International Studies Themes
Students are strongly encouraged to explore the diverse areas, issues, and global themes that comprise International Studies. Students choose four international studies courses from the list under one of the following themes. See your advisor for further information.
International Issues (Business, Ethics, and Sustainability)
Arts and Humanities (Art, History, Literature, and Music)
Social and Cultural Studies (Anthropology, Political Science,
Psychology, and Sociology)
International Studies Themes in Detail
| 1. International Issues (Business, Ethics, and Sustainability) | ||
|---|---|---|
| ARAB | 3310 | LOCALIZATION AND TRANSLATION I |
| ARAB | 3311 | LOCALIZATION AND TRANSLATION II |
| ART | 3357 | SUSTAINABLE DESIGN |
| BLAW | 4310 | BASIC INTERNATIONAL LAW FOR BUSINESS |
| CHIN | 3303 | CHINESE CONVERSATION |
| CHIN | 3304 | CHINESE CONVERSATION II |
| CHIN | 3310 | LOCALIZATION AND TRANSLATION I |
| CHIN | 3311 | LOCALIZATION AND TRANSLATION II |
| CHIN | 4335 | BUSINESS CHINESE |
| CRCJ | 4380 | COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE |
| ECON | 3388 | EUROPEAN ECONOMIC HISTORY, 1750 TO PRESENT |
| ECON | 4306 | COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC SYSTEMS |
| ECON | 4319 | ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT |
| ECON | 4321 | INTERNATIONAL TRADE |
| ECON | 4322 | INTERNATIONAL FINANCE |
| ENGL | 3347 | TOPICS IN MULTICULTURAL LITERATURES: POWER AND PLACE |
| ENGL | 3366 | TOPICS IN LITERATURE & ENVIRONMENT: CONTEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTAL LITERATURES |
| ENGL | 4350 | TOPICS IN FILM AND LITERATURE: NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT IN FILM AND THEORY |
| FINA | 4324 | INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE |
| GEOG | 4301 | HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY AND CARTOGRAPHY |
| GEOL | 2414 | THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH |
| GEOL | 2406 | NATURAL RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABILITY |
| GERM | 3310 | LOCALIZATION AND TRANSLATION I |
| GERM | 3311 | LOCALIZATION AND TRANSLATION II |
| GERM | 4334 | THE CULTURE OF BUSINESS |
| GERM | 4335 | BUSINESS GERMAN |
| GLOBAL | 3301 | TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL CULTURES AND CIVILIZATIONS I |
| GLOBAL | 3302 | TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL CULTURES AND CIVILIZATIONS I |
| GLOBAL | 3310 | LOCALIZATION & TRANSLATION I |
| HIST | 4388 | TOPICS IN HISTORY: ISSUES IN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY |
| INTS | 4388 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES: JUSTICE, DEMOCRACY, AND METROPOLITAN ENVIRONMENTS |
| INTS | 4388 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN ITNERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES: INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL & SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES |
| KORE | 3310 | LOCALIZATION AND TRANSLATION I |
| KORE | 3311 | LOCALIZATION AND TRANSLATION II |
| MANA | 4321 | INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT |
| MARK | 4325 | INTERNATIONAL MARKETING |
| OPMA | 4309 | GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT |
| PHIL | 3324 | BUSINESS ETHICS |
| PHIL | 3318 | PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
| PHIL | 3320 | PHILOSOPHY OF LAW |
| PHIL | 3324 | BUSINESS ETHICS |
| PHIL | 3330 | SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY |
| PORT | 3310 | LOCALIZATION AND TRANSLATION I |
| PORT | 3311 | LOCALIZATION AND TRANSLATION II |
| RUSS | 3310 | LOCALIZATION AND TRANSLATION I |
| RUSS | 3311 | LOCALIZATION AND TRANSLATION II |
| RUSS | 4334 | THE CULTURE OF BUSINESS |
| RUSS | 4335 | BUSINESS RUSSIAN |
| 2. Arts and Humanities (Art,History,Literature,and Music) | ||
| ARAB | 3303 | ARABIC CONVERSATION & CULTURE I |
| ARAB | 3304 | ARABIC CONVERSATION & CULTURE II |
| ART | 3304 | JAPANESE ART & ARCHITECTURE |
