Minor in International Studies
International Studies Minor Requirements (21 units)
All courses that count toward the minor must be completed with a grade equivalent of 2.00 or higher.
Language Requirement: Students in the International Studies minor must attain an intermediate level of proficiency (through 202) or equivalent in any modern foreign language that is offered by or can be tested by the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. Language units through 202 do not count toward the 21 units needed for the minor.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation Courses | ||
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| MICROECONOMIC PRINCIPLES | ||
| MACROECONOMIC PRINCIPLES | ||
| WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY | ||
| GEOGRAPHY OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS | ||
| HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION FROM THE 17TH CENTURY | ||
| WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1300 | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | ||
| International Studies Electives | ||
| Select five courses from the list of electives below in at least two different departments. | 15 | |
| Total Units | 21 | |
International Studies Electives
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropology | ||
| ANTH 307 | KOREA AND GLOBALIZATION | 3 |
| ANTH 321 | ANTHROPOLOGY OF GENDER | 3 |
| ANTH 325 | MORAL PANICS | 3 |
| ANTH 341 | INFORMATION AGE CULTURES | 3 |
| ANTH 346 | WEALTH, POWER AND POLITICS IN CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE | 3 |
| ANTH 351 | DRUGS IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE | 3 |
| ANTH 352 | ANTHROPOLOGY OF MEDIA | 3 |
| ANTH 353 | LATINAS IN THE AMERICAS | 3 |
| ANTH 364 | RELIGION, MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT | 3 |
| ANTH 367 | PEOPLES OF THE MIDDLE EAST | 3 |
| ANTH 368 | GLOBALIZATION IN CROSS CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE | 3 |
| ANTH 369 | TRADITION & REVOLUTION IN LATIN AMERICA | 3 |
| ANTH 388 | RETHINKING INDIGENEITY | 3 |
| ANTH 37x | SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY 1 | 3 |
| ANTH 47x | SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY 1 | 3 |
| Arabic | ||
| ARAB 301 | ARABIC COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION I | 3 |
| Art History | ||
| ARTH 330 | EAST ASIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE | 3 |
| ARTH 331 | ART OF CHINA | 3 |
| ARTH 333 | ART OF JAPAN | 3 |
| ARTH 339 | LATIN AMERICAN ART: 1800 TO PRESENT | 3 |
| ARTH 37x | SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART HISTORY 1 | 3 |
| Asian Studies | ||
| ASST 47x | ADVANCED TOPICS IN ASIAN STUDIES 1 | 3 |
| Chinese | ||
| CHNS 301 | CHINESE COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION I | 3 |
| CHNS 311 | CHINESE CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION | 3 |
| CHNS 37x | SPECIAL TOPICS IN CHINESE 1 | 3 |
| CHNS 491 & CHNS 492 | DIR READ CHINESE I and DIR READ CHINESE II 1 | 6 |
| Cultural Studies | ||
| CLST 301 | PERSPECTIVES IN GLOBAL CULTURE | 3 |
| CLST 37x | TOPICS IN CULTURAL STUDIES 1 | 3 |
| Economics | ||
| ECON 305 | SURVEY OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS | 3 |
| ECON 321 | HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT | 3 |
| ECON 322 | COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC SYSTEMS | 3 |
| ECON 326 | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | 3 |
| ECON 334 | ECONOMICS OF POVERTY AND DISCRIMINATION | 3 |
