BA in International Relations (57–79 hours*)

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1. Complete the following introductory core courses:
   ECON 110 : Economic Principles and Problems. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ECON 110 : Economic Principles and Problems. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   DESCRIPTION:	Strengths and weaknesses of markets and governments for solving problems of social organization or conflict, including policy response to inflation, unemployment, pollution, poverty, growth, etc.
   
   
   GEOG 120 : Geography and World Affairs. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   GEOG 120 : Geography and World Affairs. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   DESCRIPTION:	Survey of the world, stressing geography of major political regions.
   NOTE:	Honors and Independent Study also.
   
   
   PL SC 150 : Comparative Government and Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 150 : Comparative Government and Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W; Sp and Su on demand. Honors also.
   DESCRIPTION:	Patterns of European, Asian, Latin American, and other political systems.
   
   
   PL SC 170 : Introduction to International Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 170 : Introduction to International Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W; Sp and Su on demand.
   DESCRIPTION:	Basic forces, practices, institutions, and foreign policies of major powers; problem areas in international politics.
   
   
2. Complete the following research foundations and methods courses:
   PL SC 200 : Political Inquiry. (4:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 200 : Political Inquiry. (4:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W; Sp and Su on demand.
   DESCRIPTION:	Methodology of political science, including theory and techniques of qualitative and quantitative research design.
   NOTE:	Prerequisite to all upper-division courses.
   
   

   And complete the following:

   MATH 112 : Calculus 1. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MATH 112 : Calculus 1. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	Math 110 and 111 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Differential and integral calculus: limits; continuity; the derivative and applications; extrema; the definite integral; fundamental theorem of calculus; L'Hopital's rule.
   NOTE:	Honors also.
   
   

   Note: If you have received a B+ or better in Math 119, you may petition for a substitution for Math 112.

   And complete one course from the following:

   ECON 378 : Statistics for Economists. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ECON 378 : Statistics for Economists. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	Econ 110, Math 112 (or Math 119 with a B+ or better).
   DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to matrix algebra and statistics in preparation for regression analysis. Other topics include: probability, random variables, density and distribution functions, estimation, hypothesis testing.
   
   
   PL SC 328 : Quantitative Political Methodology. (4:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 328 : Quantitative Political Methodology. (4:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   PREREQUISITE:	Pl Sc 200.
   DESCRIPTION:	Quantitative techniques in political research.
   
   

   Note: Students who choose Econ 378 are encouraged to also complete Econ 388.

3. Complete the following:
   ECON 380 : Intermediate Price Theory 1. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ECON 380 : Intermediate Price Theory 1. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	Econ 110; Math 112 (or Math 119 with a B+ or better).
   DESCRIPTION:	Producer, consumer, and equilibrium theories; mathematical techniques of unconstrained and constrained optimization introduced and applied extensively.
   
   
   ECON 381 : Intermediate Macroeconomics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ECON 381 : Intermediate Macroeconomics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	Econ 110; Math 112 or concurrent enrollment.
   DESCRIPTION:	Intermediate macroeconomic theory, emphasizing income, unemployment, and price-level analysis.
   
   
4. Complete one course from the following:
   ECON 431 : Economic Development. (3:3.0:0.0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ECON 431 : Economic Development. (3:3.0:0.0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Econ 382 or concurrent enrollment; Econ 388 or PlSc 328.
   DESCRIPTION:	Microeconomic analysis of the causes of income differences across countries.
   
   
   ECON 432 : Economic Growth. (3:3.0:0.0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ECON 432 : Economic Growth. (3:3.0:0.0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Econ 380, 381.
   RECOMMENDED:	Econ 388.
   DESCRIPTION:	Theory and evidence relating to economic growth, including physical and human capital accumulation, population, technological change, institutions, and government.
   
   
   ECON 458 : International Trade Theory and Applications. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ECON 458 : International Trade Theory and Applications. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Econ 380.
   DESCRIPTION:	Microeconomic analysis of why nations trade, who wins and loses from trade, and the costs and benefits of various trade policies.
   
   
   ECON 459 : International Monetary Theory. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ECON 459 : International Monetary Theory. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Econ 380, 381, 388.
   DESCRIPTION:	Monetary and macroeconomic aspects of international relations dealing primarily with short-run balance-of-payments disequilibrium and adjustments.
   
   
5. Complete one course from the following:
   HIST 393 : U.S. Foreign Relations. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 393 : U.S. Foreign Relations. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F odd years.
   DESCRIPTION:	U.S. diplomatic history from the American revolution to the present; examines major themes and critical events within both domestic and international contexts.
   
   
   PL SC 350 : Theories of Comparative Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 350 : Theories of Comparative Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F and W on demand.
   PREREQUISITE:	Pl Sc 150, 200.
   DESCRIPTION:	Selected issues of comparative politics such as crisis and discontinuity; development; political infrastructure (e.g., political culture and social structure); political institutions.
   
