics and Development
- Elective Courses for Economics Concentrations 4A-4D
- Nationalism, Culture and Identity
Below is the list of all the courses Tufts has offered over the past few years that fulfill the IR Thematic Concentration Requirement. The Historical Core Requirements list and Historical Seminar list are also available. This is
not the list of currently available courses. For currently available courses, please see the Course Announcement on the courses page.
Thematic Concentration #1: FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS
The concentration in Foreign Policy focuses on intermediate and upper-level
coursework on the strategic interactions and diplomatic histories of countries
and regions in the 19th and 20th centuries.
| EC 060 |
International Economics |
| EC 063 |
Economics of the European Union |
| HIST 001.04 |
International Relations: Constructing a Historical Perspective |
| HIST 008 |
US Imperialism in Asia |
| HIST099-06 |
US Foreign Relations, 1600-1900 |
| HIST 139 |
Contemporary South Asia |
| HIST 177 |
The Nuclear Age: Its History and Physics |
| HIST 179.02 |
American Foreign Policy in the 20th Century |
| HIST 194 |
History of Afghanistan |
| PJS 120 |
Sociology of War and Peace |
| PS 073 |
Sophomore Seminar: Globalization and National Politics |
| PS 077 |
Sophomore Seminar: Realism and the US Grand Strategy |
| PS 078 |
Sophomore Seminar: Defense in Democracies |
| PS 082 |
Sophomore Seminar: Decision Making in U.S. Foreign Policy |
| PS 084 |
Sophomore Seminar: The Politics of South Asia |
| PS 085 |
Sophomore Seminar: Theories of International Law |
| PS089 |
Sophomore Seminar: Fighting the Taliban |
| PS089-02 |
Sophomore Seminar: Human Rights and American Foreign Policy |
| PS 101 |
The Presidency and the Executive Branch |
| PS 125 |
Building the European Union |
| PS 160 |
Force, Strategy and Arms Control |
| PS 165 |
US Foreign Policy |
| PS 166 |
Soviet and Russian Foreign Policy |
| PS 169 |
International Organization |
| PS 172 |
US Foreign Policy in the Middle East |
| PS 174 |
Rise & Fall of Great Powers |
| PS 175 |
Politics of the World Economy |
| PS 176 |
US Foreign Economic Policy |
| PS 181 |
Public Opinion and Foreign Policy |
| PS 188-02 |
Topics in International Relations: Neoconservatives and
American Foreign Policy |
| PS 188-08 |
Israeli Foreign Policy |
| PS188-12 |
Understanding Civil Wars: Internal Conflicts and International |
| PS188-16 |
The Arab-Israeli Conflict |
| PS 491W |
Washington Seminar: Foreign Policy Seminar I |
| PS492W |
Washington Seminar: Foreign Policy Seminar II |
| PS 493W |
Washington Seminar: Foreign Policy Research |
| PS 497W |
Washington Seminar: Foreign Policy Internship |
| SOC 120 |
Sociology of War and Peace |
* For additional options, please see the seminars approved for this concentration.
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Thematic Concentration #2: REGIONAL AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
Thematic concentrations in regional and comparative analysis focus primarily on
courses which examine independently and comparatively the history, politics,
economics, cultures, literature, fine arts* of geographic regions outside the
United States. Particular emphasis is placed on coursework covering the modern
era. (*Applied/studio art courses will not count for completion of Thematic
Concentration 2 requirements.)
Students should select one of following subconcentrations:
2A. Europe and the Former Soviet Union
| ARB091-03 |
Special Topics: Narrating War Zones |
| CH108 |
Epidemics: Plagues, Peoples and Politics |
| CIV022 |
East-West Perspective on Fascism: Japan and Germany |
| CIV091 |
Love and Sexuality in World Literature |
| CIV091-03 |
Special Topics: Film and Nation: Russia and Central Asia |
| CLS032-01 |
Classics of Rome |
| CLS037-01 |
History of Ancient Greece |
| CLS085-01 |
Byzantines and their World |
| CLS086 |
Empresses, Saints, and Scholars: The Women of Byzantium |
| CLS151-01 |
Ancient Philosophy |
| DR057/157 |
Bertolt Brecht |
| EC060 |
International Economics |
| EC063 |
Economics of the European Union |
| EC087 |
Economics of the British Industrial Revolution |
| ENG021 |
General View of English Literature I |
| ENG022 |
General View of English Literature II |
| ENG110 |
The Renaissance in England |
| ENG113 |
Renaissance Drama: Over-the-Top Performance and Radical Play |
| ENG116 |
Mapping London |
| ENG128 |
19th Century English and European Fiction |
| ENG136 |
Major Figures of the Irish Literary Renaissance |
| ENG170 |
Modern European Novel |
| ENG191C |
19th Century Fiction |
| FAH025/125 |
Medieval Architecture |
| FAH028/128 |
Medieval Art in the Mediterranean |
| FAH029/129 |
Gender and Medieval Art and Literature |
| FAH041 |
Rembrandt to Bernini |
| FAH052/152 |
Picasso to Pollack: Modern Art in the First Half of the 20th
Century |
| FAH090/190 |
British Architecture: Classicism and Ideology |
| FAH091/190 |
Art in Medieval Mediterranean World |
| FAH120 |
Armenian Art, Archaeology, and Politics |
| FAH196 |
19th Century Paris and the Rise of Popular Arts |
| FR075 |
Classics of French Cinema |
| FR125 |
Studies in French Culture |
| FR142 |
17th Century French Theatre |
| FR162 |
