International Studies Major
The major in international studies consists of 13 courses, including a senior thesis (or approved substitute) and a two-course language requirement in addition to the Fordham core language requirement:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| INST 2500 | Introduction to International Studies | 4 |
| One course in International Politics and Law | ||
| One course in International Economics and Political Economy | ||
| One course in Contemporary World History and Culture | ||
| INST 4000 | International Studies Senior Thesis Seminar 1 | 4 |
| Select six courses from one of the following tracks: 2 | ||
International Track | ||
Regional Track | ||
Specialist Expertise Track | ||
| Select two courses in addition to the Fordham core language requirement 3 | ||
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Students on the international or regional tracks may choose to substitute a 4000-level class from another department in lieu of the thesis class (specialist expertise track students must complete INST 4000). All substitute classes must be approved by the program director. To qualify, the class must have an INST attribute and require a substantial research paper. Once approved, courses will only be applied to the thesis requirement after students complete and submit their final research papers to the program director. The research paper must be related to the student's selected track within the major.
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For students in all tracks except the specialist expertise track, this requirement comprises five courses approved for the chosen track and a sixth course from either: a) the chosen track; b) any other track; c) from—and in addition to—the language used to complete the International Studies language requirement.
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The two courses may be advanced courses in the same language used to fulfill the Fordham core or introductory or advanced courses in another language. For the international track they must be two courses in one of the following languages: Arabic, French, Mandarin, Russian, or Spanish. For the regional track they must be in a major language spoken in the chosen region. For the specialist expertise track, the selected foreign language must be included in the student's proposal and approved by the program director.
Grades
There is no minimum grade policy for coursework applied to the major beyond the University requirement of a passing grade (D or higher).
Double-Counting
A total of two courses can double-count with other majors or minors. Foreign language classes taken to fulfill the International Studies language requirement do not count towards this limit.
International Politics and Law
Courses in this group have the ISIP attribute.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| POSC 2501 | Introduction to International Politics | 4 |
| POSC 2610 | Introduction to Comparative Politics | 4 |
| POSC 3532 | The Development of Human Rights Law | 4 |
International Economics and Political Economy
Courses in this group have the ISIE attribute.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ECON 3210 | Development Economics | 4 |
| ECON 3244 | International Economic Policy | 4 |
| ECON 3245 | International Institutions: Economics and Politics | 4 |
| ECON 3346 | International Trade | 4 |
| POSC 3610 | Political Economy of Development | 4 |
| POSC 3616 | Political Economy of Poverty | 4 |
| POSC 3915 | International Political Economy | 4 |
Contemporary World History and Culture
Courses in this group have the ISWH attribute.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 3351 | Comparative Cultures | 4 |
| ANTH 3725 | Anthropological Theory | 4 |
| INST 3100 | The Global Environment | 4 |
| INST 3859 | Post-1945: A Global History | 4 |
| SOCI 3046 | International Sociology | 4 |
| SOCI 3450 | Transnational Social Movements | 4 |
Availability
The major in international studies is available at Fordham College at Rose Hill and Fordham College at Lincoln Center. Students in Fordham's School of Professional and Continuing Studies may major in international studies only if they receive the approval of their advising dean and/or department, and their schedules are sufficiently flexible to permit them to take day courses at the Rose Hill or Lincoln Center campuses.
Fordham College at Rose Hill students: The requirements above are in addition to those of the Core Curriculum.
Fordham College at Lincoln Center students: The requirements above are in addition to those of the Core Curriculum.
Professional and Continuing Studies students: The requirements above are in addition to those of the PCS Core Curriculum and any additional electives that may be required to earn a minimum of 124 credits.
CIPCode
45.0901 - International Relations and Affairs.
You can use the CIP code to learn more about career paths associated with this field of study and, for international students, possible post-graduation visa extensions. Learn more about CIP codes and other information resources.
International Track: Global Affairs
Any six courses that are global or cross-regional in scope with some or all content in the 20th and/or 21st century.