| ART | 3319 | ART & ARCHITECTURE OF INDIA |
| ART | 4307 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN ASIAN ART |
| ART | 3321 | CHINESE ART AND ART HISTORY |
| CHIN | 3303 | CHINESE CONVERSATION & CULTURE I |
| CHIN | 3304 | CHINESE CONVERSATION & CULTURE II |
| CHIN | 4334 | CONTEMPORARY CHINESE CULTURE |
| ENGL | 3352 | HISTORY OF BRITISH LITERATURE II |
| ENGL | 3355 | POST-COLONIAL LITERATURE IN ENGLISH |
| ENGL | 2309 | WORLD LITERATURE |
| ENGL | 3301 | RUSSIAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION |
| ENGL | 3306 | SOVIET AND POST-SOVIET LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION |
| ENGL | 3347 | TOPICS IN MULTICULTURAL LITERATURES |
| ENGL | 3361 | HISTORY OF WORLD LITERATURE I |
| FREN | 3305 | FRENCH CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION |
| FREN | 3316 | TOPICS IN THE CITIES OF FRANCE |
| FREN | 3318 | PROBLEMS OF IDENTITY |
| FREN | 4324 | TOPICS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES |
| FREN | 4325 | TOPICS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES |
| FREN | 4328 | TOPICS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY STUDIES |
| FREN | 4334 | TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY FRENCH STUDIES |
| FREN | 4338 | SELECTED TOPICS IN FRENCH LITERATURE AND CULTURE |
| GERM | 3301 | TOPICS IN GERMAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE IN TRANSLATION |
| GERM | 4321 | TOPICS IN LITERATURE & CULTURE |
| GERM | 4322 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN GERMAN STUDIES II |
| GLOBAL | 3301 | TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL CULTURES AND CIVILIZATIONS I |
| GLOBAL | 3302 | TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL CULTURES AND CIVILIZATIONS I |
| GLOBAL | 3310 | LOCALIZATION & TRANSLATION I |
| HIST | 4356 | IMPERIAL GERMANY 1740-1914 |
| HIST | 4357 | MODERN GERMANY 1914-1990 |
| HIST | 4358 | THE THIRD REICH: GERMAN HISTORY, 1933 - 1945 |
| HIST | 4351 | BRITISH EMPIRE |
| HIST | 4352 | MODERN IRELAND |
| HIST | 4362 | RUSSIA AND THE SUCCESSOR STATES TODAY |
| HIST | 4375 | AFRICAN HISTORY II |
| HIST | 4379 | HISTORY OF MODERN CHINA |
| HIST | 4383 | HITLER: HISTORY & IMAGE |
| HIST | 4384 | DEMOCRACY AND DICTATORSHIP IN EUROPE |
| HUMA | 3340 | TOPICS IN HUMANITIES |
| HUMA | 4301 | CULTURE AND IDEAS |
| HUMA | 4302 | SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THEORY |
| KORE | 3303 | KORE CONVERSATION & CULTURE I |
| KORE | 3304 | KORE CONVERSATION & CULTURE II |
| MAS | 4327 | WOMEN IN HISPANIC LITERATURE |
| MODL | 3301 | TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE LANGUAGES, CULTURE, AND LITERATURES |
| PORT | 3303 | PORTUGUESE CONVERSATION & CULTURE I |
| PORT | 3304 | PORTUGUESE CONVERSATION & CULTURE II |
| RUSS | 3301 | RUSSIAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION |
| RUSS | 3304 | TOPICS IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE STUDY |
| RUSS | 3305 | TOPICS IN RUSSIAN POETRY |
| RUSS | 3306 | SOVIET AND POST-SOVIET LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION |
| RUSS | 4301 | SELECTED AUTHORS AND TOPICS |
| RUSS | 4302 | RUSSIAN AND SOVIET CINEMA |
| RUSS | 4303 | PROPAGANDA AND IDEOLOGY IN SOVIET ART AND LITERATURE |
| RUSS | 4304 | BANNED AND CENSORED WORKS OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE |
| RUSS | 4359 | HISTORY OF RUSSIA TO 1885 |
| RUSS | 4360 | HISTORY OF RUSSIA SINCE 1855 |
| SPAN | 3315 | COMPOSITION THROUGH LITERATURE |
| SPAN | 4311 | TOPICS IN PENINSULAR SPANISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE, EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT |
| SPAN | 4313 | TOPICS IN HISPANIC CULTURE |
| SPAN | 4314 | TOPICS IN LATIN-AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE TO MODERNISM |
| SPAN | 4315 | TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY LATIN-AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE, MODERNISM TO THE PRESENT |
