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Major Overview

As you delve into the exciting new challenges presented by聽our聽rapidly changing world, we will help you achieve聽a聽more聽sophisticated understanding of the allocation of ideas and resources across nations and societies,聽with聽expanded聽exploration of聽the complex relationships between the national and international, the local and聽global, and聽the corporate and聽civil.聽At a time when聽the interactions聽among聽different political actors affect聽all聽our lives,聽we want to聽help you find your own path towards participation聽in a systematic study of political institutions, processes, and behaviors that can help you understand some of the biggest questions of our day.聽聽

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The educational goals for this major are as follows:

  • You will develop mastery of the disciplinary corpus covered by ICP studies (international relations theory, international political economy, international law, comparative politics, and political philosophy).
  • You will be equipped with the analytical tools and methods needed for rigorous thinking about and engaging in research over core issues of world politics.
  • You will communicate ideas (written and oral) clearly in rigorously argued fashion.

Learning Environment

Our聽interdisciplinary and interactive courses in political science, government, law, geopolitics, country and regional studies, and political economy will聽help you discover the best ways in which you can engage with and assume civic and political leadership.聽Additionally,聽our聽close ties聽with world-renowned universities,聽international institutions, UN agencies, the media, and non-governmental organizations,聽will provide you with聽numerous聽opportunities for intellectual exploration, internships, and special research and publication projects. Our strategic location聽in Paris聽also provides easy access to聽the resources of聽other prestigious academic institutions, including the Sorbonne, Sciences Po, and the Coll猫ge de France.聽

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Major Components
Build Your Degree

With every single one of our majors, you鈥檒l find a carefully curated medley of core courses and electives, which will provide you with the tools you need to establish an unshakeable foundation in the principles and concepts fundamental to your growth within your disciplines of choice. Many majors also enable you to specialize further within the broader area of study.

Core Courses

Core Courses

We aim to help you develop a range of skills, capacities, and modes of inquiry that will be crucial for your future since employers and graduate schools are looking for the critical thinking and innovative problem-solving skills that are associated with a liberal arts education, including sophisticated writing abilities, willingness to pose difficult questions, and an understanding of the historical and cultural contexts surrounding a topic or decision.聽

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Specialization

Specialization

The International Comparative Politics major offers courses in the following three specializations:聽

  • World Politics聽
  • European and US Politics聽
  • Development and Human Rights

Core Courses

The International & Comparative Politics聽core courses, which you must take as part of the major requirements, will provide you with the tools you鈥檒l need to ground your present and future studies. Your introduction to the fundamentals of International & Comparative Politics will help pave the way for your successful completion of other International & Comparative Politics courses.