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International Studies Major

Requirements for the Major

Required Courses:

IST 110Introduction to International Studies

3
IST 210Research Design

3
IST 500Senior Seminar

3
     

Modern Language Requirement:

One modern language through the 220-level from the following:
ARB 220Intermediate Arabic-II

3
CHN 220Intermediate Chinese-II

3
FRE 220Intermediate Workshop

3
GER 220Images of History and Civilization

3
JPN 220Intermediate Japanese II

3
SPA 220Intermediate II

3

NOTE: Students placed at entrance in a course numbered higher than 220 are exempt from this requirement. In all other respects, completion of this requirement follows the College’s general policies regarding the fulfillment of foreign language requirements. See Degree Requirements section of the online catalog: Policies for Fulfilling the Second Language Requirement.

Interdisciplinary Regional Study Requirement:

One POL course numbered 340 to 349 from the following:
POL 340European Politics

3
POL 341Latin American Politics

3
POL 343African Politics

3
POL 344Politics of the Middle East

3
POL 345Politics of South Asia

3
POL 346Politics of East Asia

3
POL 347Politics of North America

3
     

Interdisciplinary Global Study Requirement:

One IST course numbered 350 to 399 from the following:
IST 360Global Health: Covid-19 in Context

3
IST 370War

3
     

Disciplinary Track Requirement:

Complete one of the following disciplinary tracks (International Politics, Religion, History, or Economics):

Religion:

REL 101Introduction to Judaism and Jewish Traditions

3
OR
REL 102Introduction to Christianity and Christian Traditions

3
OR
REL 103Introduction to Islam and Islamic Traditions

3
OR
REL 131Introduction to Hinduism and Hindu Traditions

3
OR
REL 132Introduction to Buddhism and Buddhist Traditions

3
 
AND three of the following courses:
REL 310/PHI 390/ARH 310The Art of Pilgrimage

3
REL 311Holy Lands: Sacred Realities and Political Stories

3
REL 329Dying for God

3
REL 340Poverty and Homelessness

3
REL 344Religion and Violence

3
REL 347Liberation Theologies

3
REL 350The Holocaust

3
REL 355The Politics of Religious Identities

3
REL 380Gender and Sexuality in Islam

3
REL 385Sufism and Islamic Spirituality

3
REL 454Religion and Human Rights in a Global Society

3
REL 459Jews, Christians, Muslims

3
** REL 210 (now 101), REL 220 (now 102), REL 230 (now 103), REL 240 (now 131), and REL 250 (now 132) will count for this requirement for students who have already taken or who are taking those classes.

History:

HIS 120Inventing the Modern World-II

3
 
AND three of the following courses:
HIS 309Europe in the Age of Hitler

3
HIS 311Modern France

3
HIS 312World War II France

3
HIS 319/CLA 342Middle East History & Society

3
HIS 322The Holocaust

3
HIS 328Churchill’s World

3
HIS 333Chairman Mao's China

3
HIS 342Modern Japan: Samurai to Sony

3
HIS 343First World War in Africa

3
HIS 352Modern Africa

3
HIS 371/REL 376Religion in Latin America

3
HIS 376America in the World Wars

3
HIS 377Modern Latin America

3
HIS 388Lawyers, Guns and Money

3
HIS 389Tyrants and Terrorists

3
HIS 393Popular Sport and the Modern World

3
HIS 394Public History: Who Owns the Past?

3
HIS 409The Nazi Rise to Power

3
HIS 431African Film

3

Economics:

ECO 110Introduction to Economics

3
 
ECO 210Macroeconomic Analysis

3
OR
ECO 220Microeconomic Analysis

3
 
AND two of the following courses:
ECO 310Comparative Economic Systems

3
ECO 315The Chinese Economy

3
ECO 321The Economics of London

3
ECO 323The Economy of Merida

3
ECO 335Economic Growth

3
ECO 355Environmental Economics

3
ECO 360Economic Development

3
ECO 365Sustainability

3
ECO 375/HIS 329Economic History of the Modern World

3
ECO 420International Trade

3
     

International Politics:

POL 260Introduction to International Relations

3
 
AND three of the following courses:
POL 361International Law

3
POL 362International Organization

3
POL 363American Foreign Policy

3
POL 364National and International Security

3
POL 370International Political Economy

3
POL 371Political Economy of Development

3
POL 422Appalachia in Global Context

3
POL 451British Politics

3
POL 461The Construction of Europe

3
POL 464Religion and International Politics

3
POL 466Genocide: Fact and Film

3

Additional Requirements:

Interdisciplinary Course Requirement:

One course chosen from the following:
AAS 210/MUS 215Music and Culture of the African Diaspora

3
AAS 220Introduction to African and African American Studies

3
ASN 210Introduction to Asia

3
ASN 252Nagasaki: Rebuilding a Metropolis

3
ASN 254/ENS 254Thailand: Aquaculture and the Environment

3
ASN 310Asian Humanities

3
ASN 340China: Filming the Nation

3
ENS 251Human Ecology in the Yucatan

3
ENS 255Contemplative Ecology & Conservation in Malaysian Borneo

3
ENS 310Environmental Justice

3
ENS 315Environmental Conflict and Negotiation

3
ENS 320Global Environmental Health & Development

3
ENS 430Human Dimensions of Climate Change

3
GLC 210Introduction to Global Commerce

3
LAS 210Introduction to Latin American Studies

3
LAS 350Culture and Identity in Modern Mexico

3
LAS 370Brazil's Racial Paradise: Myth or Reality

3
LAS 371Introduction to Brazilian Culture and History

3
     

Disciplinary Culture Course Requirement:

One course chosen from the following:
ANT 322Anthropology of Globalization

3
ANT 333Woman, Body, Culture

3
ANT 334Comparative Feminisms

3
ANT 339Anthropology of Human Rights

3
CRW 251Writing at the Border

3
ENG 379Others and Outsiders: Contemporary Transnational Literatures

3
ENG 384Poetry and Politics

3
ENG 390War Stories

3
FRE 320Introduction to French Thought and Art

3
FRE 350Contemporary French Culture

3
FRE 410Francophone Cultures of Cuisine

3
FRE 412French for International Relations

3
FRE 464Mediterranian Affiliations: North Africa

3
HUM 242People Watching: Understanding European Cities

3
SOC 323Race and Migration

3