Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Bulletin: 2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: International Studies Major, B.A. Minimum Credits Required:__________________

International Studies Major, B.A.

The International Studies major is an interdisciplinary course of study, including a 39-hour major, a 39-hour Core 39 requirement, and open electives.  Students also will complete a minimum of two years (four semesters) or equivalent study in one non-English world language.  International study or work is strongly recommended.

The International Studies Bachelor of Arts degree consists of existing courses offered in the College of Liberal Arts, the Romain College of Business, and the Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education.  All students will complete a common core of seven courses from five different disciplines.  These courses are:  INST 101 - Introduction to International Studies, ANTH 111 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, ECON 241 - Global Economic Issues, POLS 271 - International Politics, GEOG 330 - World Geography, HIST 112 - World Civilizations II, 1500-Present, and INST 497 - International Studies Capstone.  These are followed by six electives drawn from various disciplines.  The 18 hours of coursework must include no more than two courses from any one discipline, except the International Studies discipline, ensuring that students are exposed to a minimum of three disciplines, making this a truly interdisciplinary major.  Additional special topics courses may be approved for elective credit.  Consult the International Studies advisor for approval.  Course descriptions for the core courses and electives may be found under their specific disciplines.

 

International Studies Major (39 hours)

2.0 major GPA required

Major Core Courses (21 hours)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
INST 101 - Introduction to International Studies

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Social Inquiry; Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
HIST 112 - World Civilizations II, 1500-Present

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Historical Inquiry, Embedded Experience-Global.


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
ANTH 111 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture; World Language and Culture-BS; Embedded Experience-Diversity.


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
ECON 241 - Global Economic Issues

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global.


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
POLS 271 - International Politics

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Social Inquiry; Social Science (BS); Embedded Experience-Global.


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
GEOG 330 - World Geography

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture; World Language and Culture-BS; Embedded Experience-Global.


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
INST 497 - International Studies Capstone
Term(s) Offered: Fall (even-numbered years)
Credits: 3

Electives (18 hours)

Choose six courses from the following, with no more than two courses from any one discipline except International Studies.

Anthropology

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ANTH 324 - Peoples of Asia
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
ANTH 325 - Peoples of Latin America
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3

Art

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ARTH 253 - Art of Ancient Mexico
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3

Biology

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
BIOL 251 - Environmental Conservation

USI Core 39: Natural Science (BS); Embedded Experience-Global.


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3

Communications

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
CMST 317 - Intercultural Communication

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Diversity.


Term(s) Offered: Spring, even-numbered years; Summer, even-numbered years
Credits: 3

Economics

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ECON 341 - International Trade
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
ECON 343 - International Finance
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
ECON 346 - Development Economics
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3

English

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG 313 - Introduction to Linguistics
Term(s) Offered: Spring, odd-numbered years
Credits: 3
ENG 371 - Non-Western World Literature

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global.


Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
ENG 372 - Western World Literature

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global.


Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
ENG 375 - Modern Canadian Literature
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
ENG 386 - World Mythology

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture.


Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
ENG 451 - Shakespeare’s Histories and Tragedies
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3

French

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
FREN 306 - Advanced French I

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture; Embedded Experience-Diversity.


Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
FREN 307 - Advanced French II
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
FREN 325 - Introduction to Francophone Literature
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
FREN 344 - Francophone Literature in Translation
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
FREN 415 - French Civilization
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
FREN 416 - 17th and 18th Centuries French Literature
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
FREN 417 - 19th and 20th Centuries French Literature
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3

German

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
GERM 306 - Advanced German I

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture; Embedded Experience-Diversity.


Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
GERM 307 - Advanced German II
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
GERM 325 - Introduction to German Literature
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
GERM 334 - Introduction to Modern German Drama
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
GERM 344 - Germanic Literature in Translation
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
GERM 412 - Berlin: Tale of a City
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3

History

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
HIST 111 - World Civilizations I, Beginnings to 1500

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Historical Inquiry, Embedded Experience-Global.


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
HIST 140 - Issues in World History

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Historical Inquiry.


Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 332 - Modern Latin American History
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 333 - Gender in Latin American History
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 334 - U.S.-Latin American Relations
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 341 - Ancient Greece to Alexander
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 342 - The Hellenistic Age, Alexander to the Roman Conquest, 338-31 B.C.
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 343 - The Roman Republic
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 344 - The Roman Empire
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 345 - Medieval Europe
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 346 - Renaissance Europe
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 347 - European Reformations
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 348 - Europe, 1648 through Napoleon
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 349 - Europe, Napoleon to World War I
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 351 - Europe, World War I to the Present
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 353 - England to 1600
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 354 - Britain since 1600
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 362 - History of Paris
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 365 - Crusades
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 371 - Tsarist Russia
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 372 - The Soviet Union
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 375 - The Middle East from the Rise of Islam to 1500
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 376 - The Middle East since 1500
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 377 - History of Iran
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 384 - History of Africa to 1800
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 385 - History of Africa since 1800
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 392 - History of Japan
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 393 - Ancient and Early Imperial China
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 394 - Late Imperial and Modern China
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 410 - Topics in World History
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 420 - Topics in European History
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 433 - American Foreign Relations to 1900
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 434 - American Foreign Relations Since 1900
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 451 - French Revolution and Napoleon
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 452 - European Revolutions
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3

International Studies Courses

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
INST 213 - Magic in Arts/Humanities
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
INST 302 - Travel Writing
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
INST 371 - Non-Western World Literature
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
INST 372 - Western World Literature
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
INST 470 - Special Topics in International, Interdisciplinary Studies
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
INST 473 - International Law
Term(s) Offered: Fall (even-numbered years)
Credits: 3
INST 480 - Internship in International Studies
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
INST 490 - Independent Study in International Studies
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
INST 499 - International Field Experience
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3-6

Japanese

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
JPN 306 - Advanced Japanese I

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture; Embedded Experience-Diversity.


Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
JPN 307 - Advanced Japanese II
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3

Political Science

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
POLS 281 - Comparative Politics

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Social Inquiry; Social Science (BS); Embedded Experience-Global.


Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
POLS 371 - The United Nations
Term(s) Offered: Fall, every other year
Credits: 3
POLS 383 - Government and Politics of Latin America
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
POLS 384 - The Middle East
Term(s) Offered: Fall, every other year
Credits: 3
POLS 471 - International Organizations
Term(s) Offered: Fall, every other year
Credits: 3
POLS 473 - International Law
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3

Spanish

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
SPAN 306 - Advanced Spanish I

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture; Embedded Experience-Diversity.


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
SPAN 307 - Advanced Spanish II
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
SPAN 308 - Hispanic Cultures

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture; Embedded Experience-Global.


Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
SPAN 325 - Introduction to Hispanic Literature
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
SPAN 332 - US Latino Literature and Culture
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
SPAN 333 - Afro-Latin American Studies
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
SPAN 344 - Hispanic Literature in Translation
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
SPAN 402 - Composition and Stylistics
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
SPAN 411 - Spanish Linguistics I
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
SPAN 412 - Spanish Linguistics II
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
SPAN 414 - Hispanic Poetry
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
SPAN 415 - The Hispanic Essay
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
SPAN 417 - Hispanic Drama
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
SPAN 454 - Golden Age Drama
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
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