| WOMS | 4327 | WOMEN IN HISPANIC LITERATURE |
| 3. Social and Cultural Studies (Anthropology, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology) | ||
| ANTH | 3330 | CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND IDENTITY |
| ANTH | 3331 | CULTURE AND PERSONALITY |
| ANTH | 3329 | PEOPLES OF AFRICA |
| ANTH | 3339 | URBAN ANTHROPOLOGY |
| ANTH | 3348 | ANTHROPOLOGY OF MIGRATION |
| ANTH | 3349 | ANTHROPOLOGY OF GLOBALIZATION |
| ANTH | 3409 | HUMAN EVOLUTION |
| ANTH | 4342 | CULTURE, POWER AND HISTORY IN SOUTH ASIA |
| ANTH | 4345 | VISUALIZING CULTURE |
| ANTH | 4342 | TOPICS IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY |
| CHIN | 4334 | CONTEMPORARY CHINESE CULTURE |
| COMM | 4335 | INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION |
| EDUC | 4340 | HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT |
| GLOBAL | 3301 | TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL CULTURES AND CIVILIZATIONS I |
| GLOBAL | 3302 | TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL CULTURES AND CIVILIZATIONS I |
| GLOBAL | 3310 | LOCALIZATION & TRANSLATION I |
| LING | 2301 | INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF HUMAN LANGUAGES |
| LING | 2371 | LANGUAGE IN A MULTICULTURAL USA |
| LING | 4317 | SOCIOLINGUISTICS |
| LING | 4318 | LANGUAGE AND GENDER |
| LING | 4360 | NON-WESTERN LINGUISTIC STRUCTURES |
| LING | 4362 | LANGUAGE DOCUMENTATION |
| LING | 4363 | LANGUAGE ENDANGERMENT AND REVITALIZATION |
| MAS | 3312 | LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION |
| MAS | 3314 | THE LATINA EXPERIENCE |
| MAS | 3317 | MEXICAN POLITICS AND U.S.-MEXICO RELATIONS |
| MAS | 3330 | CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND IDENTITY |
| MAS | 3348 | LATINO IMMIGRATION TO THE U.S. |
| MAS | 3369 | HISTORY OF LATINO RELIGIONS |
| MAS | 4313 | TOPICS IN HISPANIC CULTURE |
| MAS | 4315 | TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY LATIN-AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE, MODERNISM TO THE PRESENT |
| MAS | 4319 | POLITICS OF MEXICAN AMERICANS |
| POLS | 3313 | MODERN CRITICS OF SOCIETY AND POLITICS |
| POLS | 3314 | POLITICAL SYSTEMS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE |
| POLS | 3315 | VIOLENCE & REPRESSION IN THE AMERICAS |
| POLS | 3316 | DICTATORSHIP AND DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS |
| POLS | 3317 | MEXICAN POLITICS AND U.S.-MEXICO RELATIONS |
| POLS | 3318 | POLITICAL SYSTEMS OF EAST ASIA |
| POLS | 3328 | INTRODUCTION TO MIDDLE EAST POLITICS |
| POLS | 3329 | THE POLITICS OF INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT |
| POLS | 4313 | POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT |
| POLS | 4322 | ISSUES IN POLITICAL THEORY |
| POLS | 4328 | MODERN POLITICAL IDEAS |
| POLS | 4329 | CONTEMPORARY CONTROVERSIES IN POLITICAL THEORY |
| POLS | 4355 | INTERNATIONAL POLITICS |
| POLS | 4362 | RUSSIA AND THE SUCCESSOR STATES TODAY |
| POLS | 4365 | FOREIGN POLICIES OF RUSSIA AND THE SUCCESSOR STATES |
| POLS | 4370 | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST |
| POLS | 4371 | THE POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY OF ISRAEL |
| RUSS | 4361 | THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT OF RUSSIA AND THE SUCCESSOR STATES |
| RUSS | 4362 | RUSSIA AND THE SUCCESSOR STATES TODAY |
| RUSS | 4365 | FOREIGN POLICIES OF RUSSIA AND THE SUCCESSOR STATES |
| SOCI | 4365 | GLOBAL ETHNIC CONFLICT |
| SOCI | 3324 | SOCIAL MOVEMENTS. Prerequisite: SOCI 1311 |
| SPAN | 4334 | CULTURE AND ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION IN THE HISPANIC WORLD |
| WOMS | 3305 | WOMEN'S HEALTH ISSUES |
| WOMS | 3309 | WOMEN AND WORK, 1600 TO THE PRESENT |
| WOMS | 3313 | CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY |
| WOMS | 3314 | THE LATINA EXPERIENCE |
| WOMS | 3334 | GENDER ROLES |
| WOMS | 3338 | COMPARATIVE KINSHIP AND FAMILY SYSTEMS |
| WOMS | 4303 | WOMEN IN SOCIETY |
