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Critical Courses

These are the required (critical) courses in the International Relations Concentration curriculum.

For more detailed course descriptions visit the UL Catalog.

Political Science (must be passed with course grade of C or higher) (37 credit hours total)

  • POLS 101 Introduction to Political Science, 1 credit hour
  • POLS 110 American National Government  OR POLS 111 Honors American National Government OR POLS 210 American Politics and Policy, 3 credit hours
  • POLS 220 World Politics OR POLS 221 Honors World Politics, 3 credit hours
  • POLS 360 International Politics, 3 credit hours
  • POLS 366 United States Foreign Policy, 3 credit hours
  • POLS 3xx/4xx, POLS electives, 15 credit hours, 3 credit hours
  • POLS 4xx, POLS electives, 9 credit hours, 3 credit hours

English

  • ENGL 101 Introduction to Academic Writing, 3 credit hours (must be passed with C or higher)
  • ENGL 102 Writing and Research about Culture, 3 credit hours (must be passed with C or higher
  • ENGL 321 Survey of World Literature I OR ENGL 322 Survey of World Literature II, 3 credit hours

History

  • HIST 101 World History I, 3 credit hours
  • HIST 102, World History II, 3 credit hours

Modern Language (Choose sequence in French (FREN), German (GERM) or Spanish (SPAN))

  • MODL101 Elementary I, 4 credit hours
  • MODL102 Elementary II, 3 credit hours
  • MODL 201 Intermediate, 3 Credit Hours
  • MODL 202, Modern Language for Reading, 3 credit hours

Math

  • MATH 102 Quantitative Reasoning OR (MATH 103 AND MATH 104) OR MATH 105 College Algebra, 3 credit hours
  • STAT 214 Elementary Statistics, 3 credit hours

Science [(CHEM, GEOL, or PHYS) AND BIOL, with 2 courses in the same science]

  • Elective (SCI), 3 credit hours
  • Elective (SCI), 3 credit hours
  •  Elective (SCI), 3 credit hours

Communication

  • CMCN 202 Argumentation and Structure Decision-Making OR CMCN 302 Competitive Forensics OR CMCN 310 Public Speaking, 3 credit hours

Art

  • Elective (Art), 3 credit hours

Behavioral Science

  • GEOG 3/4xx, 3 Credit Hours
  • ECON 201 Principles of Economic I OR ECON 202 Principles of Economics II OR ECON 300 Fundamentals of Economics, 3 Credit Hours

Philosophy

  • PHIL 3/4xx, 3 Credit Hours

University Freshman Experience

  • UNIV 100 First Year Seminar: Cajun Connection, 3 Credit Hours

Minor (ECON, GEOG (world), HIST (world), MODL, or other advisor approved area).

  • 18 credit hours in minor
  • 6 credit hours of the 18 credit hours total must be at the 3/4xx level
  • no more than one course grade of D in minor