IRP International Relations Program
GSIR
IRP trains young people to become outstanding practitioners and scholars to deal with global challenges
Additionaly, the IRP offers various elective courses. IR degree students can chooese courses to focus on particular thematic or reginal issues to analyze and understand dynamic, complex contemporary international affairs. Those course seek to provide more advanced, specific, and up-to-date studies corresponding with the multi-disciplinary nature of the international relations field. PS degree students can choose courses in international relations and international political economy, thereby further broadening their knowledge in political science. In the end, IRP students are expected to develop the capacity to analyze diverse global challenges and propose policy solutions for them, whether from IR prespective or from a PS perspective.
The International Relations Program (IRP) offers two two- year MA degrees, one in International Relations (IR), the other in Political Science (PS). IR students, taking the core courses for the IR degree, acquire the basic concepts and theories of international relations, empirical knowledge, and analytical skills. All of these are necessary to understand the diverse accepts of international relations. PS students take core courses for the PS degree, which cover PS topics such as comparative politics, political institutions, political theory and methodology, with a strong focus on methodology. PS students thereby acquire sufficient methodological skills to analyze diverse issues in political science.
Curriculum
1st year
2nd year
Degree Requirements
Fall
Winter
Spring
Fall
Winter
Spring
MA in International Relations 40 credits & Thesis /44 credits & Research Report
Core : 16 credits
Elective : 18(22) credits
Seminar : 6 credits
Core for IR
Core for PS
- Comparative Government and Politics - Foreign Policy Analysis - History of International Relations - Human Rights and Global Justice : Cultures, Gender, and Equality - International Organization - International Political Economy - International Politics - International Security in a Digitized World
- Applied Econometrics or Econometrics - Comparative Government and Politics - Local Government and Public Service - Political Institutions and Governance - Political Theory - Public Administration
- Research Methods - Statistical Mathods
Elective (IRP common courses)
- American Foreign Policy - Analysis of Development Policies and Programs - Chinese Foreign Policy - Cross-cultural Communication - Diplomacy and Statecraft - E nvironment, Sustainable Development, and Human Security - Essentials of Economics - Evolution of Modern Strategy - Global Issues : UNU Global Seminar
- History of Global Political Economy - International Law - International Relations and Foreign Policy of Japan - International Relations in Euraia - Issues in African Development - Japanese Development Cooperation : Implementation and Practice - Japanese Government and Politics - Japanese International Development Cooperation
- Japanese National Secutiry Policy - Modern Japan in the World - P olitico-economic History of Japan's Modernization - Postwar Japanese Politics - Public Human Resource Management - Refugees, Migrants, and Human Security - Security and Strategy : National and International - Social Issues in Contemporary Japan : Modern and Postmodern
Student Profile
Thomas Matthew Green (USA)
Pre-IUJ
Washington State University, Political Science and Japanese Major
IRP Features
The diversity of the students and faculty contribute to a unique environment to study International Relations in. Between theory and practice, this program gives us the tools to pursue both
Research Topic Recommended Course
Role of the Maritime Militia in the People's Liberation Army
International Security in a Digitized World (Prof. Noboru Yamaguchi) This course offers a look into the way the development of cyberspace and Artificial Intelligence is changing the world of International Security
Post-IUJ
Pursue a career in government geared towards foreign affairs
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International Relations Program
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