| ECON 421 | INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS | 3 |
| ECON 423 | INTERNATIONAL MONETARY THEORY AND POLICY | 3 |
| ECON 47x | TOPICS IN ECONOMICS 1 | 3 |
| English | ||
| ENGL 324 | EARLY 17TH-CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE | 3 |
| ENGL 326 | LITERATURE OF THE BRITISH ROMANTIC PERIOD | 3 |
| ENGL 336 | POST-COLONIAL LITERATURE | 3 |
| ENGL 347 | CITIES IN WORLD LITERATURE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH | 3 |
| ENGL 401 | GRANT AND ADVOCACY WRITING | 3 |
| ENGL 427 | SHAKESPEAREAN COMEDY | 3 |
| ENGL 428 | SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY | 3 |
| ENGL 439 | MODERN WORLD POETRY | 3 |
| ENGL 441 | MODERN FICTION TO WORLD WAR II | 3 |
| ENGL 442 | MODERN FICTION SINCE WORLD WAR II | 3 |
| ENGL 47x | TOPICS IN WORLD LITERATURE 1 | 3 |
| Finance | ||
| FIN 435 | INTERNATIONAL FINANCE | 3 |
| FIN 47x | TOPICS IN FINANCE 1 | 3 |
| French | ||
| FREN 301 | ADVANCED CONVERSATION | 3 |
| FREN 326 | 18TH-CENTURY LITERATURE AND CIVILIZATION | 3 |
| FREN 327 | 19TH-CENTURY LITERATURE AND CIVILIZATION | 3 |
| FREN 328 | 20TH-CENTURY LITERATURE AND CIVILIZATION | 3 |
| FREN 329 | CONTEMPORARY FRENCH LITERATURE AND CIVILIZATION: 1945 TO PRESENT | 3 |
| FREN 331 | FRENCH FOR BUSINESS | 3 |
| FREN 351 | INTRODUCTION TO TRANSLATION: FRENCH TO ENGLISH | 3 |
| FREN 37x | SPECIAL TOPICS IN FRENCH 1 | 3 |
| FREN 420 | FRANCE TODAY THROUGH THE MEDIA | 3 |
| FREN 47x | SPECIAL TOPICS IN FRENCH 1 | 3 |
| Geography | ||
| GEOG 357 | CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY | 3 |
| GEOG 359 | ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY | 3 |
| GEOG 37x | SPECIAL TOPICS IN GEOGRAPHY 1 | 3 |
| GEOG 381 | POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY | 3 |
| GEOG 385 | POPULATION GEOGRAPHY | 3 |
| GEOG 410 | ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY | 3 |
| GEOG 427 | THE GLOBAL ECONOMY | 3 |
| GEOG 431 | GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA | 3 |
| GEOG 443 | GEOGRAPHY OF EAST ASIA | 3 |
| GEOG 445 | GEOGRAPHY OF SOUTHEAST ASIA | 3 |
| GEOG 447 | GEOGRAPHY OF THE MIDDLE EAST | 3 |
| GEOG 451 | GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE | 3 |
| GEOG 452 | GEOGRAPHY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION | 3 |
| GEOG 453 | GEOGRAPHY OF RUSSIA | 3 |
| GEOG 461 | GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA | 3 |
| GEOG 47x | SPECIAL TOPICS IN GEOGRAPHY 1 | 3 |
| German | ||
| GERM 301 | GERMAN COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION I | 3 |
| GERM 311 | CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION | 3 |
| GERM 321 | SURV GERM LIT I | 3 |
| GERM 331 | GERMAN FOR BUSINESS | 3 |
| GERM 341 | READINGS IN CONTEMPORARY GERMAN | 3 |
| GERM 37x | SPECIAL TOPICS IN GERMAN 1 | 3 |
| GERM 441 | MODERN GERMAN LITERATURE | 3 |
| GERM 442 | GERMAN LIT SI 1945 | 3 |
| GERM 47x | SPECIAL TOPICS IN GERMAN 1 | 3 |
| GERM 481 | THE GERMAN NOVELLE | 3 |
| Hebrew | ||
| HEBR 301 | HEBREW COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION I | 3 |
| HEBR 37x | SPECIAL TOPICS IN HEBREW 1 | 3 |
| HEBR 391 | READING MODERN HEBREW LIT | 3 |
| History | ||
| HIST 301 | ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION | 3 |
| HIST 302 | ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN AND ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS | 3 |
| HIST 303 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND HIS SUCCESSORS | 3 |
| HIST 304 | ANCIENT GREEK CIVILIZATION | 3 |
