International Studies Major
Bachelor of Arts
FAH BA 3803
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- including General Studies coursework required by major
- English Language minimum = 9
- Humanities minimum = 9
- Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
- Natural Sciences minimum = 7
- Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 12 including:
- ECON 270GS, Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics -
3 hours
- ECON 271GS, Principles of Economics, Microeconomics -
3 hours
- Personal Development minimum = 2
- BA Language requirement = a minimum of 6
- The BA requires completion of two intermediate or advanced courses in a single modern
language. Students coming to campus having met the admission requirements taking effect in
1997 will typically have a 5-6 hour requirement. Students without two years of high school
language study will typically take 10 hours of first year language before completing this
requirement for intermediate or advanced courses.
- Major = 36
- Minor or 2nd Major, minimum = 24
- Minors are 24 hours; 18 must be unduplicated. Electing a second major may add as many as
18 required hours. Should 6 hours of the minor also meet other requirements, the
unrestricted electives will be greater.
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 111
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 14
- Minimum total hours required for BA in International Studies = 125
- Forty (40) of the 125 hours required for the BA must be upper division hours, which
are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.
- A. International Studies Requirements (24 hours required)
- Take all of the following (May count as General Studies):
- ENG 253, Introduction to Literature: Non-western
Civilization - 3 hours
- ECON 430, International Economics - 3 hours
- GEOG 104GS, World Regional Geography - 3 hours
- GEOG 340, Developing Nations - 3 hours
- HIST 212GS, Non-Western World History - 3 hours
- PSCI 168GS, Introduction to International Politics - 3
hours
- SOC 250GS, Anthropology - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- The prerequisites for these courses are fulfilled by the BA Language requirement.
- FREN 305, Study of French Civilization - 3 hours
(Prereq: FREN 200GS, FREN
201GS)
- GERM 305, German Civilization - 3 hours
(Prereq: GERM 200GS, GERM
201GS)
- SPAN 305, Spanish Civilization - 3 hours
(Prereq: SPAN 200GS, SPAN
201GS)
- Students studying a less commonly taught language should see Director of
International Studies.
- B. International Studies Electives (12 hours required)
- Take 12 hours from:
- (Work closely with advisor to choose electives)
- GEOG 341, Geography of Latin America - 3 hours
- GEOG 345, Geography of Europe - 3 hours
- GEOG 320, Agricultural Geography - 3 hours
- GEOG 347, Geography of Africa - 3 hours
- GEOG 440, Special Topics in Regional Geography - 1-3
hours
- HIST 340, Modern Latin America - 3 hours
- HIST 490, Twentieth Century Europe - 3 hours
- HIST 486, Imperial Russia - 3 hours
- HIST 457, British Empire - 3 hours
- HIST 492, Soviet Russia - 3 hours
- SPAN 430, Survey of Latin American Literature - 3
hours (Prereq: SPAN 201GS)
- PSCI 344, Politics of Industrial Democracies - 3 hours
- PSCI 370, American Foreign Policy - 3 hours
- PSCI 450, Nations in Transition - 3 hours
- PSCI 468, Advanced International Politics - 3 hours
- PSCI 368, International Law and Organization - 3 hours
- PSCI 370, American Foreign Policy - 3 hours
- PSCI 374, Development of Political Thought II - 3
hours
- ECON 355, Comparative Economic Systems - 3 hours
- BMKT 430, International Marketing - 3 hours (Prereq: BMKT 300)
16 May 2005
