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Requirements

Requirements for the International Studies Major (48 semester hours)

Core courses (12 semester hours)

  • ECON 115 Production, Distribution, & Power (4)

  • INTST214 International Politics (4)

  • INTST499W Seminar in International Studies (4)

Non-English Language at the 232 level (4 semester hours)

Elective Courses (32 semester hours)

Choose from among the following offerings in Economics, History, International Studies, Law, PPLE, and Sociology. Must include at least four hours in ECON, eight hours in HIST (at least four above the 100 level), and four hours (above the 200 level) in either INTST or SOC.

  • CHNSE331 Third Year Chinese I (4)

  • CHNSE332 Third Year Chinese II (4)

  • ECON351 Comparative Economic Systems (4)

  • ECON352 The Economics of Developing Countries (4)

  • ECON355 The World Economy (4)

  • ECON372 The Political Economy of Oil (4)

  • ECON375 Topics in Economic Inquiry (topic dependent) (1-4)

  • ECON453 International Economics (4)

  • ECON454 The Next System (4)

  • FREN331W French Composition and Discussion (4)

  • FREN340 Readings in French Literature (4)

  • GERM331W German Composition and Discussion (4)

  • GERM333 Contemporary German Culture and Society (4)

  • GSM6011 International Management (4)

  • HIST116 Western Civilization Since 1650 (4)

  • HIST118 East Asia Civilization Since 1800 (4)

  • HIST171 History of the Modern Middle East (4)

  • HIST237 History of Modern Iran (4)

  • HIST254 20th Century Europe (4)

  • HIST255 Cities and the Making of Modern Europe: 1750 to Present (4)

  • HIST258 Modern Latin America (4)

  • HIST270 Cinema in the Middle East (4)

  • HIST281 Modern Japan (4)

  • HIST282 China in Revolution (4)

  • HIST331 Asian Environmental History (4)

  • HIST372 History of Modern Russia (4)

  • HIST378 The Rise of Capitalism (4)

  • HIST379 Studies in Comparative History (4)

  • HIST383 Mao's China 1949-1979 (4)

  • HIST388W Democracy and Nazism (4)

  • HIST390W Germany from Bismarck to Hitler (4)

  • HIST391W Germany Since 1945 (4)

  • HIST 440W History of Modern Socialism (4)

  • INTST205 Comparative Politics (4)

  • INTST261 International Simulation (4)

  • INTST326W Globalization and Equity (4)

  • INTST374 Asia and the International System (4)

  • INTST380 Asian Politics and Development (4)

  • INTST382 Capitalism, & Democracy (4)

  • JAPN331 Third Year Japanese (4)

  • JAPN332 Third Year Japanese II (4)

  • PPLE372 American Foreign Policy (4)

  • RUSS330 Advanced Russian Grammar: Stylistics and Translation (2)

  • RUSS333 Russian Civilization and Culture (4)

  • SOC184 Global Sociology: Nation/Empire/Race (4)

  • SOC350 Pan-African Revolutions and Black Liberation (4)

  • SOC364 Transnational Feminism (4)

  • SOC382 Human Rights: Research and Advocacy (4)

  • SPAN331W Spanish Composition and Discussion (4)

  • SPAN333 Hispanic Civilization (4)

  • SPAN335 Cultural Institutions of Spain (4)

  • LW247 Foreign Relations (3)

  • LW316 International Law and Dispute Resolution (3)

  • LW372 International Litigation and Arbitration (2)

  • LW386 Global Sustainability (2)

Courses taught on a one-time basis, or special topics course in Economics, History, International Studies, PPLE, or Sociology that contain significant international content may, with the chair's approval, be counted towards the required elective coursework.

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