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International and Area Studies provides students with the opportunity to design interdisciplinary programs of study that will give them an understanding of the human experience in a global perspective, while at the same time allowing them to develop in-depth knowledge and expertise in specific geographical areas. These programs include (1) a major or minor in International Studies, (2) a minor in Asian Studies, (3) a minor in European Studies and (4) a major or minor in Latin American and Iberian Studies. Descriptions of each of these programs along with their degree requirements are listed below.
To succeed in an international career, students need expertise in the politics, economics, history, language and cultures of societies other than their own. The curricula for the International and Area Studies programs are designed to provide students with a foundation for this expertise, requiring course work in the social sciences, business, language and humanities.
To maximize the educational experience in these degree programs, all majors are strongly encouraged to spend at least one term or summer studying abroad. The University offers numerous study-abroad opportunities around the world; most of these courses may be applied to the International and Area Studies majors and minors. For more information, see the “Study Abroad” section in this bulletin, as well as the requirements for each of the programs listed below.
Professor Stephen Wegren, Director
The major in International Studies requires 33 hours of study in specific courses in addition to prerequisites for certain courses; this includes 15 hours of study from the basic curriculum. At least 18 hours from the Basic and Area Studies Curricula must be in courses at the 3000 level or above. A cocurricular requirement for the B.A. degree in International Studies is two years of college-level study of a foreign language or equivalent. The language requirement may be met through examination, the transfer of language study credit from another university, or by taking courses on campus.
The minor in International Studies requires 15 hours of study from the Basic Curriculum, nine hours of which must be in courses at the 3000 level or above. A cocurricular requirement for the minor is one year of college-level study of a foreign language or equivalent.
The first 15 hours (constituting a minor in International Studies) must include one course from Introduction to World Cultures; one course from International Politics; one course from International Economics; and two courses from The Global Perspective. Of the 15 hours required in the Basic Curriculum, at least six hours must be in courses at the 3000 level and above. A total of five classes must be taken from the Basic Curriculum.
ANTH 2301 Introductory Cultural Anthropology
HIST 1302 World Cultures and Civilization
SOCI 2377 Markets and Cultures
PLSC 1340 Introduction to Comparative Politics
PLSC 1380 Introduction to International Relations
ECO 3321 International Economic Policy (Prerequisites: ECO 1311 and 1312)
ECO 4357 International Trade (Prerequisite: ECO 3301)
ECO 4358 International Macroeconomic Theory and Policy (Prerequisite: ECO 3302)
ADV 3354 International Advertising (SMU-in-London)
ANTH 3301 Health, Healing and Ethics
ANTH 3310/SOCI 3301 Gender and Sex Roles: A Global Perspective
ANTH 3327 Culture Change and Globalization: Social Science Perspectives
ANTH 3333 The Immigrant Experience
ANTH 3336 Gender and Globalization: Cultural and Ethical Issues
ANTH 3344 Cultural Aspects of Business
ANTH 3365 The Rise and Fall of Superpowers
ANTH 3366 Magic, Myth and Religion Across Cultures
ANTH 3368/Soci 3368 Urban Life: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANTH 3384 Paradise Lost? The Archaeology and Ethics of Human Environmental Impacts
ANTH 3388 Warfare and Violence
ANTH 4303 Political Economy of Health
ANTH 4304 Migration and Ethnicity
ANTH 4307 Seminar in International Health
ANTH 4309 Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples, and National States
ANTH 4384 Global Issues and Development: An Overview (Seniors only)
ARHS 1307 World Art Traditions: A Survey
BA 3300 Topics in International Management (Study abroad programs)
CCPA 3321 International Public Relations (SMU-in-London)
CTV 2351 International Film History
CTV 4399 Global Media Systems
ECO 5360 Economic Development (Prerequisites: ECO 3301 and 3302)
