Courses

Explore the courses you take and the pathways you can create with International Studies.

Cultivate your global citizenship through the social and cultural foundations of International Studies.

Learn how geography helps us understand human relations, politics, economics and discrimination. Explore the role of the past in shaping the contemporary world and be introduced to international politics including war, nationalism, the global economy, interventionism, and the new world order. Learn about power structures and the social effects of public policy and study how a country's economy works.

Prepare for your career through modern language studies in Arabic, Chinese, French, Japanese or Spanish. Carry out sensitive and critical research. Complete your senior capstone, where you design and complete a senior research project focused on your study-abroad country.

Foundational Courses

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Global Cultural Citizenship

Cultivate your global citizenship through the social and cultural foundations of International Studies.

World Geography

How geography helps us understand human relations, politics, economics, and discrimination.

Workshop in World History

This course reveals the role of the past in shaping the contemporary world.

More Foundational Courses

Introduction to Comparative Politics

War, nationalism, the global economy, interventionism, and the new world order.

Introduction to International Politics

Learn about power structures and the social effects of public policy.

Principles of Economics – Macro

Study how a country's economy works.

Professional Formation Courses

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Modern Language

Chinese, French, Japanese or Spanish (Intermediate Level).

Research in International Studies

Carry out sensitive, critical research.

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Senior Capstone

Design and complete a senior research project focused on your study-abroad country.

Sample Electives

Chinese Politics

Examines the political institutions, policy-making processes, state-society relations, and some of the most pressing domestic and international consequences of economic and political development in contemporary China.

(De)Constructing Community Development in Mexico

This variable credit course immerses you in the complexities of migration in the borderlands, with a focus on making humane, just, workable migration between the US and Mexico a reality.

Borders and Boundaries

This course examines the construction and consequences of borders across the world. Students develop their analytical, presentation and writing skills as they learn how international boundaries work on local, national and transnational levels.

Latin American Politics

Major challenges facing Latin American countries include development stimulation, inequality reduction, security provision, and rights expansion.