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Major: International Studies, B.A. (2210), 52 Credits

General Education: 30 Credits; Major: 52 Credits; Elective Credits: 38 Credits

Learning Goals for the Major in International Studies

Upon completing the International Studies major, students will be able to:

  • Demonstrate a critical and theoretically informed understanding of global politics, economics and history, through oral and written analysis of case studies.
  • Critically evaluate research and policy publications from the field.
  • Analyze contemporary global issues, orally and in writing, from cross-cultural and multicultural perspectives.

International Studies Core (12 credits)

IS 112Globalizations of Past and Present

3
IS 116Power: Conflict and Diplomacy

3
IS 118Contemporary Global Issues

3
IS 218/HIST 218The Making of the Modern World

3

Directed Research Project (7 credits)

IS 371/PHR 371Research Methods in Social Sciences

4
IS 479/PHR 450Senior Seminar

3

Global Engagement: (Choose 1) (3 credits)

IS 299Independent Study/Internship

1-6
or
IS 399Independent Study/Internship

1-6
or
IS 499Independent Study/Internship

1-6
or
PHR 336/PS 336/SOC 336Playing Politics

3
or
Study Abroad Course in consultation with advisor

3
 

Regional Concentrations: (Choose 2) (6 credits)

HIST 238/IS 238Modern China

3
or
IS 374/HIST 374History of the People’s Republic of China 

3
IS 243/HIST 243Africa: Colonialism and Globalization

3
IS 247/HIST 247Modern South Asia

3
IS 309/HIST 309Europe: Politics, Identity and Citizenship

3
IS 323/HIST 323/PHR 323/PS 323Latin America: Politics, Identity, and History

3
IS 337/HIST 337Russia: From Peter the Great to Putin

3
IS 346/HIST 346/PS 346Middle East: Politics, Identity and History

3

Upper Level Perspectives: (Choose 6) (18 credits)

(Select at least 1 course from each perspective – 3 of the 6 Upper Level Perspectives must be at the 300-level)

Governance, Security and Diplomacy (3-12 credits)

IS 231/PS 231Comparative Politics

3
IS 311/PS 311Democracy and Its Critics

3
IS 315International Law

3
IS 324United Nations: History, Theory and Practice

3
IS 327/HIST 327/PS 327American Foreign Relations

3
IS 329Nationalisms, Regionalisms, Globalisms

3
IS 332Ethics of War

3
IS 336Diplomacy: Theory and Practice

3
IS 356/PS 356War and Peace 

3
IS 477International Organization

3
PS 334/PHR 334Conservative Political Thought

3

Human Rights, Development and Global Change (3-12 credits)

ART 328/DANC 328/THTR 328The Arts & Social Change

3
BUS 351/ECO 351 International Business

3
ECO 210Principles of Macroeconomics

3
EWL 215Reading the British Empire: Racism, Whiteness, and English Literature

3
IS 306/ECO 306Development and Global Change

3
IS 317/ECO 317International Economics

3
IS 318/ENV 318Global Sustainability

3
IS 334/ECO 334Gender and Development

3
IS 331Global Cities

3
IS 357/PHR 357Human Rights in Comparative Perspective

3
PBH 215Global Health

3
PHR 218/ENV 218Environmental Justice

3
RS 208Religion and Social Justice

3

Culture and Identity (3-12 credits)

(Choose up to 2 courses in any of the following Departments)

1. History: (3-6 credits)
HIST 232/IS 232East Asian Civilizations

3
HIST 372/IS 372Women and Family in Chinese History

3
2. World Arts: (3-6 credits)
ART 240 Drawing on Location: New York City

3
ART 250 Survey of Western Art I

3
ART 252Survey of Western Art II

3
ART 269The Art of Africa and Oceania

3
THTR 230Theatre Histories I: early evidence through 1750

3
THTR 231Theatre Histories II: 1750 through tomorrow

3
THTR 329Tragedy and Religion

3
3. World Literatures: (3-6 credits)
AIP 301Ghost Stories and Fox Tales in Chinese Culture (IP)

3
EWL 112Literature and Media Seminar

3
EWL 120Themes in World Literature: Literary NYC

3
EWL 306Literature of the Pacific

3
EWL 308Trauma in Literature and Film

3
EWL 316/SPAN 316Latinx Literature

3
EWL 324World Drama

3
EWL 327Literature and Film Of The Global Portuguese Empire

3
EWL 329Reading the Contemporary Caribbean

3
EWL 331Literature and Revolution

3
EWL 347/SPAN 347Latin American Fiction

3
EWL 359The Empire Writes Back: Contemporary Anticolonial Fiction

3
EWL 360/SPAN 357Hispanic Women Writers

3
EWL 365/FREN 365Reading Contemporary Africa

3
EWL 420Contemporary India Seminar 

3
4. World Religions: (3-6 credits)
RS 115Introduction to Judaism, Christianity, & Islam

3
RS 120 Introduction to the Religions of Asia

3
RS 200World’s Major Religious Texts

3
RS 228Religion and Gender

3
RS 320Islam

3
RS 321Christianity

3
RS 324Mysticism: East and West

3
RS 326Religion, Race, and Ethnicity 

3
RS 332Judaism

3
RS 337Buddhism

3
RS 339Hinduism

3
RS 344The Extremes of Religion

3

Language (6 credits)

Students are required to complete two college-level courses in a foreign language, unless comparable proficiency is demonstrated. Study abroad is highly recommended.