Department of Government - BA in International Studies

BA in International Studies

Major Requirements

Requirements for the Undergraduate Major in International Studies

Number of Required Credits: 36
Core: (9 credits)

FLL120 Foreign Cultures

PSC 103 Introduction to International Relations
ITS 470/471 Seminar in International Studies

Concentrations: (21 credits)

A. Economic awareness (Students must complete 3 credits from the following list of courses)
ANTH 318 Anthropology of Development
ANTH 365 Economic Anthropology

EC 405 Economic Development and Growth
EC 407 International Economics

PSC 355 The Politics of Development
PSC 461 International Political Economy

B. Socio-political concentration (Students must complete 9 credits from the following list of courses from at least two departments)

ANTH 205 Asian Experience
ANTH 225 Mesoamerican Archaeology
ANTH 231 Archaeology of the Origins of Civilization
ANTH 241 Peoples of the World: the Caribbean
ANTH 242 Peoples of the World: South American Indians
ANTH 243 Peoples of the World: Southeast Asia
ANTH 244 Peoples of the World: Africa
ANTH 245 Peoples of the World: Middle East
ANTH 247 Peoples of the World: Oceania
ANTH 248 Peoples of the World: Latin America
ANTH 268. Human Ecology: Special Topics
ANTH 290 Study Abroad: Mexico
ANTH 330 Nationalism, Ethnicity, and Violence
ANTH 356 Globalization, Migration, Transnationalism and Anthropology
ANTH 360 Human Ecology
ANTH 361 Kinship and Social Organization
ANTH 364 Political Anthropology
ANTH 369 Ethnographic Perspectives in Rural Mexico
ANTH 417 Origins of Agriculture
ANTH 475 Human Adaptability

HY 234 The World Since 1945
HY 245 Introduction to Latin American History
HY 247 Colonial Latin America
HY 248 Modern Latin America
HY 251 Nineteenth-Century Europe
HY 252 Twentieth-Century Europe
HY 257 The Celtic Fringe: Ireland, Scotland, Wales
HY 258 Britain and the Third World
HY 260 History of France, 1500-1789
HY 261 Modern France
HY 262 Introduction to Early Modern Spanish History
HY 263 History of the Russian Empire
HY 264 Russian Revolution, 1917-1921
HY 265 History of the Soviet Union
HY 272 Modern East Asia
HY 283 Old World Archaeology
HY 284 Archaeology of the Origins of Civilization
HY 341 US-Latin American Relations
HY 342 History of Women in Latin America
HY 353 The Christians in History
HY 355 The Reformation
HY 365 Spain, Portugal, and the Modernizing World
HY 370 Gorbachev and the End of the USSR
HY 371 Soviet and East European Revolutions, 1989-1991
HY 374 Meiji Japan
HY 375 The Pacific War, 1931-1945
HY 376 Japan and the United States
HY 419 The Second World War
HY 421 America in Vietnam
HY 433 Americans and the World
HY 446 Andean Nations
HY 447 Modern Mexico
HY 455 The Middle Ages
HY 456 The Renaissance
HY 457 Nineteenth-Century Europe
HY 458 Modern Europe
HY 460 Ancient and Medieval Britain
HY 461 England: Peasant Revolts to Puritan Revolutions
HY 462 Early Modern Britain
HY 463 Victorian Britain
HY 464 Modern Great Britain
HY 466 The French Revolution
HY 467 Modern France, 1815-Present
HY 468 Germany Under Three Reichs
HY 469 Stalin and Stalinism
HY 470 The Soviet Union Since 1953
HY 471 National Conflicts in the USSR
HY 474 China to the 19th Century
HY 475 Modern China
HY 476 Japan to the 19th Century
HY 477 Modern Japan

