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Yakima Valley College Catalog 2024-2025

POLS& 203: International Relations

5 Cr
Quarters: W
This course is an introductory survey of global politics. Students will examine and apply the competing theories of analysis to explain international relations. Students will identify the major actors in global politics; they will investigate the reasons for these actors to engage in conflict or for cooperation to address global issues, and, students will examine the causes of change in the institutions and in the structure of global politics.
 
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL& 101  and eligibility for MATH& 146  + MATH 046 .
Distribution for DTA: Social Sciences