Courses in this group have the ISIN attribute.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AAST 3359 | Asian Diasporic Literatures | 4 |
| AAST 4603 | Asian American Critique | 4 |
| AFAM 3036 | Global Black Youth Cultures | 4 |
| AFAM 3037 | Being and Becoming Black in the Atlantic World | 4 |
| AFAM 3146 | African Immigrants in the United States | 3 |
| AFAM 3150 | Caribbean Peoples and Culture | 4 |
| AFAM 3692 | Social Construction of Women | 4 |
| AFAM 3939 | History of Global Popular Music: From Africa to the Americas and Back | 4 |
| AFAM 3955 | Slavery Freedom/Atlantic World | 4 |
| AFAM 4147 | Food and Globalization | 4 |
| AFAM 4192 | Race and Religion in the Transatlantic World | 4 |
| ANTH 1050 | Anthropology Focus | 3 |
| ANTH 1100 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 2447 | Passages: Life Cycles | 4 |
| ANTH 2500 | Taboo: Anthropology of the Forbidden | 4 |
| ANTH 2614 | Urbanism and Change in the Middle East | 4 |
| ANTH 2619 | Magic, Science, and Religion | 4 |
| ANTH 2620 | The Anthropology of Cities | 4 |
| ANTH 2770 | Anthropology of Childhood | 4 |
| ANTH 2800 | The Anthropology of Food: Community Engaged Learning | 4 |
| ANTH 2880 | Human Sexuality in Cross-Cultural Perspective | 4 |
| ANTH 2886 | Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality | 4 |
| ANTH 2888 | Gender and Islam | 4 |
| ANTH 2895 | Anthropology of Capitalism | 4 |
| ANTH 3260 | Politics of Reproduction | 4 |
| ANTH 3340 | Anthropological Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity | 4 |
| ANTH 3343 | Ghettos and Gated Communities | 4 |
| ANTH 3351 | Comparative Cultures | 4 |
| ANTH 3354 | Race, Identity, and Globalization | 4 |
| ANTH 3355 | Culture and Anticolonialism | 4 |
| ANTH 3356 | Uprisings: Protest and Resistance Across the Globe | 4 |
| ANTH 3357 | Globalization and Migration | 4 |
| ANTH 3380 | Hazards, Disasters, and Human Experience | 4 |
| ANTH 3385 | Post-Apocalyptic Societies | 4 |
| ANTH 3605 | Mothering and Motherhood | 4 |
| ANTH 3650 | Africa in the World | 4 |
| ANTH 3710 | Bilingualism: Local Practices and Global Perspectives | 4 |
| ANTH 3725 | Anthropological Theory | 4 |
| ANTH 3726 | Language, Gender, and Sexuality | 4 |
| ANTH 4114 | Anthropology of Health Healing and Social Justice | 4 |
| ANTH 4200 | Climate Change and Culture | 4 |
| ANTH 4344 | Reproductive Technologies: Global Perspective | 4 |
| ANTH 4373 | Environment and Human Survival | 4 |
| ANTH 4490 | Anthropology of Political Violence | 4 |
| ANTH 4600 | Global South Megacities | 4 |
| ARHI 1100 | Art History Introduction: World Art | 3 |
| ARHI 1103 | Introduction to Art History: Americas | 3 |
| ARHI 1105 | Introduction to Art History: Architecture | 3 |
| ARHI 2550 | 20th Century Art | 4 |
| ARHI 2580 | Contemporary Black and Indigenous Art | 4 |
| ARHI 4562 | Art and the Second World War | 4 |
| BISC 1002 | Ecology: A Human Approach | 3 |
| BISC 2561 | Ecology | 3 |
| BISC 3000 | Environmental Science | 3 |
| COLI 3137 | World Cinema Masterpieces | 4 |
| COLI 3143 | World Cinema Masterpieces 1960-1980 | 4 |
| COLI 3359 | Asian Diasporic Literatures | 4 |
| COLI 3450 | The City in Literature and Art | 4 |
| COLI 3802 | Literature and Imperialism | 4 |
| COLI 3803 | Empire and Sexuality | 4 |
| COLI 4020 | Literature, Film and Development | 4 |
| COLI 4055 | Race and Ethnicity in Antiquity and Today | 4 |
| COLI 4206 | Comparative Studies in Revolution | 4 |
| COLI 4211 | Empire and Sexuality | 4 |
| COLI 4320 | Reading the Indian Ocean World | 4 |
| COMC 2278 | Media, Culture, and Globalization | 4 |
| COMC 3268 | Media and National Identity | 4 |
| COMC 3380 | International Communication | 4 |
| ECON 3100 | History of Economic Thought | 4 |
| ECON 3210 | Development Economics | 4 |
| ECON 3212 | Open Economy Macroeconomics | 4 |
| ECON 3240 | World Poverty | 4 |
| ECON 3242 | Global Economic Issues | 4 |
| ECON 3244 | International Economic Policy | 4 |
| ECON 3245 | International Institutions: Economics and Politics | 4 |
| ECON 3248 | Migration and Development: A Social Justice Perspective | 4 |
| ECON 3256 | Comparative Economic Systems | 4 |
| ECON 3340 | Economics of International Business | 4 |
| ECON 3346 | International Trade | 4 |
| ECON 3347 | International Finance | 4 |
| ECON 3850 | Environmental Economics | 4 |
| ECON 5260 | Epidemics and Development Policy | 3 |
| ECON 5510 | International Economic Policy | 3 |
