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International Political Economy and Policy Studies Option Requirements
International Studies Major

PREREQUISITE COURSEWORK
Must be completed before declaring the IS major

 

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1. Poli Sci 103
SE
Introduction to International Relations
2.
One Survey course from the following list:
  African 277
ZI
Africa: An Introductory Survey
E Asian St 222
SE
Introduction to East Asian Civilization
History 142
ZE
History of Southeast Asia to Present
  244
ZE
Introduction to Southeast Asia: Vietnam to the Philippines
  252
ZI
The Civilizations of India - Modern Period
  253
ZE
Russia: An Interdisciplinary Survey
  254
ZE
Eastern Europe: An Interdisciplinary Survey
  260
SE
Latin America: An Introduction
LCA 140
HE
Asia: Imperialism, Nationalism, & Globalization
  265
HE
An Introduction to Central Asia: From the Silk Route to Afghanistan
  300
HI
An Introduction to Middle East
Poli Sci 106
SE
Introduction to Comparative Politics
3. Economics - Select either Econ 101 and 102 or Econ 111
  Econ 101
SE
Principles of Microeconomics
  Econ 102
SE
Principles of Macroeconomics
 
Or
  Econ 111
SE
Principles of Economics-Accelerated Treatment (This one semester accelerated course is an alternative to the two semester sequence of Econ 101 & Econ 102)

 

IS MAJOR COURSEWORK

 

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT

Must be completed before graduation: 5th semester of one foreign language. For a list of acceptable courses, contact the International Studies program office.

 