ECO 5361 Natural Resources and Energy Economics
ECO 5362 Economic Growth
ENGL 3354 Non-Western Culture and Literature (20th-century, Third World texts)
FINA 4329* International Finance (Prerequisite: FINA 3320)
HIST 2380 Ethnic Regions in the Western World
HIST 3306 Colony to Empire: U.S. Diplomacy 1789-1941
HIST 3307 The U.S. and the Cold War
HIST 3337 Ethical Dilemmas in a Global Age
HIST 3368 Warfare in the Modern World
HIST 3397 Modernity and Crises of Identity
HIST 3399 U.S. Foreign Policy from the Spanish-American War to Vietnam
MKTG 3300 Marketing Management Field Project (SMU-in-Copenhagen)
MKTG 3348* International Marketing
PLSC 3342 Making Democracy Work
PLSC 3365 Communism and Post-Communism
PLSC 3381 Current Issues in International Politics
PLSC 3382 International Organizations: Global and Regional
PLSC 3383 The American Foreign Policy Process
PLSC 3387 Political Geography
PLSC 3389 International Political Economy (also SMU-in-Oxford)
PLSC 3390 Negotiating International Trade
PLSC 4342 Why Nations Revolt
PLSC 4354 The Third World and North-South Relations
PLSC 4380 Special Studies in International Relations
PLSC 4380 From Marx to Market (SMU-in-Paris)
PLSC 4381 National Security Policy
PLSC 4382 The Politics of Military Force
PLSC 4391 NAFTA and Free Trade in the Americas
PLSC 4398 Nuclear Weapons and World Politics
RELI 1304 Introduction to Western Religions
RELI 3366/ANTH 3366 Magic, Myth and Religion Across Cultures
SOCI 3340 Global Society
SOCI 4321 Immigration and Population Issues
*Only available to Business majors with a minor or second major in International Studies. Studies faculty member, culminating in a written report. Prerequisites: Written approval of the instructor and the program director or a designate, at least sophomore standing, and appropriate introductory and advanced course preparation.
The Area Studies Curriculum requires International Studies majors to specialize in a particular geographical region, defined by a common historical and cultural experience. Students may choose to specialize in Asian, Latin American and Iberian, European, or African and Middle Eastern Studies. A total of 15 hours must be taken in one of the Area Studies programs listed below. Three courses (nine hours) must be taken from Group I (Social Sciences), and two courses (six hours) must be taken from Group II (Humanities and Arts) in the same geographical area.
The final three-hour requirement for the B.A. in International Studies is the Senior Seminar:
INTL 4388. Seminar: International Government and Politics. An overview of the central questions in the study of international studies. The topic of the seminar will vary, depending upon the instructor. This course is restricted to International Studies majors of Senior standing. Juniors wishing to take this course must obtain the permission of the program director. The seminar, which must be taken on campus by all International Studies majors, is designed as a capstone course where the students can integrate and apply what they have learned.
Opportunities for independent study and research are available to majors in International Studies. Students must have the program director’s approval prior to registering for these courses. Prerequisites are stated for each independent study course below. No more than two such courses may be counted toward overall major or minor requirements. The director will indicate where these courses fit in the different sections of the major or the minor.
INTL 4302. Directed Readings in International Studies. Students develop and execute independent reading or research projects under the guidance of an International
INTL 4306. Internship in International Studies. Undergraduate students who arrange for part- or full-time jobs in International Studies related fields relate these experiences to their academic curriculum through research and writing, under the guidance of an International Studies faculty member. Prerequisites: Written approval of the instructor and the program director or a designate, at least sophomore standing, and appropriate introductory and advanced preparation.
INTL 4307. Departmental Distinction Thesis. Candidates for departmental distinction write a thesis under the direction of an International Studies faculty member, culminating in an oral examination over the field of the thesis. Prerequisite: Admission to departmental honors candidacy.