| ECON 5570 | Global Financial Markets | 3 |
| ECON 6470 | Growth and Development | 3 |
| ECON 6490 | Foreign Aid and Development | 3 |
| ECON 6560 | International Finance | 3 |
| ENGL 3137 | World Cinema Masterpieces | 4 |
| ENGL 3359 | Asian Diasporic Literatures | 4 |
| ENGL 3450 | The City in Literature and Art | 4 |
| ENGL 3468 | Transatlantic Modern Women | 4 |
| ENGL 3701 | American Writers in Paris | 4 |
| ENGL 3802 | Literature and Imperialism | 4 |
| ENGL 3803 | Empire and Sexuality | 4 |
| ENGL 4137 | Hysteria, Sexuality, and the Unconscious | 4 |
| ENGL 4147 | Food and Globalization | 4 |
| ENGL 4206 | Comparative Studies in Revolution | 4 |
| ENGL 4211 | Empire and Sexuality | 4 |
| ENST 1000 | Introduction to Environmental Studies | 3 |
| ENST 3307 | Environmental Politics | 4 |
| ENST 3308 | Catastrophe and Human Survival | 4 |
| ENVS 3000 | Environmental Science | 3 |
| FITV 3551 | Film History 1950-Present | 4 |
| FITV 3588 | Global Cinema | 4 |
| FNBU 4450 | Global Investments | 3 |
| FNBU 4461 | ST: Finance and Business in a Post-Crisis World | 3 |
| FNBU 4473 | ST: Study Tour of Turkey | 3 |
| FREN 3006 | French International Affairs | 4 |
| FREN 3612 | Cinemas of Quebec | 4 |
| FREN 3637 | Francophone Middle East | 4 |
| FREN 3676 | Fashioning the Empire | 4 |
| HIST 1650 | Understanding Historical Change: The Black Atlantic | 3 |
| HIST 1851 | Understanding Historical Change: Jews in the Modern World | 3 |
| HIST 1925 | Understanding Historical Change: Science and Technology | 3 |
| HIST 3192 | The United States, Africa, and the Cold War | 4 |
| HIST 3459 | Transgender History | 4 |
| HIST 3515 | Media History: 1400 to Present | 4 |
| HIST 3543 | The Connecting Sea: The Mediterranean Since 1800 | 4 |
| HIST 3549 | Global Italy | 4 |
| HIST 3566 | War and Imperialism | 4 |
| HIST 3570 | Genocide | 4 |
| HIST 3627 | History of LGBT Movements | 4 |
| HIST 3633 | The Cold War Space Race | 4 |
| HIST 3635 | Science in Popular Culture | 4 |
| HIST 3636 | Social History of Technology | 4 |
| HIST 3842 | The Vietnam Wars | 4 |
| HIST 3845 | The History of U.S. Foreign Relations, 1898 to the Present | 4 |
| HIST 3846 | The History of U.S. Foreign Relations, 1974 to Present | 4 |
| HIST 3858 | The Global Cold War | 4 |
| HIST 3880 | History of the Cold War | 4 |
| HIST 3911 | U.S. and East Asia | 4 |
| HIST 3931 | Colonialism and South Asia | 4 |
| HIST 3939 | History of Global Popular Music: From Africa to the Americas and Back | 4 |
| HIST 3950 | Latino History | 4 |
| HIST 3955 | Slavery Freedom/Atlantic World | 4 |
| HIST 3969 | Latin America and the U.S. | 4 |
| HIST 3992 | Capitalism | 4 |
| HIST 3994 | Climate and Society | 4 |
| HIST 4104 | Food and Drink in Modern Society | 4 |
| HIST 4115 | Communication and Media in History: From Gutenberg to Google | 4 |
| HIST 4137 | Hysteria, Sexuality, and the Unconscious | 4 |
| HIST 4308 | Antisemitism | 4 |
| HIST 4310 | Africa, Race, and the Global Cold War | 4 |
| HIST 4312 | Antisemitism and Racism | 4 |
| HIST 4331 | US in the Middle East: 1945-Present | 4 |
| HIST 4510 | Conquest, Conversion, Conscience | 4 |
| HIST 4905 | Seminar: History of Food | 4 |
| HIST 4910 | Seminar: Genocide | 4 |
| HIST 4922 | “Freedom Now”: Black Political Thought | 4 |
| HIST 4933 | Seminar: Cold War Science and Technology | 4 |
| HIST 5650 | Approaches to Global, Transnational, & Intellectual Histories | 4 |
| HPLC 2610 | Globalization: Seminar | 3 |
| HUST 2001 | Introduction to Community and Global Public Health | 4 |
| HUST 2500 | The Humanitarian System: Past, Present, and Future | 4 |
| HUST 3600 | Evolution of Development and Humanitarian Aid Systems | 4 |
| HUST 4200 | Forced Migration and Humanitarian Action | 4 |
| HUST 4501 | Humanitarianism and Global Health: Unequal Access for the Displaced and Marginalized | 4 |
| HUST 4800 | International Humanitarian Internship | 4 |
| INST 3000 | International Internship | 4 |
| INST 3100 | The Global Environment | 4 |
| INST 3859 | Post-1945: A Global History | 4 |
| INST 4620 | The World of Democracy | 4 |
| ITAL 3030 | Criminal Tales | 4 |
| ITAL 3452 | Italophone Migrant Literature From Africa and Beyond | 4 |
| LACU 3033 | Prison Literature from Martin Luther to Martin Luther King | 4 |
| LACU 3307 | Germany and Migration | 4 |
| LACU 3442 | Arabic Culture and the News Media | 4 |
| LACU 3607 | Topics in Multilingualism | 4 |
| LACU 4016 | Rewriting the Mediterranean (20th and 21st Centuries) | 4 |