REQUIRED & ELECTIVE COURSEWORK (36 credits):
1.
Core Course (Required for all IS majors)
  Intl St 301
SI
Introduction to International Studies (core course for majors)
2.
One "track core" course for the Political Economy Option
  Econ 364
SI
Survey of International Economics
  464
SI
International Trade and Finance (Econ Majors only)
Poli Sci 312
SD
Politics of the World Economy
  313
SD
Bargaining in the Global Economy
  611
SD
Comparative Political Economy**
Intl St 373
I
Globalization, Poverty & Development
  374
I
The Growth and Development of Nations in the Global Economy (cross-list with AAE 374)
  602   Topics in International Political Economy and Policy Studies
3.
Choose one "track core" course from one other Option
  Global Security track core courses
  History 319   The Vietnam Wars
  434   American Foreign Relations 1901-Present
Intl St 601   Topics in Global Security
Poli Sci 318
SI
Comparative Study of Genocide
  337
SI
International Institutions and World Order**
  359
SD
Problems in American Foreign Policy
  442
SD
American National Security**
  Global Cultures track core courses
  Geog 101
SE
Intro to Cultural Geography
ILS 209
ZE
Intro to Global Cultures
Intl St 603
A
Topics in culture in the Age of Globalization
Journ 620
SA
International Communication
  621
SA
Mass Communication in Developing Countries
LCA 430   Language and Culture
  615   Writing Travels
  Global Commons track core courses
  Anthro 470
SI
Ecological Anthropology
Envir St 343
SI
Environmental Economics
  449
SD
Government and Natural Resources (Summer Sessions only)
Geog 535
D
Environmental Geography and Conservation in Developing Countries
  537
SA
Culture and Environment
History 460
ZI
American Environmental History
Intl St 606   Topics in Global Commons
Soc 541
SA
Social Behavior and Natural Resources
4.
ISSUES. (Select four courses from the list below. Courses must be from at least two of the areas):
  Communication
  Journ 303
SA
Foreign Reporting/Editing
  614
SA
Communication and Public Opinion
  618
SA
Mass Communication and Political Behavior
  620
SA
International Communication and the Foreign Press
  621
SA
Mass Communication in Developing Nations
  622
D
Topics in International Communication
  Comparative Political & Economic Systems
  AAE 462
SA
Economic Problems of Latin America
  473
I
Economic Growth and Development in Southeast Asia
Anthro 390
SI
Culture and Economy in Southeast Asia
Econ 365
SI
Issues in Comparative Economics
  366
SI
Social Economies in Transition
  467
SA
International Comparisons-Industrial Firms and Industrial Organizations
Geog 312
SI
Regional Development and Planning
  506
SA
Historical Geography of European Urbanization
Intl St 318   Comparative Study of Genocide
  601
A
Topics in Global Security
  602
A
Topics in International Political Economy & Policy Studies
  615
I
Business in Emerging Markets (cross-list with International Business 615)
Poli Sci 316
SD
Principles of International Law
  379
SD
Globalization: On States, Societies and the International System
  611
SD
Comparative Political Economy**
  618
SD
Politics of Islam
  643
SD
Women and Politics in the Global Context
  656
SD
Electoral Systems and Representation
  657
SD
Comparative Political Culture
Soc 628
SA
Comparative Industrial Relations in Developed Countries I
  629
SA
Comparative Industrial Relations in Developed Countries II
  644
SA
The Comparative Sociology of Contemporary Capitalism
  Development
  AAE or Econ 474
SI
Economic Problems of Developing Areas
477
SI
Agriculture and Economic Development in Africa
  577
SI
Economics of Growth and Class Structure in Low Income Countries
  567*
A
Public Finance in Less Developed Countries
Econ 475
A
Economics of Growth
  552
SA
Industrial Relations in Developing Countries
Ed Pol St 640*
SA
Education In Developing Societies
Geog 319
SI
International Dimensions of Environmental Justice
Poli Sci 368
SD
Special Topics in the Politics of Developing Areas
  505
SD
The Challenge of Democratization
  653
SD
Politics of Developing Areas
  654
SD
Politics of Revolution
Rur Soc 618
SA
Comparative Rural Societies
Soc 630
SD
