International
Studies

Courses:

• INTL 120: Introduction to International Studies (4)
• INTL 121: Plants and People (4)
  Also listed and described as BIOL 121.
• INTL 160: Special Topic - Model United Nations (2)
• INTL 197F: First-Year Seminar - Heritage Not Hate? The Culture, Geography, and Politics of Nationalism and Heritage (4)
• INTL 210: World Geography (4)
  Also listed as ES 210.
• INTL 220: Global Systems (4)
  Also listed as ES 220.
• INTL 252: Gender and Globalization (4)
  Also listed as WS 252.
• INTL 290: Independent Study (2 to 4)
• INTL 302: Comparative Urbanism (4)
• INTL 303: Geopolitics (4)
• INTL 304: Geography of Global Environment (4)
  Also listed as ES 304.
• INTL 305: Cultural Geography and Landscape Studies (4)
• INTL 307: International Tourism (4)
• INTL 352: Topics in Human Geography (4)
• INTL 390: Independent Study (2 to 4)
• INTL 480: Senior Thesis Seminar (4)
• INTL 490: Senior Honors Thesis Seminar (4, 4)

Requirements for a Major in International Studies:
12 courses (48 credits)

Working closely with an advisor from the international studies program, each major will complete six core courses in international studies, supplemented by one semester of language at the 200 level, six additional courses from the list of international studies courses or affiliated courses. At least three of these courses should be at the 200 level or above, and an additional course at the 300 level or above. One semester abroad is also required and up to 12 credits of elective courses may be taken at universities abroad, with prior written departmental approval.
Students who are double majors in INTL and another department offering a senior thesis may substitute a thesis in their other major for INTL 480, provided the following requirements are met.

• permission of other department
• the thesis has a substantial cross-cultural, international, or multiethnic dimension
• the thesis is codirected by members of two different departments
• the student participates in a senior thesis class involving peer workshops, either in the INTL department or in the other major
• the student adds an extra INTL elective at the 300 level

It is highly recommended that Introduction to International Studies 120, World Geography 210, and International Studies 121 Plants and People be taken during the first two years of study.

Six Core Courses in International Studies (20):

• INTL 120: Introduction to International Studies (4)
• INTL 121: Plants and People (4)
• INTL 210: World Geography (4)
• INTL 220: Global Systems (4)
• INTL 480: Senior Thesis Seminar (4) or
• INTL 490: Senior Honors Thesis Seminar (4, 4)
  

One Semester of Language at 200 Level (4):
Language: One Semester beyond the intermediate level (4)

Study Abroad:

• A Short Term, full semester, or approved summer academic experience abroad

Four Additional Courses from Affiliated Courses in the Social Sciences or Science (16):

• ANTH 145: Introduction to Anthropology (4)
• ANTH 312: Women and Social Movements around the Globe (4)
• BIOL 117: Environmental Science (4)
• BIOL 357: Conservation Biology (4)
• BUS 263: International Business (4)
• COMM 270: Intercultural Communication (4)
• COMM 380: Global Communication (4)
• ECON 110: Women and Economics (4)
• ECON 230: Economics and the Environment (4)
• ECON 259: International Political Economy (4)
• ECON 265: International Trade (4)
• ECON 266: International Finance (4)
• ECON 312: Economics of Development (4)
• HIST 200L: British History Survey (4)
• HIST 223: American Foreign Relations since 1890 (4)
• HIST 228: Japan in the Modern World (4)
• HIST 245: War in the Western World (4)
• HIST 283: History of International Relations (4)
• HIST 250: Special Topic - Women in Modern Asia (4)
• HIST 286: The Nuclear Era (4)
• HIST 343: European Empires (4)
• HIST 360: The Second World War (4)
• HIST 364: The Cold War (4)
• INTL 160: Model United Nations (2)
• INTL 252: Gender and Globalization (4)
• INTL 302: Comparative Urbanism (4)
• INTL 303: Geopolitics (4)
• INTL 304: Geography of Global Environment (4)
• INTL 305: Cultural Geography and Landscape Studies (4)
• INTL 352: Topics in Human Geography (4)
• POLS 102: International Relations (4)
• POLS 103: Modern Comparative Politics (4)
• POLS 200L: Contemporary Britain (4)
• POLS 210P: Contemporary France (4)
• POLS 217: Politics of the Middle East (4)
• POLS 219: Latin American Politics (4)
• POLS 220: African Politics (4)
• POLS 226: International Law (4)
• POLS 233: Big Mac World Attack (4)
• POLS 240: Politics of the European Union (4)
• POLS 240P: Introduction to European International Relations (4)
• POLS 250: Special Topic - Leadership in Africa (4)
• POLS 250: Special Topic - Leadership in Latin America (4)
• POLS 303: Contemporary Western European Politics (4)
• POLS 337: Seminar in U.S. Foreign Policy (4)
• SOC 133: Social Problems in a Global Perspective (4)
• SOC 259: Environment and Society (4)

Two Additional Courses from Affiliated Courses in the Arts and Humanities (8):

• ART 261: Ancient Art (4)
• ART 262: Medieval Art (4)
• ART 263: Renaissance and Baroque Art (4)
• ART 264: Modern Art (4)
• ART 314: Women in Art (4)
• ART 324: Feminism and Contemporary Art (4)
• ART 325: 19th-Century European Art: Revisionist Readings (4)
• ART 350: Special Topic - Ancient Greek Religion through Art (4)
• ART 396: Roman Art and Archaeology (4)
• ENG 211: Multicultural Women Writers (4)
• ENG 248: Buddhist Literature: East and West (4)
• ENG 320: Immigrant Literature (4)
• ENG 345: Arab Women Writers (4)
• ENG 346: Arab-American Literature (4)
• FREN 274: Francophone World (4)
• FREN 356: French for International Business (4)
• MUS 180: Music of Latin America (4)
• PHIL 275: Asian Philosophy (4)
• REL 109: World Religion I (4) or
  REL 110 World Religion II (4)
• REL 217: Islamic Traditions (4)
• REL 218: Buddhist Traditions (4)
• REL 219: Jewish Traditions (4)
• REL 223: Women in Buddhism (4)
• SPAN 238: Latin American Culture and Civilization (4)
  
  

Requirements for a Minor in International Studies:
(6 courses, 24 credits)
Four core courses and two from the list of international studies courses or affiliated courses

Core Courses

• INTL 120: Introduction to International Studies (4)
• INTL 121: Plants and People (4)
• INTL 210: World Geography (4)
• INTL 220: Global Systems (4)
• INTL Electives: 8 credits of courses from Affiliated Courses in the Social Sciences or Science or from Affiliated Courses in the Arts and Humanities.

Language:

• Two semesters at the intermediate level
  

091707