Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs and Cultural Anthropology

Northeastern University

This combined major offers undergraduates the opportunity to develop an awareness of contemporary cultures within their international, transnational, and global contexts since the early 20th century. The combined major addresses diverse and cross-disciplinary theories of interstate relations (conflict, cooperation, hierarchies) civil society, transnational advocacy networks, global social movements and state-society relations (democracy, authoritarianism, social justice and inequalities, citizenship). International affairs is an interdisciplinary major in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities. The program is designed to prepare undergraduate students with the academic knowledge, cross-cultural awareness, and skills needed to thrive and lead in a diverse world society while promoting global citizenship and social responsibility. Our internationally diverse faculty has a wide-ranging scholarly expertise, with strengths in conflict resolution and peace building international law and global politics of gender, ethnicity, and cities.