Global Politics

The Department of Social and Decision Sciences and the Global and International Relations Program are pleased to announce a new major in Global Politics.

Global politics is about the intersection of politics, markets, culture, and technology; the declining significance of the distinction between domestic politics and international relations; the challenges from migration, economic and political transitions, disease, environmental changes, and war; and the often transcendent power of identity, ideology, nationalism, religion, culture, and technology on state and non-state actors. No single discipline can fully grapple with what it means to live in a global society, but analytical social science provides important insights.

Students majoring in Global Politics will become conversant in the theoretical underpinnings of the study of international relations. They will also be trained to apply analytical tools such as rational choice theory, political history, economic analysis, and theories of behavioral decision making to enduring problems in the global system.

It is expected that students will have studied at least one foreign language through the 200-level; this will be especially important for students planning to study abroad.

Global Politics is an initiative of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, offered through the Department of Social and Decision Sciences, and is available as a primary major, additional major, and minor.

For more information, contact:

Traci Sebastian
Academic Advisor, Global and International Relations Program
traci@andrew.cmu.edu
(412) 268-7082

or visit our website at www.cmu.edu/ir.