Minor in International Studies
This interdisciplinary minor is open to students in all academic programs accommodating a minor. There are no prerequisites for the minor, although individual courses may have prerequisites.
Minor Requirements (18 cr)
9 credit hours must be at the 300/400 level.
Core Requirements (9)
- HIST-H 232 The World in the 20th Century (3)
- Choose two from:
- ECON-E 104 Introduction to Macroeconomics (3)
- GEOG-G 110 Introduction to Human Geography (3)
- POLS-Y 107 Introduction to Comparative Politics (3)
- POLS-Y 345 Contemporary Revolutions (3)
Electives (9)
- Choose 3 courses from:
- FINA-A 342 20th Century Art
- HIST-B 361 / B362 Europe in the 20th Century
- HIST-D 410 Russian Revolutions and the Soviet Regime
- ECON-E 430 International Economics
- ECON-E 495 Economic Development
- FREN-F308 French Novel in Translation
- ENG-L 381 Recent Writing
- SOC-R 338 Comparative Social Systems (cross-listed with S308; only one of these may be taken for credit in the minor)
- CMCL-C 303 Persuasion and Propaganda
- SOC-S 308 Introduction to Comparative Sociology (cross-listed with R338; only one of these may be taken for credit in the minor)
- CMCL-C427 Cross-Cultural Communication
This is not an exclusive list of electives. Advisors may augment it as the curriculum expands. Faculty who are teaching courses consistent with the purposes of this program are invited to submit them to the advisors for review. Inclusion of a course in this list of options does not obligate its originating division to change either the content or the regular rotation schedule for that course.
Evaluation
You will maintain a file of all written work required in courses taken for this minor. You may then select at least one exam and at least one assigned paper from each course in which such projects are assigned to be presented as the strongest evidence of their progress in meeting the learning objectives of the minor, as stated below. The departmental advisors will review your selected portfolio to ascertain that there is evidence of:
- an understanding of the content of the courses
- successful application of appropriate analytical methods
- evidence of growth in the knowledge and understanding of the culture and values of non-American societies
- knowledge of world geography.
