International Relations Minor Requirements
Students minoring in International Relations (IR) must complete a minimum of 30 units:
- 5 units from among IR Core Courses;
- 20 units from one Specialization of your choice;
- 5 units of additional IR coursework, which may include any IR course (pre-approved or petitioned) and/or no more than 5 units of directed reading.
IR Core Courses (5 units):
1) International Politics
- POLISCI 101: Introduction to International Relations
2) Comparative Governance
- HISTORY 102: The History of the International System Since 1914
- POLISCI 104: Introduction to Comparing Political Systems
- POLISCI 114D: Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
3) American Foreign Policy
- INTNLREL 154: The Cold War: An International History (HISTORY 266C)
- INTNLREL 168: America as a World Power: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1914 to Present
- 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 110C: America and the World Economy (INTNLREL 110C)
- POLISCI 110D: War and Peace in American Foreign Policy (INTNLREL 110D)
- POLISCI 110G: Governing the Global Economy
- POLISCI 214R: Challenges and Dilemmas in American Foreign Policy
Note: Always refer to the Stanford Bulletin for course availability, as offerings vary on a yearly basis. Courses taken towards the IR minor may not be double counted towards your major.