JS115 Comparative Criminal Justice Systems

PSC 102 Introduction to Comparative Politics
PSC 250/350 African Political Systems
PSC 251/351 European Political Systems
PSC 252/352 Latin American Political Systems
PSC 253/353 Asian Political Systems
PSC 254/354 East European Political Systems
PSC 260 American Foreign Policy
PSC 261 International Organizations
PSC 262 Global Policy Issues
PSC 360 International Security
PSC 361 North/South International Relations
PSC 362 Diplomacy
PSC 363 Nationalism
PSC 460 The United Nations
PSC 465 International Law

SOC 200. Social Change
SOC 278. Cities of the World
SOC 325. Social Transformation in Modern Russia
SOC 335. Human Sexuality: A Comparative Approach
SOC 370. Population Problems
SOC 480. Medical Sociology

C. Cultural literacy (Students must complete 9 credits from the following list of courses from at least two departments)

ANTH 100 Anthropology and Human Culture
ANTH 101 Introductory Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 104 Introduction to Folklore
ANTH 107 The Human Past
ANTH 121 Introductory Linguistic Analysis
ANTH 301 Food and Culture Research Seminar
ANTH 305 World Prehistory
ANTH 320 Comparative Religion
ANTH 357 Anthropology of Gender
ANTH 405 As Others See Us
ANTH 450 Advanced Cultural Anthropology

ARH 101 Introduction to Art History
ARH 203 Ancient through Medieval Survey
ARH 204 Renaissance to Modern Survey
ARH 206 Asian Art Survey
ARH 405 African Art
ARH 421 Renaissance Art in Italy: 1300-1480
ARH 421 Renaissance Art in Italy: 1480-1580
ARH 423 Renaissance and Baroque Art in Italy

EH 217 World Literature before 1660
EH 218 World Literature since 1660
EH 242 Greek and Roman Mythology
EH 422/522 African Literature
EH 423/523 African Women's Literature
EH 476 Shakespeare
EH 478 Milton
EH 485 British Victorian Poetry
EH 488 British Novel: The Modern Age

FLL 220 Foreign Literatures in English Translation

HY 266 Soviet Film and Society
HY 271 Traditional East Asian History and Culture
HY 357 Religion in Early Modern European History
HY 434 As Others See Us
HY 454 Heresy and Witchcraft
HY 459 Themes in European Cultural and Intellectual History
HY 465 The French Enlightenment: Society and Letters

MU 366 Music in World Cultures
MU 367 Introduction to Ethnomusicology
MU 371 Music History and Literature to 1750
MU 372 Music History and Literature: 1750-Present

PHL 232 Classical Political Thought
PHL 233 Modern Political Thought
PHL 239 Classical Thought of India, China, and the West

PSC 341 Classical Political Thought
PSC 342 Modern Political Theory

PY 319 Psychopathology and Culture

Electives (6 credits)

Students must take 6 credits from any of the above approved list of courses AND/OR from the list below.

ANTH 123 Comparative Cultures through Films
ANTH 201 Food and Film
ANTH 304 Looking at Earth: Maps, Satellite Images and GIS
ANTH 366 Urban Anthropology

EH 421/521 Selections in Translation

FLL 303 History of World Movies I
FLL 304 History of World Movies II
FLL 485 Foreign Language Seminar

In addition students are required to fulfill the following requirements:

1. Students must demonstrate second-year proficiency in a foreign language.

2. Students must ensure that at least 9 credits are taken in an approved geographic area of concentration from the courses listed above. Geographic areas currently include Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.

3. At least 15 credits must be taken at the 300-level or above, of which 9 credits must be at the 400-level.

4. A grade of C or better must be obtained in any course that completes a requirement in the major.

5. Students must fulfill an international experience (permission of director is required). This requirement may be satisfied by one of the following: 1) participation in a study abroad program, 2) a course with a substantial international, applied component to it (see the list below), 3) participation in a Model United Nations simulation or its equivalent, or 4) an internship with an international organization or company.

List of courses with substantial international, applied components (the courses may be used only when offered in conjunction with the international component).

PSC 266/466 The United Nations