   
   PL SC 376 : U.S. Foreign Policy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 376 : U.S. Foreign Policy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   DESCRIPTION:	Formation, implementation, analysis, and criticism of themes in American foreign policy.
   
   
6. Complete one of the following international relations courses:
   PL SC 370 : Theory of International Relations. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 370 : Theory of International Relations. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F and W on demand.
   PREREQUISITE:	PlSc 170, 200.
   DESCRIPTION:	Most influential traditions of thought in international relations; includes realism, idealism, Marxism, neorealism, complex interdependence, etc.
   
   
   PL SC 372 : International Political Economy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 372 : International Political Economy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   DESCRIPTION:	Political implications of international trade, investment, and monetary policies within an increasingly interdependent global context; transnationalism.
   
   
   PL SC 373 : International Law. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 373 : International Law. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	PlSc 170, 200.
   DESCRIPTION:	Nature and function of international law; recognition, succession, jurisdiction rights, and immunities of states; nationality and jurisdiction over nations.
   
   
   PL SC 375 : International Organizations. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 375 : International Organizations. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	On demand.
   DESCRIPTION:	International institutions; transnational relations; rise of newer political organizations: League of Nations, United Nations, European communities, world religions, multinational corporations, terrorist groups, global regimes.
   
   
   PL SC 376 : U.S. Foreign Policy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 376 : U.S. Foreign Policy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   DESCRIPTION:	Formation, implementation, analysis, and criticism of themes in American foreign policy.
   
   
   PL SC 377 : National Security Affairs. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 377 : National Security Affairs. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	On demand.
   DESCRIPTION:	Foreign policy, defense strategy, and intelligence.
   
   
   PL SC 378 : International Conflict. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 378 : International Conflict. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	On demand.
   PREREQUISITE:	PlSc 150 or 170.
   DESCRIPTION:	Causes of war; alliances and empires; military innovation; civil-military relations; fungibility of forces; terrorism; security studies methods; use and misuse of history.
   
   
7. Complete one of the following comparative politics courses:
   PL SC 341 : Western European Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 341 : Western European Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	PlSc 150.
   DESCRIPTION:	Politics and policy in western Europe. State-building, party systems, nationalism, and cooperation among advanced industrial countries in comparative, historical perspective. Social and Christian democracy; European Union.
   
   
   PL SC 344 : Comparative Political Economy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 344 : Comparative Political Economy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	PlSc 150.
   DESCRIPTION:	Overview of political economy from a comparative perspective. Classic theorists (Smith, Marx, Schumpeter, etc.); classic questions (industrialization, national economic policy, property, globalization, law, and economics).
   
   
   PL SC 347 : Russia/Former Soviet Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 347 : Russia/Former Soviet Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Comparative politics of Russia and Soviet successor states. Development of political systems from common Soviet heritage, emphasizing post-independence politics and institution building.
   
   
   PL SC 350 : Theories of Comparative Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 350 : Theories of Comparative Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F and W on demand.
   PREREQUISITE:	Pl Sc 150, 200.
   DESCRIPTION:	Selected issues of comparative politics such as crisis and discontinuity; development; political infrastructure (e.g., political culture and social structure); political institutions.
   
   
   PL SC 352 : African Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 352 : African Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Processes of change and development of nation states; African regionalism and relations with other nations; contemporary political issues.
   
   
   PL SC 353 : China: Government and Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 353 : China: Government and Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Structure and behavior of politics; contemporary problems.
   
   
   PL SC 354 : Japan: Government and Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 354 : Japan: Government and Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:	Structure and behavior of politics; contemporary problems.
   NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
   
   
   PL SC 355 : Canadian Government and Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 355 : Canadian Government and Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Growth and development of Canada and its government; Canada's role in the contemporary world
   
   
   PL SC 357 : Middle East: Political Systems. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 357 : Middle East: Political Systems. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	On demand.
   DESCRIPTION:	Social, philosophical, and religious impact on Middle East political institutions in an era of modernization and conflict.
   
   
   PL SC 358 : Politics and Society in Latin America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 358 : Politics and Society in Latin America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Pl Sc 200 or Lt Am 211.
   DESCRIPTION:	Conceptual and contemporary issues in Latin America's search for political order and economic development.
   
   
8. Complete a foreign language proficiency: Students are to complete one language at a specified level with all attendant prerequisites. Some prerequisites may be waived depending upon previous language experience. The specific requirements for each language are listed on a separate sheet available from the International and Area Studies Advisement Office or the international relations coordinator.
9. Specializations: Complete one of the following tracks (no double-counting of major courses allowed):
   1. International Politics

      Complete four courses from the following. At least one course must be from history and at least one course from political science.

