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/Institutions/Messiah-College/json/2018-2019/Undergraduate-Catalog.json
Politics and International Relations (B.A.) with International Relations concentration
Major Requirements
Nine credits is the maximum number of internship/practica credits that can apply toward the Politics major. This maximum includes any courses or experiential credit earned as a part of a semester-long off-campus program.
Complete the following for your major:
POLI 494: Fulfills Writing Enriched course requirement for major.
International Relations Concentration (27)
| ECON 120 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 220 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
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| ECON 312 | Economic Development | 3 |
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| IBUS 375 | International Business and World Economy | 3 |
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| POLI 362 | Theories of International Relations | 3 |
POLI xxx
| Politics elective | 3 |
Twelve credits from the following:
| POLI 222 | Politics in Latin America | 3 |
| POLI 342 | Politics in Canada | 3 |
| POLI 346 | Russia after Communism | 3 |
| POLI 348 | Politics of the United Kingdom | 3 |
| POLI 370 | Topics in International Relations | 3 |
| Any other approved POLI course or European or non-Western HIST course | 3 |
QuEST Requirements
| Experiential Learning requirement | 0 |
| QuEST requirements | Credits |
| First Year Seminar | 3 |
| Oral Communication | 3 |
| Created and Called for Community (W) | 3 |
| Mathematical Sciences | 3 or 4 |
| Laboratory Science | 3 or 4 |
| Science, Technology & the World | 3 |
| Social Science (POLI 113) | met/major |
| European or United States History | 3 |
| Literature | 3 |
| Philosophy and Religion | 3 |
| Arts | 3 |
| First Semester of Language | 3 |
| Second Semester of Language | 3 |
| Third Semester of Language or Cross Cultural | 3 |
| Non-Western Studies | 2-3 |
| Bible | 3 |
| Christian Beliefs | 3 |
| Wellness course | 1 |
| Ethics, World Views or Pluralism | 3 |
| QuEST requirements | 51-54 |
| Major requirements | 45 |
| Free electives | 27-24 |
| Total credits | 123 |