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International Relations-国际关系，是除了教育、传媒类专业外文科生比较热衷申请的专业，大多数学校的 IR 是开设在 School of international stuies；school of international affairs 或者 school of Public & International Affairs
获得的学位类型通常有： Master of Arts in xxx ；Master of international affair （ MIA）； Master of Public & International Affairs；
International Relations 专业对于申请者的背景是否有特殊的要求？专业的研究方向有哪些呢？下面以 George Washington University 为例来详细看一下
George Washington University
Our grauate programs combine rigorous coursework an professional training to provie stuents the knowlege an perspectives neee to make a ifference in the worl. Through our programs stuents gain expertise in worl regions an important contemporary issues — ranging from war to rising levels of resource consumption to the expansion of the global economy to mounting environmental challenges — that will shape the worl in ecaes ahea.
Master of Arts Programs:
· Asian Stuies
· European an Eurasian Stuies
· Global Communication
· International Affairs
· International Development Stuies
· International Science an Technology Policy
· International Trae an Investment Policy
· Latin American an Hemispheric Stuies
· Mile East Stuies
· Security Policy Stuies
Special Master's Programs:
· Master of International Policy an Practice(MIPP) — a egree program for mi-career professionals that provies acaemic training,marketable skills,an career-enhancing creentials.
· Master of International Stuies(MIS) — enables stuents enrolle at one of our overseas partner schools to earn a secon master's egree from the Elliott School.
IR 的专业方向通常分为地区和国际两个方向，
地区方向常见的有：Asian Stuies ； Mile East Stuies ； European an Eurasian Stuies
国际方向常见的有： International Affairs ； International Development Stuies
Global Communication ； International Economics ； International Policy ；
International Environmental Policy ； International Eucation Dispute
Resolution
从研究方向可以看出，国际方向通常和经济、全球发展、环境、教育的关联性比较大，所以对学生背景会有一些特殊的要求；
GWU 为例：
Many of our programs have varying foreign language,economics an quantitative backgroun requirements.
M.A. program in Global Communication/M.A. program in International Affairs/M.A. program in International Development Stuies/M.A. program in International Trae an Investment Policy
Four semesters (or the equivalent) of a moern foreign language an course backgroun in economics (micro- an macroeconomics.) Course(s) must be successfully complete through an accreite institution.
In some cases,a stuent may be amitte who has not fulfille the economics requirement; in which case,the stuent is require to take course(s) at an accreite college/university prior to enrollment at the Elliott School,or by taking the three-week review course(s) of micro- an macroeconomics that the Elliott School offers prior to the start of the fall semester.
申请成绩要求：
To be consiere for amission,the minimum require scores are as follows:
Entering Fall 2014
Number of Applicants
1,941
Enrolling Stuents
352
Male
43%
Female
57%
US Citizens
80%
Non-US Citizens
20%
Number of Countries Represente
37
Average Age
M.A. / MIS / Grauate Certificate
26
MIPP
38
Average Unergrauate GPA
3.5
Average GRE ScoresVerbal
158
Quantitative
153
Analytical Writing
4.0**
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