International Studies Major

This major is intended to foster a specifically international orientation. It is primarily designed to acquaint students with the history, culture, institutions, and political process in countries and regions outside of the United States. The program is organized to provide a foundation for understanding global issues and to enable students to concentrate in a region of particular interest. The major includes four components: an international studies core of general requirements, language skills, a disciplinary specialization and an international specialization. The program lends itself to a “double major,” especially with the foreign languages program. It is particularly useful for students who plan to live abroad or who seek careers in business, government, teaching and journalism majors are encouraged to consider study abroad programs; department faculty will assist students in planning such experiences.

Required Courses

  1. General Requirements (15 s.h.)
    (all 15 hours count toward university Core requirements in history and social sciences.)
    • HIST 101 - World History to 1500 (3 s.h.)
    • HIST 102 - World History since 1500 (3 s.h.)
    • SOCSC 101 - World Geography (3 s.h.)
    • POLSC 102 - World Politics (3 s.h.)
    • POLSC 336 - Global Money and Power (3 s.h.)
  2. Language Requirements (12 s.h.)
    • Proficiency in a foreign language equivalent to four semesters of college study. This can be fulfilled either through examination, or by taking 12 credit hours of a foreign language.
  3. Disciplinary Specialization (12 s.h.)
    • Four courses, including a senior seminar, from one of the following social science disciplines: anthropology, history, political science or sociology.
  4. International Specialization (12 s.h.)
    • Four additional courses with a specific international content; at least two of the courses must be from fields other than the student’s disciplinary specialization. Departments offering appropriate courses are history and political science, sociology and anthropology, english and foreign languages, art, religious studies, philosophy. Consult a department advisor for a current listing of courses that focus on: the global context, the Third World, Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and modern Europe.

View the International Studies major course checklist (PDF).

 

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