| LALS 3950 | Latino History | 4 |
| LALS 3955 | Slavery Freedom/Atlantic World | 4 |
| LALS 4510 | Conquest, Conversion, Conscience | 4 |
| LING 3025 | Language Endangerment | 4 |
| LPBU 4476 | ST: Cross Cultural Negotiation | 3 |
| MEST 4331 | U.S. in the Middle East: 1945-Present | 4 |
| MLAL 3535 | Building the Ideal City: Ethics and Economics Foundations of Realizable Utopias | 4 |
| NSCI 1040 | People and the Living Environment | 3 |
| NSCI 2010 | Global Ecology Lecture | 3 |
| ORGL 2800 | U.N. and Political Leadership | 4 |
| PHIL 3711 | Humanitarianism and Philosophy | 4 |
| PHIL 3712 | Global Environment and Justice | 4 |
| PHIL 3713 | Human Rights and Global Justice | 4 |
| PHIL 3990 | Environmental Worldviews and Ethics | 4 |
| PHIL 4409 | Environmental Ethics | 4 |
| PHIL 4473 | War and Peace: Just War Theory | 4 |
| PJST 3110 | Introduction to Peace and Justice | 4 |
| PJST 4200 | Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking | 4 |
| POSC 2501 | Introduction to International Politics | 4 |
| POSC 2610 | Introduction to Comparative Politics | 4 |
| POSC 3307 | Environmental Politics | 4 |
| POSC 3312 | Introduction to Environmental Politics | 4 |
| POSC 3424 | Political Philosophy between Islam and the West | 4 |
| POSC 3429 | Democratic Theory | 4 |
| POSC 3480 | Islamic Culture and Politics in Spain | 4 |
| POSC 3507 | International Human Rights | 4 |
| POSC 3511 | War and Peace | 4 |
| POSC 3516 | Conflict Analysis/Resolution | 4 |
| POSC 3520 | Mideast and the World | 4 |
| POSC 3521 | Global Governance | 4 |
| POSC 3522 | United Nations | 4 |
| POSC 3526 | Democracy, Terrorism, and Modern Life | 4 |
| POSC 3527 | United Nations Peace Operations | 4 |
| POSC 3530 | U.S. Foreign Policy | 4 |
| POSC 3531 | US Security Policy | 4 |
| POSC 3532 | The Development of Human Rights Law | 4 |
| POSC 3540 | Politics of Cyberspace | 4 |
| POSC 3610 | Political Economy of Development | 4 |
| POSC 3613 | Political Movements | 4 |
| POSC 3614 | Political Institutions | 4 |
| POSC 3616 | Political Economy of Poverty | 4 |
| POSC 3624 | The Qu'ran and Hadith in the Global Political Perspective | 4 |
| POSC 3631 | China and Russia in Comparative Perspective | 4 |
| POSC 3632 | China and U.S. in Global Era | 4 |
| POSC 3633 | China and US-Global Era/Study Tour | 4 |
| POSC 3635 | China, Japan, Korea, and the U.S. in the Global Era | 4 |
| POSC 3636 | China and the Global Economy | 4 |
| POSC 3645 | Politics of Immigration | 4 |
| POSC 3915 | International Political Economy | 4 |
| POSC 4002 | Seminar: Global Migration | 4 |
| POSC 4020 | Place, Space, and Immigrant Cities | 4 |
| POSC 4022 | Seminar: China in Global Affairs | 4 |
| POSC 4025 | Youth and Politics | 4 |
| POSC 4037 | Social Movements and Revolutions | 4 |
| POSC 4040 | Seminar: Sustainable Development | 4 |
| POSC 4400 | Seminar: Global Justice | 4 |
| POSC 4515 | Seminar: International Politics of Peace | 4 |
| POSC 4526 | Seminar: The Politics of Humanitarian Intervention | 4 |
| POSC 4535 | Seminar: Post-Cold War Human Rights and Protection Architecture | 4 |
| POSC 4547 | Seminar: War, Peace, Law, and the United Nations Security Council | 4 |
| POSC 4620 | Seminar: The World of Democracy | 4 |
| POSC 4900 | Seminar: Democracy, Development, and the Global Economy | 4 |
| SOCI 2505 | Religion and Social Change | 4 |
| SOCI 3017 | Inequality in America | 4 |
| SOCI 3046 | International Sociology | 4 |
| SOCI 3102 | Contemporary Social Issues and Policies | 4 |
| SOCI 3110 | Global Conflict: Wars/Religion | 4 |
| SOCI 3114 | Sociology of Health and Illness | 4 |
| SOCI 3148 | Population and Economic Development Issues | 4 |
| SOCI 3260 | Politics of Reproduction | 4 |
| SOCI 3410 | Migration/Globalization | 4 |
| SOCI 3415 | Development and Globalization | 4 |
| SOCI 3418 | Contemporary Immigration in Global Perspective | 4 |
| SOCI 3450 | Transnational Social Movements | 4 |
| SOCI 3470 | Global Refugee Migration | 4 |
| SOCI 3714 | Terrorism and Society | 4 |
| SOCI 4020 | Place, Space, and Immigrant Cities | 4 |
| SOCI 4105 | Religion, Gender, and Sexuality | 4 |
| SOCI 4990 | Conflict Resolution and Justice Creation | 4 |
| SPAN 3590 | Theater Against Power in Spain and Latin America | 4 |
| SPAN 3850 | Narrating the City | 4 |
| THEA 4050 | Arts, Social Justice, and Human Rights: Foundations | 4 |
| THEO 3390 | Church in Controversy | 3 |
| THEO 3610 | Christ in World Cultures | 3 |
