Fall 2011

International Studies: Core Courses Required:

GEOG/INTL A101  Local Places/Global Regions: An Introduction to Geography

Social Science Selections:

Humanities and Fine Arts Selections:

Capstone Course:

HIST A390A Course Description: War transforms society. As the first modern "total" war, The Great War began in Europe and spread around the world, transforming global politics, economics, and culture. We will explore the course and consequences of the war on the global stage and how the image and legacies of World War I have been depicted through a wide range of primary sources.

PHIL A400 Course Description: Everybody wants things - a good job, a new car, significant friendships, and nice vacations. While we may not be entitled to such things, it seems that we are well within our rights to pursue them. However, as we pursue these things within a societal and economic framework, we encounter ethical problems over the relationship between the individual and the system. The recent financial crisis throws these problems into stark relief. In this course, we will examine the ethical issues individuals confront as members of a society with a particular focus on individuals in an economic system. We will also engage in critical inquiry into the ethical evaluation of economic systems.

NOTE: Students may not double count courses within the major (e.g. ENGL 343 cannot count toward both an INTL Humanities and Fine Arts Requirement and a Europe Track course).

International Studies: Track Courses

Russia Track

Electives:

ART A492 Course Description: Late 19th Century Russian Art through Socialist Realist developments will be treated in this course with an emphasis on the revolutionary developments in the visual arts as they evolved from 1910 through the 1920s (e.g. Russian Futurism, Suprematism and Constructivism) and the rise and dominance of Socialist Realism.

RUSS A390 Course Description: Continuation of the Advanced Russian series, covering topics in everyday life as well as high culture. Students continue to refine their listening, speaking, reading, writing, and analytical skills, with a focus on enhancing lexicon and knowledge of sophisticated grammatical structures.

Northeast Asia Track

Electives:

JPN A394 Course Description: This course will examine the geography of Japan, with particular focus on how location, climate and geographical features have shaped sociocultural development in various areas of Japan.

Europe Track

Electives:

FREN A432 Course Description: Plays by representative authors from the pre-and post-World War II periods will be read and critically analyzed. Readings include works of Anouilh, Giraudoux, Sartre, Ionesco and Beckett.

GER A490 Course Description: This course provides an overview of the different genres and themes that have evolved in German literature from the 17th Century to present. All readings, analytical papers, and class discussions will be in German.

Canada Track

Electives:

ANTH A490 Course Description: This course is a survey class of Eskimo-Aleut languages of Alaska, Canada, Siberia and Greenland with details on dialects, comparative phonology and grammar, reconstructing proto-Eskimo, literacy traditions and prospects for language survival.

Click here to hear the podcast by Dr. Roy Mitchell. Dr. Mitchell explains how the class came to be offered "planet-wide" through his Facebook outreach. It will include speakers and experts from across the polar regions. Check the Facebook link for class details, including a book and reading list.  The interview was recorded June 20, 2011.

The following courses will also be of interest to International Studies majors. They do not count toward specific degree requirements, but do count as upper-division credits toward graduation