International Studies Minor
(21 credits)
Core Courses (6 credits)
INTL/POLI 105 International Relations OR
INTL 101 Human Societies & Globalization
INTL 490 Seminar in International Issues
A. Geographic Track (15 credits)
Students will select five courses in one of the following
geographic areas: Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Russia and Eastern Europe, and
Western Europe.
An extensive list of approved courses is available from the
Advisors. In addition, Humanities and Sciences students should fulfill their language
requirement with a language appropriate to the geographic track. Students from other
schools are encouraged but not required, to complete a foreign language through the
elementary level or higher.
B. Global Issues Track (15 credits)
In consultation with the program Advisors, students will
select a course of study on aspects of globalization, ranging from international relations
and economics to studies of the global environment and the Arab-Israeli conflict. The five
courses required may be selected from the following (check the Bulletin for prerequisites):
ANTH 103 Cultural Anthropology
CRJS 463 Comp. Criminal Justice Systems
ARTH 207 Intro to non-Western Art
ARTH 439 Studies in 20th C. Art
ARTH 457 Women, Art, and Society
MGMT 418 International Management
MRBL 471 International Marketing
ECON 329 International Economics
FIRE 416 International Financial Mgmt.
GEOG 308 World Regions
GEOG 312 History of Human Settlement
GEOG 322 World Political Geography
HIST 334 Comp. History of Revolutions
HIST 337/ARTH 432 Origins of Modernism
INTL 101 Human Societies & Globalization
MHIS 220 Introduction to World Music
POLI/INTL 202 Comparative Politics
POLI/WMNS 318 Politics of Race, Class and Gender
POLI/INTL 361 Issues in World Politics
POLI/INTL 362 International Organizations and Institutions
POLI 363 U.S. Foreign Policy
POLI/INTl 364 Vietnam
POLI 391/491 Topics in Political Sciences (as appropriate)
POLI/INTL 452 Seminar in the Politics of Developing Areas
POLI 468 Seminar on Comparative Foreign Policy
RELS 311,312 Religions of the World
RELS 340 Global Ethics and World Religions
RELS 350 World Classics of Spirituality
Other relevant courses, including topics courses (most
often designated as 390 or 391) taught by other
departments may be included with the Advisors' approval.