<p>Eventhough I am already enrolled...what are Tulane's strongest programs?</p>
<p>Political Economy, Latin American Studies, they did have a strong International Realtions major as well, but that's gone now.......basically anything in the discipline of social sciences</p>
<p>okay awesome, thanks</p>
<p>hey, why did they decide to get rid of International Relations?
I was accepted under Poli Sci- IR concentration...
By the way, do you know anything about the International Development program, and how it differs from relations?
Oh, and I guess you have to pick a co-ordinate major ... any suggestions?
thanks</p>
<p>i have no idea, but it sucks. ID has a much greater economic focus, spec the dynamics of the economy's of developing country---also ID has a large information technology component to the major i believe----It stinks ID is much more narrow than IR-----i would base the major in tulane's latin american studies major, since this is their strongest program- unless you are not interested in the latin american region as far as IR/ID goes---it also pairs well with the ID major in purpose IMO</p>
<p>Very strong Biomedical Engineering - one of the remaining Engineering programs.</p>
<p>neuroscience</p>
<p>Also, they are tops in Environmental Law. I don't know how that translates to undergrad programs, though.</p>
<p>while there is no International Relations major, there is a Political Science with a concentration in IR. (Its also my major).</p>
<p>You can also major in Political Economy (in the Murphy Institute) which has an international track.</p>
<p>My S is doing a double major in Political Econ (law/policy track) and Environmental Policy, although I'd love to see him switch to that international track instead :)</p>
<p>I'm an International Development major, and I think it's one of the best programs Tulane has right now. It's still a fairly new field and moreso at the graduate level I think it seems to be more of the very elite schools that carry the program, such as Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, Harvard, and some others. </p>
<p>I don't know too much about the difference exactly between IR and ID, but I can tell you what ID is. The focus is on sustainable human development, which is essentially helping developing (3rd world) countries become more well, developed; this includes politically, environmentally, economically, educationally, also to improve health care. ID is also not something you can major in by itself, it is a coordinate major so you need to double major. I think this is one of the programs greatest strengths because in combination with another field of study you can better specialize in what you want to do. A lot of kids will double major in public health or tropical medicine and then go work as doctors, or my future roommate is combining it with an English major so that she can document what she sees, another friend of mine is combining it with digital media production which could be used to increase awareness about the situations in other countries like the students who did Invisible Children, and well the possibilities are pretty endless. I'm combining it with a philosophy major, but that's more just for my own personal enrichment than any kind of practical application. </p>
<p>Anyway this is a growing field with so many exciting opportunities for travel, and also because of the interdisciplinary nature of ID I feel like I'm getting a much more comprehensive education than I would have otherwise. Unfortunately the website for the Payson Center isn't very helpful, but if you have any more questions about this in particular I'm happy to try to help.</p>