Professor Johan Elverskog, Coordinator
The minor in Asian Studies provides students with an opportunity to design an interdisciplinary program of study that will give them an in-depth knowledge of the history, politics, society and culture of traditional and contemporary Asia. The program embraces all of the subregions of Asia, including East Asia (China, Japan and Korea), South Asia (India, Pakistan and Bangladesh), and the many countries of Southeast Asia. With such a diverse region it is especially important to take account of specific national cultures and traditions. To maximize the educational experience, students are strongly encouraged to spend at least one term or summer studying in Asia. Most of the courses taught in University study-abroad programs in Asia may be applied to the Asian Studies minor.
The minor in Asian Studies requires 15 hours of study in specific courses. The first six hours (two courses) must be chosen from the four categories of the International Studies Basic Curriculum (see above). Each of the two courses must be from a separate category: either World Cultures, International Politics, International Economics or Global Perspective. The next nine hours (three courses) must be chosen from the Asian Studies curriculum (below), with at least one course from each of the two groups: Group I (Social Sciences) or Group II (Humanities and Arts). At least nine hours must be at the 3000 level or above. If a student is an International Studies major, only one course from the Area Studies curriculum may be double counted. A cocurricular requirement for the minor in Asian Studies is one year of college-level study of an Asian language. This requirement may be met through examination, the transfer of language study credit from another university, or by taking courses on campus.
ANTH 3316 Cultures of the Pacific Islands
ANTH 3317 Peoples of Southeast Asia
ANTH 3323 East Asian Cultural Traditions
ANTH 4390 Asian Society: Study Tour and Seminar (SMU-in-Australia)
BA 3300 Japanese Business (SMU-in-Japan)
ECO 4357 Japanese Economy (SMU-in-Japan)
FL 3350/SOCI 3341 Perspectives on the East Asian Woman
FL 3395 A Cultural Journey into China (SMU in Suzhou)
HIST 2393 Japan Before 1850
HIST 2394 China Before 1850 (also SMU-in-Japan)
HIST 2395 Modern East Asia
HIST 3387 Asia and the West
HIST 3393 China in Revolution
HIST 3395 Problems in Asian History
HIST 3395 Early Asia (SMU-in-Australia)
HIST 3395 Traditional South Asia (SMU-in-Australia)
HIST 3398 Women in Chinese History
HIST 4394 Modern History of China (SMU-in-Taipei)
PLSC 3346 Governments and Politics of Japan (also SMU-in-Japan)
PLSC 4340 Special Studies in Comparative Government and Politics
PLSC 4353 Governments and Politics of East Asia
RELI 3378 Religions of China
SOCI 3300 Japanese Society (SMU-in-Japan)
ARHS 1305 Introduction to Far Eastern Art
ARHS 3394 Arts and Architecture of Japan (also SMU-in-Japan)
ARHS 3395 Arts and Architecture of India
ARHS 3396 Art and Architecture of China (also SMU-in-Taipei)
CHIN 4381 Readings in Chinese Literature and Culture
CHIN 4382 Chinese Culture and Society in Film
FL 3310 Transnational Chinese Cinema
FL 3312 Women in Modern China
FL 3322 Japanese Literature in Translation (SMU-in-Japan)
FL 3325 Perspectives on Modern China
FL 3395 A Cultural Journey into China (SMU-in-Suzhou)
RELI 1303 Introduction to Eastern Religions
RELI 3306 Introduction to the Hindu Tradition
RELI 3307 Introduction to Buddhism
RELI 3365 Understanding the Self: East and West
RELI 3367 The Religious Life of China and Japan (SMU-in-Japan)
RELI 3376 Constructions of Gender: Sexuality and the Family in South Asian Religions
RELI 3377 The Cultural History of Tibet
RELI 3378 Religions of China
RELI 3382 Mysticism, East and West
RELI 3385 Philosophies of India
Professor Daniel Orlovsky, Coordinator
The minor in European Studies provides students with an opportunity to design an interdisciplinary program of study that will give them an in-depth knowledge of European history, culture, politics and society. The program embraces all of Europe, from the Atlantic (including Great Britain and Ireland) to the Urals (including Russia) from 1700 to the present. In the last half of the 20th century, but especially since the end of the Cold War, Europe has been integrating economically, culturally, and politically. At the same time, the program is designed to take account of specific national cultures and traditions. To maximize the educational experience, students are strongly encouraged to spend at least one term or summer studying in Europe. Most of the courses taught in University study-abroad programs in Europe may be applied to the European Studies minor.