| THEO 3713 | Classic Jewish Texts | 3 |
| THEO 3715 | Classic Islamic Texts | 3 |
| THEO 3822 | The Bible in Cultural Conflict | 4 |
| THEO 3883 | Medicine and Healing in Islam | 4 |
| THEO 4026 | Theologies of Peace | 4 |
| THEO 4110 | Muslim, Jewish, and Christian Feminist Theologies: Discourses of Difference | 4 |
| THEO 4351 | Modern Christian Thought & Practice | 4 |
| THEO 4851 | Death of Religion? | 4 |
| URST 5020 | Urban Political Processes | 3 |
| URST 5040 | Urbanism | 3 |
| VART 1101 | Urbanism | 3 |
| VART 3135 | Modernism and Its Aftermath | 4 |
| WGSS 3000 | Gender and Sexuality Studies | 4 |
| WGSS 3001 | Queer Theories | 4 |
| WGSS 3004 | Transnational Feminisms | 4 |
| WGSS 3141 | Women and Social Change in Africa | 4 |
| WGSS 3459 | Transgender History | 4 |
Africa Regional Track
Any six courses that focus on Africa with some or all content in the 20th and/or 21st century. Courses in this group have the ISAF attribute.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AFAM 1600 | Understanding Historical Change: Africa | 3 |
| AFAM 3037 | Being and Becoming Black in the Atlantic World | 4 |
| AFAM 3072 | Civil Wars in Africa | 4 |
| AFAM 3075 | Democracy in Africa | 4 |
| AFAM 3140 | Contemporary Africa | 4 |
| AFAM 3141 | Women and Social Change in Africa | 4 |
| AFAM 3142 | Women, Power, and Leadership in Africa | 4 |
| AFAM 3146 | African Immigrants in the United States | 3 |
| AFAM 3148 | History of South Africa | 4 |
| AFAM 3150 | Caribbean Peoples and Culture | 4 |
| AFAM 3210 | On the Move: Migration, Labor, and Trans-Nationalism in the African Diaspora | 4 |
| AFAM 3667 | Caribbean Literature | 4 |
| AFAM 3692 | Social Construction of Women | 4 |
| AFAM 3693 | Contemporary African Literatures | 4 |
| AFAM 3939 | History of Global Popular Music: From Africa to the Americas and Back | 4 |
| AFAM 3955 | Slavery Freedom/Atlantic World | 4 |
| AFAM 4192 | Race and Religion in the Transatlantic World | 4 |
| ANTH 3355 | Culture and Anticolonialism | 4 |
| ANTH 3650 | Africa in the World | 4 |
| COLI 3476 | Conflict and Violence in Francophone African Cinemas | 4 |
| COLI 4320 | Reading the Indian Ocean World | 4 |
| FREN 3471 | Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa | 4 |
| FREN 3475 | Narratives of the Sahel | 4 |
| FREN 3494 | Africa: Education, Youth, and Society | 4 |
| FREN 3498 | Harlem Renaissance and Africa: Struggle for Freedom | 4 |
| HIST 1600 | Understanding Historical Change: Africa | 3 |
| HIST 1650 | Understanding Historical Change: The Black Atlantic | 3 |
| HIST 3073 | African Intellectual History | 4 |
| HIST 3192 | The United States, Africa, and the Cold War | 4 |
| HIST 3695 | Major Debates in African Studies | 4 |
| HIST 3939 | History of Global Popular Music: From Africa to the Americas and Back | 4 |
| HIST 3944 | Africa in the Age of Decolonization | 4 |
| HIST 3946 | African Economies and Humanitarianism | 4 |
| HIST 3955 | Slavery Freedom/Atlantic World | 4 |
| HIST 4111 | Modern African Stories | 4 |
| HIST 4310 | Africa, Race, and the Global Cold War | 4 |
| HIST 4922 | “Freedom Now”: Black Political Thought | 4 |
| INST 3000 | International Internship | 4 |
| INST 4620 | The World of Democracy | 4 |
| ITAL 3452 | Italophone Migrant Literature From Africa and Beyond | 4 |
| LACU 3498 | Harlem Renaissance and Africa: Struggle for Freedom | 4 |
| LALS 3955 | Slavery Freedom/Atlantic World | 4 |
| POSC 4620 | Seminar: The World of Democracy | 4 |
| WGSS 3141 | Women and Social Change in Africa | 4 |
Asia Regional Track
Any six courses that focus on Asia with some or all content in the 20th and/or 21st century. Courses in this group have the ISAS attribute.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AAST 3359 | Asian Diasporic Literatures | 4 |
| AAST 4603 | Asian American Critique | 4 |
| ARHI 1102 | Introduction to Art History: Asia | 3 |
| ARHI 2211 | The Arts and Visual Culture of China and Beyond | 4 |
| ARHI 2221 | Japanese Visual Culture: Prehistory to Present | 4 |
| ARHI 2552 | Modern Asian Art | 4 |
| ARHI 4562 | Art and the Second World War | 4 |
| COLI 3359 | Asian Diasporic Literatures | 4 |
| COLI 4320 | Reading the Indian Ocean World | 4 |
| COLI 4603 | Asian American Critique | 4 |
| ENGL 3359 | Asian Diasporic Literatures | 4 |
| ENGL 4603 | Asian American Critique | 4 |
| FITV 3585 | Transnational Asian Media | 4 |
| HIST 1450 | Understanding Historical Change: South Asian History | 3 |
