International Studies, B.A.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students who graduate with a degree in International Studies will be able to:

1. Evaluate, design, and apply social science research with respect to global phenomena.
2. Understand and critically assess the processes, theories, and outcomes of global institutions and systems.
3. Demonstrate social scientific information literacy.
4. Develop and express ideas in written communication in an effective and scholarly manner.
5. Demonstrate oral communication abilities, particularly to convey complex ideas, recognize diverse viewpoints, and offer empirical evidence of an argument.
6. Construct and evaluate analytical, comprehensive arguments.

Concentrations

Lower-Division Requirements

• POL 230 - Introduction to International Relations (4)
• POL 270 - Scope and Methods of Political Science (4)
• POL 290 - World Regional Geography (3)
• ECO 101 - Principles of Macroeconomics (GE) (3) *

Upper-Division Core Requirements

• POL 370 - Comparative Politics (4)
• POL 415 - Women and Politics (WS) (4)
• POL 435 - Global Governance (4)
• POL 450 - Issues of Global Human Rights (2)
• POL 460 - Internship in Political Science (2-4) (3) Units required
• HIS 415 - Europe and the World (4)
• POL 473 - Senior Seminar in Political Science and International Studies (3)

Off-Campus Cooperative Program (OCP)

Students must enroll in a minimum of 3 units of an approved Off-Campus Cooperative Program. Acceptable programs must involve a significant period of study outside of the United States. The International Studies advisor in the Department of History and Political Science makes the final determination on acceptable programs and the major requirement that they fulfill.

Electives: Minimum 6 units from the following (not counted toward concentration)

Other Upper Division units pertaining to International Studies may be substituted upon approval by the academic advisor.

• POL 301 - Transitions to Democracy (4)
• POL 351 - War and Peace Studies (4)
• POL 420 - United States Foreign Policy (4)
• POL 438 - International Law (4)
• POL 442 - Contemporary Issues in World Politics (4)
• POL 444 - Contemporary Political Ideologies (4)
• POL 455 - Protest and Social Movements in World Politics (4)
• HIS 340 - Russia to 1900 (4)
• HIS 342 - Twentieth-Century Russia and the Soviet Union (4)
• HIS 350 - Islamic Civilization (4)
• HIS 355 - Modern Middle East (4)
• HIS 356 - Early East Asia (4)
• HIS 360 - Modern South Asia (4)
• HIS 365 - Modern Japan and Korea (4)
• HIS 369 - China in Revolution (4)
• HIS 375 - African Cultures and Histories (3)
• HIS 414 - Twentieth-Century Europe (4)
• ECO 315 - Theories of Economic Development (3)
• ECO 410 - International Economics (3) *
• FCS 315 - Personal, Family, and Community Health (GE) (3)
• SOC 350 - Urban Sociology (3) *
• SOC 420 - Social Change (3) *

Concentrations: 8 Units

Students must declare a concentration in either Peace Studies or a Geographic Region. Students may also complete an individualized concentration consisting of 8 units of relevant coursework and an approved Off-campus Cooperative Program (OCP). Many OCPs have relevant coursework that will meet the concentration requirements with the advisor’s approval. Individualized concentrations must be approved by the Department of History and Political Science .

Total: 52 Units