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)
ECON 211 Principles of Macroeconomics (also meets general education requirement)
POL 151 Introduction to Global Politics (also meets general education requirement) or
POL 251 International Relations
HIST 355 History of U.S. Foreign Policy or
POL 378 American Foreign Policy
SOC 151 Cultural Anthropology or
REL 280 Introduction to World Religion
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
HIST 260 History of Latin America
HIST 263 Colonial Latin American History
HIST 270 Modern China
HIST 280 Colonizers and Colonized: Perspectives on Modern Imperialism
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
PHIL 241 Philosophies of India and Tibet
PHIL 242 Philosophies of China and Japan
POL 262 Latin American Politics
POL 295 (if offering a global perspective)
POL 303 Asian Politics
One course from the following:
COMM 371 Communicating Across Differences: Intercultural and Gender Communication
ECON 318 International Economics
HIST 242 Twentieth Century Europe
HIST 344 Genocide in the Modern World
POL 160 Global Feminisms (also meets general education requirements)
POL 201 Political Geography
POL 251 International Relations
POL 351 International Law, Organization, and Systems
POL 352 Global Political Economy
Note: Departmental courses dealing with international/global topics may also be selected in consultation with your advisor.
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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