International Studies Minor
About the Minor
The International Studies minor is an interdisciplinary academic program with an intercultural and comparative focus.
Faculty teach in the International Studies minor by either cross-listing their international courses or listing them as electives in the minor.
Faculty serve as mentors to students completing the INTL 499 thesis requirement by guiding them through this quarter-long independent study. Faculty Guidelines
The International Studies advisor is Vicki Hamblin, Director of CIS and Professor of French.
Requirements: (as of 9.17.2012)
28 credits to include:
- INTL 201 Intro to Global Studies (5 credits)
- INTL 499 Thesis in International Studies (3)
- 4 to 5 credits in a modern language at the 200 level or above; or, 4 to 5 credits at the 103 level or above for less commonly taught languages
- 4 – 8 credits from an approved study-abroad program, international exchange, or internationally-focused service-learning experience
- 3 upper-division electives from the following list or other courses with approval by the faculty advisor for International Studies (2 courses must be taken on campus)
- INTL 312/FAIR312F Globalizations since 1870
- INTL 334/FAIR 334F International Law
- INTL 361/ECON 361 Intern’l Econonics and Business
- INTL 325 Global Literature
- INTL 335/FAIR335F Global Biodiversity Science / Policy
- FAIR 312D – Issues in International Studies
- FAIR 334B – Transitional Justice
- FAIR 334C – International Human Rights
- FAIR 334D – State failure and State Collapse
- FAIR 334E – State Collapse and State Reconstruction
- FAIR 334G - State Reconstruction
- FAIR 371E – Nations and Nationalism
- FAIR 413a – International Childhood