Requirements for the program

Participants in the program will be expected to meet the following requirements:

A. Satisfactory completion of the International System grouping: POL 15a (Introduction to International Relations), LGLS 125b (International Law, Organizations, and Conflict Resolution), and either POL 160b (World Politics since 1945), or HIST 137a (Evolution of the International System, 1815 to the Present).

B. Satisfactory completion of three courses within a second thematic grouping of courses, except for the International Economics grouping which requires completion of four courses. (Consult the list of groupings and courses given below.)

C. Three of the courses submitted to fulfill program requirements must be from outside the student's field of concentration.

D. No course in the ISP program may be taken pass/fail.

E. Students must complete a substantial research paper, usually in connection with one of the elective courses completed as part of the program on a topic approved by the program chair. The paper must be read and approved by one member of the program faculty in addition to the course instructor. (The course instructor remains solely responsible for grading of the paper with respect to the course.) The research paper is to be undertaken only after completion of at least four program courses, usually in the junior or senior year. A senior honors thesis completed in a department may, if appropriate, be used to fulfill this requirement.