| HIST 305 | ROMAN CIVILIZATION | 3 |
| HIST 307 | THE ANDEAN REPUBLICS | 3 |
| HIST 314 | THE UNITED STATES AND VIETNAM:1945-1975 | 3 |
| HIST 315 | IMPERIAL CHINA: THE LAST DYNASTY | 3 |
| HIST 316 | REVOLUTIONARY CHINA | 3 |
| HIST 319 | JAPAN, 1830-1930 | 3 |
| HIST 320 | JAPAN, 1930-PRESENT | 3 |
| HIST 322 | HISTORY OF MEXICO: NATIONAL PERIOD | 3 |
| HIST 328 | THE MAKING OF COLONIAL AFRICA (C. 1884-1994) | 3 |
| HIST 329 | HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA | 3 |
| HIST 331 | AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY: 1898-1945 | 3 |
| HIST 332 | AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY SINCE 1945 | 3 |
| HIST 336 | THE ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE MODERN WORLD: 1492-THE PRESENT | 3 |
| HIST 339 | THE MAKING OF THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST | 3 |
| HIST 340 | ISRAEL/PALESTINE: CONFLICTING PAST, CONFLICTING PRESENT | 3 |
| HIST 342 | SAILORS, MERCHANTS, SPIES: PORTUGUESE ENCOUNTERS 1400-1700 | 3 |
| HIST 355 | HISTORY OF JAPANESE CINEMA | 3 |
| HIST 370 | DIPLOMATIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1900 | 3 |
| HIST 378 | IMMIGRANTS & IMMIGRATION IN THE UNITED STATES | 3 |
| HIST 384 | DISEASE AND HISTORY: FROM THE NEOLITHIC TO THE PRESENT | 3 |
| HIST 390 | MEDIEVAL CITIES OF EUROPE: A COMPARATIVE HISTORY | 3 |
| HIST 406 | EUROPE: 1815-1914 | 3 |
| HIST 431 | FRANCE 1643-1871: FROM PRINCES TO PARLIAMENTS | 3 |
| HIST 432 | FRANCE 1871-PRESENT: PARIS COMMUNE TO EUROPEAN COMMON MARKET | 3 |
| HIST 440 | THE SAMURAI | 3 |
| HIST 441 | GERMANY: 1871-1945 | 3 |
| HIST 452 | HISTORY OF THE SOVIET UNION, 1917-1953: WAR, REVOLUTION, AND THE CREATION OF THE STALINIST SYSTEM | 3 |
| HIST 453 | HISTORY OF SOVIET RUSSIA FROM KRUSCHEV TO GORBACHEV | 3 |
| HIST 462 | THE HOLOCAUST IN HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE | 3 |
| HIST 47x | SPECIAL TOPICS IN HISTORY 1 | 3 |
| Italian | ||
| ITAL 301 | ADVANCED CONVERSATION | 3 |
| ITAL 311 | ITALIAN CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION | 3 |
| ITAL 321 | SURVEY OF ITALIAN LITERATURE I | 3 |
| ITAL 322 | SURVEY OF ITALIAN LITERATURE II | 3 |
| ITAL 37x | SPECIAL TOPICS IN ITALIAN 1 | 3 |
| ITAL 47x | SPECIAL TOPICS IN ITALIAN 1 | 3 |
| Japanese | ||
| JPNS 301 | JAPANESE COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION I | 3 |
| JPNS 492 | DIRECTED READINGS IN JAPANESE 1 | 1-3 |
| Latin | ||
| LATN 301 | ADVANCED READINGS IN LATIN I | 3 |
| Latin American Studies | ||
| LAST 385 | MODEL ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES | 3 |
| LAST 48x | SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN AND LATINO/A STUDIES 1 | 3 |
| LAST 484 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN AND LATINO/A STUDIES | 3 |
| Management | ||
| MNGT 375 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: THEORY AND PRACTICE | 3 |
| MNGT 438 | MULTINATIONAL MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| Marketing | ||
| MKTG 445 | GLOBAL MARKETING | 3 |
| MKTG 47x | SPECIAL TOPICS IN MARKETING 1 | 3 |
| Philosophy and Religion | ||
| PHIL 301 | PHILOSOPHIES OF INDIA | 3 |
| PHIL 302 | PHILOSOPHIES OF CHINA & JAPAN | 3 |
| PHIL 327 | AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY | 3 |
| PHIL 341 | ETHICS | 3 |
| PHIL 353 | PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION | 3 |
| PHIL 38x | PHILOSOPHICAL TOPICS 1 | 3 |
| PHIL 440 | PHILOSOPHICAL SYSTEMS | 3 |
| PHIL 48x | PHILOSOPHICAL TOPICS 1 | 3 |
