国际关系

世界真大. Our international relations major prepares you to make a big impact.

International relations are all about making connections—and few international relations degrees are better connected than 十大菠菜台子’s. Our international relations major plugs you into a vast network that links our campus to global partners in the Detroit metroplex and beyond. You’ll examine international affairs from multiple angles, 包括外交, 业务, 外国援助, 国家安全, 环境政策, 和更多的. Our international relations major integrates concepts from political science, 经济学, 历史, 哲学, and other disciplines with flexible course requirements that let you personalize the international relations degree to fit your career interests. You’ll get to know people from all over the globe, gain direct experience in international affairs, and acquire marketable skills that shine on an application for employment or graduate school.

International relations are all about making connections—and few international relations degrees are better connected than 十大菠菜台子’s. Our international relations major plugs you into a vast network that links our campus to global partners in the Detroit metroplex and beyond. You’ll examine international affairs from multiple angles, 包括外交, 业务, 外国援助, 国家安全, 环境政策, 和更多的. Our international relations major integrates concepts from political science, 经济学, 历史, 哲学, and other disciplines with flexible course requirements that let you personalize the international relations degree to fit your career interests. You’ll get to know people from all over the globe, gain direct experience in international affairs, and acquire marketable skills that shine on an application for employment or graduate school.

国际关系 Degree: The 十大菠菜台子 Advantage

十大菠菜台子’s location makes it one of the 地区’s best schools for international relations. We’re located 25 miles from an international border, in the midst of a global 业务 hub that hosts dozens of companies that operate around the world. 结果是, our international relations majors have unique opportunities to connect with professionals and organizations in every branch of international affairs.

As an international relations major at 十大菠菜台子, you’ll also benefit from:

  • 现实世界的经验. As an international relations major, you’ll get out of the classroom and into the community for internships, 研究, 志愿者项目, 以及其他实践活动. 十大菠菜台子 has extensive local partnerships with organizations in every aspect of international affairs, including multinational corporations, 外国领事馆, 国际贸易局, 国土安全机构, customs and immigration enforcement authorities, 非营利组织, 智库, 文化机构.
  • 学术的灵活性. Our international relations degree integrates coursework from political science, 经济学, 历史, 和哲学. You can choose between two specialized tracks (国家安全/外交政策, and global justice/sustainability), with the ability to focus the international relations major on a particular industry, 国家, 地区, 或者其他重点.
  • 多元文化校园. 十大菠菜台子’s student population and faculty include people from six continents. You’ll spend every day immersed in a diverse community, sharing a range of cultural perspectives and opinions in all your activities (not just your international relations courses).
  • 杰出的教师. You’ll get plenty of faculty face time as an international relations major, thanks to our small class sizes and attentive instructors. Most courses are taught by experienced faculty (not adjuncts or graduate students) who’ll offer lots of academic support and career guidance.
  • 研究 and publishing opportunities. International relations majors frequently collaborate on faculty 研究, receive author credit on published papers, 去参加会议. 除了, 十大菠菜台子 is home to the Pi Sigma Alpha 本科 Journal of Politics, a national honor-society journal that highlights outstanding undergraduate 研究 from around the 国家.

What can you do with an international relations degree?

国际关系职业

The international relations degree equips you to move on to graduate schools and jobs in a broad array of fields. Our students commonly have interest in working for a federal government agency (such as the State Department or Department of Defense), 全球公司, 智库, 或者非营利组织. If you’re interested in a law career, international studies majors are eligible for the 3+3 program, an accelerated track that lets you earn bachelor’s and law degrees in just six years.

The program offers a strong foundation for careers in all areas of international affairs, including:

  • 国家安全
  • 国际业务
  • 外交
  • 公共卫生
  • 贸易关系
  • 执法
  • 国土安全
  • 外国援助
  • 全球发展
  • 环境可持续性

国际关系 Degree: What You’ll Study

The international relations major integrates courses from political science, 历史, 经济学, 和哲学. You’ll take required classes in political science, 全球经济, 研究, 数据分析, and then choose electives from a very broad menu of options. A small sample of elective subjects includes:

  • U.S. 外交政策
  • 全球民主化
  • 中国政治
  • 人权
  • 中东冲突
  • 国际金融
  • 土著政治运动
  • 现代伊朗和伊拉克
  • Postcolonial conflicts in Africa
  • 全球贸易
  • 越南战争
  • History of Argentina, Brazil, and Chile
  • 欧洲政治制度
  • 冷战时期的美国
  • 俄罗斯近代史
  • 全球正义

You’ll complete the program with a capstone project focused on international relations or comparative political systems.