School of Education and Social Sciences
Undergraduate

Term: Spring 2026
Session: Full Term (Jan 20 - May 08)
Start Date: Tuesday, Jan 20, 2026
End Date: Friday, May 08, 2026
Availability: On Campus
Day(s): Tues./Thurs.
Time: 09:30 AM to 10:45 AM

This course examines the international political system. The course emphasizes examining international actors such as the United Nations and other inter-governmental organizations. Ideal for students who are interested in global events and foreign cultures this class spends a great deal of time applying international relation theories to contemporary global issues and explores many theoretical concepts such as human nature ethnicity religion and other human factors that aide us in explaining global conflict. The concepts of national interest power and constructs of the nation-state paradigm as well as the social economic and political factors of contemporary conflicts in the world as they interact with large international actors and nation states are covered. 3 Credit Course