INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
International Studies
Program
Program
Advisor: Professor
Mills
The
International Studies Program consists of a block of courses carrying at least
twenty-four (24) credits selected from courses in several disciplines. Each
student is invited to design his/her own program in consultation with the
International Studies Advisor. Each individualized program will be submitted to
and approved by the Director of Global Programs. Upon successful completion of
the program the student’s academic transcript will reflect a minor in
International Studies.
Course
substitutions and exemptions from specific requirements may be made at the
discretion of the International Studies Advisor. Specific requirements of the
individual program are as follows:
1. Foreign Languages
Six credits
at 200 level or higher. Exceptions may be made for lower level language study
provided it is done as part of a foreign-nation experience in a country whose
native language is the language under study.
2. International Politics
Six credits
from the following:
HIS 206 Twentieth
Century Europe
HIS 230 Problems
of the Third World
HIS 304 Modern
China
HIS 308 Modern
Latin America
HIS 312 Sub-Saharan
Africa
HIS 314 Russia
1801 to Present
HIS 317 The
Middle East
HIS 319 20th
Century Russia and Eastern Europe
HIS 324 Global
Environmental History
GVT 101 Comparative
Politics
GVT 121 International
Relations
GVT 210 Politics
of Globalization
GVT 213 Sustainability
& Third World Development
GVT 221 Political
Economy of East Asia
GVT 225 Politics
of China
GVT 231 Global
Governance
GVT 232 International
Political Economy
GVT 238 Dictatorship
and Democracy in World Politics
GVT 315 Politics
of Western Europe
GVT 326 Politics
of East Asia
GVT 327 Politics
of South Asia
GEO 117 World
Geography
3. International
Business/Economics
Six credits
from the following:
BA 201 Introduction
to International Business
BA 220 Diversity
and Cross-Cultural Management
BA 420 Legal
Aspects of International Transactions
ECO 209 Economics
of Poverty
ECO 310 Development
Economics
ECO 333 International
Economics
ECO 343 Global
Economic Geography
ECO 402 Comparative
Economic Systems
MGT 306 International
Management
MKT 310 Foreign
Markets of International Business
ECO/GVT 221 Political
Economy of East Asia
ECO/GVT 232 International
Political Economy
4. Humanities
Six credits
from the following:
REL 105 God
and Violence
PHI/REL 234 Religious
and Scientific Views of the World
PHI/REL 308 The
Religious and Spiritual Traditions of the World
PHI 306 Eastern
Philosophies
PHI/REL 328 Comparative
Genocide
LNG 309 Sociolinguistics
LIT 202 World
Literature II
LIT 236 Literature
in Translation
LIT 320 From
Celtic Twilight to Celtic Tiger: Twentieth Century Irish Literature
LIT 330 The
Scottish Renaissance & Scottish National Identity
LIT 415 Modern
and Contemporary British Literature
CA 303 Communication
in a Multicultural Society
ART 285 History
of Art: Renaissance to Modern
ART 355 History
of Non-Western Art
FRE 308 Survey
of French Literature II
FRE 315 French
Civilization and Culture
FRE 333 Readings
in French Literature
FRE 334 Readings
in French Culture
SPA 308 Survey
of Spanish Literature II
SPA 310 Survey
of Spanish American Literature II
SPA 315 Spanish
Civilization and Culture
SPA 316 Spanish-American
Civilization and Culture
SPA 333 Readings
in Spanish Literature
SPA 334 Readings
in Spanish Culture
HIS 325 Introduction
to Polish Culture
HIS 345 Introduction
to Russian Culture
IND 212 Latino
and Latin American Culture
IND 448 International
Service Learning
5. Foreign Experience
(Variable Credit)
Students will
be expected to participate in a program in a foreign country – the experience
may include a short term, summer, semester or full year program of study, such
options as internships, volunteer activities, work experience and travel-study.
If a foreign-country experience entails special hardships, students may
petition to substitute another experience provided it furnishes a genuine
international experience. All foreign experience programs must be approved by
the Office of Global Programs.
Travel Study Courses
299
Lower Division
Travel Study (3)
499
Upper
Division Travel Study (3)
Pre-Aztec
ruins, dating from 1000 B.C., visited by Daemen student Melody Manwaring during
her study abroad in Mexico.