| HIST 1500 | Introduction to Asian History | 3 |
| HIST 1550 | Understanding Historical Change: Modern East Asia | 3 |
| HIST 1650 | Understanding Historical Change: The Black Atlantic | 3 |
| HIST 3538 | The Good Earth? | 4 |
| HIST 3634 | Modern South Asian History | 4 |
| HIST 3842 | The Vietnam Wars | 4 |
| HIST 3911 | U.S. and East Asia | 4 |
| HIST 3915 | Contemporary China | 4 |
| HIST 3918 | Cultural Revolution: China in Context | 4 |
| HIST 3920 | Modern Japan | 4 |
| HIST 3922 | East Asian Cities | 4 |
| HIST 3924 | East Asian Capitalisms | 4 |
| HIST 3931 | Colonialism and South Asia | 4 |
| HIST 4295 | Confucianism in Three Keys: The History, Philosophy, and Politics of Confucianism | 4 |
| INST 3000 | International Internship | 4 |
| INST 4620 | The World of Democracy | 4 |
| JPAN 2500 | Japanese Culture and Society | 4 |
| LACU 3043 | Aesthetics and Politics: Modern Chinese Literature | 4 |
| LACU 3045 | Women in Chinese Literature and Society | 4 |
| LACU 3046 | Democracy and Democratization in China | 4 |
| LACU 3047 | Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism: Chinese Thought and Literature | 4 |
| LACU 3048 | Political Thought in Modern Asia | 4 |
| LACU 3049 | Modern Chinese Political Thought | 4 |
| LACU 3075 | Gender and China | 4 |
| MAND 3002 | Topics in Chinese Culture | 4 |
| MAND 3020 | Learn Chinese Through Film | 4 |
| MAND 3025 | Reading Chinese Short Stories | 4 |
| MAND 3035 | Confucius and the Analects | 4 |
| MAND 3040 | Topics in Mandarin Chinese Literature | 4 |
| MAND 3050 | China in the Headlines: An Advanced Newspaper Reading Course in Mandarin Chinese | 4 |
| MAND 3055 | China and Globalization | 4 |
| MAND 3060 | Contemporary Chinese Politics | 4 |
| MLAL 3031 | Chinese Cultural Concepts | 4 |
| PHIL 3759 | Buddhist Philosophy | 4 |
| PHIL 3770 | Daoist and Zen Philosophy | 4 |
| PHIL 4425 | Buddhist Moral Thought | 4 |
| POSC 3418 | Islamic Political Thought | 4 |
| POSC 3631 | China and Russia in Comparative Perspective | 4 |
| POSC 3632 | China and U.S. in Global Era | 4 |
| POSC 3633 | China and US-Global Era/Study Tour | 4 |
| POSC 3634 | The Great Law of China | 4 |
| POSC 3635 | China, Japan, Korea, and the U.S. in the Global Era | 4 |
| POSC 3636 | China and the Global Economy | 4 |
| POSC 4022 | Seminar: China in Global Affairs | 4 |
| POSC 4545 | Seminar: Russian Politics and Society | 4 |
| POSC 4620 | Seminar: The World of Democracy | 4 |
| THEO 3715 | Classic Islamic Texts | 3 |
| THEO 3720 | Hindu Literature and Ethics | 3 |
| THEO 3724 | Classic Buddhist Texts | 3 |
| THEO 3728 | Buddhist Meditation | 3 |
| THEO 3731 | Japanese Religions: Texts and Arts | 3 |
| THEO 3733 | Chinese Religions | 3 |
Europe Regional Track
Any six courses that focus on Europe with some or all content in the 20th and/or 21st century. Courses in this group have the ISEU attribute.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AFAM 3955 | Slavery Freedom/Atlantic World | 4 |
| ANTH 2700 | You Are What You Eat: The Anthropology of Food | 4 |
| ANTH 3154 | Sports: An Anthropological Perspective | 4 |
| ARHI 1101 | Introduction to Art History: Europe | 3 |
| ARHI 3480 | Art and Architecture in London | 4 |
| ARHI 4562 | Art and the Second World War | 4 |
| COLI 3137 | World Cinema Masterpieces | 4 |
| COLI 3143 | World Cinema Masterpieces 1960-1980 | 4 |
| COLI 3365 | Novels of Ideas: High Modernism | 4 |
| COLI 3400 | Modern Jewish Writing | 4 |
| COLI 3450 | The City in Literature and Art | 4 |
| COLI 3466 | Discovering French Cinema | 4 |
| COLI 3652 | Contemporary French Philosophy | 4 |
| ECON 3100 | History of Economic Thought | 4 |
| ENGL 3137 | World Cinema Masterpieces | 4 |
| ENGL 3365 | Novels of Ideas: High Modernism | 4 |
| ENGL 3450 | The City in Literature and Art | 4 |
| ENGL 3468 | Transatlantic Modern Women | 4 |
| ENGL 3542 | Modern Irish Literature | 4 |
| ENGL 3701 | American Writers in Paris | 4 |
| ENGL 4015 | London Modernisms: 1890-1956: Unreal City | 4 |
| ENGL 4123 | Seminar: Paris Modernism | 4 |
| ENGL 4137 | Hysteria, Sexuality, and the Unconscious | 4 |
| ENGL 4149 | Modern Drama as Moral Crucible | 4 |
| FITV 3558 | Italian Film | 4 |
| FITV 3587 | United Kingdom and Irish Film | 4 |
| FNBU 4473 | ST: Study Tour of Turkey | 3 |
| FREN 2600 | France: Literature, History, and Civilization | 4 |
| FREN 3070 | France Votes! | 4 |
