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POLISCI 410A

International Relations Theory, Part I

UNITS:3-5
GRADING:Letter or Credit/No Credit
LEVEL:Graduate
GER:—

This course offers a PhD-level introductory overview of the field of international relations. The primary purpose is to understand and evaluate the main theories, arguments, claims, and conjectures made by scholars in the field so as to enable students to situate arguments in the conceptual structure and intellectual history of IR theory.

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1 Term
Seminar 1Open
ID: 6746
0 / 15 enrolled
DAYS:Tuesday
TIME:1:30 PM – 4:20 PM
LOCATION:Encina West 417
INSTRUCTOR:
Kennard, Amanda
units

POLISCI 410A: International Relations Theory, Part I

3-5 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit

This course offers a PhD-level introductory overview of the field of international relations. The primary purpose is to understand and evaluate the main theories, arguments, claims, and conjectures made by scholars in the field so as to enable students to situate arguments in the conceptual structure and intellectual history of IR theory.

Offered in Autumn 2026 at Stanford University.

Autumn 2026 sections

  • Seminar — Tuesday 1:30 PM – 4:20 PM — Encina West 417 — Kennard, Amanda (Graduate)

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