In International and Public Affairs, faculty and students examine domestic and global challenges from a multidisciplinary perspective and consider approaches to addressing these challenges through economic, political, and social change and through public policy.

We provide our students with knowledge and experiences that help them to critically assess and deeply understand the world we live in. IAPA equips students with the analytical, research, and writing skills that will help them to engage as global citizens after Brown.

Requirements

The International and Public Affairs concentration comprises 11 courses, including a common core of classes featuring a themed gateway lecture course, junior seminars, senior thesis or capstone seminars, a track foundational course plus five electives, and a qualitative and quantitative methodology course. Students can choose to pursue language instruction as an alternative to one of the two required methodology courses.