French Romanticism |
| FR163 |
19th Century French Novel |
| FR169 |
Les Poetes Maudits: Apocalypse Now |
| FR171 |
20th Century French Theater |
| FR172 |
20th Century French Novel I |
| FR191B |
George Sand and Her Sisters |
| FR191B |
Gods and Texts |
| FR191C |
French Surrealism |
| FR191C |
Theatre & Society France 20th Century |
| FR191D |
Special Topics: French Cinema and Society |
| FR192C |
Family Values in French Enlightenment Lit. |
| GER029/129 |
Gender and Medieval Art and Literature |
| GER033 |
Germany Live |
| GER043/143 |
Dungeons and Dragons: Medieval Roots of German Identity |
| GER057/157 |
Bertolt Brecht |
| GER076/176 |
Vienna: A Biography |
| GER084 |
East-West Perspectives on Fascism: Japan and Germany |
| GER085/185 |
German Film |
| GER088 |
Major German Writers of the 20th Century: Literature and
Ideology |
| GER091/191 |
Constructing Other Worlds: Fantasy in German Literature & Film |
| GER091/191 |
European Bestsellers in Contemporary Film and Fiction |
| HIST001-02 |
French Revolution |
| HIST001-04 |
Europe's World War II |
| HIST001-05 |
1492 & All That: The Encounter and Its Consequences |
| HIST001-21 |
Travel Writing |
| HIST009-02 |
Terrorism in Modern History |
| HIST010 |
Europe to 1815 |
| HIST011 |
Europe since 1815 |
| HIST014 |
Race, Nationalism, Modern Europe |
| HIST016 |
History of Ancient Greece |
| HIST018 |
Byzantines and their World |
| HIST022 |
Renaissance and Reformation |
| HIST027 |
Imperial Russia 1689-1855 |
| HIST028 |
Revolutionary Russia |
| HIST029 |
Modern Russia |
| HIST031 |
Modern Germany |
| HIST037 |
Spains |
| HIST039-04 |
Culture and Sexuality in Early Modern Europe |
| HIST039-07 |
Modern France |
| HIST040 |
Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe |
| HIST066 |
Modern Armenia |
| HIST082 |
Colonial North America |
| HIST100 |
Historical Marxism |
| HIST103 |
Consumption, Power and Identity |
| HIST104 |
Gender, Travel and Imperialism |
| HIST104 |
History of the Book and Reading |
| HIST105 |
Gender and Sexuality in the West |
| HIST110 |
Empresses, Saints, and Scholars: The Women of Byzantium |
| HIST116 |
Martin Luther: Man & Era |
| HIST118 |
Special Relations: Britain and the United States |
| HIST119 |
Stalin and Stalinism |
| HIST119-11 |
Economics of the British Industrial Revolution |
| HIST123 |
Spain and the Atlantic |
| HIST180-02 |
Research Seminar: Experience of Conquest |
| ILVS084 |
East-West Perspectives on Fascism: Japan and Germany |
| ILVS091 |
Love and Sexuality in World Literature |
| ILVS091/191 |
European Best-Sellers in Contemporary Film and Fiction |
| ILVS091-01 |
Constructing Other Worlds: Fantasy in German Literature & Film |
| ILVS091-02 |
Special Topics: Narrating War Zones |
| ILVS091-03 |
Film and Nation: Russian and Central Asia |
| ILVS091-04 |
Special Topics: War Stories |
| IT075 |
Italian Film |
| IT191 |
Political Ideology in Italian Literature |
| JPN084 |
East-West Perspective on Fascism: Japan and Germany |
| JPN091 |
Love and Sexuality in World Literature |
| JS092-03 |
Jewish Identity in Russia |
| ML092 |
Romance Linguistics: Introduction to the History and
Development of French, Italian and Spanish |
| MUS042/43 |
History of Western Music |
| PS021 |
Introduction to Comparative Politics |
| PS078 |
Soph. Seminar: Defense in Democracies |
| PS125 |
Building the European Union |
| PS138 |
Contemporary European Politics: The Challenge of Reform & the
Atlantic Partnership |
| PS138-01 |
Topics in Comparative Politics: Soviet and Post Soviet
Politics |
| PS138-04 |
Fascism and the Far Right |
| PS154 |
Romanticism and Revolution: Jean Jacques Rousseau |
| PS166 |
Soviet and Russian Foreign Policy |
| PS174 |
Rise & Fall of Great Powers |
| REL025/125 |
Medieval Architecture |
| REL028/128 |
Medieval Art in the Mediterranean |
| REL029/129 |
Gender and Medieval Art and Literature |
| REL085-01 |
Byzantines and their World |
| REL120 |
Armenian Art, Archaeology, and Politics |
| RUS060/160 |
Classics of 19th Century Russian Literature |
| RUS061 |
Russian Literature in Revolution, 1880-1930 |
| RUS062/162 |
Modern Russian Literature |
| RUS065 |
Dostoevsky |
| RUS066 |
Tolstoy |
| RUS070/170 |
Women in Russian Literature and Culture |
| RUS072 |
Contemporary Russian Culture |
| RUS080 |
Russian Film: Arts, Politics and Society |
| RUS091 |
Love and Sexuality in World Literature |
| RUS091-01 |
Special Topics: War Stories |
| RUS091-02 |
Special Topics: Film and Nation: Russia and Central Asia |
| RUS091-03 |
Jewish Identity in Russia |
| RUS092 |
Representing War |
| RUS131 |
Masterpieces of 19th Century Russian Literature |
| RUS132 |
Masterpieces of 20th Century Russian Literature |
| SOC108 |
Epidemics: Plagues, Peoples and Politics |
| SPN170 |
Generation of 1898 |
| SPN191A |
Special Topics: Literature: Post-Civil War Spain |
| SPN191A/192A |
20th Century Spanish Theater |
| SPN192B |
Contemporary Spanish Women Writers |
| SPN192B |
Novel Post Franco Spain |
| SPN192D |
19th Century Spanish Literature |
| WL017 |
Love and Sexuality in World Literature |
| WL071 |
Scandivian Literature |
| WL092 |
Representing War |
| WL150 |
Literature of Chaos |
* For additional options, please see the seminars approved for this concentration.
