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Certificate

Certificate Requirements

To earn a certificate in international studies, you must complete a minimum of 18 credits with a GPA of 2.00 or higher. When applicable, courses counted toward the certificate may also count toward other requirements for your degree. You must be at least a sophomore in good standing to apply to this program.

The 18 credit hours necessary for this certificate must be distributed according to the following 4 categories. Additional courses on international topics that are taught only occasionally may also qualify for credit toward the certificate; they will be listed in the Schedule of Classes each semester. Please contact the International Studies director(s) if you have questions about which courses are eligible for credit toward the certificate.

* Courses marked with an asterisk have prerequisites or special requirements. Please consult your course bulletin or individual departments to be sure that you are eligible to enroll.

3 credits

  • INTL I200 Introduction to International Studies

6 credits to be chosen from the following:

  • *BUS D300 International Business Administration

  • HIST H232 The World in the 20th Century

  • *ECON E430 International Economics

  • MUS Z105 Traditions in World Music

  • POLS Y109 Introduction to International Relations

  • POLS Y200/401 International Human Rights

  • POLS Y374 International Organizations

3 credits (at least one course) in a non-Western area:

  • ANTH E310 Introduction to Cultures of Africa

  • ANTH E321 People of Mexico

  • ANTH E330 Indians of South America

  • ANTH E455 Anthropology of Religion

  • ANTH A479 Indian Cultures of Peru

  • 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 Revolution

  • HIST F447 U.S.-Latin American Relations

  • HIST F477 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

  • *SPAN S412 Latin-American Culture and Civilization

6 credits—additional credits (may be chosen from the list below and/or from the list of non-Western courses above):

  • ANTH E402 Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective

  • ANTH A460 European Ethnography

  • CMLT C340 Women in World Literature

  • FINA H390 International Travel

  • FINA H415 Art of Pre-Columbian

  • FOLK F111 Introduction to World Folk Music

  • FOLK F305 Asian Folklore

  • *FREN F464 Civilisation 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

Foreign Language Requirement

In addition to the 18 credits stipulated above, 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, by completing a 113 course (First-Year French, German, or Spanish in One Semester), 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.