Major requirements

Core Requirements (16 credits)

Courses

• INTL 150 Introduction to International Studies

• POLI 350 International Relations

• INTL 400 International Studies Capstone

One of the following (or an approved elective):

• INTL 489 Special Topics

• POLI 352 International Law and Human Rights

• POLI 353 United States Foreign Policy

• POLI 355 International Organizations

• POLI 362 The Global South in the 21st Century

• POLI 349 Global Environmental Politics

• POLI 410 Global Political Extremism

• POLI 450 The United Nations Seminar

Recommended: SSCI 224 Basic Statistics

 

Global Options - 12 credits

3 approved international electives

 

Geographic Concentration - 12 Credits
Students must choose a geographic concentration and take three courses in that geographic concentration to fulfill the requirement.

 

Africa Concentration

• HIST 117 Survey of African History 1

• HIST 119 Survey of African History 2

• HIST 320 Genocide

• HIST / WMGS 335 Women and Work

• HIST 341 Islam and Victorianism in 19th-Century Africa

• HIST 345 Slavery in World History

• WMGS / HIST 351 Women, Gender and Imperialism

• SSCI 333 Issues in African Development

Discipline-approved elective 

 

European Concentration

• FREN 320 Masterpieces of French Literature

• FREN 360 Francophone Societies Through Literature and Film

• FREN 375 French Civilization, Literature, and Identity: The Revolution to Modernity

• HIST 113 History of Western Civilization 2: Early Modern and Modern Europe

• HIST 350 The History of Modern Europe

• HIST / WMGS 351 Women, Gender and Imperialism

• HIST 370 The End of the World

• POLI 310 Fascism and Socialism

• SPAN 301 Introduction to Hispanic Film and Media

• SPAN 302 Introduction to Hispanic Literary Texts and Media

• SPAN 375 Spanish Civilization

Discipline-approved elective

 

Latin America Concentration

• HIST 131 Colonial Latin America

• HIST 132 Modern Latin America

• HIST 371 Revolutions in Latin America

• HIST 372 Borderlands in Latin America

• HIST 373 The U.S. in Latin America

• POLI 368 Latin American Politics Through Film, Art, Poetry and Music

• SPAN 301 Introduction to Hispanic Film and Media

• SPAN 302 Introduction to Hispanic Literary Texts and Media

• SPAN 365 Latin American Civilization: South America and the Caribbean

• SPAN 370 Latin American Civilization: Mexico and Central America

Discipline-approved elective

Middle East Concentration

• HIST 120 Survey of Middle Eastern History

• HIST 320 Genocide

• HIST 340 Israel/Palestine: The Roots of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

• HIST 341 Islam and Victorianism in 19th-Century Africa

• HIST 343 The Modern Middle East

• HIST 354 Issues in the Contemporary Middle East

• THRS 343 Muslim-Christian Dialogues

Discipline-approved elective
 

United States Concentration (for international students only)

• ART 285 Art in a Democratic Society

• ART / WMGS 375 Race, Gender and Contemporary Art

• ENGL 235 Survey of U.S. Literature 1: Beginnings to 1865

• ENGL 236 Survey of U.S. Literature 2: 1865 to the Present

• HIST 114 History of the United States 1

• HIST 115 History of the United States 2

• HIST 322 American Immigration and Ethnic History

• HIST 324 Poverty, Charity and Welfare in American History

• MUSI 184 History of American Popular Music

• MUSI 318 Evolution of Jazz

• HIST 131 Colonial Latin America

• THRS 221 Religion in America

 

Discipline-approved elective 

Total Credits Required: 40