Prospective Students

Welcome to GVSU International Relations

Are you ready to:

Study how terrorist networks are created and how they attract new members?
Examine the impact of climate change and how nations are cooperating to slow global warming?
Learn why so many of Michigan’s manufacturing jobs have been lost to China, Mexico, and other countries?
Read books by famous world leaders and diplomats?
Specialize in a region and learn intensely about its language, history, and culture?
Travel abroad and learn about international cultures and organizations first hand?

If you answered yes to these questions, then you should consider majoring in International Relations at GVSU. Our program will provide you with the education and skills you need to be successful in a variety of international fields!

The GVSU IR program is Interdisciplinary; to fulfill the major students need to earn credits in:

Political Science
History
Geography
Economics and Business
Foreign Language

Read more about us, or consult the popular pages below.

Spotlights

Jillian Zirnhelt

Jillian Zirnhelt is a Research Officer at the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Clair (Radyko) Scheiderer

Attorney for Freedom House Represents Asylum Seekers

Richard Damstra

Foreign Service Office, U.S. Department of State

Madeline Vander Velde

2016 Graduate Working and Living in Brussels

Lizzie Heyboer

National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Fellowship

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Popular Pages

Events

Break The Fast Dinner

September 16, 2021 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

GVSU Hillel Presents: Break the Fast dinner for Yom Kippur. We are ending the Jewish High-Holy-day, Yom Kippur, with a dinner catered by Campus Catering! This event will be held on Thursday, September...

ON THE WALL ARTIST TALK FEATURING JASON REBLANDO (IN-PERSON)

September 17, 2021 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Each On the Wall Artist Talk features an artist whose work is currently on view on campus discussing their creative process and how their work is influenced by other fields of study. This On...

Let's Play Pétanque (Outside Event)

September 21, 2021 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Want to learn a popular French game? Come join us outside to play pétanque (also known as bocce ball in the United States). We hope to see you there! RSVP on LakerLink

Conversations of Color

September 22, 2021 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Conversations of Color are open and honest discussions about race, popular culture, identity, and current events. Conversations of Color happen monthly and are scheduled on Wednesday from 12:00...