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INTERNATIONAL AND AREA STUDIES

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 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.

International Studies

Professor James Hollifield, 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.

Basic Curriculum

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.

Introduction to World Cultures

ANTH 2301 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

HIST 1302 World Cultures and Civilization

International Politics

PLSC 1340 Introduction to Comparative Politics

PLSC 1380 Introduction to International Relations

International Economics

ECO 3321 International Economic Policy (Prerequisites: ECO 1311 and 1312)

ECO 4357 International Trade (Prerequisite: ECO 3301)

ECO 4358 International Macro Theory and Price (Prerequisite: ECO 3302)

The Global Perspective

ADV 3354 International Advertising (SMU-in-London)

ANTH 3301 Health, Healing, and Ethics

ANTH 3310 Gender and Sex Roles: A Global Perspective

ANTH 3327 Economic and Political Change in Global Society

ANTH 3336 Gender and globalization

ANTH 3344 Cultural Aspects of Business

ANTH 3368/Soci 3368 Urban Life: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

ANTH 4384 Culture Change and International Development (Seniors only)

ARHS 1307 Non-Western Art Tradition

CCPA 3321 International Public Relations (SMU-in-London)

ECO 5360 Economic Development in the Third World (Prerequisites: ECO 3301 and 3302)

ECO 5361 Natural Resources

ECO 5362 Economic Growth

ENGL 3330 Non Western Culture and Literature (20th-Century Third World Texts)

ENGL 3331 Gender, Race, and Class: Non-Western Culture and Literature

FINA 4329* International Finance (Prerequisite: FINA 3320)

HIST 2380 Ethnic Regions: Western World

HIST 3306 U.S. Diplomacy, 1789-1941

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 4340* Contemporary Marketing Topics: Issues in International Marketing (no other topic)

OBBP 3300/3301 Topics in International Management (Study abroad programs)

PLSC 3342 Making Democracy Work

PLSC 3354 The Third World and North-South Relations

PLSC 3365 Communism and Post-Communism

PLSC 3382 International Law and Organization

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 Comparative Revolutions: Why Nations Revolt

PLSC 4380 Current Issues 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 3366/ANTH 3366 Magic, Myth, and Religion Across Cultures

SOCI 3340 Global Society

SOCI 5321 Population Problems


*Only available to Business majors with a minor or second major in International Studies.


Area Studies Curriculum

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, 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.

Special Undergraduate Offerings

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 4102, 4202 , and 4302. Directed Readings in International Studies. Students develop and execute independent reading or research projects under the guidance of an International 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.

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.

Asian Studies

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 6 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.

Group I: Social Sciences

ANTH 3316 Cultures of the Pacific Island

ANTH 3317 Peoples of Southeast Asia

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 3320/hist 3337 Post-War Japanese Culture and Society

FL 3350/SOCI 3341 Perspectives on the East Asian Woman

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: Mutual Images 1800-1920

HIST 3393 China in Revolution

HIST 3394/5 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

PLSC 3346 Government and Politics of Japan (SMU-in-Japan)

PLSC 4353 The Government and Politics of East Asia

PLSC 4340 Special Studies: Comparative Politics

HIST 4394 Modern History of China (SMU-in-Taipei)

SOCI 3300 Japanese Society (SMU-in-Japan)

Group II: Humanities and Arts

ARHS 1305 Introduction to Far Eastern Art

ARHS 3394 Arts of Japan (SMU-in-Japan)

ARHS 3395 Arts of India

ARHS 3396 Art and Architecture of China (also SMU-in-Taipei)

FL 3310 Transnational Chinese Cinema

FL 3312 Women, Writing, and Identity in 20th-Century Chinese Literature

FL 3322 Japanese Literature in Translation (SMU-in-Japan)

FL 3325 Perspectives on Modern China

FL 3348/soci 3348 Women in Japanese Culture and Society

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 Religious Life of China, Japan, and South and Southeast Asia

RELI 3367 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 3382 Mysticism, East and West

RELI 3385 Philosophies of India

European Studies

Professor Daniel Orlovsky, Director

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 semester 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 9 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.

Group I: Social Sciences

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

HIST 3303 Modern England, 1867 to the Present

HIST 3328 Economic History of Europe

HIST 3330 Women in Modern European History

HIST 3334 France Since 1789

HIST 3340 The Revolutionary Experience in Russia

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 (also SMU in Oxford)

HIST 3363 The Holocaust

HIST 3365/6 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 (also 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

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: Comparative Politics

PLSC 4358 Soviet Politics: Revolution to Revolution

PLSC 4380 Historical and Contemporary Issues of the European Construction (SMU-in-Paris)

PLSC 4384 Soviet and Russian Foreign Policy

PLSC 5341 Western European Politics: The EU

PLSC 5383 European Conflict and Security Issues (SMU-in-Copenhagen)

SOCI 5363 Criminal Justice in Scandinavia (SMU-in-Copenhagen)

Group II: Humanities and Arts

ARHS 1331 Nineteenth-Century Art

ARHS 1332 Twentieth-Century 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 Spanish Art II: El Greco to Goya

ARHS 3344 Paintings at the Prado (SMU-in-Spain)

ARHS 3346 Paris Art and Architecture II (SMU-in-Paris)

