International Studies Minor

Required Courses

Internship / Study Abroad Experience

This requirement can be met through a three-credit January study tour, or through a semester abroad. Students choosing to study abroad may meet some of the International Studies elective course requirements in their study abroad program. Students pursuing an International Studies minor should work closely with their advisors, the Chair of the program, and the School of International Education to meet the minor’s requirements. 

• IST 100 - Introduction to International Studies (Cr: 3)

Art, Literature and Culture

• ART 101 - Visual Art and Cultural Values I: Prehistory to c. 1310 (Cr: 3)
• ART 102 - Visual Art and Cultural Values II: Early Fourteenth Century to the Present (Cr: 3)
• ENG 213 - British Literature I (Cr: 3)
• ENG 214 - British Literature II (Cr: 3)
• ENG 260 - Gothic Literature (Cr: 3)
• ENG 321 - Literary Triumvirates (Cr: 3)
• ENG 361 - Victorian Secrets: Fear and Hypocrisy in Victorian Literature (Cr: 3)
• ENG 367 - Eastern Literature and Haiku (Cr: 3)
• POL 325 - Music and the State (Cr: 3)
• SP 205 - Cultural Introduction to Spain (Offered in Spain) (Cr: 3)
• SP 310 - The Cinema of Spain (Offered in Spain) (Cr: 3)
• SP 322 - Latin American Short Fiction (Cr: 3)
• SP 331 - Cinema of Latin America (Cr: 3)
• SP 410 - Spanish Literature & Performing Arts (Offered in Spain) (Cr: 3)
• SP 420 - Modern Spanish Novel (Offered in Spain) (Cr: 3)

Economics

• BUS 303 - International Business (Cr: 3)
• HST 310 - Economies and Peoples (Cr: 3)
• IST 215 - The New Europe (Cr: 3)
• IST 280 - Global Political Economy (Cr: 3)

History

• HST 110 - World History I (Cr: 3)
• HST 111 - World History II (Cr: 3)
• HST 218 - Topics in World History (Cr: 3)
• HST 245 - The History of Modern China (Cr: 3)
• HST 260 - Modern Latin American History and Culture (Cr: 3)
• HST 280 - Middle East History (Cr: 3)
• HST 301 - Communism, Fascism and Democracy (Cr: 3)
• HST 302 - Russia in the 20th Century (Cr: 3)
• HST 310 - Economies and Peoples (Cr: 3)
• SP 211 - Contemporary Spain (Offered in Spain) (Cr: 3)
• SP 307 - Spanish Culture and Civilization (Offered in Spain) (Cr: 3)

Philosophy and Religion

• PHL 220 - Ideas, Culture, and Social Thought (Cr: 3)
• REL 104 - World Religions (Cr: 3)
• REL 245 - Eastern Religions (Cr: 3)
• REL 255 - Western Religious Thought (Cr: 3)
• REL 270 - Introduction to Islam (Cr: 3)

Politics

• CJ 350 - Terrorism Studies (Cr: 3)
• IST 215 - The New Europe (Cr: 3)
• IST 216 - International Conflicts (Cr: 3)
• POL 110 - World Politics (Cr: 3)
• POL 240 - American Foreign Policy (Cr: 3)
• POL 320 - Comparative Political Models (Cr: 3)
• POL 380 - Environmental Politics (Cr: 3)
• POL 430 - Human Rights (Cr: 3)