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2B. East and Southeast Asia
| CHNS 075 |
Chinese Mythology |
| CHNS 078 |
Youth and Culture in Modern China |
| CHNS 080 |
Chinese Film: 1930's to the Present |
| CHNS 081 |
New Chinese Cinema |
| CHNS 101 |
Foundations of Chinese Thought |
| CHNS 111 |
Cultural Perspectives on Chinese Literature |
| CIV 022 |
East-West Perspective on Fascism: Japan and Germany |
| CIV 091 |
Love and Sexuality in World Literature |
| DR 091 |
New Chinese Cinema |
| EC 035 |
Economic Development |
| EC 036 |
Macro Economic Development |
| EC 060 |
International Economics |
| FAH 005 |
Introduction to the Arts of Asia |
| FAH 011 |
Buddhist Art |
| FAH 012 |
The Arts of Japan |
| FAH 013 |
The Arts of China |
| FAH 015/115 |
Japanese Architecture |
| FAH 092/192-09 |
Japanese Art Edo to the present |
| FAH 106 |
Japanese Art and Anime |
| GER 084 |
East-West Perspectives on Fascism: Germany and Japan |
| HIST 001.06 |
The Cultural Revolution in China |
| HIST 008 |
US Imperialism in Asia |
| HIST 043 |
China to the Opium War |
| HIST 044 |
Modern China, 1839-present |
| HIST 047 |
Japan to 1868 |
| HIST 048 |
Japan since 1868 |
| HIST 052 |
Modern Southeast Asia |
| HIST 064 |
The Mongol Empire |
| HIST 103 |
Consumption, Power and Identity |
| HIST 122 |
Religion in Japanese History |
| HIST 125 |
Gender and Sexuality in Japanese History |
| HIST 129 |
Republican China |
| HIST 130 |
The Confucian Empire in Ancient China |
| HIST 133 |
Japanese History through Literature |
| HIST 192LF |
Foundations of Chinese Thought |
| ILVS 084 |
East-West Perspectives on Fascism: Japan and Germany |
| ILVS 091 |
Love and Sexuality in World Literature |
| JPN 061/161 |
Introduction to Japanese Culture |
| JPN 062/162 |
Modern Japanese Literature |
| JPN 063/163 |
Postwar Japanese Literature |
| JPN 080 |
Japanese Film |
| JPN 084 |
East-West Perspective on Fascism: Japan and Germany |
| JPN 091 |
Love and Sexuality in World Literature |
| JPN 092 |
Japanese Popular Culture |
| JPN 114-01 |
Gender in Japanese Culture |
| JPN 115 |
Haruki Murakami |
| JPN 123 |
Advanced Readings in Japanese Culture |
| MUS 027 |
Music of Asia |
| MUS 072 |
Javanese Gamelan Ensemble |
| PS 021 |
Introduction to Comparative Politics |
| PS 126 |
Chinese Politics |
| PS 128 |
Gender, Work, and Politics in Asia |
| PS 131 |
Democracy and Capitalism in Japan |
| PS 174 |
Rise & Fall of Great Powers |
| REL 005 |
Introduction to the Arts of Asia |
| REL 011 |
Buddhist Art |
| REL 012 |
The Arts of Japan |
| REL 015 |
The Arts of China |
| REL 015/115 |
Japanese Architecture |
| REL 043 |
Asian Religions |
| REL 044 |
Introduction to Hinduism |
| REL 045 |
Introduction to Buddhism |
| REL 136 |
Religion in Japanese History |
| REL 152 |
Islam and Modernity |
| RUS 091 |
Love and Sexuality in World Literature |
| WL 017 |
Love and Sexuality in World Literature |
* For additional options, please see the seminars approved for this concentration.
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2C. Africa
| ANTH 118 |
Culture and Power in Africa |
| ANTH 149-04 |
Introduction to the Arts of Africa |
| ANTH 149-05 |
Translocal to Transnational: The Career of Yoruba Art and
Artists |
| ANTH 149-11 |
The Decorated Body in Africa |
| ANTH 149-14 |
Royal Arts of Africa |
| EC 035 |
Economic Development |
| EC 036 |
Macro Development |
| EC 060 |
International Economics |
| ENG 020 |
Black World Literature |
| ENG 192-02 |
Contemporary South African Fiction |
| FAH 004 |
Introduction to the Arts of Africa |
| FAH 006 |
Royal Arts of Africa |
| FAH 070/170 |
Contemporary Art in Africa |
| FAH 076 |
African Art in Motion |
| FAH 077 |
Decorated Body of Africa |
| FAH 171 |
Translocal to Transnational: The Career of Yoruba Art and
Artists |
| FR 047 |
Africa in Text & Film |
| HIST 001.03 |
African History Seeking Gendered Perspectives |
| HIST 070 |
Reconstructing Africa's Past to 1850 |
| HIST 071 |
Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Crises in Africa since
1850 |
| HIST 072 |
20th Century Africa |
| HIST 150 |
Race, Class, Power in Southern Africa |
| HIST 159-01 |
Transformations in West African Islam |
| ILVS 122 |
South African Writers |
| MUS 028/128 |
Music of Africa |
| MUS 065/66 |
Africa Music Ensemble |
| PS 129 |
African Politics |
| PS 170 |
Politics and Global Africa (spring 2006) |
| PS 188 |
Politics and Global Africa (fall 2008) |
| REL 152 |
Islam and Modernity |
| REL 192SN2 |
Royal Arts of Africa |
| WL122 |
South African Writers |
* For additional options, please see the seminars approved for this concentration.
