IAFS Major Requirements - Declared Fall 2023 or later

If you are not sure when you declared IAFS as your major, it is listed as the "Catalog Year" at the top of your Degree Audit information.

For the Semester Lists of Courses, please make sure you are looking at the correct list (grey button).Ìý

Reach out to your IAFS Advisor with any questions.Ìý

  • Complete the following ³Ù³ó°ù±ð±ðÌýcourses (10 credit hours total):
IAFS 1000Global Issues and International Affairs
PSCI 2223Introduction to International Relations
PSCI 2012Introduction to Comparative Politics

Students are required to complete 6–8 credit hours in economics/methods.ÌýChoose two courses from the following list. Some of the courses listed may have required or recommended prerequisites.

ANTH 4000Quantitative Methods in Anthropology (3 credits)
ECON 2010Principles of Microeconomics (4 credits)
ECON 2020Principles of Macroeconomics (4 credits)
GEOG 3023Statistics and Geographic Data (4 credits
GEOG 4023Advanced Quantitative Methods for Spatial Data (4 credits)
IAFS/ENVS 3640Data Analysis for Global Environmental Affairs (3 credits)
PSCI 2075Quantitative Research Methods (3 credits)
PSCI 3035Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods (3 credits)
PSCI 3075Applied Political Science Research (3 credits)
SOCY 2061Introduction to Social Statistics (3 credits)
WGST 3020Feminist Methods of Inquiry and Praxis (3 credits)

Complete one class in each of the four Functional Areas and completeÌýtwo additional classes in any functional area (6 classes, 18 credit hours).

  • Our four functional areas are:
    • Functional Area I: Development and Culture
    • Functional Area II: International Economics, Business, and Political Economy
    • Functional Area III: Political Geography, International Security, and Foreign Policy
    • Functional Area IV: Institutions, Rights, and Norms
  • Students cannot apply more than four functional area classes from one department (i.e., PSCI, ECON).Ìý

Review the Functional Areas page for more details and specific course information.Ìý

Complete three classes in one of the four Geographic Concentrations (3 classes, 9 credit hours).

  • Africa/Middle East, Asia, Europe/Eurasia, or Latin America.
  • Students must choose a Geographic Concentration no later than the beginning of their junior year.
  • Geographic Concentration should align with the region associated with the foreign language students are studying.
  • Coursework should be mainly in the social sciences, must include one course in contemporary history and can include a maximum of three credits of regional literature and arts (taught in the foreign language whenever possible).Ìý

Review the Geographic Concentrations page for more details and specific course information.Ìý

Complete 3 upper division credit hours to fulfill theÌýOff-Campus Experience (1 class, 3 credit hours).