Bachelor of Arts Honours and General in International Relations and Development Studies

This is a unique and interdisciplinary program that combines several academic disciplines into a varied and fascinating study of global politics. The program is based on a set of core Political Science courses and two concentrations selected from: Economics; Gender; History; Philosophy; Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies; Sociology; Geography and Globalization; and Languages (choice of French, Arabic, German, Italian or Spanish). You can also spend a semester overseas on International Exchange as one of your concentrations. The International Relations program explores the complexities and challenges associated with international governance to better understand how politics works in the developed and developing world. The faculty members conduct research in such areas as: peace and conflict resolution; Track II diplomacy, development and aid strategies; food security and hunger; international policy analysis; international trade and political economy; Middle Eastern and Islamic politics; African politics, democratic politics in post-Soviet states, oil and resource politics, and religion and politics.