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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:
· International Development Stuies
· International Science an Technology Policy
· International Trae an Investment Policy
· Latin American an Hemispheric 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:
- Acaemic IELTS: an overall ban score of 7.0 with no inpiual score below 6.0.
- TOEFL: 100 on Internet-base test.
Class Fact Sheet
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**
