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International Studies Minor
The international studies
minor seeks to help students understand the modern global
environment in an interdisciplinary manner. Increasingly,
careers in business, government, the arts, sciences, and
humanities require international familiarity.
The minor approaches its aim
in two ways.
I. To understand
other societies: Students will take courses in three
disciplines, totaling twelve hours, from among the following
courses:
ANT 201:
Contemporary Cultural Anthropology
ANT 351:
Readings in Cultural Anthropology
ART 311:
Twentieth-Century Art Up to World War II
ART 312:
Twentieth-Century Art from World War II to the Present
EN 232:
Survey of World Literature II
FLF 352:
French Literature after 1850
FLS
361-362: Contemporary Spanish Literature
GEO 304:
Geography of Latin America
HIS 350:
Europe since 1914
HIS 358 The
Latin American Republics
POL 453:
Advanced Comparative Politics
REL 213:
Religions of the World
These courses may not be
used to satisfy both the core requirements and those of the
International Studies Minor. Students are also strongly
encouraged to engage in an international experience. Such
experiences may, with the approval of the university advisor
for the minor and by the Vice President for Academic
Affairs, may be counted for up to 6 hours toward this
requirement.
To fulfill this portion of
the minor, students must also demonstrate an intermediate
competency in a modern foreign language. This can be done
through successful completion of FLF or FLS 201-2 or by
other means.
II. To understand
the dynamics of relations between and among societies,
states or cultures: Students must take six hours from among
the following courses:
BU 371:
International Business Seminar
EN 330:
Postcolonial Literature
GEO 101:
Elements of World Geography
GEO 351:
Environmental Geography
HIS 422:
The Rise and Fall of Communism, a Global Study
POL 380:
U.S. Foreign Policy
POL 454:
International Relations
These courses may not be
used to satisfy both the core requirements and those of the
International Studies Minor.
Students should be aware that the minor is very flexible,
and can be tailored to the student’s individual goals in
consultation with an advisor. Students who wish to minor in
International Studies should contact the Department of
History, Political Science, Geography and Paralegal Studies.
Students who have not declared a major will develop their
course of study within the minor with the university
advisor. Courses with rotating topics (e.g., BU 499:
Special Topics in Business) may also fulfill the
requirements of the minor, with the approval of the
international advisor within the student’s major, or that of
the university advisor, and with approval from the Chief
Academic Officer. |
