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The Department of International Relations is the second department of its kind in Bangladesh. It is a new and a vibrant Department. From the beginning the Department is attracting hundreds of applicants for places every year out of which only 20-30 succeed in getting admission into the Department. In addition to the B.A. and the M.A. degree, the Department offers research degrees of M.Phil. and Ph.D.

The courses for the 4-year B.A. degree are as follows :

 1st Year

IR 101.   Structure of International Society                                        100

IR 102.   Major Political Ideas of the West                                          100

IR 103.   Political and Administrative Development of South Asia to 1947  100

IR 104.   History of Bangladesh                                                         100 

IR 105.   History of Western Art and Painting                                      100

               Viva Voce                                                                       50

               Field work (non-credit)

 2nd  Year

IR 201.   International Relations Theory                                             100

IR 202.   International History Since 1914                                          100

IR 203.   International Law                                                              100

IR 204.   International Institutions                                                    100

IR 205.   Modern European States system since the Renaissance            100

IR 206.   Principles of Economics and Economy of Bangladesh                 100

IR 207.   Political Organization and the Constitutions of  Bangladesh,

             U.S.A, U.K. and  India                                                       100

               Viva Voce                                                                       50

               Field work (non-credit)

3rd  Year

IR 301.   Foreign Policy Analysis                                                       100

IR 302.   International Politics of South Asia                                       100

IR 303.   International Politics of South East Asia                                100

IR 304.   International Politics of West Asia                                        100

IR 305.   International Politics of Europe                                            100

IR 306.   International Politics of Africa                                              100

IR 307.   International Politics of Latin America                                    100

               Viva Voce                                                                       50

               Field work (non-credit)

4th  Year

IR 401.   Strategic Studies                                                               100

IR 402.   Problems and Theories of Nationalism                                     100

IR 403.   Politics of International Economic Relations                              100

IR 404.   Ethnicity and Regional Conflicts                                             100

IR 405.   The Left and the Marxist Movements in contemporary world        100

IR 406.   Introduction to Jurisprudence                                                100

               Viva Voce                                                                         50

               Field work (non-credit)