INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

Both a major and a minor are offered in international studies. A student in either is required to take a modern foreign language through the intermediate level.

A major in international studies, in addition to the above requirement, consists of 36 semester hours, including 15 semester hours of required courses and 21 semester hours of electives. The electives can be taken in six different patterns depending on the preference and career plans of the student. For students intending to pursue business careers, the University offers a business option. Students interested in a general background may select the social sciences options. Students with an interest in
a specific region of the world may choose among the African, Asian,
European, and Latin American options; they should fulfill their modern
language requirement by taking a corresponding language. Program would be of interest to students planning a career in the public sector/foreign service; in an international agency, or to students pursuing graduate work in international studies. All students are encouraged to consider
study abroad.

Students who desire a more flexible curriculum can work out 21
semester hours of electives with the coordinator of international studies. A minor in international studies consists of 21 semester hours, including the same 15 semester hours required of the major and 6 semester hours of elective courses chosen in consultation with the coordinator of international studies.

International Studies Minor

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Both a major and a minor are offered in international studies. A student in either is required to takea modern foreign language through the intermediate level.

A minor in international studies consists of 21 semester hours, including the same 15 semester hours required of the major and 6 semester hours of elective courses chosen in consultation with the coordinator of international studies. See International Studies Major for requirements.

Required Courses (Major and Minor)
ANT 100 Cultural Anthropology
ECO 200 Principles of Macroeconomics
GEO 101 World Regional Geography
(or GEO 102 Geography of the World’s “Developed” Regions
or GEO 103 Geography of the Third World)
PSC 102 Comparative Politics (or PSC 103 International Politics)
PSC 470 The Post Cold War World

Elective Options (Course prerequisites, if any, must be met)

African Option
ANT 240 Peoples of Africa
GEO 403 Geography of Africa
HIS 335 History of Ancient Africa
HIS 336 History of Modern Africa
PSC 366 Government and Politics in Africa

Asian Option

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ART 104 Survey of Asian Art
GEO 410 Geography of Asia
HIS 330 History of China
HIS 331 History of Japan
PHI 250 Eastern Philosophy

Business Option

ACC 200 Principles of Accounting I - Financial
ACC 201 Principles of Accounting II - Managerial
ECO 201 Principles of Microeconomics
ECO 340 International Economics
ECO 344 Comparative Economic Systems
FIN 415 International Finance
FRE 250 Business French
GEO 303 Economic Geography
GER 250 Business German
MGT 360 Comparative International Management
OST 310 Inter-cultural Business Communications
PSC 410 Political Economy
SPI 250 Business Spanish


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PSC 338 U.S. Foreign Policy and the Developing World
PSC 382 Canadian Politics and Policies
PSC 394 Topics: Comparative Politics
PSC 394 Topics: International Politics
PSC 415 United States Foreign Policy
PSC 420 International Terrorism
PSC 480 International Law
PSC 481 International Organizations
PSC 485 Comparative Foreign Policy
PSC 486 War in the Modern Worlds
RTV 370 International Media Systems

Latin American & Caribbean Studies Option
ANT/SOC 245 Peoples of Latin America
ANT 360 Indians of Mexico and Guatemala
GEO 406 Geography of Latin America
HIS 325 Early Latin American History
HIS 326 Modern Latin American History
HIS 436 Race Relations in the Americas, c.1800 to Present
HIS 465 Nature and Development in Latin America
PSC 335 Latin American Politics
PSC 355 Comparative Revolutionary Politics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

European Option
FRE 310 French Culture and Society Today
FRE 311 French Cultural History
GEO 402 Geography of Europe
GER 310 Contemporary German Life
GER 311 German Cultural HistoryHIS 308 Modern Europe 1870-1920
HIS 309 Modern Europe since 1920
HIS 355 English History, 1760 to present
HIS 363 History of Germany since 1870

HIS 377 Modern Russia since 1855
HIS 413 History of Nazi Germany
HIS 414 The Holocaust
PSC 330 Politics of Europe
SPI 310 Spanish Culture and Civilization

Social Science Option
ANT 210 World Cultures
ANT 270 Native Australia and Oceania
ANT 301/SOC 301 World Patterns of Race and Ethnicity
ANT 320 Religion and Culture
ANT 330 Women, Gender and Culture, a Global Perspective
ANT 358 Anthropology and the Arts
GEO 302 Cultural Geography
GEO 310 Geography of Populations
HIS 320 Colonial Experience in the Non-Western World
HIS 321 Modernization in the Non-Western World
HIS 329 History of the Middle East
HIS 423 Diplomacy and Foreign Policy of the United States
HIS 561 Modernization in the Non-Western World
HIS 565 The Vietnam War
PHI 160 World Religions
PSC 312 Modern Ideologies