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BA in International Studies Curriculum

This is the curriculum for all BAIS students with a global area or topical concentration.

General Degree and College of Liberal Arts Requirements

Cr. Hrs.
English 1157 1158 6
Literature (in English, Spanish, French, of other language) 6
Math 1115 (or higher) 3
Math (any math) 3
Science (two lectures in one science) 6
Science (one lecture in a second science/one of the three science courses must be BIOS) 3
Arts (Any FA, MUS, or film- or theater-related FTCA course) 3
Foreign Language (one language) 12
Computer Literacy (fulfilled by social science methodology course below)  
Oral Competency (fulfilled by any 3000+ conversation course in a foreign language below)  
  TOTAL 42

Special Requirements and Prerequisites for Core Curriculum

Cr. Hrs.

Foreign Language (3000 level or higher, not literature) 6
Approved culture course (any 2000-level or above course in any discipline on a non-US culture) 3
Political Science 2600 or 2700 (area studies students take 2600; topical studies students take 2700)  3
Economics 1203 3
Sociology 1051 3
Social Science Methodology Course:  Sociology 2708 or Political Science 2900 or Geography 2801 (any of the three will fulfill the computer literacy requirement) 3
  TOTAL 24

Core Curriculum

Cr. Hrs.

Anthropology 4765 3
Geography 4310 3
Economics 4261 or 4306 3
Political Science (any two courses from 4700 or 4800 series or 4900 series when appropriate) 6
Sociology 4094 or 4101 or 4124 or 4086 3
History (Two Options) 

Non-Western History Option. Any two 2000-level or above HIST courses with a non-U.S./non-European focus. Students with an area studies concentration should choose 6 hours unrelated to that area.  

Diplomatic History Option. Any two courses in diplomatic history. 		6
  TOTAL 24

Concentration (To include at least 3, but no more than 6, hours of IS 4998 or 4999 and at least 12 hours of 2000-level or above course work.)

Cr. Hrs.
  Total 24

Electives

 

Cr. Hrs.

  TOTAL 9
  GRAND TOTAL 120