Minor in International Studies
Minor in International Studies
This program consists of 18 credits distributed among core requirements (6 credits), area studies courses (6 credits), a global issues course (3 credits) and a course with international focus (3 credits). What follows is a list of courses that satisfy each one of the minor requirements.
Core requirements: INTL-100 Introduction to Global Issues (required); INTL-400 Integrative Seminar in International Studies (required).
Two courses (six credits) in Area Studies, selected from courses in the following departments: Anthropology, English, Fine Arts, Russian, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Italian, Urban and Geographic Studies.
Anthropology
ANTH170 Peoples of Africa
ANTH150 Native Latin Americans
ANTH270 Archaeology of Ancient Middle America
English
ENLT366 African Myth and Literature
ENLT376 Modern European Novel
Fine Arts
ARHS458 Traditional Arts of Sub-Saharan Africa
Russian
GRIN293 Russian Culture and Civilization.
History
HIST106 Contemporary Europe: 1914 to present
HIST114 Early Latin American Civilization
HIST115 History of Puerto Rico
HIST131 Introduction to Indian civilization
HIST132 Introduction to Chinese Civilization
HIST133 Modern Chinese Civilization
HIST323 History of Russia to 1917
HIST324 Russia since 1917
HIST328 Conflict in modern Ireland
HIST333 History of Brazil
HIST416 Church and State in Latin America
HIST426 The Nazi Third Reich
HIST430 Revolutions in Latin American History
HIST431 Development of Indian Character and Culture
HIST432 Development of Japanese Character and Culture
PHIL237 Asian Philosophy
Political Science:
POLS316 Contemporary Western European Politics
POLS204 Government and Politics of Africa
POLS206 Government and Politics of China-Japan
POLS404 Government and Politics of India and South Asia
POLS405 Government and Politics of Latin America
POLS406 Government and Politics of the Middle East
POLS407 Government and Politics on the Post-Soviet States
POLS412 Government and Politics in the East European States
Religion
RELG212 Asian Religions
Italian
ITAL275 Italians and Italian-Americans: Comparative Studies
Urban and Geographic
Studies
EUGS308 Land and Life in Latin America
EUGS412 Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa
One course (three credits) in Global Issues, to be selected from courses in the following departments: Anthropology, Economics, English, Fine Arts, History, Human Ecology, Religion, Physics and Geoscience, Sociology, Urban and Geographic Studies.
Anthropology
ANTH425 Anthropology of Religion
ANTH230 Anthropology of Conflict and Violence
ANTH350 Anthropology of the Aging and the Aged
Economics
ECON300 World Resources and Industry
ECON403 Comparative Economic Systems
English
ENLT176 World Literature: The Coming of Age Theme
ENLT177 World Literature: Voices of Tradition and Voices of Challenge
ENFL255 World Film
History
HIST315 War in History
Religion
RELG100 Religions of the World
RELG225 Religion and Social Change
Physics and Geoscience
GEOS110 Natural Disasters
Sociology
SOCI216 Sociology of Food and Population
SOCI218 Sociology of Population
SOCI219 Sociology of Aging
SOCI220 Sociology of Rich and Poor Nations
SOCI315 Social Stratification
Urban and Geographic Studies
EUGS102 World Geography
EUGS300 World Resources and Industry
EUGS421 Population Problems of the World
One course (three credits) with an International Focus, to be selected from courses offered by the following departments: Anthropology, Economics, Finance, Fine Arts, History, Industrial Studies, Management, Marketing, Music, Political Science, Sociology, Spanish/Italian, Urban and Geographic Studies.
Anthropology
ANTH100 Cultural Anthropology
ANTH102 Anthropological Linguistics
ANTH405 Psychological Anthropology
ANTH360 Cultural Ecology
ANTH440 Medical Anthropology
ANTH461 Cultural History of Primitive Societies
Economics
ECON303 Economic Growth and Development
ECON402 International Economics.
Finance
FINC327 International Financial Management
Fine Arts
ARHS220 Art in Non-Western Societies
ARHS327 History of Oriental Art
ARHS457 Pre-Colombian/Oceanic/African Art
History
HIST204 The Second World War
HIST309 Feminist Ideas in Western Thought
Management
MGMT336 International Business Management
Marketing
MKTG349 International Marketing
Music
MUGN160 Introduction to Music in World Cultures
Political Science
POLS202 International Relations
POLS203 International Organizations
POLS303 Politics of Development and Modernization
POLS430 International Law
Sociology
SOCI230 Sociology of Conflict and Violence
SOCI219 Sociology of Aging
SOCI404 Sociology of Religion
Spanish/Italian
SPIN180 Luso-Brazilian Literature
SPIN161 Magic Realism in Spanish American Literature
Urban and Geographic Studies
EUGS462 People and Cities: Contemporary Urban Studies
EUGS423 Culture and Resource Utilization
Contact Dr. Benjamin Hadis,
Director of International Studies,
Dickson 306, 973-655-7276
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