      ANTHR 432 : Economic and Political Institutions. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      ANTHR 432 : Economic and Political Institutions. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	W
      DESCRIPTION:	Connections between wealth and power: political and legal systems in state and nonstate societies; expansion of capitalism and technology into remote global regions.
      
      
      COMMS 381 : International Media Systems. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      COMMS 381 : International Media Systems. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	Alternate semesters.
      PREREQUISITE:	Communications or international relations major or minor status.
      DESCRIPTION:	Comparison of media systems in countries and regions outside the United States. Includes media systems analysis, normative theories of the media, and cultural values and norms.
      
      
      COMMS 382 : Issues in Global Communication. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      COMMS 382 : Issues in Global Communication. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	Alternate semesters.
      PREREQUISITE:	Communications or international relations major or minor status.
      DESCRIPTION:	Issues relating to communicating in a global village. Includes global information and policy, cultural imperialism, intercultural interaction, and multinational communication strategies.
      
      
      GEOG 341 : Political Geography. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      GEOG 341 : Political Geography. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	F, W
      DESCRIPTION:	Spatial analysis of global politics; focus on geopolitics, territory and conflict, nationalism, and the politics of resources.
      
      
      HIST 293 : World War II: A Global Perspective, 1939-1945. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 293 : World War II: A Global Perspective, 1939-1945. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	F even years.
      DESCRIPTION:	Causes, flow, and consequences of World War II emphasizing the American experience at home and abroad.
      
      
      HIST 307 : Europe Since 1914. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 307 : Europe Since 1914. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	W
      DESCRIPTION:	International affairs and political and economic history of major European countries (including Russia) from World War I to the present.
      
      
      HIST 331 : Twentieth -Century Russia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 331 : Twentieth -Century Russia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	W
      DESCRIPTION:	The rise and fall of the Soviet Union and recent attempts to refashion the Russian economy and government.
      
      
      HIST 376 : U.S. History from 1945 to 2000. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 376 : U.S. History from 1945 to 2000. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	F even years.
      DESCRIPTION:	Movements and ideas that shaped society, politics, economy, and diplomacy of the United States from 1945 to 2000.
      
      
      HIST 391 : U.S. in Vietnam, 1945-1975. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 391 : U.S. in Vietnam, 1945-1975. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	F even years.
      DESCRIPTION:	U.S. involvement in the wars in Vietnam from both a domestic and international perspective, focusing on the conflict independently and in context of the broader Cold War.
      
      
      HIST 398R : Special Topics in Military History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 398R : Special Topics in Military History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      DESCRIPTION:

      Varied topics in world military history and war.
      
      
      PL SC 370 : Theory of International Relations. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 370 : Theory of International Relations. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	F and W on demand.
      PREREQUISITE:	PlSc 170, 200.
      DESCRIPTION:	Most influential traditions of thought in international relations; includes realism, idealism, Marxism, neorealism, complex interdependence, etc.
      
      
      PL SC 371 : Foreign Policy Analysis. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 371 : Foreign Policy Analysis. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	On demand.
      PREREQUISITE:	PlSc 200, 370.
      DESCRIPTION:	Survey of research regarding multiple levels of foreign policy analysis: individual, group, bureaucratic, societal, economic, systemic.
      
      
      PL SC 373 : International Law. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 373 : International Law. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PREREQUISITE:	PlSc 170, 200.
      DESCRIPTION:	Nature and function of international law; recognition, succession, jurisdiction rights, and immunities of states; nationality and jurisdiction over nations.
      
      
      PL SC 375 : International Organizations. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 375 : International Organizations. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	On demand.
      DESCRIPTION:	International institutions; transnational relations; rise of newer political organizations: League of Nations, United Nations, European communities, world religions, multinational corporations, terrorist groups, global regimes.
      
      
      PL SC 377 : National Security Affairs. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 377 : National Security Affairs. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	On demand.
      DESCRIPTION:	Foreign policy, defense strategy, and intelligence.
      
      
      PL SC 378 : International Conflict. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 378 : International Conflict. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	On demand.
      PREREQUISITE:	PlSc 150 or 170.
      DESCRIPTION:	Causes of war; alliances and empires; military innovation; civil-military relations; fungibility of forces; terrorism; security studies methods; use and misuse of history.
      
      
      PL SC 382 : International Relations of North America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 382 : International Relations of North America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      DESCRIPTION:

      Examination and analysis of factors that affect foreign relations of Canada, U.S., and Mexico, emphasizing trade, security, migration, environment.
      
      
      PL SC 471 : Intelligence and National Security. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 471 : Intelligence and National Security. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	On demand.
      PREREQUISITE:	PlSc 200.
      DESCRIPTION:	Relationship between theory and practice of intelligence and national security of states.
      
