国际关系学(IR)是研究各个国家间外交关系的跨学科专业;如：主权国家、国际政府组织(IGO)、国际非政府组织(INGO)、非政府组织(NGO)以及跨国公司(MNC)等。小编现在就给大家解析一下国际关系政治学专业!
除了政治学与公共关系学外，其领域还涉及工程学、经济学、历史学、国际法学、哲学、地理学、社会工作学、社会学、犯罪学、心理学、国际安全学、生态环境学、经济发展学等学科领域紧密相连。
就业展望
国际关系专业毕业生可选择的就业去向——
广播新闻分析员Broadcast News Analysts：$78,380
记者Reporters and Correspondents：$45,120
政府人员及立法者Government Executives and Legislators：$38,590
公共关系专员Public Relations Specialists：$61,980
人类学Anthropologist：$60,230
典型课程列表
防止种族暴力Preventing Ethnic Violence
冷战认知Understanding the Cold War
国际惯例International Norms
和平操作维护Peace-Maintenance Operations
全球化与福利国家的未来Globalization and the Future of the Welfare State
后共产主义地区安全Security in Post Communist Regions
国际公法Public International Law
国际政治学International Politics
全球变化与安全Global Change and Security
全球化及其批判Globalization and Its Critics
企业战略Business Strategy
国家安全技术Technology in National Security
政治哲学Political Philosophy
种族和阶级政治学Politics of Race and Class
全球环境政策与法律Global Environmental Policy and Law
区域贸易协定经济学Economics of Regional Trade Agreements
注：课程列表为本科专业课程列表。
选校分析
建议申请者在选校时考虑以下因素，再做决定：
该专业是门跨学科学科还是政治学(经济学)的分支学科?
师生比率是多少?
课堂规模有多大?教授有多少人?
外语的具体要求?
该专业提供哪些海外机会?
该专业提供实习工作吗?
心理准备
Are You Ready To...?
Learn how spies operate in today’s world
Gain a different perspective on life by, perhaps, studying abroad
Read books by noted world leaders and diplomats
Specialize in a particular region, such as the Middle East or the Philippines
Take part in heated discussions on, for example, the effects of the Kyoto Protocol on relations between nations*(2)
学生评价
Students should expect to write interpretive essays on examinations rather than face simple multiple-choice or true-false questions, as well as to write papers that combine solid research with independent thinking.”
Robert Mandel, Professor and Chair, International Affairs Department, Lewis and Clark College
Do you believe that societies and cultures are linked in such a way that changes made in one society affect the rest of the world? If you do, International Relations might be the major for you.*