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The Committee on International Relations (CIR) offers opportunities for
graduate study at the master’s level. The committee has a tradition
of leadership and innovation in the study of international relations.
Begun in 1931, and the oldest international relations program in the country,
the committee’s faculty has included such renowned scholars as Hans
Morgenthau, Quincy Wright, and Morton Kaplan. The committee’s current
faculty members are actively engaged in research in their various fields
of specialization within international relations.
The A.M. in international relations is broadly interdisciplinary. Courses
are drawn from several departments in the Division of the Social Sciences—Anthropology,
Economics, History, Political Science, and Sociology—and three professional
schools—the Graduate School of Business, the Law School, and the
Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies. The program
is administered by the Division of the Social Sciences through a committee
of faculty drawn from the departments and professional schools.
Graduates of CIR pursue careers in a number of fields. They work in the
public sector at the state and national level and in international organizations
as policy analysts and administrators. They work in the private sector
in a wide variety of fields, such as consulting, commerce, and journalism.
They also work for philanthropic and research organizations. After further
academic study at either the University or at other major institutions,
they are academics in colleges and universities throughout the United
States and abroad.
Programs and Requirements
At present CIR offers four broad subfields: 1) Security, International
History and International Relations Theory; 2) International Political
Economy and Development; 3) Regional Studies and Nationalism; 4) Human
Rights, International Law, and the Environment. By working in the several
fields within international relations, students acquire knowledge on a
range of issues and subjects, while also pursuing special interests in
depth.
The Committee on International Relations offers both one- and two-year
programs leading to the Master of Arts in International Relations. Degree
requirements for the one-year program are: satisfactory completion of
nine approved courses (three courses each quarter); satisfactory participation
in the noncredit course “Perspectives in International Relations”
in the autumn quarter; satisfaction of a foreign language competence requirement;
satisfactory participation in the master’s paper workshop; and faculty
acceptance of a 35–50 page master’s paper.
The A.M. with specialization requires an additional three quarters of
residence during which the student takes an additional nine courses. Students
apply for the second year with specialization during their first year
in residence. CIR also offers graduate joint-degree programs with the
Law School and the Graduate School of Business administered through the
Division of the Social Sciences. The requirements for the international
relations portion of joint programs are the same as for the one-year Master
of Arts in International Relations. The joint J.D./A.M. degree program
will normally take at least three years and students must register in
the Division of the Social Sciences for six of the nine courses in the
CIR portion of the program. Joint M.B.A./A.M. students must take a total
of twenty-four courses to satisfy the program and distribution requirements
of both the Business School and the Committee on International Relations.
CIR offers only the A.M. degree. Students who decide to advance their
study of international relations at the University of Chicago beyond the
master’s level may apply for admission to a Ph.D. program. If admitted,
credit toward departmental program requirements will be independently
evaluated by the department.
Admission
All applicants are required to submit scores for the Graduate Record
Examination (GRE) aptitude test and a 10–20 page writing sample.
Applicants whose native language is not English must also submit Test
of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
Application materials and a brochure on the committee programs are available
from: Dean of Students; Division of the Social Sciences; 1130 East 59th
Street, Chicago, IL 60637, telephone: (773) 702-8415 or email ssd-admissions@uchicago.edu.
You may contact the committee directly by writing: The Committee on International
Relations, 5828 South University Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637; telephone:
(773) 702-8073. Applicants interested in the joint J.D./A.M. program must
apply separately to both the Law School (1111 East 60th Street, Chicago,
IL 60637) and the Committee on International Relations.
Applicants interested in the joint M.B.A./A.M. program must contact The
Graduate School of Business. An applicant who is also considering a non-joint
degree program must make a separate application to either the Graduate
School of Business or the Committee on International Relations or both.
This list was last revised on 9/03/2003.
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