      
      PL SC 472 : International Political Economy of Women. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 472 : International Political Economy of Women. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	On demand.
      RECOMMENDED:	PlSc 200 or Hist 200.
      DESCRIPTION:	Effects upon national, international, and developmental policies when women are rendered visible and valued.
      
      
      PL SC 473 : Human Rights. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 473 : Human Rights. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      DESCRIPTION:

      Causes of human rights violations and societal and state responses; nature, history, and impacts of international human rights norms; ways to define and promote rights.
      
      

   2. Political Economy

      Complete four courses from at least two disciplines. At least two courses must be from economics.

      ECON 382 : Intermediate Price Theory 2. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      ECON 382 : Intermediate Price Theory 2. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
      PREREQUISITE:	Econ 380.
      DESCRIPTION:	Welfare theory, imperfect information, imperfect competition, uncertainty, externalities, and public goods.
      
      
      ECON 388 : Introduction to Econometrics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      ECON 388 : Introduction to Econometrics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
      PREREQUISITE:	Econ 378, 380.
      DESCRIPTION:	Mathematical and statistical techniques used in estimating, predicting, and testing hypotheses associated with quantifiable economic relationships.
      
      
      ECON 431 : Economic Development. (3:3.0:0.0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      ECON 431 : Economic Development. (3:3.0:0.0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PREREQUISITE:	Econ 382 or concurrent enrollment; Econ 388 or PlSc 328.
      DESCRIPTION:	Microeconomic analysis of the causes of income differences across countries.
      
      
      ECON 432 : Economic Growth. (3:3.0:0.0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      ECON 432 : Economic Growth. (3:3.0:0.0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PREREQUISITE:	Econ 380, 381.
      RECOMMENDED:	Econ 388.
      DESCRIPTION:	Theory and evidence relating to economic growth, including physical and human capital accumulation, population, technological change, institutions, and government.
      
      
      ECON 458 : International Trade Theory and Applications. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      ECON 458 : International Trade Theory and Applications. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PREREQUISITE:	Econ 380.
      DESCRIPTION:	Microeconomic analysis of why nations trade, who wins and loses from trade, and the costs and benefits of various trade policies.
      
      
      ECON 459 : International Monetary Theory. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      ECON 459 : International Monetary Theory. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PREREQUISITE:	Econ 380, 381, 388.
      DESCRIPTION:	Monetary and macroeconomic aspects of international relations dealing primarily with short-run balance-of-payments disequilibrium and adjustments.
      
      
      ECON 478 : Game Theory and Economics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      ECON 478 : Game Theory and Economics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PREREQUISITE:	Econ 380; 388 or concurrent enrollment.
      DESCRIPTION:	Application of game theory to study strategic interaction between individuals and organizations. Applications include imperfect competition, insurance markets, and bargaining.
      
      
      PL SC 344 : Comparative Political Economy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 344 : Comparative Political Economy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PREREQUISITE:	PlSc 150.
      DESCRIPTION:	Overview of political economy from a comparative perspective. Classic theorists (Smith, Marx, Schumpeter, etc.); classic questions (industrialization, national economic policy, property, globalization, law, and economics).
      
      
      PL SC 372 : International Political Economy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 372 : International Political Economy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	F, W
      DESCRIPTION:	Political implications of international trade, investment, and monetary policies within an increasingly interdependent global context; transnationalism.
      
      
      PL SC 444 : The Political Economy of Development. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 444 : The Political Economy of Development. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	On demand.
      RECOMMENDED:	Econ 110, PlSc 200.
      DESCRIPTION:	Political foundations of growth, providing public goods, and political reform in developing countries. Development and how institutions and culture shape it.
      
      

   3. Asian Politics and History

      Complete four courses from the following. At least one course must be from political science and one course from history.

      GEOG 272 : East Asia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      GEOG 272 : East Asia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	W
      DESCRIPTION:	Region of monsoon Asia and its basic human (demographics, nations and ethnic groups, settlement patterns, religious beliefs, transportation and communication systems, political structures), and physical geographic characteristics (land forms, physiography, climatic characteristics, and natural resources).
      
      
      GEOG 273 : Southeast Asia. (3:3.0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      GEOG 273 : Southeast Asia. (3:3.0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	W on demand.
      DESCRIPTION:	Fundamental issues of geography relating to Southeast Asia, including the extraction and marketing of natural resources, economic development, neighborly relations, and how diffusion has influenced the unique cultural, religious, and linguistic characteristics of the region.
      
      
      HIST 231 : Introduction to East Asian History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 231 : Introduction to East Asian History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	F
      DESCRIPTION:	Major themes in the history, thought, and culture of Asian societies from antiquity to the present.
      
