International Studies Major

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PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students who complete the program in International Studies will be able to:

  1. Recognize and appreciate the historical, political, social, cultural, and economic dimensions of international processes and issues.
  2. Critically analyze issues of global significance using knowledge and techniques from more than one academic discipline (e.g., political science, history, geography, economics, sociology, literature, etc.).
  3. Make informed, reasoned, and ethical judgments in matters relating to issues of international public action.
  4. Demonstrate a sense of global awareness, by critically evaluating his or her own culture and society in a global and comparative context.

LOWER-DIVISION REQUIREMENTS

COURSE TITLE UNITS
POL 230 Introduction to International Relations
 4
POL 270 Scope and Methods of Political Science 4
POL 290 World Regional Geography 3
ECO 101 Macroeconomics* 3
  TOTAL 14

UPPER-DIVISION CORE REQUIREMENTS

COURSE TITLE UNITS
POL 370 Comparative Politics 4
POL 415 Women and Politics 4
POL 435 Global Governance 4
POL 450 Issues of Global Human Rights 2
POL 460 Internship in Political Science  3
HIS 415 Europe and the World 4
*Requirement in general education

ELECTIVES: 8 units from the following (not counted toward concentration).

COURSE TITLE UNITS
POL 301 Transitions to Democracy 4
POL 351 War and Peace Studies 4
POL 420 United States Foreign Policy 4
POL 438 International Law 4
POL 442 Contemporary Issues in World Politics 4
POL 444 Contemporary Political Ideologies 4
POL 455
 Protest and Social Movements in World Politics 4
HIS 340 Russia to 1900 4
HIS 342 Twentieth Century Russia and the Soviet Union 4
HIS 350 Islamic Civilizations 4
HIS 355 Modern Middle East 4
HIS 356 Early East Asia 4
HIS 360 Urban Politics 4
HIS 365 Modern Japan and Korea 4
HIS 369 China in Revolution 4
HIS 375 African Cultures and Histories 3
HIS 414 Twentieth-Century Europe 4
ECO 315 Theories of Economic Development 4
ECO 410 International Economics* 4
ECO 470
Contemporary Development Planning 4
FCS 315 Personal, Family and Community Health 3
LIT 436 Non-Western Literature* 4
LIT 439 Latin-American Authors* 4
PHL 351 Asian Philosophies and Religions 3
SOC 350 Urban Sociology* 3
SOC 420 Social Change* 3
*These courses have prerequisites and may increase the total number of units needed for the major.

CONCENTRATIONS (8 UNITS)

Students must declare a concentration in either Peace Studies or a Geographic Region. Students may also complete an individualized concentration consisting of 8 units of relevant coursework and an approved Off-campus Cooperative Program (OCP). Many OCPs have relevant coursework that will meet the concentration requirements with the advisor's approval. Individualized concentrations must be approved by the Department of History and Political Science.
COURSE TITLE UNITS

Peace Studies

  
POL 351 War and Peace Studies 4
POL 455 Protest and Social Movements in World Politics 4

Europe

  
HIS 413 Nineteenth-Century Europe 4
HIS 414 Twentieth-Century Europe 4

Middle East

  
HIS 350 Islamic Civilizations 4
HIS 355 Modern Middle East 4

Russia and the Former Soviet Union

 
HIS 340 Russia to 1900 4
HIS 342 Twentieth-Century Russia and the Soviet Union 4

Asia

  
Eight units from:
HIS 360 Modern South Asia 4
HIS 365 Modern Japan and Korea 4
HIS 369 China in Revolution 4

Latin America

  
Coursework for concentration available through Off-campus Cooperative Programs.

Africa

Coursework for concentration available through Off-campus Cooperative Programs.
  TOTAL 51

OFF-CAMPUS COOPERATIVE PROGRAM (OCP) OR WORLD CAPITALS (POL 391)

Students must enroll in either an approved Off-Campus Cooperative Program or World Capitals program. Acceptable programs must involve a significant period of study outside of the United States. The International Studies advisor in the Department of History and Political Science makes the final determination on acceptable programs.
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