The Watson Institute for International Studies announced Friday that requirements for international relations have changed for students who declare for the concentration in the future. Students who have already declared will not be affected by the changes, according to an e-mail from Mark Blyth, director of the International Relations and Development Studies programs and professor of political science.
The total number of required courses has jumped from 11 to 14, not including the requirement that concentrators study three years of a foreign language or demonstrate equivalent proficiency.
The changes also include the elimination of the "Politics, Culture and Identity" track, with the courses encompassed by that track added to the other two tracks, which will now be called "Security and Society" and "Political Economy and Society."
The consolidation took place because the tracks "lost their focus and intellectual coherence" under the previous system, according to the Committee on International and Development Studies' report.
Watson hopes to announce changes to the development studies requirements today, Blyth wrote.
