B.A. in International Studies
The International Studies program is a flexible, interdisciplinary program designed for students interested in a liberal arts approach to the contemporary world. Professional academic advisement is provided for each major in order to develop an individual course of study dependent on the student's career and educational goals. The program's purposes are to offer to the international specialist or nonspecialist a deep understanding of international politics, economics, and social relations, and to provide those educational and occupational experiences sought by private and public international organizations, corporations, and agencies.
The B.A. Degree in International Studies can be related to careers in the following areas:
Private Industry - Multinational corporations, import-export firms, airlines, shipping, international service organizations, international banking, law, and journalism.
Government Service - U.S. Department of State (Foreign Service and International Communications Agency), Defense Department, Commerce Department, Peace Corps.
Typical Program for B.A. in International Studies
All students must satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements. In addition, the program requirements are:
Major Requirements (36 credits)
Political Science 1, 2, 51, 65 12
Three of the following: 9
POL 46 American Foreign Policy I
POL 47 American Foreign Policy II
POL 52 Psychological Foundations of International Relations
POL 53 International Law I
POL 54 International Law II
POL 55 Politics of Developing Nations
POL 56 World Political Affairs since 1945
POL 68 Government and Politics of Western Europe
POL 73 Government and Politics of Latin America
POL 74 Dynamics of Soviet Foreign Policy
Economics 11 or 5 6
Economics 12
Three of the following: 9
ECO 21 Money and Banking
ECO 41 International Economics
ECO 42 Economics of Underdeveloped Countries
ECO 45 Comparative Economic Systems
ECO 46 Economics of International Business
ECO 72 Introductory Statistics
Correlated Courses (12 credits)
International Studies majors, in completing this 12-credit requirement, must take at least two relevant courses in History, plus Geography 1 and 2.
Area of specialization (18-27 credits)
A program of study that will explore in depth a particular specialization or area must be developed with and approved by the academic counselor and director of International Studies. Students in this program must demonstrate an intermediate-level proficiency in a contemporary language other than English. This requirement may be satisfied by successful completion of a level-4 language course, or passing a test approved in advance by the director of the International Studies program.
Students who develop a specialization in Marketing or Finance are urged to take Accounting 11 and 12, and Computer Science 2.
Free Electives
A student, after fulfilling the requirements of the Core Curriculum and the program, may use the balance of credits to pursue other elective academic interests. The number of free electives may be increased to the extent that the area of specialization courses also apply to the college core requirements. In this way Computer Science can be used to fulfill the CSC requirement for the business specialization, and Foreign Language proficiency at the intermediate level may fulfill a core requirement.
Provisional Certification
Students seeking provisional certification as Social Studies teachers in secondary schools (with a concentration in political science) must take the college core requirements, 36 credits in Political Science (Section II) required of all Political Science majors, and, in place of the 24 credits of related study as outlined in Section III, the following courses must be included:
Co-related (12 cr.) Credits
History 1, 2, 3, or 4 6
Economics 11, 12 6
Geography 1, 2 6
Anthropology 1, 2 6
Sociology 1, 2 6
Sociology 69 (required) 3
Education (19 cr.) Credits
Education 14, 15, 16, 35, 35-D, 92 19
