The major in International Studies requires 33 hours of coursework (in addition to prerequisites for certain courses). The 33 hours includes 15 hours of study from the Basic Curriculum and 15 hours in a regional specialization. At least 18 hours from the Basic and Area Studies Curricula must be in courses at the 3000 level or above. The final three-hour requirement for the B.A. in international studies is the seminar; access to the seminar is normally reserved for students in their senior year. The Senior Seminar (INTL 4388), which must be taken on campus by all students, is designed as a capstone course whereby students may integrate and apply what they have learned. The topic of the seminar will vary, depending upon the professor.
A co-curricular requirement for the B.A. degree in International Studies is two years of college-level study of a foreign language or equivalent. Courses for the language requirement do not count toward the 33 hour requirement. The language requirement may be met through examination, the transfer of language study credit from another university, or by taking courses on campus. Latin does not count as a second language, because the intent is to prepare the student for employment in the contemporary world.
A student must take 15 hours from the Basic Curriculum for either the major or minor in International Studies. This means that a total of five courses must be taken from the Basic Curriculum. The 5 courses/15 hours must include: one course from Introduction to World Cultures; one course from International Politics; one course from International Economics; and two courses from The Global Perspective. Courses in Global Perspective do not have a regional focus. Of the 15 hours required in the Basic Curriculum, at least six hours must be in courses at the 3000 level or above. Courses taken in the Basic Curriculum do not double count in the regional specialization.
ADV 3354 International Advertising (London)
ANTH 3301/SOCI 3301 Health, Healing and Ethics
ANTH 3310/SOCI 3310 Gender and Sex Roles: A Global Perspective
ANTH 3327 Cultural Changes and Globalization: A Cross-‐Cultural Perspective
ANTH 3329 Contesting Development: Global/Local Impacts and Human Rights
ANTH 3333 The Immigrant Experience
ANTH 3336 Gender and Globalization: Cultural and Ethical Issues
ANTH 3344 Cultural Aspects of Business
ANTH 3348 Health as a Human Right
ANTH 3365 The Rise and Fall of Superpowers
ANTH 3366/SOCI 3366 Magic, Myth, and Religion across Cultures
ANTH 3368/SOCI 3368 Urban Life: A Cross-‐Cultural Perspective
ANTH 3384 Paradise Lost? The Archaeology and Ethics of Human Environmental Impacts
ANTH 3388 Warfare and Violence
ANTH 4303 Political Economy of Health
ANTH 4304 Migration, Ethnicity and Nationalism
ANTH 4307 Seminar in International Health
ANTH 4309 Human Rights, Indigenous People, and National States
ANTH 4384 Global Issues and Development: An Overview (Seniors Only)
ARHS 3368 Art and Context: 1940-‐1970
ARHS 3369 Contemporary Art: 1965-‐Present
BA 3300 Topics in International Management (Study abroad programs)
COMM 3321 Communication in Global Contexts
FILM 2351 International Film History
FILM 4399 Global Media Systems
ECO 5359 Economic Development: Microeconomic Perspectives
ECO 5360 Economic Development: Macroeconomic Perspectives
ECO 5361 Natural Resources and Energy Economics
ECO 5362 Economic Growth
ENGL 3354 Non Western Culture and Literature (20th Century, Third World Texts)
FINA 4329* International Finance (Prerequisite: FINA 3320)
HIST 2380 Ethnic Regions in the Western World
HIST 3301 Human Rights: America’s Dilemma
HIST 3306 Colony to Empire: U.S. Diplomacy 1789-‐1941
HIST 3307 The U.S. and the Cold War
HIST 3337 Ethical Dilemmas in a Global Age
HIST 3368 Warfare in the Modern World
HIST 3397 Modernity and Crises of Identity
HIST 3399 US Foreign Policy from the Spanish-‐American War to Vietnam
MKTG 3300 Marketing Management Field Project (Study Abroad Programs)
MKTG 3348* International Marketing (prerequisite: MKTG 3340)
PLSC 3342 Making Democracy Work
PLSC 3365 Communism and Post-Communism
PLSC 3381 Current Issues in International Politics
PLSC 3382 International Organizations: Global and Regional
PLSC 3383 The American Foreign Policy Process
PLSC 3387 Political Geography
PLSC 3390 Negotiating International Trade
PLSC 4342 Why Nations Revolt
PLSC 4344 Gender in World Politics
PLSC 4354 The Third World and North-‐South Relations
PLSC 4380 Special Studies in International Relations (also Study Abroad Programs)
PLSC 4381 National Security Policy
PLSC 4382 The Politics of Military Force
PLSC 4391 NAFTA and Free Trade in the Americas
PLSC 4398 Nuclear Weapons and World Politics
RELI 1304 Introduction to Western Religion
RELI 3366/ANTH 3366 Magic, Myth and Religion Across Cultures
SOCI 3340 Global Society
SOCI 4312 Immigration and Population Issues
*Available only to business majors with a minor or second major in international studies