Effective Fall 2018
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| AUCC | Credits | ||
| ANTH 200 | Cultures and the Global System (GT-SS3) | 3E | 3 |
| CO 150 | College Composition (GT-CO2) | 1A | 3 |
| GR 100 | Introduction to Geography (GT-SS2) | 3C | 3 |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||
| The Islamic World: Late Antiquity to 1500 | 3D | ||
| The Islamic World Since 1500 | 3D | ||
| World History, Ancient-1500 (GT-HI1) | 3D | ||
| World History, 1500-Present (GT-HI1) | 3D | ||
| INST 200 | Interdisciplinary Approaches to Globalization | 3E | 3 |
| LARA 100 | First-Year Arabic I | 5 | |
| LARA 101 | First-Year Arabic II | 5 | |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||
| International Relations (GT-SS1) | 3E | ||
| Comparative Government and Politics (GT-SS1) | 3E | ||
| Mathematics | 1B | 3 | |
| Total Credits | 31 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||
| Agricultural and Resource Economics (GT-SS1) | 3C | ||
| Principles of Microeconomics (GT-SS1) | 3C | ||
| Principles of Macroeconomics (GT-SS1) | 3C | ||
| Gender in the Economy (GT-SS1) | 3E | ||
| Issues in Environmental Economics (GT-SS1) | 3C | ||
| LARA 200 | Second-Year Arabic I (GT-AH4) | 3B | 4 |
| LARA 201 | Second-Year Arabic II (GT-AH4) | 3B | 4 |
| Advanced Writing | 2 | 3 | |
| Arts and Humanities | 3B | 6 | |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | 3A | 7 | |
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Total Credits | 30 | ||
| Junior | |||
| INST 301 | International Studies Research Methods | 4B | 3 |
| LARA 300 | Third Year Arabic | 3 | |
| LARA 301 | Oral Communication - Arabic | 3 | |
| International Studies Major Course Selection | 12 | ||
| Electives | 9 | ||
| Total Credits | 30 | ||
| Senior | |||
| INST 492 | Seminar | 4A,4C | 3 |
| International Studies Major Course Selection | 12 | ||
| Electives1 | 14 | ||
| Total Credits | 29 | ||
| Program Total Credits: | 120 | ||
International Studies Major Course Selection
Students must select a minimum total of 24 credits, 18 of which must be upper-division (300- to 400-level), from at least three subject codes, from the following groups of courses. Select at least 6 credits from 1. History and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa; at least 6 credits from 2. Thought and Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa; and at least 3 credits from 3. International Studies. Select an additional minimum of 9 credits from among the three groups to bring the total to 24.
| Code | Title | AUCC | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. History and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa | |||
| Select a minimum of 6 credits from the following: | 6 | ||
| Hellenistic World: Alexander to Cleopatra | |||
| Africa: Precolonial States and Empires | |||
| Africa: Colonialism to Independence | |||
| Modern Africa | |||
| South African History | |||
| East African History | |||
| Ancient Near East | |||
| Ancient Israel | |||
| Sacred History in the Bible and the Qur'an | |||
| Muhammad and the Origins of Islam | |||
| Jihad and Reform in Islamic History | |||
| The Modern Middle East | |||
| Modern Jewish History | |||
| The Crusades | |||
| Reading Seminar: Middle East | |||
| Comparative Social Movements | |||
| Comparative African Politics | |||
| Middle East Politics | |||
| 2. Thought and Culture of the Middle East and North Africa | |||
| Select a minimum of 6 credits from the following: | 6 | ||
| Peoples and Cultures of Africa | |||
| Archaeology of Europe and Africa | |||
| West Africa in Global and Local Perspective | |||
| Africa and African Diaspora | |||
| Arabic Language, Literature, Culture in Translation (GT-AH2) | 3B | ||
| Studies in Foreign Film: Africa | |||
| Religions of the West | |||
| Philosophy of Traditional Judaism | |||
| Islam: Cosmology and Practice | |||
| Mysticism East and West | |||
| Islamic Philosophy | |||
| 3. International Studies | |||
| Select a minimum of 3 credits from the following: | 3 | ||
