| INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Director: Stephen D. Morris (460-7161)
The International Studies major is a rigorous
interdisciplinary program designed for students who wish to build a solid foundation for a
career in international affairs. The program combines language fluency, international/area
studies, and international business, and, as such, fulfills the requirements for both the
major and minor. The faculty directing the major is drawn mostly from the departments of
foreign languages and literatures, geography, history, political science, sociology and
anthropology.
REQUIREMENTS FOR A MAJOR IN
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Requirements for the major are threefold: (1) 18 semester hours that
comprise the International Studies Core; (2) 36 semester hours from the list of required
and elective courses in one of the Area Studies Concentrations (European or Latin
American); and (3) one of the two 21 semester hour pre-professional options in place of a
traditional minor. International Studies majors must also take ST 210 and are strongly
encouraged to take IS 496 (Internship) and participate in a Study Abroad program during
their course of study. Note than many of these courses will help fulfill some of the
general education requirements of the College of Arts and Sciences.
FACULTY ADVISORS
Students must be advised on a regular basis. Following
an initial interview with the Director of International Studies Program, prospective
majors are normally assigned an advisor on the basis of the student's choice of Area
Studies Concentration. Advisors must either be members of the International Studies
Advisory Committee or be designated by the program director so serve as an IS advisor.
Language Policy: Native or near-native speakers of a
language who are not eligible to enroll in lower division courses in their language must
see the Director of the International Studies Program to discuss approved substitutions.
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CORE
Required Courses (18 hours)
AN 100 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
GEO 114 Introduction to Human Geography
HY 102 History of Western Civilization II
IS 100 Global Issues
PSC 250 Comparative Politics
PSC 270 International Relations
AREA STUDIES CONCENTRATIONS
EUROPEAN STUDIES (36
hours)
Required Courses (27 hours)
12 hours of a European language at the 200-300 level
GEO 312 World Economic Geography (W)
GEO 314 Geography of Europe
HY 357 Europe since 1918
LG 205 Postwar European Literature & Society (W)
PSC 360 Politics of Europe
Elective Courses (minimum of 9 hours)
any 300-400 level Foreign Language
EH 213 Survey of British Literature III
HY 244 History of Modern France
HY 245 Tsarist Russia
HY 246 USSR
HY 249 Modern Germany
HY 252 History of England since 1603
HY 347 The Holocaust
HY 348 Hitler and Nazi Germany
HY 355 Europe in the Era of the French Rev. and Nap.
HY 356 19th Century Europe, 1815-1918
HY 457 Studies in European History
PHL 243 17th and 18th Century Philosophy
PHL 244 Recent Philosophy
PSC 313 Political Thought III (W)
PSC 450 Adv. Stud. in Com. Pol. (appropriate content)
PSC 470 Adv. Stud. in Int. Rel. (appropriate content)
IS 492 Seminar
IS 496 Internship
any Special Topics course or Directed Readings focusing on contemporary Europe or European
country
LATIN-AMERICAN
STUDIES (36 hours)
Required Courses (27 hours)
12 hours of Spanish at the 200-300 level
AN 347 Cultures and Societies of Latin America
GEO 312 World Economic Geography (W)
GEO 315 Geography of Latin America
HY 228 Latin America
PSC 363 Politics of Latin America
Elective Courses (minimum of 9 hours)
any 300-400 level Spanish LG or Literature course
HY 321 Caribbean
HY 323 Central America
HY 325 Modern Mexico
HY 326 Modern Brazil
HY 429 Studies in Latin American History (W)
PSC 450 Adv. Stud. in Com. Pol. (appropriate content)
PSC 470 Adv. Stud. in Int. Rel. (appropriate content)
IS 492 Seminar
IS 496 Internship
any Special Topics course or Directed Readings focusing on contemporary Latin America or a
Latin American country
PRE-PROFESSIONAL
OPTIONS
The International Business option provides students with a basic foundation
in business and best equips the student to enter the field of international business or
related areas upon graduation. The Personalized Pre-professional Program is designed
primarily for students who wish to pursue graduate study in the arts and sciences and need
a special program tailored to the needs of their expected graduate area.
A. International Business (21 hours)
ACC 211 Accounting Principles
ECO 216 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECO 363 International Economics
MKT 320 Principles of Marketing
And three of the following courses:
MGT 465 Strategic Mgt in Global Env.
MKT 336 International Marketing
MKT 477 Export-Import Management
MKT 492 Seminar: Int. Business
IS 496 Internship
B. Personalized Pre-professional
Program
A pre-professional program consisting of a minimum of 21
semester hours including at least one upper-level seminar, directed studies, or
internship. This option is intended primarily for students who wish to pursue graduate
study. Proposals for a personalized program, drawn up by the student in consultation with
his/her advisor, must be submitted for approval to the Program Director, International
Studies Committee, and the Dean of Arts and Sciences, preferably before the last semester
of the student's junior year.
REQUIREMENTS FOR A MINOR IN
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Students must complete a minimum of 21 hours in one of the Area Studies
Concentrations as prescribed as follows:
ASIAN
STUDIES
6 hours of Arabic, Chinese or Japanese at the 200 level
AN 344 Cultures and Societies of Southeast Asia
HY 103 History of Asian Civilization I
HY 104 History of Asian Civilization II
PSC 368 Politics of East Asia
3 hours from among the following: AN 357, ARH 256, HY 267, HY 268, PHL 141 and PHL 142
EUROPEAN STUDIES
6 hours of a European language at the 200 level
GEO 314 World Geography: Europe
HY 357 Europe since 1918
PSC 360 Politics of Europe
LG 205 Postwar European Literature & Society (W)
3 hours of European electives
LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
6 credit hours of Spanish at the 200 level
AN 347 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America
GEO 315 World Geography: Latin America
HY 228 Modern Latin America
PSC 363 Politics of Latin America
3 hours in Latin American electives
DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (IS) COURSES
College
of Arts and Sciences
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