International Affairs Minor

Current UNCW Undergraduate Students

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Core Courses (6 Credit Hours)

• PLS 220  -  Introduction to International Relations
• PLS 425  -  International Politics

Elective Courses (9 Credit Hours)

Choose three (3) courses from:

• PLS 222  -  Contemporary International Political Issues
• PLS 420  -  Politics of Nuclear Weapons
• PLS 421  -  Causes and Dynamics of Ethnic and Nationalist Conflict
• PLS 422  -  Contemporary American Foreign Policy
• PLS 423  -  National Security Policy
• PLS 426  -  International Law
• PLS 427  -  International Organizations
• PLS 495  -  Departmental Seminar
• PLS 498  -  Internship in Political Science

Elective Course (3 Credit Hours)

Choose one (1) course from:

• PLS 218  -  Ethics in International Affairs
• PLS 230  -  Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics
• PLS 330  -  Political Systems of Africa
• PLS 331  -  Politics in Developing Nations
• PLS 332  -  Politics of Central America
• PLS 333  -  Politics of South America
• PLS 335  -  European Political Systems
• PLS 336  -  Russian and Post-Soviet Political Systems
• PLS 337  -  Chinese Politics
• PLS 338  -  Political Systems of the Middle East
• PLS 339  -  Asian Politics
• PLS 424  -  International Security
• PLS 427  -  International Organizations
• PLS 428  -  Global Terrorism
• PLS 429  -  International Political Economy

Elective Course (3 Credit Hours)

Choose one (1) course from:

• ECN 426  -  International Trade and Finance
• HST 301  -  History of American Foreign Relations since the Progressive Era
• MGT 352  -  International Management
• PLS 294  -  Transnational Politics Study Abroad I
• PLS 334  -  Revolutionary Movements
• PLS 370  -  Global Environmental Governance
• PLS 494  -  Transnational Politics Study Abroad II