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 401Intercultural Communication

4

ENG 312Contemporary World Literature

4

GWA 201World Affairs

4

HIS 103World History from 1500 to the Present

4

IST 470Senior Research Seminar in International Studies

4

REL 205World Religions

4

Total Credit Hours:24

Electives:

Twenty credit hours selected from the following courses:

ART 269History Survey II

4

or

ART 270Primitive

4

BIO 112Environmental Science

3

COM 261World Cinema

4

COM 334Information and the New World Order

4

CST 201Cross-Cultural Studies

3-4

ECO 430International Economics and Finance

4

ENG 202World Literature II

4

ENG 324Post-Colonial Literature and Theory

4

ENG 337Multiethnic U.S. Literature and Film

4

GEO 205Principles of Resource Utilization

4

GWA 202International Political Economy

4

GWA 206Contemporary Latin America

4

GWA 207The Urban World

4

GWAH 265Revolutionary Cuba: The Politics of Culture and the Culture of Politics (Honors)

4

GWAH 272Contemporary Japan (Honors)

4

GWA 280Introduction to Peace Studies

4

GWA 306Politics of the Family

4

SOC 307Families in Global Perspective

4

GWA 340The European Union

4

GWA 341International Relations of East Asia

4

GWA 343Third World Political and Economic Development

4

GWA 345Politics of the Middle East and North Africa

4

GWA 346International Organization

4

GWA 365Politics of East Asia

4

GWA 410International Law

4

GWA 492Development Strategies and Projects in Africa: A Travel Course to Ghana

4

HIS 206Slavery and Racism in the Early Americas: A Comparative Perspective

4

HIS 218History of the Islamic World

4

HIS 220Introduction to African History

4

HIS 222Fascism and Nazi Germany

4

HIS 260The Holocaust

4

HIS 300The Middle East

4

HIS 305The Ancient World

4

HIS 306The Middle Ages

4

HIS 308Renaissance and Reformation

4

HIS 312Europe Since 1919

4

HIS 313Latin America

4

HIS 402Natural and Unnatural Disasters in Modern World History

4

IST 270Introduction to International Studies Research Methods

2

IST 290-299Special Studies

2-4

MGT 350International Business

4

Total Credit Hours:20

Total Credit Hours: 44