<p>Hopeful, IR has two tracks (I think, they just changed everything around so my info may be a bit weak): Political Economy and Security and Society. I think. The website with info regarding this is [International</a> Relations at Brown : Requirements](<a href=“http://www.watsoninstitute.org/ir/concentrators.cfm]International”>http://www.watsoninstitute.org/ir/concentrators.cfm)</p>
<p>So if you choose the Political Economy track (Political Economy literally just means How Various Governments Try To Manage Their Economies While Maintaining Power) you would have to take, in addition to the core requirement (Principles of Econ - Econ 0110), Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. Both of these are heavily Calculus-reliant and are kind of beastly courses that you just have to work through to get to the cool stuff they prepare you for. The Political Economy track also requires further Economics coursework but it is not nearly as theoretical and Calculus-reliant as the aforementioned courses.</p>
<p>However, should you take a (the?) non-Political Economy track, then you would only be required to take Principles of Economics.</p>
<p>Also don’t sweat the “Chance Me” or the “I got in” threads – let’s say that CC has a HUGE sample bias towards the wealthy and over-prepared.</p>