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2D. Middle East and South Asia
| ANTH 120 |
Culture and Intimacy in South Asia |
| ARB 062 |
Modern Arabic Literature: The Literary Qur'an |
| ARB 063 |
Arabian Nights |
| ARB 091-01 |
Special Topics: War and Memory |
| ARB 091-02 |
Contemporary Arabic Novel: Identity and Globalization |
| ARB 091-03 |
Special Topics: Narrating War Zones |
| ARB 091-03 |
Special Topics: Arabic Music Ensemble |
| ARB 092-01 |
The Fantastic in Modern Arabic Literature |
| ARB 092-03 |
Pharaohs and Satellites: Contemporary Egyptian Pop Culture |
| ARB 191-02 |
Arabic Media: A culture course in Arabic |
| ARB 192-02 |
Special Topics: Modern Arabic Literature |
| ARCH 026/187 |
The Archaeological History of Ancient Egypt |
| CLS 026/187 |
The Archaeological History of Ancient Egypt |
| CLS 085-01 |
Byzantines and their World |
| EC 035 |
Economic Development |
| EC 036 |
Macro Development |
| EC 060 |
International Economics |
| EC 083 |
Economies of the Middle East |
| FAH 011 |
Buddhist Art |
| FAH 021/121 |
Early Islamic Art |
| FAH 028/128 |
Medieval Art in the Mediterranean |
| FAH 091/190 |
Art in Medieval Mediterranean World |
| FAH 120 |
Armenian Art, Archaeology, and Politics |
| HIST 001-03 |
Men, Women, and Patriarchy in the Middle East |
| HIST 001-05 |
Writing "India" |
| HIST001-21 |
Travel Writing |
| HIST 015 |
The Archaeological History of Ancient Egypt |
| HIST 018 |
Byzantines and their World |
| HIST 051 |
South Asia 1000-2000 |
| HIST 059-01 |
Introduction to the History of South Asian Religions |
| HIST 061 |
Middle East since WWI |
| HIST 062 |
Middle East to WWI |
| HIST 063 |
History of Iran |
| HIST 064 |
The Mongol Empire |
| HIST 065 |
The World of Islam |
| HIST 066 |
Modern Armenia |
| HIST 69.02 |
Jews of Arab Lands in Modern Times |
| HIST 069 |
Medieval Islam |
| HIST 103 |
Consumption, Power and Identity |
| HIST 139 |
Contemporary South Asia |
| HIST 193 |
Islam and the West |
| HIST 194 |
History of Afghanistan |
| ILVS 091-02 |
Special Topics: Narrating War Zones |
| JS 092 |
Jews of Arab Lands in Modern Times |
| MUS 027 |
Music of Asia |
| MUS 091 |
Middle East/ Arabic Music Ensemble |
| MUS 102 |
Sounds of Sufism |
| PHL 122 |
Indian Philosophies |
| PS 079 |
Sophomore Seminar: Islamic Political Thought |
| PS 081 |
Sophomore Seminar: Terrorism and Counterterrorism |
| PS 084 |
Sophomore Seminar: The Politics of South Asia |
| PS 089 |
Sophomore Seminar: Fighting the Taliban |
| PS 134 |
Comparative Politics in the Middle East |
| PS 138-01 |
Israeli Domestic Policy |
| PS 172 |
US Foreign Policy in the Middle East |
| PS 173 |
Encounters with the Middle East |
| PS 188-16 |
The Arab-Israeli Conflict |
| REL 011 |
Buddhist Art |
| REL 023/121 |
Early Islamic Art |
| REL 028/128 |
Medieval Art in the Mediterranean |
| REL 044 |
Introduction to Hinduism |
| REL 045 |
Introduction to Buddhism |
| REL 048 |
Introduction to Islam |
| REL 085-01 |
Byzantines and their World |
| REL 120 |
Armenian Art, Archaeology, and Politics |
| REL 141 |
Indian Philosophies |
| REL 144 |
Tantra |
| REL 152 |
Islam and Modernity |
| REL 192 |
Qu'ran and Islamic Traditions |
| REL 192-10 |
Great Islamic Thinkers |
* For additional options, please see the seminars approved for this concentration.
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2E. Latin America
| ANTH 115 |
Native Peoples of South America |
| ANTH 149-12 |
Struggle, Voice, Justice: The Cultural Politics of Violence in
Latin America |
| EC 035 |
Economic Development |
| EC 036 |
Macro Development |
| EC 060 |
International Economics |
| FAH 081/181 |
20th Century Mexican Art |
| FAH 084/184 |
Latin American Cinema |
| FR 092A |
Comparative Caribbean Literature |
| HIST 001.05 |
1492 & All That: The Encounter and Its Consequences |
| HIST 075 |
Americas |
| HIST 077 |
Colonial Latin America |
| HIST 078 |
Modern Latin America |
| HIST 161 |
Revolution in Central and South America |
| PORT 091 |
Special Topics: Brazilian Culture |
| PS 023 |
Sophomore Seminar: The Political Economy of Latin America |
| PS 127 |
Latin American Politics |
| PS 133 |
The Political Economy of Latin America |
| SPN 050/150 |
Latin American Civilization |
| SPN 091A |
Struggle, Voice, and Justice: The Cultural Politics of
Violence in Latin America |
| SPN 092A |
Women and Latin America Cinema |
| SPN 092B |
US/Mexico Borderlands |
| SPN 101 |
Latin American Popular Theater |
| SPN 102 |
Latin American Short Stories |
| SPN 107 |
Testimonial Literature of Latin America |
| SPN 191A |
Issues in 20th Century Mexican Literature and Culture |
| SPN 191B/ SPN192B |
The Latin American Novel |
| SPN 191C |
Latin American Poetry and the Spanish Civil War |
| SPN 191D |
Staging History of Latin-American Theater: Identity and Nation
Building |
| SPN 191E |
Hispanic Women Writers |
| SPN 191E/SPN 192C |
Saints and Sinners: Images of Women in Hispanic Culture |
| SPN 192C |
Oral Tradition 20th Century |
| SPN 192D |
19th & 20th Century Latin American Poetry |
| SPN 192E |
Mexico City: From Floating Gardens to Elevated Highways |
* For additional options, please see the seminars approved for this concentration.
