Quick Tips:

To enrich your degree, choose International Studies faculty whenever possible.

Several courses that fulfill General Education Requirements (GER) and/or College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) requirements also fulfill International Studies degree requirements.

Freshmen and Sophomores can stay on track to declare the major by selecting the following recommended courses.

Recommended General Education and College of Arts and Sciences Courses:

*This list does not cover all GER and CAS Categories.  For the complete list of categories refer to the UAA Catalog.

GER Humanities and CAS Humanities Two-Semester Sequence: LANG 101, 102,
     201, 202 (Select the language appropriate to your International Studies emphasis
     track. Begin taking your language classes as early as possible.)

GER Social Sciences: INTL/GEOG A101 Local Places/Global Regions

GER Social Sciences and CAS Social Science: PS A102 Introduction to Political Science

GER Social Science and Required Course for CAS Human Culture: ANTH A250 Rise of Civilization

GER Fine Arts: ART A262 History of World Art II or THR A312 Representative Plays II

GER Natural Science:  Geography and/or Environmental Studies courses are recommended.

CAS American Culture Requirement:  HIST A131 or A132 American History I or II (recommended for double majors in History); PS A101 American Government (recommended for double majors or minor in Political Science)

CAS Literature Requirement: ENGL A202 Masterpieces of World Literature II (by petition)

CAS Ways of Knowing: PHIL A301 Ethics (recommended)

GER Capstone: HIST A390 Themes in World History (junior or senior year) 
     PHIL A400 Ethics, Community and Society (junior or senior year;
     PHIL A301 is a pre-requisite)