| FREN 3080 | Critical Disability Studies: Perspectives in French and Francophone Literature and Film | 4 |
| FREN 3130 | Culture and Science in France | 4 |
| FREN 3292 | French Revolutions (1789-present) | 4 |
| FREN 3450 | Writers and Lawbreakers | 4 |
| FREN 3453 | The Flaneur in Paris | 4 |
| FREN 3456 | 20th-Century France: A Blast from the Past | 4 |
| FREN 3466 | Discovering French Cinema | 4 |
| FREN 3550 | In Search of Lost Time: Modernity, Temporality, and the Self in 20th Century French Literature | 4 |
| FREN 3600 | France Today | 4 |
| FREN 3637 | Francophone Middle East | 4 |
| FREN 3676 | Fashioning the Empire | 4 |
| HIST 1000 | Understanding Historical Change: Modern Europe | 3 |
| HIST 1650 | Understanding Historical Change: The Black Atlantic | 3 |
| HIST 1851 | Understanding Historical Change: Jews in the Modern World | 3 |
| HIST 3416 | European Women: 1800-Present | 4 |
| HIST 3455 | 20th Century Ireland | 4 |
| HIST 3457 | Britain: 1867-Present | 4 |
| HIST 3458 | Ireland: 1688-1923 | 4 |
| HIST 3503 | Modern France: 1900 to Present | 4 |
| HIST 3541 | Modern Italy | 4 |
| HIST 3543 | The Connecting Sea: The Mediterranean Since 1800 | 4 |
| HIST 3545 | Race and Nation in Modern Europe | 4 |
| HIST 3549 | Global Italy | 4 |
| HIST 3555 | Hitler's Germany | 4 |
| HIST 3558 | Europe: 1900-1945: Total War | 4 |
| HIST 3559 | Europe Since 1945 | 4 |
| HIST 3580 | War, Gender, and Violence in Modern Europe | 4 |
| HIST 3614 | Revolutionary and Soviet Russia | 4 |
| HIST 3620 | 20th Century Europe | 4 |
| HIST 3624 | European Cities | 4 |
| HIST 3635 | Science in Popular Culture | 4 |
| HIST 3815 | East European Jewish History | 4 |
| HIST 3925 | The Holocaust | 4 |
| HIST 3955 | Slavery Freedom/Atlantic World | 4 |
| HIST 3992 | Capitalism | 4 |
| HIST 4120 | Imagining Empire | 4 |
| HIST 4137 | Hysteria, Sexuality, and the Unconscious | 4 |
| HIST 4308 | Antisemitism | 4 |
| HIST 4510 | Conquest, Conversion, Conscience | 4 |
| HIST 4742 | Seminar: Italy Through Foreign Eyes | 4 |
| HIST 4757 | Seminar: The Third Reich | 4 |
| HIST 4758 | Seminar: Europe: Prosperity to Crisis | 4 |
| INST 3000 | International Internship | 4 |
| INST 4620 | The World of Democracy | 4 |
| ITAL 2561 | Reading Culture Through Literature | 4 |
| ITAL 2700 | Filming the City Inside and Out: A Cinematic Journey Through Italy | 4 |
| ITAL 2705 | The Souths of Italy: Words, Images, and Sounds | 4 |
| ITAL 3030 | Criminal Tales | 4 |
| ITAL 3111 | New Italian Cinema | 4 |
| ITAL 3452 | Italophone Migrant Literature From Africa and Beyond | 4 |
| ITAL 3650 | Italy at War | 4 |
| ITAL 3701 | Italian Women Writers | 4 |
| ITAL 3910 | Italy Today | 4 |
| LACU 3035 | From Rust Belt to Green Belt: Germany's Ruhr Area | 4 |
| LACU 3050 | Becoming Germany—German Literature, Film, and Popular Culture after World War II | 4 |
| LACU 3060 | Magic and Reality in Russian Literature | 4 |
| LACU 3070 | Russian Visions: The Interplay Between Russian Literature and Art in Mid-19th/Early 20th Century | 4 |
| LACU 3085 | The Russian Icon in Literature, Theology, Avant Garde Art, Film, Music, Museums and Politics | 4 |
| LACU 3307 | Germany and Migration | 4 |
| LACU 3402 | Introduction to Russian Drama | 4 |
| LACU 3405 | Masterpieces of Russian Film | 4 |
| LACU 3500 | Writing Under German Censorship: A Culture of Banned Books | 4 |
| LACU 3504 | Study Tour: Berlin Tales: Germany's Kiez | 4 |
| LACU 3600 | Women's Voices in German and Austrian Literature | 4 |
| LACU 3701 | Villains, Vamps and Vampires: An Introduction to German Cinema | 4 |
| LACU 3710 | Fin-De Siecle Vienna: Klimt, Cafes, and Cemeteries | 4 |
| LACU 4016 | Rewriting the Mediterranean (20th and 21st Centuries) | 4 |
| LALS 3955 | Slavery Freedom/Atlantic World | 4 |
| LALS 4510 | Conquest, Conversion, Conscience | 4 |
| MVST 3502 | The Clerkenwell Tales: England's Literature | 4 |
| PHIL 3652 | Contemporary French Philosophy | 4 |
| PHIL 3670 | Existentialism | 4 |
| POSC 3422 | Politics of the Present | 4 |
| POSC 3480 | Islamic Culture and Politics in Spain | 4 |
| POSC 3605 | Comparative Democracy | 4 |
| POSC 3620 | British Government and Politics | 4 |
| POSC 3621 | European Politics | 4 |
| POSC 3622 | Politics of the European Union | 4 |
| POSC 3631 | China and Russia in Comparative Perspective | 4 |
| POSC 4545 | Seminar: Russian Politics and Society | 4 |
| POSC 4620 | Seminar: The World of Democracy | 4 |
| SPAN 3001 | Spain: Literature and Culture Survey | 4 |
