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International Relations
The international relations major, a part of the political science department, is an interdisciplinary program of study. IR is designed to give students a global perspective of economic, political and social relationships. Your coursework includes political science, economics, history, religion and a variety of other humanities.
As an IR major, you will develop an understanding of the history of an important region outside the United States. You will develop a critical understanding of the parameters of world politics, including analyzing and critiquing the major institutions of world politics. You will also learn to describe and analyze international economic institutions and apply basic concepts of international economics.
Overseas study at one of Jewell's twenty-two overseas study programs is required. Recent IR majors studied at Oxford, the Sorbonne, Vienna, Austria, Germany, Japan, Costa Rica, Israel/Palestine and Spain. You are also required to have at least three semesters of a single foreign language (or proficiency at that level).
Several students each year secure paid internships on Capitol Hill. Others have interned in national, state and local campaigns, at the embassies of the Kingdom of Jordan and the Czech Republic and in the World Affairs Institute. Students also obtained mentorships in the Kansas City metro area at the FBI, the Federal Reserve and the Jackson and Platte County Prosecutor’s Offices, among other places.
Graduates have won admission in prestigious graduate and professional programs. In the last five years, students have been accepted at: USC Law (the alum graduated 1st in his class!); Washington University Law; Georgetown University Law; and law programs at KU, MU and UMKC. In graduate programs: UVA Ph.D. in International Relations; Syracuse University M.A. in International Relations; George Washington M.A. in International Relations; Baylor University M.A. in International Relations; KU Master’s in Public Administration; Boston University M.A. in Asian Studies.
Graduates have also recently begun positions at: Federal Reserve; Capitol Hill (4 in the last 5 years); George K. Baum; Andersen Consulting; Shook, Hardy & Bacon (legal analysis). In the U.S. military, alumni now serve in Army Intelligence (Korea); Naval Intelligence (Mediterranean); Marine Corps Logistics.
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