      
      HIST 341 : Modern China Since 1500. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 341 : Modern China Since 1500. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      DESCRIPTION:

      Economic and political foundations of modernity during high Imperial China; challenge of new order from the West; rise of Chinese nationalism, revolution, and development.
      
      
      HIST 342 : Twentieth-Century China. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 342 : Twentieth-Century China. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      DESCRIPTION:

      China's twentieth-century struggles to find a working modernity via revolution: anti-imperial, nationalist, communist, and capitalist.
      
      
      HIST 344 : Modern Japan. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 344 : Modern Japan. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	W
      DESCRIPTION:	Main themes in Japanese history from Tokugawa times to the present.
      
      
      HIST 346 : Korea. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 346 : Korea. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	W even years.
      DESCRIPTION:	Political, religious, and cultural development from antiquity to the present.
      
      
      HIST 348 : Modern South East Asia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 348 : Modern South East Asia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      DESCRIPTION:

      Complex history of the varied nations of this vast area: religion, colonialism, nationalism, independence.
      
      
      PL SC 348 : Korea, Taiwan, and South East Asian Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 348 : Korea, Taiwan, and South East Asian Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      DESCRIPTION:

      Comparative analysis of political developments in key nations of East and Southeast Asia, including regional relationships.
      
      
      PL SC 353 : China: Government and Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 353 : China: Government and Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      DESCRIPTION:

      Structure and behavior of politics; contemporary problems.
      
      
      PL SC 354 : Japan: Government and Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 354 : Japan: Government and Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      DESCRIPTION:	Structure and behavior of politics; contemporary problems.
      NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
      
      
      PL SC 385 : International Relations of Asia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 385 : International Relations of Asia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	On demand.
      DESCRIPTION:	Foreign policies and international relations of China, Japan, and Northeast and Southeast Asia; historical and contemporary review and analysis.
      
      
      PL SC 386 : Japanese Foreign Policy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 386 : Japanese Foreign Policy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      DESCRIPTION:

      Process and outcomes of Japan's foreign policy; analysis of its relations with other nations in a historical and contemporary setting.
      
      
      PL SC 388 : Chinese Foreign Policy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 388 : Chinese Foreign Policy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	On demand.
      DESCRIPTION:	Structure and process of foreign policy of the People's Republic of China.
      
      

   4. Latin American Politics and History

      Complete four courses from the following. At least one course must be from political science and one course from history. Students cannot count both Hist 359 and Pl Sc 380.

      GEOG 255 : Middle and South America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      GEOG 255 : Middle and South America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	W
      DESCRIPTION:	Environmental, cultural, economic, and political parameters of Latin American societies.
      
      
      HIST 252 : Modern Latin America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 252 : Modern Latin America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	F, W
      DESCRIPTION:	National period (1810 to present): independence, institutional development, culture, and inter-American relations.
      
      
      HIST 355 : History of Argentina. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 355 : History of Argentina. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	F odd years.
      DESCRIPTION:	Rise of modern Argentina from colonial times, focusing on the dynamic political, economic, social, and cultural developments since independence.
      
      
      HIST 356 : Brazil. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 356 : Brazil. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	W even years.
      DESCRIPTION:	From 1500 to present, emphasizing relationship between colonial patterns and twentieth-century reality and dilatory transformation of Brazil's political and economic culture.
      
      
      HIST 358 : Gender and History in Latin America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 358 : Gender and History in Latin America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      DESCRIPTION:

      How gender roles have been defined legally, socially, and culturally in Latin America from the colonial period to the present, emphasizing the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
      
      
      PL SC 358 : Politics and Society in Latin America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 358 : Politics and Society in Latin America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PREREQUISITE:	Pl Sc 200 or Lt Am 211.
      DESCRIPTION:	Conceptual and contemporary issues in Latin America's search for political order and economic development.
      
      
      PL SC 380 : International Relations of Latin America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 380 : International Relations of Latin America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PREREQUISITE:	Pl Sc 200 or Lt Am 211.
      DESCRIPTION:	Factors that affect foreign relations of Latin American countries, including the U.S. role, emphasizing intervention, democracy, development, and trade.
      
      
      SOC 335 : Social Change and Modernization in Latin America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      SOC 335 : Social Change and Modernization in Latin America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      DESCRIPTION:

      Contemporary changes in the social institutions and cultures as related to the modernization process.
      
      

   5. Middle Eastern Politics and History

      Complete four courses from at least two disciplines. At least one course must be from history.

      ANTHR 340 : Peoples of the Middle East. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      ANTHR 340 : Peoples of the Middle East. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	F even years.
      DESCRIPTION:	Ecology, social organization, and beliefs of nomadic, rural, and urban groups between western Africa and Pakistan.
      
