BS International Relations

Categories	Courses	Credit hours
General Education Cluster (GEC)	15	35
Interdisciplinary Courses (ID)	04	12
Internship	01	03
Research Methods	01	03
Capstone / Research Project	01	03
Majors (M) including Electives (E)	26	78
Total	48	134

	Courses		Credit hrs
	First Year Fall Semester (1^st Semester)
1	IR xxxx Computer and Web Skills	GEC-1	2,1
2	IR xxxx English for General Purposes	GEC-2	03
3	IR xxxx Introduction to Community Development and Philanthropy	GEC-3	2
4	IR xxxx Introduction to International Relations	M-1	03
5	IR xxxx Ideology and Constitution of Pakistan (2,0)	GEC-4	02
6	IR xxxx Islamic Studies OR IR xxxx Humanities* (For non-Muslim students)	GEC-5	02
7	IR xxxx Understanding of Holy Quran-I (1,0)	GEC-6	01
	Total Credit Hours		16
	Spring Semester (2^nd Semester)
8	IR xxxx Introduction to Psychology	ID-I	03
9	IR xxxx Introduction to Economics	ID-II	03
10	IR xxxx Fundamentals of Sociology	ID-III	03
11	IR xxxx Introduction to Political Science	GEC-7	03
12	IR xxxx International Relations: 1648-1945	M-2	03
13	IR xxxx Philosophy	GEC-8	02
	Total Credit Hours		17
	Second Year Fall Semester (3^rd Semester)
14	IR xxxx English for Academic Purposes	GEC-9	03
15	IR xxxx Mathematics and Statistics	GEC-10	03
16	IR xxxx International Relations Since 1945	M-3	03
17	IR xxxx Theories and Approaches to International Relations	M-4	03
18	IR xxxx Foreign Policy Analysis	M-5	03
19	IR xxxx Pakistan Studies (2,0)	GEC-11	02
20	IR xxxx Understanding of Holy Quran-II (1,0)	GEC-12	01
	Total Credit Hours		18
	Spring Semester (4^th Semester)
21	IR xxxx Statistical Inferences	GEC-13	03
22	IR xxxx Entrepreneurship	GEC-14	02
23	IR xxxx Ecology	GEC-15	03
24	IR xxxx Comparative Politics	M-6	03
25	IR xxxx International Political Economy	M-7	03
26	IR xxxx Political Geography	M-8	03
	Total Credit Hours		17
	Third Year Fall Semester (5^th Semester)
27	IR xxxx Artificial Intelligence in Social Sciences	ID-IV	03
28	IR xxxx Diplomacy	M-9	03
29	IR xxxx Conflict Resolution and Confidence Building Measures	M-10	03
30	IR xxxx Strategic Studies	M-11	03
31	IR xxxx International Law	M-12	03
32	IR xxxx Regional and International Organizations	M-13	03
	Total Credit Hours		18
	Spring Semester (6^th Semester)
33	IR xxxx Research Methods	RM	03
34	IR xxxx Arms Control and Disarmament	M-14
35	IR xxxx Globalization and Global Governance	M-15	03
36	IR xxxx Emerging Technologies in International Relations	M-16	03
37	IR xxxx Countering Violent Extremism	M-17	03

	Total Credit Hours		15
	Summer Semester
38	IR xxxx Internship		03
	Fourth Year Fall Semester (7^th Semester)
39	IR xxxx Peace Studies	M-18	03
40	IR xxxx Regional Connectivity and Economic Integration	M-19	03
41	IR xxxx Elective-I	M-20	03
42	IR xxxx Elective-II	M-22	03
43	IR xxxx Elective-III		03
			15
	Spring Semester (8^th Semester)
44	IR xxxx Research Project OR IR xxxx Capstone Project	03	03
45	IR xxxx Elective- IV	M-23	03
46	IR xxxx Elective- V	M-24	03
47	IR xxxx Elective- VI	M-25	03
48	IR xxxx Elective- VII	M-26	03
	Total Credit Hours		15

Majors:

IR xxxx Introduction to International Relations
IR xxxx International Relations: 1648-1945
IR xxxx International Relations Since 1945
IR xxxx Theories and Approaches to International Relations
IR xxxx Foreign Policy Analysis
IR xxxx Comparative Politics
IR xxxx International Political Economy
IR xxxx Political Geography
IR xxxx Diplomacy
IR xxxx Conflict Resolution and Confidence Building Measures
IR xxxx Strategic Studies
IR xxxx International Law – I
IR xxxx Regional and International Organizations
IR xxxx International Law – II
IR xxxx Arms Control and Disarmament
IR xxxx Globalization and Global Governance
IR xxxx Emerging Technologies in International Relations
IR xxxx Countering Violent Extremism
IR xxxx Peace Studies
IR xxxx Regional Connectivity and Economic Integration
IR xxxx International Security

Electives

IR xxxx Climate-Resilient Development and Adaptation Strategies
IR xxxx Foreign Aid: Effectiveness and Controversies
IR xxxx Gender and Development in Global Context
IR xxxx Post Conflict Reconstruction and Development
IR xxxx Sustainable Development Goals and Global Strategies
IR xxxx The Political Economy of International Development
IR xxxx Geopolitical Rivalries in the Indo-Pacific Region
IR xxxx Energy Geopolitics and Resource Wars
IR xxxx Regional Geopolitics of South Asia
IR xxxx Regional Geopolitics of the Middle Asia
IR xxxx The Geopolitical Dimensions of Climate Change
IR xxxx Theories of Geopolitics: Classical and Contemporary Approaches
IR xxxx Geopolitics of Trans-National Transportation Corridors
IR xxxx Great Power Rivalry in the Post-Cold War Era
IR xxxx The Role of International Financial Institutions in Development
IR xxxx The Role of Regional Organization in Promoting Development
IR xxxx Politics of Terrorism
IR xxxx Counterterrorism Policies and Strategies
IR xxxx Cyber Terrorism and Digital Security
IR xxxx Insurgency and Counterinsurgency: Theory and Practice
IR xxxx State Violence and Human Rights
IR xxxx Terrorism Financing and Economic Impacts
IR xxxx Theories of Political Violence
IR xxxx Refugees, Migration and Development
IR xxxx Critical Infrastructure and Homeland Security
IR xxxx Nuclear Studies and Non-Proliferation
IR xxxx Modern Political Ideologies
IR xxxx Global Politics of Climate Change
IR xxxx Regional Studies
IR xxxx Central and Western Asian Studies
IRxxxx European Studies
IR xxxx Middle Eastern Studies
IR xxxx South Asian Studies
IR xxxx African Studies
IR xxxx North and Latin American Studies
IR xxxx Introduction to Populism

Interdisciplinary Course:

IR xxxx Foreign Language
IR xxxx Introduction to Economics
IR xxxx Fundamentals of Sociology
IR xxxx Introduction to Development Studies
IR xxxx Comparative Religion
IR xxxx Introduction to Indus Civilization
IR xxxx Mass, Media and Society
IR xxxx Business Ethics
IR xxxx Introduction to Psychology
IR xxxx Enlightenment
IR xxxx Gender Studies
IR xxxx Public Policy
IR xxxx Introduction to Programming
IR xxxx Artificial Intelligence in Social Sciences

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