Joint BA/MA in International Relations

babygoindown
Wed, 18 Mar 2015 02:07:55 +0000

Hi JHS,

I see. Thank you so much for the very informative response, and sorry that it took me so long to reply – I just finished taking all my finals.

The workload is something that I’m definitely worried about. While I’ve enjoyed all of my IR classes at UChicago, I’m not sure if I would fall under the category of “liking doing extended research.” Academic research is definitely not something that I’d consider for a career, so I guess my interest in IR as purely a “hobby” does not warrant pursuing the joint degree? Since I’ve already taken a few poli sci classes, I will most likely end up pursuing a double major in econ and poli sci if I don’t take the BA/MA route.

Again, thanks for the response, and I’d really appreciate it if anyone else has any experience/opinion on the subject matter.