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International Studies Minor

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Minor Requirements

Credit Hours: 18

In addition to completing the requirements for this minor, students must also complete the minor requirements specified in the Academic Regulations section of this catalog.

Required course:

INTL 100 Introduction to International Studies (3)

Note:

Honors students can take the alternative course of HONS 173 in lieu of INTL 100 .

Complete one course from each of the following two categories:

Category I: 100-Level Area Thinking Course

AFST 101 Introduction to African Studies (3)
ARST 100 Introduction to Arab and Islamic World Studies (3)
ASST 101 Introduction to Asian Studies (3)
INEU 101 Introduction to Europe (3)
LACS 101 Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies (3)

Category II: 100-Level Global Thinking Course

GEOG 101 World Regional Geography (3)
HIST 104 World History since 1500 (3)
HIST 116 Modern History (3)
INTL 120 Economics of Globalization (3)
POLI 103 World Politics (3)
POLI 104 World Regional Geography (3)
RELS 105 Introduction to World Religions (3)

Note:

Honors students can take the alternative course of HONS 166 in lieu of POLI 103 .

Global Thinking Electives (9 credit hours)

Complete at least one course from each of the 200-level and the 300+ level Electives lists below.

200-Level Electives

ANTH 201 Cultural Anthropology (3)
OR
ANTH 205 Language and Culture (3)
ENGL 233 Survey of Non-Western Twentieth Century Literature (3)
OR
ENGL 234 Survey of Third-World Masterpieces (3)
GRST 222 Global Cultures of Surveillance: Arts, Surveillance, and Disruptions in a Global Context (3)
OR
GRST 223 Global Avant-Gardes: Experimental Art and Performance in a Global Context (3)
HEAL 230 Global Health (3)
OR
PBHL 230 Global Health (3)
HIST 251 The Modern City (3)
INTL 200 Issues and Approaches in International Studies (3)
INTL 290 Special Topics in International Studies (3)
INTL 291 Special Topics in International Studies (3)
POLI 240 Introduction to Comparative Politics (3)
OR
POLI 260 International Relations Theory (3)
OR
POLI 261 Model UN (3)
OR
POLI 265 International Political Economy (3)
OR
POLI 294 Introduction to Sustainability (3)
RELS 215 Religion and Globalization (3)
OR
RELS 276 Religion and the Environment (3)

Note:

Honors students can take the alternative course of HONS 169 in lieu of ANTH 205 .

300+ Level Electives

ANTH 346 Anthropology of Gender (3)
ECON 310 International Economics (3)
OR
ECON 325 Economics for Development (3)
OR
ECON 330 Comparative Economic Systems (3)
INTL 350 Cross Regional Studies (3)
INTL 390 Special Topics in International Studies (3)
INTL 400 Independent Study in International Studies (1-3) *
INTL 499A Bachelor’s Essay (3) *
INTL 499B Bachelor’s Essay (3) *
POLI 347 International Development: Theories and Practices (3)
OR
POLI 353 Geographies and Politics of Food (3)
OR
POLI 360 International Human Rights Law (3)
OR
POLI 363 International Law and Organization (3)
OR
POLI 364 International Environmental Politics (3)
OR
POLI 367 Geography of International Conflict (3)
OR
POLI 369 Politics of Globalization (3)
OR
POLI 395 Global Political Thought (3)

Note:

Other Departmental and Program topics, special topics, selected topics, research seminars, tutorials, independent study, and bachelor’s essay courses will also be counted when their content is appropriate as determined by the Director of the International Studies Program.
* Courses will count when the topic is appropriately linked to the global focus of the International Studies minor as determined by the Director of the International Studies Program.