The minor in European Studies requires 15 hours of study in specific courses. The first six hours (two courses) must be chosen from the four categories of the International Studies Basic Curriculum (see above). Each of the two courses must be from a separate category: either World Cultures, International Politics, International Economics or Global Perspectives. The next nine hours (three courses) must be chosen from the European Studies curriculum (below), with at least one course from each of the two groups: Group I (Social Sciences) or Group II (Humanities and Arts). At least nine hours must be at the 3000 level or above. If a student is an International Studies major, only one course from the Area Studies curriculum may be double-counted. A cocurricular requirement for the minor in European Studies is two years of college-level study of a European language, other than English. This requirement may be met through examination, the transfer of language study credit from another university, or by taking courses on campus.
ANTH 3355 Society and Culture in Contemporary Europe
ANTH 3355/PLSC 4343 Nationalism in Europe (SMU-in-Copenhagen)
BA 3300 European Business Environment: The EU (SMU-in-Copenhagen)
BA 4315 EU Seminar (SMU-in-Copenhagen)
HIST 2366 Europe in the Modern World, 1760 to Present
HIST 3303 Modern England, 1867 to the Present
HIST 3328 Economic History of Europe: 1000 A.D. to the Present
HIST 3330 Women in Modern European History
HIST 3334 France Since 1789
HIST 3340 The Revolutionary Experience in Russia, 1900-1930
HIST 3341 Soviet/Post-Soviet Society and Politics, 1917 to the Present
HIST 3343 20th-Century European History (SMU-in-Copenhagen)
HIST 3346 Modern England, 1714 to the Present (SMU-in-Oxford)
HIST 3363 The Holocaust
HIST 3365/3366 Problems in European History
HIST 3365 The Making of Modern Europe (SMU-in-Spain)
HIST 3366 France, America, and the Atlantic World (SMU-in-Paris)
HIST 3367 Revolutions in European History
HIST 3374 Diplomacy in Europe: Napoleon to the European Union (also SMU-in-Paris)
HIST 3376 Social and Intellectual History of Europe
HIST 3381/PLSC 4340 Political History of Contemporary Spain (SMU-in-Spain)
HIST 3383 Habsburg Monarchy: Making of East Central Europe
HIST 3385 The Balkan Peninsula in Its European Context
HIST 4314 The Jews in Europe (SMU-in-Copenhagen)
HIST 4363 Inside Nazi Germany
HIST 4369 History of Modern Germany
HIST 4381 History of Spain, 1469 to the Present
HIST 4388 Georgian and Victorian England, 1714-1867 (SMU-in-Oxford)
HIST 5367 Russia From the Kievan Era to 1881
HIST 5371 The French Revolution and Napoleon, 1789-1815
HIST 5373 Europe from Bismarck to WWI, 1870-1918
HIST 5374 Recent European History, 1918 to the Present
HIST 5376 Europe in the Age of Enlightenment, 1715-1789
HIST 5390 Seminar in Russian History
HIST 5392 Seminar in European History
OBBP 3300 Business Relations With Russia and Central Europe (SMU-in-Copenhagen)
PLSC 3340 Western European Politics
PLSC 3351 Russia: Politics and Society (SMU-in-Copenhagen)
PLSC 3358 Government and Politics of Russia
PLSC 3359 From Communism to Democracy
PLSC 4340 Anglo-American Democracy (SMU-in-Oxford)
PLSC 4340 Danish Politics and Society (SMU-in-Copenhagen)
PLSC 4340 Special Studies in Comparative Government and Politics
PLSC 4358 Soviet Politics: Revolution to Revolution
PLSC 4380 Historical and Contemporary Issues of the European Construction (also SMU-in-Paris)
PLSC 4384 The American-Russian Relationship