      
      GEOG 271 : Middle East. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      GEOG 271 : Middle East. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	F
      DESCRIPTION:	Physical and cultural geography of Southwest Asia and North Africa, emphasizing the cultural mosaic, geopolitics, environment, and resources of the region.
      
      
      HIST 240 : Middle East History to 1800. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 240 : Middle East History to 1800. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	F
      DESCRIPTION:	History of the Middle East from the rise of of Islam until 1800.
      
      
      HIST 241 : Middle East History from 1800. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 241 : Middle East History from 1800. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	W
      DESCRIPTION:	History of the Middle East in the modern period form 1800; rise of nation states, relationship with West, role of Islam.
      
      
      HIST 244 : Jewish History: A.D. 70 to the Present. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 244 : Jewish History: A.D. 70 to the Present. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	F even years.
      DESCRIPTION:	Jewish diaspora, Jewish life in Moslem and Christian countries; Jewish religious movements; development of Zionism; Jewish communities in modern Israel and the United States.
      
      
      MESA 350 : Islam in Contemporary Society. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      MESA 350 : Islam in Contemporary Society. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	W
      DESCRIPTION:	Islam in modern society: doctrine, practices, institutions, approaches to the challenges of modern life; the rise of fundamentalism.
      
      
      PL SC 357 : Middle East: Political Systems. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 357 : Middle East: Political Systems. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	On demand.
      DESCRIPTION:	Social, philosophical, and religious impact on Middle East political institutions in an era of modernization and conflict.
      
      
      PL SC 381 : International Relations of the Middle East. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 381 : International Relations of the Middle East. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      DESCRIPTION:

      Interregional relations and conflicts, political economics, Arab nationalism, processes of political change, alliances, and superpower relations.
      
      
      PL SC 452 : Islam and Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 452 : Islam and Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      DESCRIPTION:

      Tensions and accommodations between religion and politics in Muslim nations.
      
      
      PL SC 474 : Arab-Palestinian-Israeli Conflict. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 474 : Arab-Palestinian-Israeli Conflict. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      DESCRIPTION:

      Emphasizes historical background, current situation, and alternatives leading to conflict resolution.
      
      

      Note: Hist 242 and 243 do not substitute here.

   6. European Politics and History

      Complete four courses from the following. At least one course must be from political science and one course from history.

      GEOG 260 : Europe. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      GEOG 260 : Europe. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	F
      DESCRIPTION:	Systematic approach to physical base, social and political problems, economic issues, and regional summary.
      
      
      GEOG 265 : Russia and the Former Soviet Union. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      GEOG 265 : Russia and the Former Soviet Union. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	On demand.
      DESCRIPTION:	Physical features, resources, political issues, economy and industries, population concerns, and role in world affairs.
      
      
      HIST 307 : Europe Since 1914. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 307 : Europe Since 1914. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	W
      DESCRIPTION:	International affairs and political and economic history of major European countries (including Russia) from World War I to the present.
      
      
      HIST 310 : European Economic History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 310 : European Economic History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	W odd years.
      DESCRIPTION:	Economic development of Europe from antiquity to the early twentieth century; impact of the economy on social and political institutions.
      
      
      HIST 312 : History of Ideas. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 312 : History of Ideas. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	F even years.
      DESCRIPTION:	Interrelationship of influential ideas and historical events from the end of the eighteenth century to the present.
      
      
      HIST 323 : English History Since 1689. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 323 : English History Since 1689. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	W odd years.
      DESCRIPTION:	Emergence of Britain as a great colonial and industrial power, as well as more recent decline of Britain's influence. Emphasis also on cultural developments.
      
      
      HIST 324 : France. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 324 : France. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	W
      DESCRIPTION:	French history from Roman times to the present, emphasizing the French Revolution, Napoleon, and subsequent developments.
      
      
      HIST 325 : Spain. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 325 : Spain. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	F even years.
      DESCRIPTION:	Political, social, and economic factors in Spanish history from Roman times to present. Emphasis on Reconquest, Golden Age, and Civil War.
      
      
      HIST 327 : Italy in the Modern World Since 1848. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 327 : Italy in the Modern World Since 1848. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	F even years.
      DESCRIPTION:	Political, social, economic, and cultural history of Italians and the Italian peninsula in Europe and the world, including nationalism, church and state, migration, Mafia, fascism, and European union.
      
      
      HIST 328 : Modern Germany. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 328 : Modern Germany. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	W odd years.
      DESCRIPTION:	Political, military, economic and cultural development of Germany during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
      
      
      HIST 331 : Twentieth -Century Russia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 331 : Twentieth -Century Russia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	W
      DESCRIPTION:	The rise and fall of the Soviet Union and recent attempts to refashion the Russian economy and government.
      
