International Studies Minor

Requirements: (24 Credits)

LANGUAGE STUDIES

Six credits in one language (either French or Spanish) at the 200 level or higher.

NOTE

Exceptions may be made to allow lower-level language studies to meet this requirement, provided that it is done as part of a foreign-nation experience in a country whose native language is the language under study.

Select from the following

  • FRE/SPA207/208 French/Spanish Conversation & Composition I/II (3/3)
  • FRE/SPA240 Workshop in French/Spanish (3)
  • FRE/SPA311 French/Spanish Translation (3)
  • FRE/SPA312 Advanced French/Spanish Grammar (3)
  • FRE/SPA326 Advanced Conversation in French/Spanish (3)

INTERNATIONAL POLITICS: Six credits to be selected from the following:

  • GVT101 Comparative Politics (3)
  • GVT121 International Relations (3)
  • GVT210 The Politics of Globalization (3)
  • GVT213 Sustainability and Third World Development (3)
  • GVT221 Political Economy of East Asia (3)
  • GVT225 Politics of China (3
  •  GVT231 Global Governance (3)
  • GVT232 International Political Economy (3)
  • GVT238 Dictatorship and Democracy in World Politics (3)
  • GVT315 Politics of Western Europe (3)
  • GVT326 Politics of East Asia (3)
  • GVT327 Politics of South Asia (3)
  • HIS207 American Society and the Vietnam War (3)
  • HIS223 U.S. Foreign Policy: World War II to the Present (3)
  • HIS230 Problems of the Third World (3)
  • HIS304 Modern China (3)
  • HIS308 Modern Latin America (3)
  • HIS312 Sub-Saharan Africa (3)
  • HIS314 Russia 1801 to Present* (3)
  • HIS405 The Soviet Communist System (3)

*Students may select either HIS314 or 405; credit will not be granted for both courses.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS/ECONOMICS: Six credits selected from the following
  • BA201 Introduction to International Business (3)
  • BA220 Diversity and Cross Cultural Development (3)
  • BA420 Legal Aspects of International Transactions (3)
  • ECO/GVT221 Political Economy of East Asia (3)
  • ECO/GVT232 International Political Economy (3)
  • ECO310 Development Economics (3)
  • ECO333 International Economics (3)
  • ECO343 Global Economics Geography (3)
  • ECO402 Comparative Economic Systems (3)
  • MGT306 International Management (3)
  • MKT310 Foreign Markets of International Business (3)

HUMANITIES: Six credits selected from the following

  • CA303 Communication in a Multi-Cultural Society (3)
  • FRE220 Introduction to Literature in French (3)
  • FRE308 Survey of French Literature II (3)
  • FRE315 French Civilization and Culture (3)
  • FRE333/334 Readings in French I/II: Special Topics (3/3)
  • HUM/PHI/REL308 The Religious & Spiritual Traditions of the World (3)
  • LIT201/202 World Literature I/II (3/3)
  • LIT415 Modern and Contemporary British Literature (3)
  • LIT417 Literary Criticism (3)
  • PHI306 Eastern Philosophies (3)
  • SPA220 Introduction to Literature in Spanish (3)
  • SPA307 Survey of Spanish Literature (3)
  • SPA309 Survey of Spanish-American Literature (3)
  • SPA315 Spanish Civilization and Culture (3)
  • SPA316 Spanish-American Civilization and Culture (3)
  • SPA333/334 Readings in Spanish I/II: Special Topics (3/3)

FOREIGN EXPERIENCE

Students will be expected to participate in a program of study or internship in a foreign country--a summer, semester or full year program. It can include options such as study-abroad programs, 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 International Studies Committee.

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