| World Interdependence-Population and Food (GT-SS3) | 3E | ||
| International Retailing | |||
| Historic Textiles | |||
| Introductory Cultural Anthropology (GT-SS3) | 3C | ||
| Introduction to Prehistory (GT-HI1) | 3D | ||
| Modernization and Development | |||
| The Anthropology of Religion | |||
| Cultural Change | |||
| Human Ecology | |||
| Art and Culture | |||
| Gender and Anthropology | |||
| Geoarchaeology | |||
| Indigenous Peoples Today | |||
| Indigenous Ecologies and the Modern World | |||
| Gender, Culture, and Health | |||
| Comparative Legal Systems | |||
| Approaches to Community-Based Development | |||
| Method in Cultural Anthropology | |||
| Gender Equity in Development | |||
| Development and Empowerment | |||
| International Development Theory and Practice | |||
| Issues in Environmental Economics (GT-SS1) | 3C | ||
| International Agricultural Trade | |||
| Ag- and Resource-Based Economic Development | |||
| Travel Abroad-International Comparative Management | |||
| Contemporary Business Topics: International Business | |||
| Travel Abroad-Sustainable Building | |||
| Reading Without Borders (GT–AH2) | 3E | ||
| World Drama (GT-AH2) | 3E | ||
| Gender in World Literature | |||
| Literature of the Earth | |||
| Postcolonial Literature | |||
| Economics of Social Issues (GT-SS1) | 3C | ||
| Principles of Microeconomics (GT-SS1) | 3C | ||
| Principles of Macroeconomics (GT-SS1) | 3C | ||
| Gender in the Economy (GT-SS1) | 3E | ||
| International Political Economy | |||
| Comparative Economic Systems | |||
| Economics of International Trade and Policy | |||
| Economics of International Finance and Policy | |||
| Economic Development | |||
| Border Crossings: People/Politics/Culture (GT-SS3) | 3E | ||
| Indigenous Women, Children, and Tribes | |||
| Global Environmental Justice Movements | |||
| International Business Finance | |||
| Foundations of Environmental Sustainability | |||
| Global Environmental Sustainability Seminar | |||
| Cultural Geography | |||
| Urban Geography | |||
| The Geography of Commodities | |||
| Science and Technology in Modern History | |||
| Modern Jewish History | |||
| World Environmental History, 1500-Present | |||
| History of Antarctica, 1800-Present | |||
| Globalization: Exploring Our Global Village (GT-SS3) | 3E | ||
| World Interdependence - Current Global Issues | |||
| Global Studies | |||
| International Social Welfare and Development | |||
| Women and Development | |||
| Children and Youth in Global Context | |||
| Education for Global Peace | |||
| Internship 2 | |||
| Independent Study 2 | |||
| International Mass Communication | |||
| World Literatures to 1500 (GT-AH2) | 3E | ||
| World Literatures-The Modern Period (GT-AH2) | 3E | ||
| International Business Management | |||
| International Marketing | |||
| Introduction to Music History and Literature (GT-AH1) | 3B | ||
| International Issues-Recreation and Tourism | |||
| World Philosophies (GT-AH3) | 3E | ||
| Ethics of Sustainability | |||
| Topics in Comparative Religions | |||
| Current World Problems (GT-SS1) | 3E | ||
| International Relations (GT-SS1) | 3E | ||
| Comparative Government and Politics (GT-SS1) | 3E | ||
| Global Environmental Politics | |||
| International Law | |||
| International Organization | |||
| United States Foreign Policy | |||
| Comparative Foreign Policy | |||
| International Security | |||
| Environmental Politics in Developing World | |||
| Comparative Social Movements | |||
| Comparative Racial/Ethnic Politics | |||
| Globalization, Sustainability, and Justice | |||
| Social Problems (GT-SS3) | 3C | ||
| Global Environmental Issues (GT-SS3) | 3E | ||
| Population-Natural Resources and Environment | |||
| Introduction to Environmental Justice | |||
| Soc. of Environmental Cooperation & Conflict | |||
| Agriculture and Global Society | |||
| Comparative Urban Studies | |||
| Travel Abroad: Comparative Criminal Justice 3 | |||
| Travel Abroad: Crime and Deviance 3 | |||
