{"id":93,"date":"2015-07-28T18:55:26","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T18:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umwwebmaster.wpengine.com\/study\/?post_type=areas&#038;p=93"},"modified":"2024-10-03T08:31:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T12:31:22","slug":"international-affairs","status":"publish","type":"areas","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/areas\/international-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"International Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--yellow umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">Majors, Minors &amp; Areas of Study<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">International Affairs<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-stay-on-top-of-the-world\">Stay on top of the world.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Global affairs are in constant motion, buffeted by politics, economics, religion, cults of personality, and crises both natural and manmade. Major in international affairs at the University of Mary Washington to understand this interplay of forces through an interdisciplinary lens. Hone your focus through internships, study abroad or rigorous independent research as you prepare yourself to help shape a complex world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-degree-awarded\">Degree Awarded<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Students majoring in international affairs who complete all requirements earn the degree of Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in international affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-areas-of-study\">Areas of Study<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The major offers classes in national security studies; international economics and business; politics of developing countries; American foreign policy; geopolitics; Eastern and Western Europe; South and East Asia; North Africa and the Middle East; and Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-career-opportunities\">Career Opportunities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Graduates have forged successful&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/polisci\/about-our-students-and-alumni\/recent-careers\/\">careers<\/a>&nbsp;in higher education teaching, law, nonprofit organizations, politics, government, the Peace Corps, national security, journalism, banking, and business. Many have excelled in graduate programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/careercenter\/tools-resources\/what-can-i-do-with-this-major\/international-affairs\/\">See Career Paths<div class='arrow'><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-internships\">Internships<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Mary Washington\u2019s location midway between two centers of politics \u2014 Richmond, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. \u2013 offers&nbsp; numerous opportunities for internships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past several years, international affairs and political science majors have had internships in congressional and other governmental offices, and with the World Bank, the American Enterprise Institute, Common Cause, ABC News, and&nbsp;<em>The Washington Monthly<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-accordion-container umw-custom-block\" data-only-one=\"true\">\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Honors<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>Students with at least a 3.4 grade-point average overall and a 3.4 GPA in the major can choose to write an honors thesis, with the permission of a thesis adviser and the department chair.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Requirements<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-major-requirements\">Major Requirements<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.umw.edu\/undergraduate\/majors\/international-affairs\/#requirementstext\">major in international affairs<\/a>\u00a0requires 21 credits in core classes and 15 elective credits from such disciplines as economics, geography, history, political science, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. <strong>Students must take at least one (3 credit) elective in HIST.<\/strong> All IA support courses must be chosen from a list of electives approved by the department. To meet the language requirement, a student may complete one foreign language through the intermediate level (Except Latin or Greek). At least one Speaking Intensive (SI) and one Writing Intensive (WI) must be among the 36 credits in the major program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-minor-requirements\">Minor Requirements<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>UMW offers a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.umw.edu\/undergraduate\/minors\/security-conflict-studies\/#requirementstext\">minor in security and conflict studies<\/a>. The minor requires 18 credits including selected classes in political science, international affairs, and history. A&nbsp; three-credit internship may count as an elective with the approval of the minor program director. You\u2019ll also write a three-credit senior thesis on an aspect of security and conflict studies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"creator":[2],"class_list":{"0":"post-93","1":"areas","2":"type-areas","3":"status-publish","5":"department-psia","6":"key-major","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>International Affairs - Majors, Minors, and Areas of Study<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/areas\/international-affairs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"International Affairs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Stay on top of the world. 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