Student Learning Outcomes

• Analyze and evaluate key topics such as globalization, conflict, cooperation, diplomacy, international law, human rights, and international political economy.
• Describe the roles of national, international, transnational and sub-national actors in promoting or hindering international cooperation.
• Explain two theories of International Relations and argue which theory best explains International Relations and support said theory with appropriate evidence.
• Explain the impact of important historical events on the contemporary study of international relations and world politics.
• Demonstrate a basic knowledge of the United Nations, World Trade Organization, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Cold War and its aftermath, the politics of the Middle East and American foreign policy.
• Describe the International Relations concept Levels of Analysis and argue which level, or levels, best explains and analyzes international relations.
• Define, explain, analyze and compare core theories in International Relations and explain which theory best describes international relations and why.