| Political Science | ||
| POSC 303 | THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS | 3 |
| POSC 307 | CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL POLITICS | 3 |
| POSC 337 | COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT OF FOREIGN POWERS: THE WESTERN WORLD | 3 |
| POSC 338 | GOVERNMENT OF USSR AND EASTERN EUROPE | 3 |
| POSC 339 | COMPARATIVE POLITICAL SYSTEMS | 3 |
| POSC 340 | COMPARATIVE PUBLIC POLICY | 3 |
| POSC 345 | GOVERNMENTS AND POLITICS OF EAST ASIA: FOCUS ON CHINA AND JAPAN | 3 |
| POSC 342 | RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS | 3 |
| POSC 351 | THE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF LATIN AMERICAN | 3 |
| POSC 355 | LATIN AMERICAN POLICY OFTHE UNITED STATES | 3 |
| POSC 428 | POLITICAL THEORY II | 3 |
| POSC 432 | UNITED STATES-RUSSIAN RELATIONS | 3 |
| POSC 434 | COMPARATIVE FOREIGN POLICY | 3 |
| POSC 436 | U.S. FOREIGN POLICY | 3 |
| POSC 441 | CONTEMPORARY UNITED STATES AND EUROPEAN RELATIONS | 3 |
| POSC 447 | INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ORGANIZATION | 3 |
| POSC 449 | U.S. HOMELAND SECURITY POLICY | 3 |
| POSC 47x | SPECIAL TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE 1 | 3 |
| POSC 48x | SEMINAR IN POLITICAL SCIENCE 1 | 3 |
| POSC 491 | SEMINAR: CONTEMPORARY U.S. FOREIGN POLICY | 3 |
| Portuguese | ||
| PORT 301 | COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION IN PORTUGUESE | 3 |
| Religion | ||
| RLST 307 | BUDDHISM IN TIBET | 3 |
| RLST 308 | BUDDHIST SAINTS AND THEIR STORIES | 3 |
| RLST 311 | JEWISH MYSTICISM AND KABBALAH | 3 |
| RLST 313 | ISLAMIC ETHICS | 3 |
| RLST 357 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE RELIGION | 3 |
| RLST 363 | SUFISM: ISLAMIC MYSTICISM | 3 |
| RLST 37x | ADVANCED TOPICS IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES 1 | 3 |
| RLST 47x | SPECIAL TOPICS IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES 1 | 3 |
| Sociology | ||
| SOCI 323 | SOCIAL MOVEMENTS | 3 |
| SOCI 329 | DEMOGRAPHY | 3 |
| SOCI 333 | POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY | 3 |
| SOCI 37x | TOPICS IN SOCIOLOGY 1 | 3 |
| SOCI 47x | SPECIAL TOPICS IN SOCIOLOGY 1 | 3 |
| Spanish | ||
| SPAN 301 | COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION I | 3 |
| SPAN 311 | CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION OF SPAIN | 3 |
| SPAN 312 | CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION OF LATIN AMERICA | 3 |
| SPAN 321 | SURVEY OF SPANISH LITERATURE | 3 |
| SPAN 322 | SURVEY OF SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE | 3 |
| SPAN 331 | SPANISH FOR BUSINESS | 3 |
| SPAN 37x | SPECIAL TOPICS IN SPANISH 1 | 3 |
| SPAN 409 | SPANISH TRANSLATION | 3 |
| SPAN 412 | CONTEMPORARY SPANISH NOVEL | 3 |
| SPAN 431 | 19TH CENTURY SPANISH LITERATURE | 3 |
| SPAN 455 | HISPANIC POPULAR CULTURES | 3 |
| SPAN 47x | SPECIAL TOPICS IN SPANISH 1 | 3 |
| SPAN 481 | THE SHORT STORY IN SPANISH | 3 |
| Women's Studies | ||
| WMST 233 | INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES OF WOMEN | 3 |
| WMST 37x | TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES 1 | 3 |
| WMST 381 | THE EROTIC IMAGINATION IN CHRISTIANITY AND HINDUISM | 3 |
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Special topics, seminars, and independent study and readings courses must be related to international topics to count toward the course of study in International Studies and must be approved prior to enrollment by the major adviser or director of International Studies.