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Thematic Concentration #3: GLOBAL CONFLICT, COOPERATION AND JUSTICE
Courses in this concentration focus mainly on theories of the causes and
consequences of global conflict and on efforts to achieve cooperation and
justice. Attention is paid to anthropological, economic, literary,
philosophical, political, psychological, religious and sociological approaches
to conflict and conflict resolution, with theoretical and methodological
treatment of these themes receiving priority over historical or regional
narrative approaches. General categories of issues include force, strategy and
arms control, international law and organizations, global political economy,
racial, religious, nationalistic and ethnic conflict, social movements, human
rights and political philosophy.
| ANTH025 |
Anthropology of War & Peacemaking |
| ANTH050 |
Freshmen Seminar: Armies of the Young: Children & Youth in
Armed Conflict |
| ANTH102 |
Soph. Seminar: Children and Youth in War Zones |
| ANTH140 |
After Violence: Truth, Justice, and Social Repair |
| ANTH149-12 |
Struggle, Voice, Justice: The Cultural Politics of Violence in
Latin America |
| ARB091-01 |
Special Topics: War and Memory |
| BIO107 |
Humanitarian Policy and Public Health |
| CH099 |
Introduction to Global Health |
| CH105 |
Humanitarian Policy and Public Health |
| CH108 |
Epidemics: Plagues, Peoples and Politics |
| CIV022 |
East-West Perspective on Fascism: Japan and Germany |
| CLS045-01 |
Western Political Thought I |
| CLS085-01 |
Byzantines and their World |
| DHPP216 |
International Humanitarian Policy and Global Public Health |
| EC024 |
Game Theory |
| EC030 |
Environmental Economics and Policy |
| EC035 |
Economic Development |
| EC036 |
Macro Economic Development |
| EC060 |
International Economics |
| EC063 |
Economics of the European Union |
| EC119 |
Quantitative Games and Information |
| ENG116 |
Mapping London |
| ENG177 |
Feminism, Literature, Theory |
| ENV030 |
Environmental Economics |
| FR047 |
Africa in Text & Film |
| GER084 |
East-West Perspectives on Fascism: Japan and Germany |
| HIST001-02 |
French Revolution |
| HIST001-04 |
Europes World War II |
| HIST001-04 |
International Relations: Constructing a Historical Perspective |
| HIST001-20 |
1968 |
| HIST002 |
Globalization |
| HIST003 |
World in Motion |
| HIST007 |
Empires and the Modern World |
| HIST008 |
US Imperialism in Asia |
| HIST009-02 |
Terrorism in Modern History |
| HIST014 |
Race, Nationalism, Modern Europe |
| HIST018 |
Byzantines and their World |
| HIST051 |
South Asia 1000-2000 |
| HIST052 |
Modern Southeast Asia |
| HIST066 |
Modern Armenia |
| HIST082 |
Colonial North America |
| HIST100 |
Historical Marxism |
| HIST150 |
Race, Class and Power in Southern Africa |
| HIST152 |
Angola and Mozambique |
| HIST177 |
The Nuclear Age: Its History and Physics |
| HIST179-02 |
American Foreign Policy in the 20th Century |
| HIST193 |
Special Topics: Islam and the West |
| ILVS084 |
East-West Perspectives on Fascism: Japan and Germany |
| ILVS091-04 |
Special Topics: War Stories |
| JPN084 |
East-West Perspective on Fascism: Japan and Germany |
| PHIL024 |
Introduction to Ethics |
| PHIL043 |
Justice, Equality and Liberty |
| PHIL045 |
Western Political Thought I |
| PHIL046 |
Western Political Thought II |
| PHIL048 |
Feminist Philosophy |
| PHIL092 |
War and Terrorism |
| PHIL121 |
Ethical Theory |
| PHIL140 |
Liberalism and Its Philosophical Critics |
| PHIL141 |
Global Justice |
| PHIL152 |
History of Modern Philosophy |
| PJS001 |
Introduction to Peace & Justice Study |
| PJS099 |
Internship in Social Change Organization |
| PJS120 |
Sociology of War and Peace |
| PJS134 |
Interpersonal Conflict and Negotiation |
| PJS141 |
Global Justice |
| PS021 |
Introduction to Comparative Politics |
| PS043 |
Justice, Equality and Liberty |
| PS045 |
Western Political Thought I |
| PS046 |
Western Political Thought II |
| PS077 |
Soph. Seminar: Realism and US Grand Strategy |
| PS078 |
Soph. Seminar: Defense in Democracies |
| PS081 |
Soph. Seminar: Terrorism and Counterterrorism |
| PS082 |
Soph. Seminar: Decision Making in U.S. Foreign Policy |
| PS084 |
Soph. Seminar: The Politics of South Asia |
| PS085 |
Soph. Seminar: Theories of International Law |
| PS089 |
Soph. Seminar: Fighting the Taliban |
| PS089-02 |
Soph. Seminar: Human Rights & American Foreign Policy |
| PS125 |
Building the European Union |
| PS131 |
Democracy and Capitalism in Japan |
| PS134 |
Comparative Politics in the Middle East |
| PS138 |
Contemporary European Politics: The Challenge of Reform & the
Atlantic Partnership |
| PS138-04 |
Fascism and the Far Right |
| PS140 |
Liberalism and Its Philosophical Critics |
| PS146 |
Liberty, Morality and Virtue |
| PS154 |
Romanticism and Revolution: Jean Jacques Rousseau |
| PS160 |
Force, Strategy and Arms Control |
| PS166 |
Soviet and Russian Foreign Policy |
| PS168 |
International Law |
| PS169 |
International Organization |
| PS170 |
Politics and Global Africa |
| PS172 |
US Foreign Policy in the Middle East |
| PS173 |
Encounters with the Middle East |
| PS174 |
Rise & Fall of Great Powers |
| PS175 |
Politics of the World Economy |
| PS176 |
US Foreign Economic Policy |
| PS188-01 |
Politics and Global Africa |
| PS188-06 |
Global Environmental Politics |
| PS188-08 |
Israeli Foreign Policy |
| PS188-12 |
Understanding Civil Wars: Internal Conflicts and International |
| PS188-16 |
The Arab-Israeli Conflict |
| PSY134 |
Interpersonal Conflict and Negotiation |
| REL085-01 |
Byzantines and their World |
| REL104 |
Feminist Theologies |
| REL191 |
Religion and International Relations |
| RUS091-01 |
Special Topics: War Stories |
| RUS092 |
Representing War |
| SOC050 |
Globalization and Social Change |
| SOC108 |
Epidemics: Plagues, Peoples and Politics |
| SOC120 |
Sociology of War and Peace |
| SPN091A |
Struggle, Voice, and Justice: The Cultural Politics of
Violence in Latin America |
| UEP230 |
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution |
| WL092 |
Representing War |
| WS072 |
Introduction to Womens Studies |
| WS190 |
Doing Feminist Research |
* For additional options, please see the seminars approved for this concentration.