Sociology of Developing Societies/Third World
  Health
  Anthro 365
SI
Medical Anthropology
Envir St 671
SD
Energy Economics
Geology 411
PI
Energy Resources
Hist Sci 551
NI
Health Issues in Latin America: Historical Perspectives
  553
ZI
International Health and Global Security
Journ 617
SA
Health Communication in the Information Age
Soc 414
SI
20th Century Health Care & Bio-Medical Research in Europe & the U.S.
  534
SA
Religion and Health in Social Interaction
  635
SA
Cross-National Health Services Systems and Public Policy
  638
SA
Growth in Need and Demand for Health Services
  Humans and the Environment
  AAE 337
SI
Natural Resource Conservation and Economics
  344
SI
Environment and the Global Economy
  431
SI
Natural Resource Economics
Anthro 348
SI
Economic Anthropology
Envir St 126
BE
Principles of Environmental Science
308
BI
People, Chemicals, Environment
  575
PI
Assessment of Environmental Impact
Geog 139
SE
Resources and People
  303
SI
The Human Role in the Changing Face of the Earth
  336
PI
Our Hazardous Environment
  339
SI
Environmental Conservation
  348
SI
Latin America
  349
SI
Europe
  355
SI
Africa, South of the Sahara
  358
SI
China and Southeast Asia
  519
SA
Environment and Human Experience
  548
SA
Problems in the Geography of Latin America
Hist Sci 353
HI
History of Ecology
Intl St 606
A
Topics in International Relations & the Environment
Philos 441
ZA
Environmental Ethics
Soc 380
ZI
Contemporary Population Problems for Honors
  612
SD
Agriculture, Technology, and Society
  613
SA
Social Ecology of the Amazon Basin
  663
SA
World Population
  Land & Food
  AAE 319
SI
The International Agricultural Economy
  340
SI
Issues in Food Systems
  350
BI
World Hunger & Malnutrition
  477
SI
Agricultural Economic Development in Africa
Ag Journ 479
SA
Agricultural Development in Latin America
Agronomy 377
BI
Cropping Systems of the Tropics
CALS Int 472
SA
Theories & Policies Relating to Land Tenure in Africa
Forestry 410
BI
Principles of Silviculture
Geog 120
PE
Global Physical Environments
  127
PE
Physical Systems of the Environment
  309
SI
People, Land and Food: Comparative Study of Agriculture Systems
  338
SI
Vegetation: Stability and Change
History 452
ZA
World Forest History
Soil Sci 230
PI
Soil: Ecosystem and Resource
  315
NI
Soil Science for Land Use Planning
  324
PI
Soils and Environmental Quality
  431
PI
Soils of the World
  Social Issues/Technology
  Anthro 349
SI
Cultural Change
  374
D
The Anthropology of War
Comp Lit 341
LD
Women and Literature
  368*
LI
Literature and Ideas
Ed Pol St 440
SA
Education in the New Europe
  479
SA
Paideia: Education in Western Culture
Geog 318
SI
Geography, Politics and Territoriality
  501
SA
Space and Place: A Geography of Experience
History 411
SI
History of American Technology
IS 317
SI
The Politics of Human Rights
Poli Sci 655
SD
Politics of Cultural Pluralism and National Integration
  657
SD
Comparative Political Culture
  662
SD
Comparative Social Movements: State, Protest and Public Policy
Soc 620
ESA
Comparative Racial Equality
625
SA
Social Change
  627
SA
Comparative Social Structure in Africa
  633
SA
Social Stratification
Social Work 659   International Aspects of Social Work
Women St 322
SI
Women and The Life Cycle: A Cross Cultural Perspective
  420
SI
Women in Cross-Societal Perspective
  424
SD
Women's International Human Rights
  The Global Economy
  Econ 364
SI
Survey of International Economics
  432
D
Episodes in Macroeconomic History
  464
SI
International Trade and Finance
664
A
Advanced International Trade
  665
SD
International Trade Policy
  666
A
Advanced International Finance
Geog 302
SI
Economic Geography: Locational Behavior
  510
SA
Economic Geography
Intl Bus 200
SI
International Business
Intl St 615
I
Business in Emerging Markets (cross list with Intl Bus 615)
Marketing 420
SA
Global Marketing
Poli Sci 312
SD
Politics of the World Economy
  313
D
Bargaining in the Global Economy
612
SD
Transitions to the Market**
5.
ELECTIVES. (3-4 courses).  Select elective courses from the list below or any of the above lists.
  Anthro 462
SD
Anthropology of South Asia
       
