International Studies Minor

I. To understand other societies:

Students will take courses in three disciplines, totaling twelve hours, from among the following courses:

• ART 313 - Twentieth-Century Art History
• EN 232 - Survey of Late World Literature
• FLF 352 - French Literature after 1850
• FLS 361 - Contemporary Spanish Literature
• GEO 304 - Geography of Latin America
• HIS 350 - Europe Since 1914
• HIS 358 - The Latin America Republics
• POL 460 - Comparative Politics
• REL 213 - Religions of the World

Notes:

These courses may not be used to satisfy both the general education requirements and those of the International Studies Minor. Students are also strongly encouraged to engage in an international experience. Such experiences may, with the approval of the university advisor for the minor and by the Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, may be counted for up to 6 hours toward this requirement.

To fulfill this portion of the minor, students must also demonstrate an intermediate competency in a modern foreign language. This can be done through successful completion of FLF 201 -FLF 202  or FLS 201 -FLS 202  or by other means.

II. To understand the dynamics of relations between and among societies, states or cultures:

Students must take six hours from among the following courses:

• MGT 371 - International Business Seminar
• EN 433 - Literature in the Postcolonial World
• GEO 101 - Elements of World Geography
• GEO 351 - Environmental Geography
• HIS 422 - Socialism and Communism in the Modern Era
• POL 380 - US Foreign Policy
• POL 472 - International Relations

Notes:

These courses may not be used to satisfy both the general education requirements and those of the International Studies Minor.

Students should be aware that the minor is very flexible, and can be tailored to the student’s individual goals in consultation with an advisor. (Students who wish to minor in International Studies should contact Brian Anderson, university advisor for the minor in the Department of History, Political Science, and Geography.) Students who have not declared a major will develop their course of study within the minor with the university advisor. Courses with rotating topics (e.g., BU 499 - Special Topics in Business ) may also fulfill the requirements of the minor, with the approval of the Department Chair of History, Political Science and Geography.