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Thematic Concentration #4:
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
The purpose of the international economics concentrations is to allow
students a more in-depth study of economics and to acquaint students with
the evaluation of international commercial arrangements.
Students begin by learning basic economic analysis underlying market
function involving international commercials relations. In the environment
concentration, special emphasis is placed on the study of market failure.
By understanding basic market mechanisms, students are able to identify
sources of conflict and cooperation among countries.
Students then turn to the political analysis of the development of trade,
environmental and macro policy and approaches to resolving international
commercial conflict. Finally, students should cap their concentration with
an elective and IR seminar that allow for a deeper understanding of
international commercial conflict and cooperation through the study of
important historical episodes, further study of the economic and political
treatment of international commerce, or the study of the physical sciences
underlying environmental issues.
Students should select one of following subconcentrations:
- Trade: focuses on trade and trade policy in goods and services.
- Finance:
concentration focuses on the international ramifications of macroeconomic
policy.
- Environment: focuses on the international ramifications of the use of
natural resources.
- Development: focuses on the international and national determinants of
economic growth in developing countries.
* For additional options, please see the seminars approved for this concentration.
4A. International Trade Focus (four courses)
- Required Intermediate Level Economics:
EC011 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory OR
EC016 Quantitative Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
- Required Upper Level Economics:
EC161 International Trade OR
EC191 Quantitative International Trade
- One course in political economy [PE] from those marked PE on list 4E below
- One elective course from the list 4E below
4B. International Finance Focus (four courses)
- Required Intermediate Level Economics:
EC012 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory OR
EC018 Quantitative Intermediate
Macroeconomic Theory
- Required Upper Level Economics:
EC162 International Finance OR
EC191 Quantitative International Finance
- One course in political economy from those marked PE on list 4E below
- One elective course from the list 4E below
4C. International Environment and Economics (four courses)
- Required Intermediate Level Economics:
EC011 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory OR
EC016 Quantitative Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
- Required Upper Level Economics:
EC130 Topics in Environmental Economics
- One course in political economy from those marked PE on list 4E below
- One elective course from the list 4E below.
Students taking this concentration are required to complete Core Requirement 4 with EC 30 (Environmental Economics)
4D. International Economics and Development (four courses)
- Required Intermediate Level Economics:
EC 35 Economic Development OR EC 36 Macroeconomic Analysis of Development
- Required Upper Level Economics:
EC 60 International Economics
- One course in political economy from those marked PE on list 4E below
- One elective course from the list 4E below
4E. Elective Courses for Economics Concentration 4A - 4D
| ANTH 126 |
Food, Nutrition and Culture |
| BIO 007 |
Environmental Biology |
| BIO 091 |
Environmental Preservation and Improvement |
| BIO 142 |
Population and Community Ecology |
| BIO 143 |
Evolutionary Biology |
| BIO 144 |
Principles of Conservation Biology |
| BIO 164 |
Marine Biology |
| BIO 181 |
Tropical Ecology and Conservation |
| CE 167 |
Environmental Toxicology |
| CH 108 |
Epidemics: Plagues, Peoples and Politics |
| EC 024 |
Game Theory and Its Applications to the Social Sciences |
| EC 030 |
Environmental Economics and Policy |
| EC 035 |
Economic Development |
| EC 036 |
Macro Development |
| EC 048 |
Economics of Health |
| EC 060 |
International Economics |
| EC 063 |
Economics of the European Union |
| EC 083 |
Economies of the Middle East |
| EC 086 |
American Economic Development and History, 1630-1930 |
| EC 087 |
Economics of the British Industrial Revolution |
| EC 091-01 |
Selected Topics: Economics and Public Policy |
| EC 118 |
Quantitative Economic Growth |
| EC 119 |
Quantitative Games and Information |
| EC 161 |
International Trade |
| EC 162 |
International Finance |
| EC 169 |
Quantitative International Finance |
| EC 191 |
Research Topic: International Trade and Globalization |
| EC 191 |
Quantitative Macroeconomic Policy |
| ENV 007 |
Environmental Biology |
| ENV 025 |
Environment and Technology |
| ENV 030 |
Environmental Economics and Policy |
| ENV 091 |
Contemporary Environmental Problems/Preservation and
Improvement |
| ENV 164 |
Marine Biology |
| ENV 167 |
Environmental Toxicology |
| ENV 193-02 |
Intro to GIS |
| GEO 002 |
Environmental Geology |
| HIST 001-08 |
Environment and Civilization |
| HIST 002 |
Globalization |
| HIST 005 |
Consumption in History |
| HIST 100 |
Historical Marxism |
| HIST 103 |
Consumption, Power and Identity |
| HIST 119-11 |
Economics of the British Industrial Revolution |
| PS 021 |
Introduction to Comparative Politics (PE) |
| PS 023 |
Sophomore Seminar: The Political Economy of Latin America (PE) |
| PS 073 |
Sophomore Seminar: Globalization and National Politics (PE) |
| PS 125 |
Building the European Union (PE) |
| PS 131 |
Democracy and Capitalism in Japan (PE) |
| PS 133 |
The Political Economy of Latin America (PE) |
| PS 175 |
Politics of the World Economy (PE) |
| PS 176 |
US Foreign Economic Policy (PE) |
| PS 188-06 |
Global Environmental Politics |
| SOC 108 |
Epidemics: Plagues, Peoples and Politics |
| SOC 113 |
Urban Sociology: Global Perspectives on the City |
| UEP 232 |
Intro to GIS |
* For additional options, please see the seminars approved for this concentration.
