The International Relations BA program is designed for students who are
interested in an inter-disciplinary approach to international and global
studies. International and global studies are concerned with the interconnections
between state as well as non-state organizations and actors, the globalizing
effects of economic, social, technological, environmental, military and
political processes, and with emerging issues of justice, responsibility,
and human well-being that are international and global in scope.
The
International Relations program operates as an inter- and multi-disciplinary
degree program in which core as well as elective courses are drawn from
a range of disciplines such as political science, history, modern languages
and literature, sociology, anthropology, economics, geography, and environmental
studies. The program provides students with a broad
range of intellectual and critical skills for analyzing the interactions
between political and economic systems, cultural norms, environmental dynamics,
and hierarchies of power. A university-level language requirement anchors
the program. To supplement their coursework students are encouraged to gain
international experience by studying or working abroad or by doing international
work in Canada.