      
      HIST 332 : Scandinavian History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 332 : Scandinavian History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	W
      DESCRIPTION:	Political, social, religious, cultural, and economic factors in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden from Viking era to present highly developed society.
      
      
      PL SC 341 : Western European Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 341 : Western European Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PREREQUISITE:	PlSc 150.
      DESCRIPTION:	Politics and policy in western Europe. State-building, party systems, nationalism, and cooperation among advanced industrial countries in comparative, historical perspective. Social and Christian democracy; European Union.
      
      
      PL SC 347 : Russia/Former Soviet Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 347 : Russia/Former Soviet Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      DESCRIPTION:

      Comparative politics of Russia and Soviet successor states. Development of political systems from common Soviet heritage, emphasizing post-independence politics and institution building.
      
      
      PL SC 351 : British Government and Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 351 : British Government and Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	On demand.
      DESCRIPTION:	Examination of the origin and contemporary operation of British political institutions as they relate to British society.
      
      

   7. Economic and Political Development

      Complete the following (3 hours):

      ECON 431 : Economic Development. (3:3.0:0.0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      ECON 431 : Economic Development. (3:3.0:0.0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PREREQUISITE:	Econ 382 or concurrent enrollment; Econ 388 or PlSc 328.
      DESCRIPTION:	Microeconomic analysis of the causes of income differences across countries.
      
      

      Note: This course cannot be double-counted for the 400-level economics course in the core; Econ 388 is the preferred route to fill the statistics prerequisite for this course.

      Complete three courses from the following, of which one course must be from political science:

      ECON 388 : Introduction to Econometrics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      ECON 388 : Introduction to Econometrics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
      PREREQUISITE:	Econ 378, 380.
      DESCRIPTION:	Mathematical and statistical techniques used in estimating, predicting, and testing hypotheses associated with quantifiable economic relationships.
      
      
      ECON 432 : Economic Growth. (3:3.0:0.0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      ECON 432 : Economic Growth. (3:3.0:0.0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PREREQUISITE:	Econ 380, 381.
      RECOMMENDED:	Econ 388.
      DESCRIPTION:	Theory and evidence relating to economic growth, including physical and human capital accumulation, population, technological change, institutions, and government.
      
      
      ECON 440 : Natural Resources and Environmental Economics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      ECON 440 : Natural Resources and Environmental Economics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PREREQUISITE:	Econ 380; 388 or concurrent enrollment.
      DESCRIPTION:	Economic theory applied to allocation of natural resources and environmental amenities. Issues relating to externalities, common property resources, public goods, allocation of depletable natural resources over time, economic factors of environmental polarization, and others.
      
      
      ECON 458 : International Trade Theory and Applications. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      ECON 458 : International Trade Theory and Applications. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PREREQUISITE:	Econ 380.
      DESCRIPTION:	Microeconomic analysis of why nations trade, who wins and loses from trade, and the costs and benefits of various trade policies.
      
      
      ECON 459 : International Monetary Theory. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      ECON 459 : International Monetary Theory. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PREREQUISITE:	Econ 380, 381, 388.
      DESCRIPTION:	Monetary and macroeconomic aspects of international relations dealing primarily with short-run balance-of-payments disequilibrium and adjustments.
      
      
      GEOG 255 : Middle and South America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      GEOG 255 : Middle and South America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	W
      DESCRIPTION:	Environmental, cultural, economic, and political parameters of Latin American societies.
      
      
      GEOG 271 : Middle East. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      GEOG 271 : Middle East. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	F
      DESCRIPTION:	Physical and cultural geography of Southwest Asia and North Africa, emphasizing the cultural mosaic, geopolitics, environment, and resources of the region.
      
      
      GEOG 272 : East Asia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      GEOG 272 : East Asia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	W
      DESCRIPTION:	Region of monsoon Asia and its basic human (demographics, nations and ethnic groups, settlement patterns, religious beliefs, transportation and communication systems, political structures), and physical geographic characteristics (land forms, physiography, climatic characteristics, and natural resources).
      
      
      GEOG 273 : Southeast Asia. (3:3.0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      GEOG 273 : Southeast Asia. (3:3.0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	W on demand.
      DESCRIPTION:	Fundamental issues of geography relating to Southeast Asia, including the extraction and marketing of natural resources, economic development, neighborly relations, and how diffusion has influenced the unique cultural, religious, and linguistic characteristics of the region.
      
      
      GEOG 285 : Environment and Development in Africa. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      GEOG 285 : Environment and Development in Africa. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	W
      DESCRIPTION:	Geographical analysis focusing on resource management, political issues, development, environmental problems, economic development, and urban-rural change; case studies from selected countries.
      
      
      PL SC 357 : Middle East: Political Systems. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 357 : Middle East: Political Systems. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	On demand.
      DESCRIPTION:	Social, philosophical, and religious impact on Middle East political institutions in an era of modernization and conflict.
      