PLSC 5341 European Politics: The European Union
PLSC 5383 European Conflict and Security Issues (SMU-in-Copenhagen)
SOCI 5363 Criminal Justice in Scandinavia (SMU-in-Copenhagen)
ARHS 1331 Nineteenth Century European Art
ARHS 1332 Twentieth-Century Art: Sources and Styles of Modern Art
ARHS 2352 From Impressionism to Abstract: European Art, 1870-1920 (SMU-in-Copenhagen)
ARHS 3329 Paris Art and Architecture I (SMU-in-Paris)
ARHS 3332 Masters of European Art (SMU-in-Copenhagen)
ARHS 3333 Art and Architecture in Italy (SMU-in-Italy)
ARHS 3339 El Greco to Goya: Spanish Painting of the Golden Age
ARHS 3344 Paintings at the Prado (SMU-in-Spain)
ARHS 3346 Paris Art and Architecture II (SMU-in-Paris)
ARHS 3347 Eighteenth-Century European Art and Theatre: Staging Revolution
ARHS 3352 Impressionism, Symbolism and the Deviant Body: Making a Difference (also SMU-in-Paris)
ARHS 3353 Impressionism in Context (SMU-in-Paris)
ARHS 4344/HIST 3349 Images of Power: Kings, Nobles and Elites (SMU-in-Paris)
CTV 2352 History of European Film (SMU-in-Copenhagen)
CTV 3310 Themes in European Film (SMU-in-Copenhagen)
CTV 3310 Screen Artists (SMU-in-Italy)
CTV 4305 Motion Pictures of Paris (SMU-in-Paris)
ENGL 3341 British Literary History II
ENGL 3344 Victorian Gender
ENGL 3360 Writers in Paris: The Invention of Modernism (SMU-in-Paris)
FL 2343 After Communism
FL 3303/SPAN 3373 Spanish Civilization (also SMU-in-Spain)
FL 3307 The Belle Epoque and the Birth of Modernity (SMU-in-Paris)
FL 3323/HIST 2323 Russian Culture
FL 3331 Survey of Russian Literature in Translation
FL 3361 Special Topics: French Literature in Translation
FL 3369 Perspectives on Modern Germany
FL 3390 Italian Cinema
FL 3391/2 Italian Literature in Translation
FREN 4373 French Civilization (also SMU-in-Paris)
FREN 4374 French Civilization (also SMU-in-Paris)
PHIL 3333 European Thought: From Modernism to Postmodernism (SMU-in-Copenhagen)
PHIL 3352 History of Western Philosophy (Modern)
PHIL 3370 Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
PHIL 3370 Kierkegaard: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life (SMU-in-Copenhagen)
PHIL 3382 Twentieth-Century European Philosophy
Professor Alan Covey, Coordinator
Latin American and Iberian Studies provides students with an opportunity to design an interdisciplinary program of study that will give them an in-depth knowledge of Ibero-American history, culture, politics and society. The program embraces all of the countries of Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula. It is designed to take account not only of specific national cultures and traditions, as they have developed in Latin America, but also the importance of Latin cultures and Hispanic traditions in the United States.
To maximize the educational experience, students are strongly encouraged to spend at least one term or summer studying in Latin America, Spain or Portugal. To this end, Latin American and Iberian Studies provides its majors with several scholarships to attend the SMU-in-Spain term program as well as the SMU-in-Xalapa summer program. Students wishing to attend study abroad programs offered by other universities may have courses credited toward their major upon previous consultation with the Director of Latin American and Iberian Studies.
The major in Latin American Studies requires 27 credit hours plus a language requirement as follows:
A prerequisite of two years of college level Spanish or Portuguese.