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Thematic
Concentration #5: NATIONALISM, CULTURE AND IDENTITY
Students in this concentration will focus on increasingly important aspects of subnational and transnational relations which concentrate on one or more of the following: culture, ethnicity, religion, class, gender and the formation of group and personal identities as situated in the interaction between global and local social forces.
| ANTH010 |
Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology |
| ANTH025 |
Anthropology of War & Peacemaking |
| ANTH115 |
Native Peoples of South America |
| ANTH118 |
Culture and Power in Africa |
| ANTH120 |
Culture and Intimacy in South Asia |
| ANTH126 |
Food, Nutrition and Culture |
| ANTH132 |
Myth, Ritual and Symbol |
| ANTH135 |
Visual Anthropology |
| ANTH148 |
Medical Anthropology |
| ANTH149-04 |
Introduction to the Arts of Africa |
| ANTH149-12 |
Struggle, Voice, Justice: The Cultural Politics of Violence in
Latin America |
| ANTH162 |
Art and Aesthetics |
| ARB062 |
Modern Arabic Literature: The Literary Quran |
| ARB063 |
Arabian Nights |
| ARB091-01 |
Special Topics: War and Memory |
| ARB091-02 |
Contemporary Arabic Novel: Identity and Globalization |
| ARCH051 |
Medical Anthropology |
| CD062 |
Childhood Across Cultures |
| CH108 |
Epidemics: Plagues, Peoples and Politics |
| CHNS078 |
Youth and Culture in Modern China |
| CHNS081 |
New Chinese Cinema |
| CHNS101 |
Foundations of Chinese Thought |
| CIV091-03 |
Special Topics: Film and Nation: Russia and Central Asia |
| CLS037-01 |
History of Ancient Greece |
| CLS085-01 |
Byzantines and their World |
| DR043 |
Gay and Lesbian Theatre and Film |
| DR046 |
International Women Film Directors |
| DR057/157 |
Bertolt Brecht |
| DR091 |
New Chinese Cinema |
| DR137 |
Theatre & Society |
| ENG020 |
Black World Literature |
| ENG045 |
Non-Western Women Writers |
| ENG077 |
The Modern Mind |
| ENG177 |
Feminism, Literature, Theory |
| ENG192-02 |
Contemporary South African Fiction |
| FAH004 |
Introduction to the Arts of Africa |
| FAH005 |
Introduction to the Arts of Asia |
| FAH011 |
Buddhist Art |
| FAH025/125 |
Medieval Architecture |
| FAH052/152 |
Picasso to Pollack: Modern Art in the First Half of the 20th
Century |
| FAH070/170 |
Contemporary Art in Africa |
| FAH081/181 |
20th Century Mexican Art |
| FAH090/190 |
British Architecture: Classicism and Ideology |
| FAH122 |
Iconoclasm & Iconophobia: Threat of the Image |
| FR041 |
Development of French Society as Seen Through Comedy and
Satire |
| FR047 |
Africa in Text & Film |
| FR075 |
Classics of French Cinema |
| FR191D |
Special Topics: French Cinema and Society |
| GER043/143 |
Dungeons and Dragons: Medieval Roots of German Identity |
| GER057/157 |
Bertolt Brecht |
| GER091/191 |
Constructing Other Worlds: Fantasy in German Literature & Film |
| HIST001 |
History of Food and Society, 1500-2000 |
| HIST001-02 |
French Revolution |
| HIST001-03 |
Men, Women, and Patriarchy in the Middle East |
| HIST001-04 |
Europes World War II |
| HIST001-05 |
1492 & All That: The Encounter and Its Consequences |
| HIST001-05 |
Writing India |
| HIST001-21 |
Travel Writing |
| HIST002 |
Globalization |
| HIST003 |
World in Motion |
| HIST007 |
Empires and the Modern World |
| HIST014 |
Race, Nationalism, Modern Europe |
| HIST016 |
History of Ancient Greece |
| HIST018 |
Byzantines and their World |
| HIST022 |
Renaissance and Reformation |
| HIST031 |
Modern Germany |
| HIST037 |
Spains |
| HIST039-02 |
Intellectual History of Christianity |
| HIST039-04 |
Culture and Sexuality in Early Modern Europe |
| HIST044 |
Modern China 1839-Present |
| HIST047 |
Japan to 1868 |
| HIST048 |
Japan from 1868 |
| HIST051 |
South Asia 1000-2000 |
| HIST052 |
Modern Southeast Asia |
| HIST064 |
The Mongol Empire |
| HIST065 |
The World of Islam |
| HIST066 |
Modern Armenia |
| HIST069 |
Medieval Islam |
| HIST071 |
Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Crises in Africa since
1850 |
| HIST075 |
Americas |
| HIST082 |
Colonial North America |
| HIST104 |
History of the Book and Reading |
| HIST105 |
Gender and Sexuality in the West |
| HIST109-05 |
Cosmopolitanism and Colonialism |
| HIST118 |
Special Relations: Britain and the United States |
| HIST122 |
Religion in Japanese History |
| HIST125 |
Gender and Sexuality in Japanese History |
| HIST139 |
Contemporary South Asia |