| Intercultural Communication | |||
| 1 | Select enough elective credits to bring program total to a minimum of 120 credits, of which at least 42 must be upper-division (300- to 400-level). |
| 2 | Maximum 3 credits. |
| 3 | To count toward the International Studies Major Course Selection, travel abroad must be to a country or area covered by this concentration. |
| Freshman | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| ANTH 200 | Cultures and the Global System (GT-SS3) | 3E | 3 | ||
| CO 150 | College Composition (GT-CO2) | 1A | 3 | ||
| GR 100 | Introduction to Geography (GT-SS2) | X | 3C | 3 | |
| LARA 100 | First-Year Arabic I | 5 | |||
| Total Credits | 14 | ||||
| Semester 2 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||||
| The Islamic World: Late Antiquity to 1500 | 3D | ||||
| The Islamic World Since 1500 | 3D | ||||
| World History, Ancient-1500 (GT-HI1) | 3D | ||||
| World History, 1500-Present (GT-HI1) | 3D | ||||
| INST 200 | Interdisciplinary Approaches to Globalization | 3E | 3 | ||
| LARA 101 | First-Year Arabic II | 5 | |||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||||
| International Relations (GT-SS1) | 3E | ||||
| Comparative Government and Politics (GT-SS1) | 3E | ||||
| Mathematics | X | 1B | 3 | ||
| CO 150 must be completed by the end of Semester 2. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 17 | ||||
| Sophomore | |||||
| Semester 3 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||||
| Agricultural and Resource Economics (GT-SS1) | 3C | ||||
| Principles of Microeconomics (GT-SS1) | 3C | ||||
| Principles of Macroeconomics (GT-SS1) | 3C | ||||
| Gender in the Economy (GT-SS1) | 3E | ||||
| Issues in Environmental Economics (GT-SS1) | 3C | ||||
| LARA 200 | Second-Year Arabic I (GT-AH4) | 3B | 4 | ||
| Arts and Humanities | 3B | 3 | |||
| Biological and Physical Sciences | 3A | 3 | |||
| Elective | 3 | ||||
| LARA 100 must be completed by the end of Semester 3. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 16 | ||||
| Semester 4 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| LARA 201 | Second-Year Arabic II (GT-AH4) | 3B | 4 | ||
| Advanced Writing | 2 | 3 | |||
| Arts and Humanities | 3B | 3 | |||
| Biological and Physical Sciences | 3A | 4 | |||
| AREC 202 or ECON 202, LARA 101 must be completed by the end of Semester 4. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 14 | ||||
| Junior | |||||
| Semester 5 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| INST 301 | International Studies Research Methods | X | 4B | 3 | |
| LARA 300 | Third Year Arabic | 3 | |||
| International Studies Major Course Selection (See Department List on Concentration Requirements tab) | 6 | ||||
| Elective | 3 | ||||
| LARA 200 must be completed by the end of Semester 5. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 15 | ||||
| Semester 6 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| LARA 301 | Oral Communication - Arabic | 3 | |||
| International Studies Major Course Selection (See Department List on Concentration Requirements tab) | 6 | ||||
| Electives | 6 | ||||
| LARA 201 must be completed by the end of Semester 6. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 15 | ||||
| Senior | |||||
| Semester 7 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| INST 492 | Seminar | X | 4A,4C | 3 | |
| International Studies Major Course Selection (See Department List on Concentration Requirements tab) | 6 | ||||
| Electives | 5 | ||||
| LARA 300 must be completed by the end of Semester 7. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 14 | ||||
| Semester 8 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| International Studies Major Course Selection (See Department List on Concentration Requirements tab) | X | 6 | |||
| Electives | X | 9 | |||
| The benchmark courses for the 8th semester are the remaining courses in the entire program of study. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 15 | ||||
| Program Total Credits: | 120 | ||||