Six hours (two courses) from the first three categories of the International Studies Basic Curriculum (see above). The two courses must be from a separate category: either World Cultures, International Politics or International Economics.
A mandatory sequence of six hours (two
courses), which constitutes the core curriculum for whole major.
First
sequence: Colonial History (HIST 2384), or History of Latin America
(HIST 3380 – SMU-in-Spain), or Spanish American Civilization (SPAN
3374);
Second sequence: Latin America in the Modern Era (HIST 2385), or
Government and Politics of Latin America (PLSC 3348).
15 hours (five courses) in 3000-level or above courses concentrating in one of the following groups: Social Sciences and Humanities (Group I), Archaeology, Art History and Foreign Languages (Group II). Students who want to take a course from the group in which they do not concentrate may do so upon the permission of the Director of Latin American and Iberian Studies. Courses taken in the first and second sequence once taken do not double count for the group requirement. If a student is also majoring in International Studies, only two courses from the Area Studies curriculum may be double-counted.
The minor in Latin American and Iberian Studies requires 15 hours of study in specific courses. The first six hours (two courses) must be chosen from the four categories of the International Studies Basic Curriculum (see above). Each of the two courses must be from a separate category: either World Cultures, International Politics, International Economics, or Global Perspectives.
The next nine hours (three courses) must be chosen from the Latin American and Iberian Studies curriculum (below), with at least one course from each of the two groups: Group I (Social Sciences) or Group II (Humanities and Arts). At least nine hours must be at the 3000 level or above. If a student is an International Studies major, only one course from the Area Studies curriculum may be double-counted. A cocurricular requirement for the minor in Latin American and Iberian Studies is two years of college-level study of Spanish or Portuguese.
ANTH 3311 Mexico: From Conquest to Cancun
ANTH 3313 South American Indians of the Past and Present
ANTH 3354 Latin America: Peoples, Places and Power
ANTH 3376 Caribbean Transformations
HIST 2384 Latin America: The Colonial Period
HIST 2385 Latin America in the Modern Era
HIST 3308 Film History of U.S. Hispanics
HIST 3317 Women in Latin American Societies
HIST 3320 The Spanish Frontier in North America, 1513ñ1821
HIST 3321 The American Southwest
HIST 3324 The Mexican Americans, 1848 to the Present
HIST 3380 History of Latin America (SMU-in-Spain)
HIST 3381/PLSC 4340 Political History of Contemporary Spain (SMU-in-Spain)
HIST 3382 History of Mexico
PLSC 3348 Governments and Politics of Latin America
PLSC 3349 Politics of Major Latin American Countries
PLSC 4340 Special Studies in Comparative Government and Politics (SMU-in-Spain)
PLSC 4356 Latin American Political Economy
PLSC 4385 Inter-American Relations
PLSC 4391 NAFTA and Free Trade in the Americas
SOCI 3370 Minority-Dominant Relations
SOCI 3372 Chicanos in the Southwest
(Spanish-language and literature courses are restricted to the Latin American and Iberian Studies major and minor. International Studies majors may not take these courses for International Studies credit.)
ANTH 3312 Meso-American Archaeology
ARHS 1308 Epic of Latin America
ARHS 3324 Arts and Cultures of Medieval Spain
ARHS 3338 Baroque Art in Italy, Spain and the New World
AHRS 3339 El Greco to Goya: Painting of the Golden Age
ARHS 3343 Goya and His Time
ARHS 3344 Paintings at the Prado (SMU-in-Spain)
ARHS 3360 Modern Painters in Spain (SMU-in-Spain)
ARHS 3376 Latin American Art
ARHS 3377 Art and Architecture of Hispanic New Mexico
ARHS 3382 Arts of the Ancient Andean Tradition: Chavin to Inca
ARHS 3383 The Ancient Maya; Art and History
ARHS 3385 The Aztecs Before and After the Conquest: Mesoamerica 1400-1600
ENGL 3363 Chicana/Chicano LiteraturePlease note that the following six courses are part of the Latin American and Iberian Studies major’s Group I. However, they remain in Group II for the International Studies major’s regional concentration on Latin America and for the Latin American and Iberian Studies minor.
