International Studies, B.A.

Program Learning Outcomes

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

1. Recognize and appreciate the historical, political, social, cultural, and economic dimensions of international processes and issues.
2. Critically analyze issues of global significance using knowledge and techniques from more than one academic discipline (e.g. political science, history, geography, economics, sociology, literature, etc.)
3. Make informed, reasoned, and ethical judgments in matters relating to issues of international public action.
4. Demonstrate a sense of global awareness, by critically evaluating his or her own culture and society in a global and comparative context.

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 Economics I (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)

Electives: 8 units from the following (not counted toward concentration)

• 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 (4)
• ECO 410 - International Economics (4) *
• ECO 470 - Contemporary Development Planning (4)
• FCS 315 - Personal, Family, and Community Health (GE) (3)
• LIT 436 - Non-Western Literature (3) *
• LIT 439 - Latin American Literature Since 1910 (3) *
• PHL 351 - Asian Philosophies and Religions (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: 51 Units

Off-Campus Cooperative Program (OCP) or World Capitals

Students must enroll in either an approved Off-Campus Cooperative Program or World Capitals 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.

• POL 391 - World Capitals Program (9)