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Degrees & Certificates

International Studies

A certificate in international studies is available to all IPFW students who are interested in developing greater understanding of the histories and cultures of other nations and in studying the various means used to promote and maintain normal relations among them. You must be at least a sophomore in good standing to apply to this program.

To earn this certificate, you must complete the following credits with a grade of C or higher in each course as part of your bachelor’s degree program:

NOTE: Foreign Language Requirement

In addition to the 18 credits stipulated below, students must demonstrate basic proficiency in a language other than English. The proficiency may be demonstrated by placing at the third-semester level or higher on the foreign language placement test, or by completing the first two semesters of a foreign language at the college level. Students who speak a language other than English are exempt from this requirement.

 
Course No. Course Title Credits
INTL I200 Introduction to International Studies: Emerging Global Visions 3
Credits from the following: 6
BUS D300 International Business Administration
ECON E340 International Economics
HIST H232 The World in the 20th Century
MUS Z105 Traditions in World Music
POLS Y109 Introduction to International Relations
POLS Y200/401 International Human Rights
POLS Y374 International Organizations
SOC S308 Introduction to Comparative Sociology
Credits from the following (at least one course) in a non-Western area: 3
ANTH A479 Indian Cultures of Peru
ANTH E310 Introduction to Cultures of Africa
ANTH E321 People of Mexico
ANTH E330 Indians of South America
ANTH E455 Anthropology of Religion
ENG L114 Introduction to African Literature
FWAS H201 The Ancient World
HIST D410 Russian Revolutions and the Regime
HIST D426 Balkans: 1914 Present
HIST F332 African History: Colonial Rule to Independence
HIST F342 Latin America: Evolution and Revolution
HIST F346 Modern Mexico
HIST F432 20th-Century Latin American Revolutions
HIST F447 U.S.-Latin American Relations
HIST H202 Russia: 1801–Present
HIST T335 Topics in Non-Western History
POLS Y332 Russian Politics
POLS Y338 African Politics
POLS Y339 Middle Eastern Political Systems
POLS Y340 East European Politics
REL 301 Introduction to Islam
SOC S410 Topics in Social Organization: Chinese Social Structure
SPAN S412 Latin-American Culture and Civilization
Additional credits (may be chosen from the list below and/or from the list of non-Western courses above) 6
ANTH A460 European Ethnography
ANTH E402 Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
CMLT C340 Women in World Literature
FINA H390 International Travel
FINA H415 Art of Pre-Columbian America
FOLK F111 Introduction to World Folk Music
FOLK F305 Asian Folklore
FREN F464 Civilization française II
FWAS H202 Foundations of the Modern Western World
GER G362 Deutsche Landeskunde
GER G363 Deutsche Kulturgeschichte
HIST A345 American Diplomatic History I
HIST A346 American Diplomatic History II
HIST B361 Europe in the 20th Century I
HIST B378 History of Germany
INTL I208 International Cinema
POLS Y335 Western European Politics
POLS Y350 Politics of the European Union
POLS Y367 International Law
POLS Y370 Workshop in International Topics
POLS Y376 International Political Economy
POLS Y401 Terrorism and Tyranny
SPAN S411 Spanish Culture and Civilization
WOST W301 International Perspectives on Women
Total 18

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