Original Research in International Relations

This new course offers IR majors an opportunity to conduct in-depth, original research and write an original research paper on a topic of their choosing within a single quarter. It is ideally suited for students who have a question that has intrigued them and that they would like to answer through original research. Through this course, students will narrow their interests into a clear research question, develop a research design, review relevant literature that addresses this question, conduct original empirical research and produce a final research paper. The course is designed for IR majors, and thus has an interdisciplinary focus and embraces methodological diversity. It may also be petitioned to count towards the IR major.