Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

International Studies (BA)

 

Bachelor of Arts Degree

 

General Education

I. Communication (9 hours)

Rhetoric and Composition

 

ENGL 1101*

           

Rhetoric and Composition

3

                     
Literature and Composition 
ENGL 1102*             Literature and Composition 3

Communication 

               

Choose course from approved list

3

II. Humanities and Fine Arts (15 hours)

 
Modern Languages   SPAN 1101             Elementary Spanish I 3
    SPAN 1102              Elementary Spanish II 3
                     

English Literature

 

 

            Choose one 2000-level English Literature course
(ENGL 2225 and ENGL 2226 may NOT be used)

3

                     

Philosophy and Religion

                Choose one PHIL or RELG course at the
1000-2000 level

3

                     

Fine Arts

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

 3

III. History and Social Sciences (9 hours)

World History

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

Government

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

Social Science

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

IV. Mathematics and Natural Sciences (10 to 12 hours)

Mathematics*

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3 to 4

                     
Natural Science                 Choose a pair in sequence from approved list   7 to 8
                     

V. Ethics (3 hours)

                     
Ethics                  Choose course from approved list 3
                     

VI. Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

First-Year Experience

 

*Grade of C or higher required.

 

PDMT 1101

           

Introduction to University Life and
the Liberal Arts Tradition

 

1

Total Credit Hours:46-49

Students who enter with fewer than 24 semester credit hours must satisfy the institutional requirement.

International Studies Major

BUSA 4030Management Information Systems

3

 

ENGL 4401Seminar in World Literature

3

OR

ENGL 4402Medieval Literature

3

OR

ENGL 4426Twentieth-Century British Literature

3

OR

ENGL 4429Multicultural American Literature

3

 

HIST 3310Twentieth Century Europe

3

OR

HIST 3390Modern Southeast Asia

3

OR

HIST 4430History of Spain

3

OR

HIST 4440Hitler's Germany

3

 

IDIS 3305Cultural Explorations

3

OR

SPAN 3300Spanish Culture and Civilization

3

 

IDIS 4499Interdisciplinary Capstone Course

3

MCOM 1500Introduction to Mass Communications

3

MCOM 4200Telecommunications & Globalization

3

POSC 3360International Relations

3

POSC 4405Global Issues

3

SPAN 2201Intermediate Spanish I

3

SPAN 2202Intermediate Spanish II

3

SPAN 3360Introductory International Business: Language and Culture

3

Total Credit Hours:39

General Electives

General Electives

31-36

Total Credit Hours:31-36

Total Credit Hours: 121