Course Descriptions

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International Relations Discipline Courses

Course ID Title Latest Offering
I R 104 Introduction to World Affairs (3) Fall 2009
I R 305 Problems and Controversies in International Relations (1-4) Effective Spring 1988
IR 305 Variable topics:
  I R 305 Foreign Students at SFSU: Problems of International Understanding (1) Spring 1991
  I R 305 International Integration: Western Europe (4) Spring 1991
  I R 305 International Trade Issues (4) Effective Spring 2003
  I R 305 Russian-American Relations (4) Spring 1990
I R 306 U.S.-Central American Relations (4) Fall 2009
I R 307 Culture and Identity in World Politics (4) Spring 2008
I R 308 Fundamentals of International Relations Theories, Issues, and Perspectives (4) Fall 2009
I R 309 International Relations Analysis and Application (4) Fall 2009
I R 310 U.S. Foreign Policy (4) Fall 2009
I R 312 Introduction to International Political Economy (4) Fall 2009
I R 315 Introduction to Global Peace Studies (3) Fall 2008
I R 320 Foreign Relations of Selected Nation States (4) Effective Spring 1981
I R 321 Development and Foreign Policy--Africa (4) Fall 2009
I R 322 Latin American Policy Analysis (4) Spring 2009
I R 323 The Persian Gulf in International Relations (4) Spring 2009
I R 324 Middle East and North Africa in International Relations (4) Fall 2009
I R 324 Middle East: Heartland (4) Fall 2007
I R 325 Chinese Foreign Policy (4) Spring 2009
I R 326 South and Southeast Asia Foreign Relations (4) Fall 2009
I R 327 Europe: Forming a More Perfect Union (4) Fall 2007
I R 328 Domestic and Foreign Policy: Post-Communist Regions (4) Fall 2009
I R 329 U.S.-Japan Politics (4) Spring 2009
I R 330 World Law (4) Spring 2009
I R 331 Global Environmental Crisis (4) Fall 2009
I R 332 International Criminal Law (4) Spring 2009
I R 334 International Organizations: New World Order (4) Fall 2009
I R 335 Muslim Societies in Transnational Perspective (4) Spring 2009
I R 336 Politics of Globalization (4) Fall 2008
I R 341 Comparative Criminal Justice (4) Summer 2008
I R 342 Strategy and War (4) Fall 2009
I R 346 Recent European History (3) Fall 2009
I R 360 Intelligence and Intelligence Agencies (4) Fall 2009
I R 361 Terrorism and Covert Political Warfare (4) Fall 2009
I R 362 Domestic & Transnational Sources of US Foreign Policy (4) Spring 2009
I R 404 Politics of China (4) Fall 2007
I R 407 Politics of Russia (4) Spring 2009
I R 411 East Asian Politics (4) Spring 2008
I R 412 South Asian Politics (4) Fall 2009
I R 416 Ethnicity and Nationalism (4) Spring 2009
I R 417 Gender, Equality, and Politics: A Comparative Perspective (4) Spring 2009
I R 428 International Political Economy of Food and Hunger (4) Fall 2009
I R 430 Israeli Democracy: Politics, Institutions, and Society (3) Spring 2009
I R 432 Model United Nations (4) Spring 2009
I R 445 Political Geography (4) Spring 2008
I R 446 The Multinational Corporation in World Affairs (4) Spring 2009
I R 450 International Labor (3) Fall 2009
I R 460 Gender and International Relations (3) Effective Fall 2002
I R 515 The Two Koreas (3) Spring 2009
I R 520 Globalization and Development (4) Effective Summer 2009
I R 530 The Arab-Israeli Conflict (3) Fall 2008
I R 540 The Rich and the Poor Nations (4) Spring 2009
I R 544 Women in the World (4) Fall 2009
I R 550 Proseminar in Foreign Policy Analysis (6) Fall 2009
I R 635 Economics of Globalization (3) Fall 2009
I R 640 Field Study in International Relations (1-5) Effective Spring 1980
IR 640 Variable topics:
  I R 640 Field Study in International Relations (1) Fall 2009
  I R 640 Field Study in International Relations (2) Fall 2009
  I R 640 Field Study in International Relations (3) Fall 2009
  I R 640 Field Study in International Relations (4) Fall 2009
  I R 640 Field Study in International Relations (5) Fall 2009
I R 685 Projects in the Teaching of I R (1-4) Effective Fall 2004
IR 685 Variable topics:
  I R 685 Projects in the Teaching of I R (1) Fall 2009
  I R 685 Projects in the Teaching of I R (2) Fall 2009
  I R 685 Projects in the Teaching of I R (3) Fall 2009
  I R 685 Projects in the Teaching of I R (4) Fall 2009
I R 699 Special Study (1-4) Effective Spring 2006
IR 699 Variable topics:
  I R 699 Special Study (1) Fall 2009
  I R 699 Special Study (2) Fall 2009
  I R 699 Special Study (3) Fall 2009
  I R 699 Special Study (4) Fall 2009
I R 708 College Teaching of IR (3) Fall 2009
I R 720 Theory and Approaches in International Relations (3) Fall 2009
I R 725 The Analysis of Foreign Policy (3) Fall 2009
I R 726 Intelligence and Foreign Policy (3) Spring 2009
I R 728 International Political Economy (3) Spring 2009
I R 730 Politics of Globalization (3) Spring 2005
I R 731 Politics of Multinational Corporations (3) Effective Summer 2009
I R 735 Seminar in Global Environmental Policy (3) Spring 2009
I R 736 International Development and Globalization (3) Fall 2009
I R 738 Contemporary International Legal Issues (3) Fall 2008
I R 739 International Security (3) Fall 2009
I R 741 Africa (3) Fall 2009
I R 742 Seminar on American Foreign Policy (3) Spring 2009
I R 743 Seminar in Chinese Foreign Policy (3) Effective Summer 2009
I R 744 Current European Politics (3) Spring 2009
I R 745 Latin America (3) Spring 2009
I R 746 The Middle East (3) Fall 2009
I R 747 Russia and the West (3) Effective Fall 2010
I R 747 Russia's Foreign Policy (3) Fall 2006
I R 748 Japan in the International System (3) Spring 2008
I R 749 Asia and the World System (3) Fall 2006
I R 750 Methods and Thesis Selection in International Relations (3) Spring 2009
I R 751 Alternative Research Methods in International Relations (4) Fall 2009
I R 758 Management of NGOs in an International Context (3) Spring 2009
I R 760 Gender and International Relations (3) Effective Fall 2002
I R 892 Sponsored Graduate Internship in International Relations (3) Fall 2009
I R 898 Master's Thesis (3) Fall 2009
I R 899 Special Study (1-3) Effective Spring 2006
IR 899 Variable topics:
  I R 899 Special Study (1) Fall 2009
  I R 899 Special Study (2) Fall 2009
  I R 899 Special Study (3) Fall 2009
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