International Studies Courses
The Composite Major in International Studies consists of a total of 36 credit hours and is met by 24 major core credits, and 12 elective credits:
MAJOR CORE COURSES (24 credits)
1. POL
151 Introduction to Global Politics OR
POL 251
International Relations
2.
SOC 151 Cultural
Anthropology OR
REL 280 Introduction
to World Religion
3. ECON 211 Principles
of Macroeconomics
4. HIST 355 History
of U.S. Foreign Policy OR
POL 378 American Foreign Policy
One course from the following Africa, Asia and Latin American courses:
HIST 221 Colonial & Post-Colonial Africa: African Perspectives on Colonialism
HIST 225 West African
Economy and Society, 18th- 20th Centuries: Commerce, Colonialism and Christianity
PHIL 241 Philosophies
of India and Tibet
PHIL 242 Philosophies
of China and Japan
HIST 260 History of Latin America
POL 262 Latin American
Politics
HIST 263 Colonial Latin American History
HIST 270 Modern China
HIST 280 Colonizers and Colonized: Perspectives on Modern Imperialism
POL 303 Asian Politics
POL 305 African Politics
HIST 312 Myth and Culture in Pre-Colonial Africa
HIST 321 The Making of Modern Africa
HIST 365 Gender and Power in Latin American History
HIST 370 Modern Middle East
One course from the following:
POL 160
Global Feminisms
POL 201 Political
Geography
HIST
242 Twentieth Century Europe
POL 251 International
Relations
ECON 318 International Economics
HIST 344 Genocide in
the Modern World
POL 351 International
Law, Organization, and Systems
POL 352 Global Political
Economy
COMM 371 Communicating Across Differences: Intercultural and Gender Communication
ELECTIVE COURSES (12 credits)
12 credit hours of course work numbered 300 or higher in international or globally related courses selected in consultation with your advisor. These courses may be taken on or off-campus and usually will be in the following disciplines: art history, economics, history, modern languages (culture and/or literature courses), philosophy, political science, religion and sociology. It is strongly recommended that three of these courses be region specific to Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America or the Middle East.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT
A modern language successfully completed through the second year level (4th semester) or demonstrated equivalency.
OFF-CAMPUS STUDY REQUIREMENT
A year or semester study abroad program. To explore your options, visit Off-Campus Study.
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