      
      PL SC 358 : Politics and Society in Latin America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 358 : Politics and Society in Latin America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PREREQUISITE:	Pl Sc 200 or Lt Am 211.
      DESCRIPTION:	Conceptual and contemporary issues in Latin America's search for political order and economic development.
      
      
      PL SC 444 : The Political Economy of Development. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 444 : The Political Economy of Development. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	On demand.
      RECOMMENDED:	Econ 110, PlSc 200.
      DESCRIPTION:	Political foundations of growth, providing public goods, and political reform in developing countries. Development and how institutions and culture shape it.
      
      
      PL SC 452 : Islam and Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 452 : Islam and Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      DESCRIPTION:

      Tensions and accommodations between religion and politics in Muslim nations.
      
      
      PL SC 472 : International Political Economy of Women. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PL SC 472 : International Political Economy of Women. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	On demand.
      RECOMMENDED:	PlSc 200 or Hist 200.
      DESCRIPTION:	Effects upon national, international, and developmental policies when women are rendered visible and valued.
      
      

   With the prior approval of the international relations coordinator, a maximum of 3 hours of IR 398R, 399R, or IAS 351R may be used toward meeting the four-course requirement of specialization. Only the second semester of IAS 351R would be allowed.

10. Complete a capstone research experience in one of the following ways:
    ASIAN 495 : Senior Seminar. (1-3:Arr:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    ASIAN 495 : Senior Seminar. (1-3:Arr:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
    PREREQUISITE:	Asian studies coordinator's consent.
    DESCRIPTION:	Learning research and writing skills necessary to prepare and present major senior research paper.
    
    
    IR 398R : Directed International Study. (1-3:Arr:0.0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    IR 398R : Directed International Study. (1-3:Arr:0.0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    PREREQUISITE:	Instructor's consent; international relations major coordinator's consent.
    DESCRIPTION:	Study and research in an international setting.
    
    
    (requires prior approval of the international relations coordinator)
    IR 399R : Academic Internship: International. (.5-12:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    IR 399R : Academic Internship: International. (.5-12:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    PREREQUISITE:	Acceptance into program; international relations major coordinator's consent.
    DESCRIPTION:	Individualized work or volunteer experience in an international setting.
    NOTE:	Must be coordinated through International Study Programs.
    
    
    (requires prior approval of the international relations coordinator)
    LT AM 495 : Senior Seminar in Latin American Studies. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    LT AM 495 : Senior Seminar in Latin American Studies. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    PREREQUISITE:	instructor's consent for minors.
    DESCRIPTION:	Sources, materials, and methods of research and writing; critical analysis of a research project.
    NOTE:	Required for all Latin American Studies majors their senior year.
    
    
    MESA 495 : Senior Seminar in Middle East Studies. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    MESA 495 : Senior Seminar in Middle East Studies. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    OFFERED:	W
    PREREQUISITE:	Advanced Arabic Study Abroad; Arab 300, 302, 311R, 331; Pl Sc 200.
    DESCRIPTION:	Capstone course, including major research paper demonstrating ability to integrate cross-disciplinary information and methodology.
    
    
    PL SC 450 : Capstone Seminar in Comparative Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    PL SC 450 : Capstone Seminar in Comparative Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    OFFERED:	F, W; Sp and Su on demand.
    PREREQUISITE:	PlSc 150, 200.
    DESCRIPTION:	Seminar in comparative politics and government for students in their senior year.
    NOTE:	For political science majors only.
    
    
    PL SC 470 : Capstone Seminar in International Relations. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    PL SC 470 : Capstone Seminar in International Relations. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    OFFERED:	F, W; Sp and Su on demand.
    PREREQUISITE:	PlSc 170, 200.
    DESCRIPTION:	Seminar in international relations and politics for students in their senior year.
    NOTE:	For political science majors only.
    
    

    Note 1: Only MESA 495, Pl Sc 450, or 470 can fill the GE Advanced Written and Oral Communication requirement when coupled with Pl Sc 200.

    Note 2: For students in the relevant specialization, Asian 495, Lt Am 495, and MESA 495R will satisfy the capstone requirement.

    Note 3: It is possible to fulfill the capstone requirement by completing a substantial research paper in an internship, Study Abroad, or other setting. Students who wish to do this must meet the requirements listed on the International Relations Web site, http://kennedy.byu.edu/academic/internationalrelations/index.html, and receive prior approval of the IR coordinator.

    Note 4: Students majoring in international relations may not pursue a double major in either economics or political science because of the course overlap between international relations and those majors. For the same reason neither may students majoring in international relations minor in either economics or political science.

Recommended

Either Hist 201, 202
Or Pl Sc 201, 202.

Rel C 351.

*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.