| HIST139-02 |
The Empire Writes Back: Colonial and Post Colonial Literary
Interpretations of South Asian History |
| HIST150 |
Race, Class and Power in Southern Africa |
| HIST152 |
Angola and Mozambique |
| HIST192LF |
Foundations of Chinese Thought |
| HIST194 |
History of Afghanistan |
| HIST69-02 |
Jews of Arab Lands in Modern Times |
| ILVS091-01 |
Constructing Other Worlds: Fantasy in German Literature & Film |
| ILVS091-03 |
Film and Nation: Russian and Central Asia |
| ILVS100 |
Classics of World Cinema |
| IT191 |
Political Ideology in Italian Literature |
| JPN061/161 |
Introduction to Japanese Culture |
| JPN062/162 |
Modern Japanese Literature |
| JPN063/163 |
Post-War Japanese Literature |
| JPN080 |
Japanese Film |
| JPN092 |
Japanese Popular Culture |
| JPN115 |
Haruki Murakami |
| JS065 |
Introduction to Yiddish Culture |
| JS073 |
Aspects of the Sephardic Tradition |
| JS078 |
Jewish Women |
| JS084 |
Sources of Jewish Tradition |
| JS092 |
Jews of Arab Lands in Modern Times |
| JS126 |
Roots of Jewish Imagination |
| MUS002 |
Introduction to World Music |
| MUS041 |
Music as Culture |
| MUS126 |
Women in Music |
| PHIL016 |
Philosophy of Religion |
| PHIL048 |
Feminist Philosophy |
| PHIL122 |
Indian Philosophies |
| PHIL140 |
Liberalism and Its Philosophical Critics |
| PHIL141 |
Global Justice |
| PJS099 |
Internship in Social Change Organization |
| PJS120 |
Sociology of War and Peace |
| PJS135 |
Social Movements |
| PJS141 |
Global Justice |
| PS079 |
Soph. Seminar: Islamic Political Thought |
| PS084 |
Soph. Seminar: The Politics of South Asia |
| PS128 |
Gender, Work, and Politics in Asia |
| PS129 |
African Politics |
| PS134 |
Comparative Politics in the Middle East |
| PS138-04 |
Fascism and the Far Right |
| PS140 |
Liberalism and Its Philosophical Critics |
| PS146 |
Liberty, Morality and Virtue |
| PS155 |
Theories of Nationalism |
| PS158 |
The Social Contract |
| PS166 |
Soviet and Russian Foreign Policy |
| PS170 |
Politics and Global Africa |
| PS173 |
Encounters with the Middle East |
| PSY055 |
Human Sexual Behavior |
| PSY133 |
Psychology and Law |
| PSY136 |
Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination |
| REL001 |
Introduction to Religion |
| REL005 |
Introduction to the Arts of Asia |
| REL006 |
Philosophy of Religion |
| REL010/195 |
Mystics and Mysticism |
| REL011 |
Buddhist Art |
| REL021 |
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible |
| REL022 |
Introduction to the New Testament |
| REL025/125 |
Medieval Architecture |
| REL035 |
Intro to Christianity |
| REL044 |
Introduction to Hinduism |
| REL045 |
Introduction to Buddhism |
| REL048 |
Introduction to Islam |
| REL056 |
Catholicism: Peoples, Cultures, Tradition, and Beliefs |
| REL065 |
Introduction to Yiddish Culture |
| REL073 |
Aspects of the Sephardic Tradition |
| REL078 |
Jewish Women |
| REL084 |
Sources of Jewish Tradition |
| REL085-01 |
Byzantines and their World |
| REL104 |
Feminist Theologies |
| REL122 |
Iconoclasm and Iconophobia: Threat of the Image |
| REL126 |
Roots of the Jewish Imagination |
| REL134 |
Myth, Ritual and Symbol |
| REL136 |
Religion in Japanese History |
| REL141 |
Indian Philosophies |
| REL144 |
Tantra |
| REL152 |
Islam and Modernity |
| REL191 |
Religion and International Relations |
| REL192 |
Quran and Islamic Traditions |
| RUS070/170 |
Women in Russian Literature and Culture |
| RUS072 |
Contemporary Russian Culture |
| RUS091-02 |
Special Topics: Film and Nation: Russia and Central Asia |
| SOC010 |
Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology |
| SOC050 |
Globalization and Social Change |
| SOC108 |
Epidemics: Plagues, Peoples and Politics |
| SOC110 |
Racial and Ethnic Minorities |
| SOC120 |
Sociology of War and Peace |
| SOC135 |
Social Movements |
| SPN091A |
Struggle, Voice, and Justice: The Cultural Politics of
Violence in Latin America |
| SPN092A |
Women and Latin America Cinema |
| SPN191D |
Staging History of Latin-American Theater: Identity and Nation
Building |
| SPN191E |
Saints and Sinners: Images of Women in Hispanic Culture 192C |
| SPN192B |
Contemporary Spanish Women Writers |
| WL101 |
Classics of World Cinema |
| WS072 |
Introduction to Womens Studies |
| WS190 |
Doing Feminist Research |
* For additional options, please see the seminars approved for this concentration.
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