International and Cultural Studies Major

Modern science has joined with humans’ quest for expanded frontiers to shrink the globe, creating a new world of exciting opportunities and challenges. The national leaders and ordinary citizens of tomorrow must have the capacity to function in this newly globalized world if they are to reach their individual potentials. This major provides training in both breadth across the disciplines of the liberal arts and sciences, and depth in one particular functional or geographical area. It also involves the acquisition of language skills and international study experience.

Degree Requirements

Requirements for a major in international and cultural studies:

COM 401	Intercultural Communication	4
GWA 201	World Affairs	4
HIS 103	World History from 1500 to the Present	4
IST 470	Senior Research Seminar in International Studies	4
LIT 312	Contemporary World Literature	4
REL 205	World Religions	4
Total Credit Hours:		24

Electives:

Twenty credit hours selected from the following courses:

ART 269-276	Art history	4
BIO 112	Environmental Science	3
COM 261	World Cinema	4
COM 334	Information and the New World Order	4
CST 201	Cross-Cultural Studies	3-4
ECO 430	International Economics and Finance	4
GEO 205	Principles of Resource Utilization	4
GWA 202	International Political Economy	4
GWA 206	Contemporary Latin America	4
GWA 207	The Urban World	4
GWA 280	Introduction to Peace Studies	4
GWA 306	Politics of the Family	4
GWA 340	The European Union	4
GWA 341	International Relations of East Asia	4
GWA 343	Third World Political and Economic Development	4
GWA 344	The Political Economy of Africa	4
GWA 345	Politics of the Middle East and North Africa	4
GWA 346	International Organization	4
GWA 365	Politics of East Asia	4
GWA 410	International Law	4
GWA 492	Development Strategies and Projects in Africa: A Travel Course to Ghana	4
GWAH 265	Revolutionary Cuba: The Politics of Culture and the Culture of Politics (Honors)	4
GWAH 272	Contemporary Japan (Honors)	4
HIS 206	Slavery and Racism in the Early Americas: A Comparative Perspective	4
HIS 218	History of the Islamic World	4
HIS 220	Introduction to African History	4
HIS 222	Fascism and Nazi Germany	4
HIS 260	The Holocaust	4
HIS 300	The Middle East	4
HIS 305	The Ancient World	4
HIS 306	The Middle Ages	4
HIS 308	Renaissance and Reformation	4
HIS 312	Europe Since 1919	4
HIS 313	Latin America	4
HIS 402	Natural and Unnatural Disasters in Modern World History	4
IST 270	Introduction to International Studies Research Methods	2
IST 290-299	Special Studies	2-4
LIT 202	World Literature II	4
LIT 324	Post-Colonial Literature and Theory	4
LIT 337	Multiethnic U.S. Literature and Film	4
MGT 350	International Business	4
SOC 307	Families in Global Perspective	4
Total Credit Hours:		20

Total Credit Hours: 44