International Business Degrees Online

The IR major consists of 13 courses in political science, history and economics. Coursework covers international politics, diplomacy and conflict; the global economy; and comparative political and economic systems. At the time they declare a major, students select one of these three departments as their home department. Before beginning junior Independent Study, majors take at least one social science methods course in the home department. They also choose their I.S. advisers from that department.

How will economic globalization, the rise of Islamic fundamentalism, the emergence of the U.S. as the world’s sole superpower, or the growth of the European Union shape the future? The field of international relations seeks to answer those questions by exploring the behavior of governments, sub-national groups seeking independence or autonomy, international institutions like the United Nations, multinational corporations, and non-governmental organizations like Amnesty International.

International relations majors investigate the rich complexity of relationships — political, economic, historical, geographic, and cultural — among these actors, and how those relationships shape the world in which we live.

A degree in economics provides a student with strong theoretical and quantitative foundations that can be used to differentiate them from other job-seekers after graduation. Students choose from an intriguing set of elective courses such as environmental economics, urban economics, health economics, the economics of race and a year-long intensive exposure to international economics. The uniqueness of the economics program at Wooster is the senior experience where all students work independently in consultation with a faculty advisor on a year-long senior project.

Wooster provides an academically challenging program of business education within the context of the liberal arts for those who desire a sophisticated understanding of business operation and an appreciation for the social and economic complexities of the world in which firms operate. The course work gives students a foundation on which to build and helps them develop the skills that allow them to gather business and economic data and analyze them in a useful way.