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 World Literature II
• FLF 352 - French Literature after 1850
• FLS 361 - Contemporary Spanish Literature
• FLS 362 - 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

Note(s):

These courses may not be used to satisfy both the core 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 or FLS 201-2 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:

• BU 371 - International Business Seminar
• EN 433 - Literature in the Postcolonial World
• GEO 101 - Elements of World Geography
• GEO 351 - Environmental Geography
• HIS 422 - The Rise and Fall of Communism: A Global Study
• POL 380 - US Foreign Policy
• POL 472 - International Relations

Note(s):

These courses may not be used to satisfy both the core 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 the 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 international advisor within the student’s major or that of the university advisor, and with approval from the Dean, College of Arts and Sciences.