Geog 348
SI
Latin America
  353
SI
Russia and the Newly Independent States-Topical Analysis
  553
SA
Russia and the CIS: Problems in Human Geography
  558
SA
The Social Geography of Asian Cities in Comparative Perspective
       
History 139
SE
The Middle East in the 20th Century
  205
SI
The Making of the Islamic World: The Middle East, 500-1500
  242
SI
Modern Latin America: From Independence to the Present
  319
SI
The Vietnam Wars
  332
SI
Islam Reform and Revolution in Central Asia
  340
SI
Revolution and Fascism in Spain, Italy and Portugal
  341
SI
History of Modern China, 1800-1949
  342
SA
History of the People's Republic of China, 1949 to the Present
  347
SD
Introduction to the History of Caribbean Societies
  348
SA
France from Napoleon to the Great War 1799-1914
  349
SA
Contemporary France, 1914 to the Present
  356
SI
Europe Between the Wars: 1919-1939
  357
SI
The Second World War
  359
SI
History of Europe Since 1945
  365
SI
Revolution and Nationalism in Ireland: 1780-Present
  371
SI
The Modern Arab World
  375
SI
The Middle East in World Affairs since 1900
  376
SI
History of Africa to 1500
  377
SI
History of Africa: 1500-1870
  378
SI
History of Africa Since 1870
  379
HA
Islam in Iran
  396
SI
Military History of the United States
  403
eSI
Immigration and Assimilation
  409
SA
History of Central Europe, 1648-1871
  410
SA
History of Central Europe: 1871 to the Present
  417
SI
History of Russia before 1800
  418
SI
History of Russia, 1800-1917
  419
SA
History of Soviet Russia
  421
HI
The Russian Revolutions, 1905-1921
  424
ZI
The Soviet Union and The World, 1917-1991
  425
SA
History of Poland and the Baltic Area
  432
SA
History of Scandinavia Since 1815
  433
HI
American Foreign Relations: 1763-1901
  434
HI
American Foreign Relations, 1901 to the Present
  436
SD
Race, Class and Colonialism in the Caribbean
  439
HI
Islamic History from Origin of Islam to Ottoman Empire
  440
SI
History of North Africa
  441
SI
Revolution and Conflict in Modern Latin America
  443
SA
History of West Africa
  444
SA
History of East Africa
  445
SA
History of Equatorial Africa
  446
SI
History of Southern Africa
  447
HI
European Expansion in the Indian Ocean 1498-1963
  449
ZD
Modern India, 1600-1860: The Rise of Empire
  450
ZA
Modern India, 1860 -1990: The Age of Gandhi
  454
SD
Japan in the Age of the Samurai: Seven Centuries of Feudal Society
  455
SD
Japan's Modern Century, 1853-1952: Rise and Fall of the Imperial State
  456
SD
Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima: Japan, the U.S. and the Crisis in Asia
  457
SI
History of Southeast Asia to 1800
  458
SI
History of Southeast Asia Since 1800
  463*
ZI
Topics in South Asian History
  531
SA
The European State System: 1815-1914
  532
SI
The European State System, 1914-Present
  539
SA
The Middle East and the Balkans During the Ottoman Era, 1200-1600
  540
SA
Balkans and Middle East, 1700-1918: The Rise of National States
  541
SA
The Empire and Nation in the Turkish Republic
  548
HD
Islam in the History & Culture of South Asia
  555
SA
History of Brazil
  557
SA
The Mexican Revolution: Background, Development and Consequences
  577
SD
Contemporary Scandinavia: Politics and History
  578
SD
Contemporary Scandinavia and International Relations
  660
SA
The Arab Provinces under the Ottoman Empire 1500-1900
       
Intl St 603
A
Topics in Culture in the Age of Globalization
  620
SI
Topics in International Studies
       
Poli Sci 323
SD
Conduct of American Foreign Affairs**
  331
SD
Latin American International Relations
  333
SD
International Politics of the Middle East**
  336
SD
Soviet and Post-Soviet Foreign Policies
  338
SD
The European Union: Politics and Political Economy
  339
SD
Southeast Asian International Relations
  342
SD
Japan and the World Order**
    346
SD
China in World Politics
  353
SD
The Third World in the International System**
  362
SD
African International Relations
  620
SD
Western European Political Systems-Germany and Related Countries
  621
SD
Western European Political Systems-France and Italy
  622
SD
European Politics
  627
SD
The British Political System
  630
SD
Latin-American Politics
  633
SD
Russian Politics
  634
SD
State and Nation in Post-Soviet Politics
  639
SD
Politics of Southeast Asia
  640
SD
Politics of Japan
  642
SD
Political Power in Contemporary China
  650
SI
Comparative Politics of the Middle East
  651
SD
Politics of South Asia
  658
SD
Nationalism and Social Change: Eastern Europe and Adjacent Areas
  659
SD
Politics and Society: Contemporary Eastern Europe
  660
SD
African Politics
  661
A
Advanced Topics in African Politics
    665
SD
Israeli Politics and Society
       
Soc 225
SI
Contemporary Chinese Society
 

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This course may count toward the International Studies major when the topic is appropriate. See the IS advisor or the IS website for information about whether this course will count toward your track in any given semester.

Course offered infrequently.