FL 3303/SPAN 3373 Spanish Civilization (SMU-in-Spain)
FL 3305 Latin American Literature in Translation
FL 3306 The Heart of Aztlán: Chicano Literature of the Southwest
SPAN 3374 Spanish American Civilization (SMU-in-Xalapa)
Spanish Language and Literature Courses:SPAN 4361 Translation: Theory and Practice
SPAN 4391 Commercial Spanish for International Trade
SPAN 4395 Introduction to Hispanic Literature
SPAN 5310 Spanish Literature Before 1700
SPAN 5311 Spanish Literature Since 1700
SPAN 5315 Spanish American Literature to 1888
SPAN 5316 Spanish American Literature Since 1888
SPAN 5317 Literature of Mexico
SPAN 5320 The Renaissance and Golden Age: Drama
SPAN 5321 The Renaissance and Golden Age: Prose Fiction
SPAN 5323 Nineteenth-Century Prose Fiction of Spain
SPAN 5324 Twentieth-Century Poetry and Drama
SPAN 5334 The Novel of the Post-Civil War Period
SPAN 5335 Genre Studies in Spain
SPAN 5336 The Spanish American Novel (also SMU-in-Xalapa)
SPAN 5338 The Spanish American Short Story (also SMU-in-Xalapa)
SPAN 5339 Spanish American Poetry
SPAN 5360 The Concept of Honor in Spanish Literature
SPAN 5365 Contemporary Spanish Women Writers
Opportunities for independent study and research are available to majors in Latin American and Iberian Studies. Students must have the program director’s approval prior to registering for these courses. Prerequisites are stated for each independent study course below. No more than two such courses may be counted toward overall major or minor requirements. The director will indicate where these courses fit in the different sections of the major or the minor.
LAAM 4102, 4202 and 4302. Directed Readings in Latin American and Iberian Studies. Students develop and execute independent reading or research projects under the guidance of a Latin American and Iberian Studies faculty member, culminating in a written report. Prerequisites: Written approval of the instructor and the program director or a designate, at least sophomore standing, and appropriate introductory and advanced course preparation.
LAAM 4306. Internship in Latin American and Iberian Studies. Undergraduate students who arrange for part- or full-time jobs in Latin American and Iberian Studies related fields relate these experiences to their academic curriculum through research and writing, under the guidance of an International Studies faculty member. Prerequisites: Written approval of the instructor and the program director or a designate, at least sophomore standing, and appropriate introductory and advanced preparation.
Professor Dennis Cordell, Coordinator
This course of study is offered as an area specialization for International Studies majors only.
ANTH 3314 Peoples of Africa
HIST 2355 History of the Ancient Near East and Egypt
HIST 2391 Africa to the 19th Century
HIST 2392 Modern Africa
HIST 3326 The Venture of Islam
HIST 3378 Problems in African History
HIST 3386 History of the Caribbean
HIST 3389 Problems in Middle Eastern History
HIST 3390 The Modern Middle East: From the Ottoman Empire to OPEC
HIST 4364 History of South Africa: Background to Conflict
PLSC 3345 Government and Politics of the Middle East
PLSC 3347 Government and Politics of Africa
ARHS 3306 Mummies, Myths and Monuments of Ancient Egypt: Art and Expression of Eternal Egypt
ARHS 3328 Byzantine Art
ARHS 3390 Traditional Arts of Africa
ARHS 3392 Islamic Art and Architecture: The Creation of a New Art
FL 3349/HIST 3392 The African Diaspora: Literature and History of Black Liberation
RELI 3329 Introduction to Islam
RELI 3372 Biblical Interpretation and the State of Israel
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