UPCOMING NEWS and EVENTS
Latest News: Starting in the Fall 2008 International Relations Program will offer a new minor in IR - please see below for requirements (for further questions please contact Program Director; Dr. Tom Inglot at tinglot@mnsu.edu)
IR Minor (18 credits)
Required Core for the Minor (9 credits) :
POL 231 World Politics (3)
POL 241 Introduction to Comparative Politics (3)
POL 431 International Relations (3)
Required Electives (9 credits):
12 credits- any IR or Comparative Politics courses from the approved list of the IR Program at the 400 level only.
Fall Semester 2007-2008:
SUMMER 2008 IR PROGRAM CLASS OFFERINGS:
PS 231 World Politics Kawabata M-F 11:00-12:30 AH215
PS4/549 Comparative Criminal Justice Wilkins M-F 12:45-2:15 MH206
CHECK OUT STUDY ABROAD OPPORTUNITIES - Visit MSU International Center at CSU 250! http://www.mnsu.edu/ipo/
PAST EVENTS:
Fall Semester 2007-2008
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Peace Conference, March 28, 2008.
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Political Science/International Relations Career Day was held on Wednesday, January 30, 11-1pm in CSU 201.
Special guests at the Career Day included:
Caryn LIndsay, Director, International Student Programs (formerly of US State Department), and
Noelle Biesterfeld, (BA. MSU International Relations 2000), "Enterprise Solutions to Poverty" - Nancy Barry Associates, New York City.
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2007 Kessel Memorial Lecture, December 5, 2007:
Kathryn Sikkink (University of Minnesota): “The Justice Cascade: The Origins and Effects of Human Rights Trials.”
Sikkink, author of the award-winning book Activists Without Borders, is Regents Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. She holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University.
The Department of Political Science/Law Enforcement’s Kessel Lecture is delivered each year in honor of the late Professor Abbas Kessel, who taught in the department for more than 20 years. The lecture reflects Kessel’s lifelong commitment to peace, human rights and environmental health, and features scholars and activists whose work demonstrates courage, incisiveness and dedication to global issues.
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Erin Rahman, MSU senior and International Relations major has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for the 2007-08 academic year. She will study political science in Bangladesh.
International Lectureship Series
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CAMPUS LECTURE BY FORMER STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL, MARGARET CARPENTER, ON "DIPLOMACY AND THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT." (NOVEMBER 14, 2007).
The International Relations program would like to invite you to view:
Transitions: Political Science & Law Enforcement People is our annual department newsletter mailed to our alumni (graduates) and others.
The hard working editor, Eiji Kawabata, assembles stories from faculty on their activities, and reports on major events and developments in the department. The Chairperson writes a retrospective column on the academic year.
Accounts of the activities of some alums are also included.
Whether you are a graduate of MSU, or just interested in us, Transitions: Political Science & Law Enforcement People will give you some "inside scoop" on the department.
Note to our Graduates: Please tell us what you have been up to, share a memory of MSU or just say hello. It's as easy as sending an e-mail to Dr. Eiji Kawabata at eiji.kawabata@mnsu.edu. Others are also welcome to send comments.
