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Undergraduate
Secondary Field/Minor in International Affairs
Students from other schools of the University may complete a secondary field of study, or minor in international affairs in the Elliott School.
The twenty-one credit minor consists of four courses taken from core requirements listed below, as well as three courses taken from a functional or regional group concentration.
Click on the fields below to access lists of courses that satisfy each requirement.
Core Requirements (12 credits)
International Politics (3 credits)
History of International Relations (3 credits)
Economics (3 credits)
Anthropology/ Geography/ Public Health (3 credits)
Group Concentration (9 credits)
- Choose a functional concentration or a regional concentration.
- Your concentration must consist of three courses relating to the theme of the concentration.
- Your concentration must consist of courses from at least two different academic departments.
Use the Secondary Field in IAFF Form to declare a minor in international affairs.
Questions? E-mail advising@gwu.edu or contact the Elliott School academic advisor assigned to the portion of the alphabet under which your last name falls.
International Politics (3 Credits)
PSC 3, Intro to International Politics is a prerequisite to these courses.
IAFF 770: Turbulence in World Politics
IAFF 772: Dynamics of Globalization
PSC 137: Development Politics
PSC 139: International Political Economy
PSC 140: Theories of International Politics
PSC 142: International Organizations
PSC 144: Public International Law
PSC 146: U.S. Foreign Policy
PSC 149: International Security Politics
History of International Relations
Select one:
HIST 101: Cold War in Asia
HIST 104: Modern Africa
HIST 126: U.S. and Wars in IndoChina
HIST 134: Contemporary U.S. History since 1945
HIST 136: U.S. Europe in 20th Century
HIST 137: U.S. Foreign Policy Since WWWII (I)
HIST 138: U.S. Foreign Policy Since WWWII (II)
HIST 143: The Making of the Modern Balkans
HIST 156: European Integration
HIST 164: History of Latin America
HIST 180: Nuclear Arms Race
HIST 182: U.S. Diplomatic History
HIST 183: International History and the Cold War
HIST 187: History of Modern China
HIST 188: History of Chinese Communism
HIST 189: History of Modern Japan
HIST 190: History of Korea
HIST 194: History of the Modern Middle East
HIST 196: Modern Southeast Asia
International Economics (3 Credits)
ECON 11 and 12, Micro and Macroeconomics, are prerquisites to these courses.
ECON
180: Survey of International Economics
ECON 181: International Trade Theory and Policy
ECON 182: International Macroeconomic Theory and Policy
Anthropology/ Geography/ Public Health(3 Credits)
ANTH 2, Sociocultural Anthropology, is a prerequisite to most of these ANTH courses.
GEOG 1, Human Geography, is a prerequisite to many of these GEOG courses.
Please consult the Bulletin for details.
ANTH 150: Human Rights and Ethics
ANTH 151: Development Anthropology
ANTH 152: Cultural Ecology
ANTH 153: Psychological Anthropology
ANTH 154: Illness, Healing, and Culture
ANTH 156: Politics, Ethnicity, and Nationalism
ANTH 159: Symbolic Anthropology
ANTH 161: Language, Culture, and Cognition
GEOG 120: World Regional Geography
GEOG 127: Population Geography
GEOG 132: Environment Quality and Management
GEOG 140: Urban Geography
GEOG 141: Cities in the Developing World
GEOG 143: Urban Environmental Issues
GEOG 145: Cultural Geography
GEOG 147: Military Geography
GEOG 148: Economic Geography
GEOG 198: Global Perspectives on Environmental Conservation
PUBH 180: Intro to Global Health and Development
PUBH 181: Ecology, Health, and Social Development
