Int'l Relations?!? A little help

ilk07
Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:42:40 +0000

^^ elmtree is incorrect. International studies is an interdisciplinary major. it involves elements of politics, economics, history, and cultural and diversity classes. there are five concentrations within the international studies major; while politics is one, other concentrations would require you to take very few political courses. i may be wrong, but i think some of the other concentrations are in Economics, History and Culture, and possibly globalization (not sure about this one- check the website)

You have to apply for the major your sophomore year. the reason it isn’t on the supplement is because you can’t declare yourself an international studies major unless you’ve already been accepted to the program.

it really doesn’t matter whether or not you declare your major. at all.

BUT keep in mind that you are not guaranteed a spot in the international studies program. You have to keep (from what I’ve heard) AT LEAST above a 3.25 GPA, and you have to prove that you would have a lot to offer to the program. After all, it IS an application process -from what I gather, it isn’t too competitive, but plenty of people do get rejected and also many don’t end up applying because they screwed up their freshman year GPA. I only say this because if you are very serious about an international relations major, you may want to look to another school where you are guaranteed the major. Personally, I turned down Macalester College, which is renowned for their IS program, because I believed that BC still had more to offer academically

OR if there is something else you may want to major in, you can always have an international studies minor, which is not very difficult to pursue