ARHS 3347 Staging Revolution: XVIII Century Art and Theatre

ARHS 3352 Impressionism, Symbolism (SMU-in-Paris)

ARHS 3353 Impressionism in Context (SMU-in-Paris)

ARHS 3380 Art and Architecture in Italy

ARHS 4344/HIST 3349 Images of Power: Kings, Nobles, and Elites (SMU-in-Paris)

CCCN 2352 History of European Film (SMU-in-Copenhagen)

CCCN 3310 Themes in European Film (SMU-in-Copenhagen)

CCCN 3310 Screen Artists (SMU-in-Italy)

CCCN 4305 Motion Pictures of Paris (SMU-in-Paris)

ENGL 3306 Major British Authors II

ENGL 3312 The English Novel II

ENGL 3341 Women in the Age of Victoria

ENGL 3345 British Literature From 1900 to 1939

ENGL 3346 British Literature Since World War I

ENGL 3347 World War I: The British Experience

ENGL 3360 Writers in Paris: The Invention of Modernism (SMU-in-Paris)

FL 2343 After Communism

FL 3301/SPAN 3373 Spanish Civilization (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 French Literature

FL 3369 Perspectives on Modern Germany

FL 3390 Italian Cinema

FL 3391/2 Italian Literature

FREN 4373 French Civilization: The Age of Enlightenment (SMU-in-Paris)

FREN 4374 French Civilization: The 19th Century (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 3372 Marx

PHIL 3382 Twentieth-Century European Philosophy

Latin American Studies

Associate Professor Luigi Manzetti, Director

Latin American 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 semester or summer studying in Latin America, Spain, or Portugal. To this end, Latin American Studies provides its majors with several scholarships to attend the SMU-in-Spain semester 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 Studies.

The major in Latin American Studies requires 27 credit hours plus a language requirement as follows:

  1. A prerequisite of three years of college level Spanish or Portuguese
  2. 6 hours (2 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.
  3. A mandatory sequence of 6 hours (2 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: Modern Latin American History (HIST 2385), or Government and Politics of Latin America (PLSC 3348).
  4. 15 hours (5 courses) in 3000- level or above courses concentrating in one of the following groups : Social Sciences & 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 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 Studies requires 15 hours of study in specific courses. The first 6 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 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 Studies is two years of college-level study of Spanish or Portuguese.

Group I: Social Sciences

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 4347 Seminar in Mesoamerican Ethnology

HIST 2384 Latin America: The Colonial Period

HIST 2385 Latin America in the Modern Era

HIST 3317 Women in Latin American Societies

HIST 3320 The Spanish Frontier in North America

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

HIST 5351 seminars in Mexican history

HIST 5387 seminars in Latin American History

PLSC 3348 Governments and Politics of Latin America

PLSC 3349 Politics of Major Latin American Countries

PLSC 3385 Inter-American Relations

PLSC 4340 Special Studies in Comparative Government and Politics (SMU-in-Spain)

PLSC 4356 Latin American Political Economy

PLSC 4391 NAFTA and Free Trade in the Americas

SOCI 3370 Minority-Dominant Relations

SOCI 3372 Chicanos in the Southwest

Group II: Humanities and Arts

(Spanish-language and literature courses are restricted to the Latin American Studies major and minor. International Studies majors may not take these courses for International Studies credit.)

ANTH 3312 Mesoamerican 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: Spanish Art II

ARHS 3341 Altamira to El Escorial: Spanish Art I

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 3378 Sacred Arts of Haiti

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

ARHS 5368 Maya City: Art and Culture

ENGL 3371 Chicana/Chicano Literature

Please note that the following six courses are part of the Latin American 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 Studies minor.

ENGL 3372 History of U.S. Hispanic Literature

FL 3301/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 After 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 Peninsular Literature: Prose Fiction

SPAN 5324 Nineteenth-Century Peninsular Literature: Drama and Poetry

SPAN 5334 The Novel of the Post-Civil War

SPAN 5335 Peninsular Genre Studies

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

Special Undergraduate Offerings

Opportunities for independent study and research are available to majors in Latin American 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 Studies. Students develop and execute independent reading or research projects under the guidance of a Latin American 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 Studies. Undergraduate students who arrange for part- or full-time jobs in Latin American 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.

African and Middle Eastern Studies

Professor Dennis Cordell, Coordinator

This course of study is offered as an area specialization for International Studies majors only.

Group I: Social Sciences

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 3378/9 Problems in African History

HIST 3382 Orient and Occident (SMU Summer-in-Paris)

HIST 3386 History of the Caribbean

HIST 3389 Problems in Middle Eastern History

HIST 3390 The Modern Middle East

HIST 4334 Slavery and Revolution in Islamic Africa

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

Group II: Humanities and Arts

ARHS 3306 Death and Immortality: The Art of Ancient Egypt

ARHS 3322 Islamic Art

ARHS 3328 Byzantine Art: Middle East Concentration

ARHS 3371 Traditional Arts of Africa

ARHS 3378 Sacred Arts of Haiti

FL 3349/HIST 3392 Literatures of Negritude and Histories of the Struggle for Black Liberation

RELI 3329 Introduction to Islam

RELI 3372 Biblical Interpretation and the State of Israel