Jun 20, 2025  
Undergraduate College Catalog 2025-2026 
    
Undergraduate College Catalog 2025-2026

POLS 339 - Theories of International Relations


The course surveys theories of international relations (e.g., realism, the causes of war, functionalism, decision-making analysis) with the underlying goal of providing students with a framework”–or frameworks”–with which to analyze and critique behavior in the international arena.

Prerequisites
POLS 109 or POLS 115

Credits 4



Compass Attributes
Global Honors, Social Science, Structure/Power/Inequality, Taylor and Lane Scholars