Core Requirements
Declared IR majors will complete 30 units worth of core courses from those listed below. Check the Stanford ExploreCourses for course availability.
1) International Politics (5 units)
- POLISCI 101: Introduction to International Relations
2) Comparative Governance (5 units)
Choose ONE of the following courses:
- INTNLREL 102: History of the International System (HISTORY 102)
- INTNLREL 114D: Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (POLISCI 114D)
3) American Foreign Policy (5 units)
Choose ONE of the following courses:
- INTNLREL 110C: America and the World Economy (POLISCI 110C, POLISCI 110X)
- INTNLREL 110D: War and Peace in American Foreign Policy (AMSTUD 110D, POLISCI 110D, POLISCI 110Y)
- INTNLREL 154: The Cold War: An International History (HISTORY 266C)
- INTNLREL 168: America as a World Power in the Modern Era (HISTORY 152K, INTNLREL 168W)
- INTNLREL 168A: American Interventions, 1898-Present (HISTORY 259E)
- INTNLREL 173: Presidents and Foreign Policy in Modern History (HISTORY 261G)
- INTNLREL 174: Diplomacy on the Ground: Case Studies in the Challenges of Representing Your Country (HISTORY 252B)
- POLISCI 214R: Challenges and Dilemmas in American Foreign Policy
4) Introductory Economics (5 units)
Choose ONE of the following:
- ECON 1: Principles of Economics
- ECON 50: Economic Analysis I
- ECON 51: Economic Analysis II
- ECON 52: Economic Analysis III
5) Applied Economics (5 units)
Choose ONE of the approved upper-division economics courses.
6) Skills Class (5 units)
Choose ONE of the following courses:
- ECON 102A: Introduction to Statistical Methods (Postcalculus) for Social Scientists
- POLISCI 150A: Data Science for Politics
- STATS 60: Introduction to Statistical Methods: Precalculus (PSYCH 10, STATS 160)