International Relations, M.A.

Admission

Admissions to the M.A. in International Relations degree program requires an average of B+ or better in Honours Political Science or, with the approval of the Department’s Graduate Chair, in another discipline. The Department offers two streams in this M.A. program: (1) Global Politics; and (2) Global Political Economy. Students must indicate the stream in which they wish to major in their application.

Requirements

Students in the M.A. in International Relations program are required to complete:

1. Four international relations courses; three in the major stream, one other International Relations course. For students in the Global Politics stream, this must include
   POLI SCI * 772
     -Theories of International Relations. For students in the Global Political Economy stream, this must include
   POLI SCI * 774
     - Global Political Economy.
2. Relations course
   POLI SCI * 775
    
3. One additional graduate course
4. One M.A. in International Relations Colloquium course
5. Major Research Paper (10,000 words) (*708 )

Normally, completion of the M.A. in International Relations will take one year.