Individual Occupational Requirements for
GS-131: International Relations Series
The text below is extracted verbatim from
Section IV-B of the Operating Manual for Qualification Standards
for General Schedule Positions (p.IV-B-29), but contains minor edits
to conform to web-page requirements.
Use these individual occupational requirements in conjunction
with the "Group Coverage Qualification Standard for
Professional and Scientific Positions."
Basic Requirements:
- Degree: major or equivalent, or a combination of courses totaling at least 24
semester hours in international law and international relations, political
science, economics, history, sociology, geography, social or cultural
anthropology, law, statistics, or in the humanities; or 12 semester hours in
one of the above disciplines and 12 semester hours in statistics/quantitative
methods.
OR
- Combination of education and experience--courses equivalent to a major, or a
combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester hours, in one or
more of the social sciences, or in the humanities, as shown in A above, plus
appropriate experience or additional education.
OR
- Experience--four years of appropriate experience in one or more of the fields
listed above in work associated with international organizations, problems, or
other aspects of foreign affairs.
Evaluation of Experience: Qualifying experience
that provided an intimate knowledge of a foreign country or geographic area may have
been gained through residence, study, teaching, business or commercial activities,
military service, newspaper work, military or civil government activities, missionary
or inter-national relief work, or other experience in foreign countries. It may also
have been gained through teaching college-level courses in international relations or
problems associated with a specific foreign geographic area.
To qualify for positions at grades GS-12 and above on the basis of experience, this
experience must have included either (a) responsibility for the direction and coordination
of research, analysis, or other professional work in one or more of the fields listed in
A above, or (b) specialized professional work involving a high level of difficulty and
responsibility in one or more of these fields.
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