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IR 100. Intermediate Seminar. Mr. Englebert
A reading-intensive seminar designed to introduce sophomore or junior majors to prevailing theories, methodologies, and subject themes in international studies. Prerequisites: Politics 8 (Introduction to International Relations) and at least two other core courses. Offered during the Spring Semester.

IR 191a. Senior Thesis Research. Mr. Englebert.
A seminar on research design and methodology intended to help students formulate and implement an individual research project. Students also present their research proposals to other senior majors in the program.Prerequisites: prior completion of four of the five courses in Global and Regional Studies, and one of the two advanced electives. Fall Semester.

IR 191b. Senior Thesis. Mr. Englebert.
Students work independently under the direction of one faculty member, normallyfrom among the faculty on the Global and Regional Studies Committee. A second member of the faculties of the Claremont Colleges also reads the completed thesis. Prerequisite: IR 191a. Spring Semester.

IR 199. Readings and Research in Global and Regional Studies. Staff.
Tutorial programs of interdisciplinary study culminating in a major research paper. Open to juniors or seniors with permission of instructor. Course or half-course. Each semester.
The following courses may be selected as advanced electives in Global and Regional Studies, subject to the conditions described in the major requirements above.


Advanced Electives

Economics
ECON 118. Economic History of Europe
ECON 119. Economic History of Japan, Russia, and the United States
ECON 125. Economic Transformations
ECON 153. Economic Development

History
HIST 32. Latin America since Independence
HIST 41CC. History of Africa, 1800 to the Present
HIST 71. Modern Europe: Europe since 1789
HIST 100D. Social and Economic History of South America
HIST 100ICC. Identity and Culture in Latin America
HIST 100J. State and Citizen in Modern Japan
HIST 100M. The Modernization of Japan
HIST 100NCC. The Mexico-United States Border
HIST 100QCC. Interpreting the Mexican Revolution
HIST 100UCC. Pan-Africanism and Black Radical Traditions
HIST 128. The United States and the World from 1890 to the Present
HIST 129. International History of the Cold War
HIST 143CC. Slavery and Freedom in the New World
HIST 149CC. Industrialization and Social Change in Soutehrn Africa
HIST 178. Europe from the Periphery: Imperial Projects and Colonial Societies
HIST 182. Modern Britain, 1714-1991

Politics
POLI 60. The Global Politics of Food and Agriculture
POLI 72B. Contemporary International Relations of Asia
POLI 161. Japanese Politics
POLI 162G. Comparative African Politics
POLI 163. Comparative East Asian Politics
POLI 165. Comparative Latin American Politics
POLI 167. The Reconfiguration of Power in Africa
POLI 170. Introduction to International Political Economy
POLI 171. Conflict and Change in the International System
POLI 173. Worlds in Collision
POLI 174CC. U.S. Immigration Policy
POLI 178. The Political Economy of Development
POLI 185. International Relations of Latin America
POLI 190B. Senior Seminar in Comparative Politics
POLI 190D. Senior Seminar in Problems of U.S. Foreign Policy