| SPAN 3301 | Federico Garcia Lorca and His World | 4 |
| SPAN 3535 | Unus Mundus: Deconstructing 'Time' Through Spanish Literature | 4 |
| SPAN 3540 | Spain and Islam | 4 |
| SPAN 3561 | Representing the Gypsy | 4 |
| SPAN 3590 | Theater Against Power in Spain and Latin America | 4 |
| SPAN 3800 | The Spanish Diaspora | 4 |
| SPAN 3950 | The Fantastic in Spanish Literature and Film | 4 |
| SPAN 4511 | Spanish Civil War | 4 |
| VART 1101 | Urbanism | 3 |
| WGSS 3416 | European Women 1800-Present | 4 |
Latin American Regional Track
Any six courses that focus on Latin America with some or all content in the 20th and/or 21st century. Courses in this group have the ISLA attribute.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AFAM 3037 | Being and Becoming Black in the Atlantic World | 4 |
| AFAM 3150 | Caribbean Peoples and Culture | 4 |
| AFAM 3667 | Caribbean Literature | 4 |
| AFAM 3955 | Slavery Freedom/Atlantic World | 4 |
| ANTH 3355 | Culture and Anticolonialism | 4 |
| ANTH 3470 | People and Cultures of Latin America | 4 |
| ANTH 3476 | Latin American Social Movements | 4 |
| ARHI 1103 | Introduction to Art History: Americas | 3 |
| ARHI 2257 | Modern Latin American Art | 4 |
| COLI 3840 | Latin American Culture Through Film | 4 |
| COLI 4018 | Cuba: Revolution, Literature and Film | 4 |
| ECON 3235 | Economy of Latin America | 4 |
| ENGL 3036 | Latin American Short Story | 4 |
| ENGL 4185 | Caribbean Islands and Oceans | 4 |
| HIST 1400 | Understanding Historical Change: Latin America | 3 |
| HIST 1650 | Understanding Historical Change: The Black Atlantic | 3 |
| HIST 3950 | Latino History | 4 |
| HIST 3955 | Slavery Freedom/Atlantic World | 4 |
| HIST 3961 | Rebellion and Revolution in Latin America and the Atlantic World | 4 |
| HIST 3968 | Mexico | 4 |
| HIST 3969 | Latin America and the U.S. | 4 |
| HIST 3972 | Revolution in Central America | 4 |
| HIST 3975 | The Caribbean | 4 |
| HIST 3977 | Latin American History Through Film | 4 |
| INST 3000 | International Internship | 4 |
| INST 4620 | The World of Democracy | 4 |
| LALS 1400 | Understanding Historical Change: Latin America | 3 |
| LALS 3344 | Crime, Literature, and Latinos | 4 |
| LALS 3407 | Foreignness & Translation: Multilingual Autobio Writing in Contemp Latin-Am & Latino Lit | 4 |
| LALS 3427 | Hispanics/Latinos in the USA | 4 |
| LALS 3600 | Latin America: Current Trends | 4 |
| LALS 3840 | Latin America Through Film | 4 |
| LALS 3950 | Latino History | 4 |
| LALS 3955 | Slavery Freedom/Atlantic World | 4 |
| LALS 3968 | Mexico | 4 |
| LALS 3972 | Revolution in Central America | 4 |
| LALS 3977 | Latin American History Through Film | 4 |
| LALS 4100 | Speaking For/As the Other | 4 |
| LALS 4510 | Conquest, Conversion, Conscience | 4 |
| PHIL 3653 | Latin American Philosophy | 4 |
| POSC 3641 | Latin American Politics | 4 |
| POSC 3645 | Politics of Immigration | 4 |
| POSC 4620 | Seminar: The World of Democracy | 4 |
| SOCI 3427 | Hispanics/Latinos in the USA | 4 |
| SPAN 3002 | Latin America: Literature and Culture Survey | 4 |
| SPAN 3066 | Survey of Latin American Film | 4 |
| SPAN 3072 | Geographies of Power/Injustice | 4 |
| SPAN 3275 | Hybrid Futures: A Panorama of Mexican Short Fiction | 4 |
| SPAN 3300 | Modern Latin American Visual Culture | 4 |
| SPAN 3305 | Posthuman Mestizaje and the Non-Human Turn in Mexican Culture | 4 |
| SPAN 3310 | Latin American Science Fiction | 4 |
| SPAN 3407 | Foreignness & Translation: Multilingual Autobio Writing in Contemp Latin-Am & Latino Lit (1980-2015) | 4 |
| SPAN 3525 | Cultures of Sexual Dissidence in Latin America | 4 |
| SPAN 3578 | Autofiction. Latinx Creations of the Self. | 4 |
| SPAN 3585 | La Frontera: Art as Resistance | 4 |
| SPAN 3590 | Theater Against Power in Spain and Latin America | 4 |
| SPAN 3625 | Spanish-American Short Fiction | 4 |
| SPAN 3642 | Spanish-American Literature and Popular Music | 4 |
| SPAN 3701 | Spanish-American Women Writers | 4 |
| SPAN 3710 | Contemporary Latin American Fiction | 4 |
| SPAN 3712 | Literatures of the Latin American Boom and Post-Boom | 4 |
| SPAN 3715 | Latin American Cyberliterature | 4 |
| SPAN 3730 | Writing Violence: Peru, 1980-2000 | 4 |
| SPAN 3770 | Cultures of Memory and Post-Memory in Contemporary Chile | 4 |
| SPAN 3809 | Argentine Literature and Film | 4 |
| SPAN 3820 | Hispanic Caribbean Literature | 4 |
| SPAN 3850 | Narrating the City | 4 |
| SPAN 3851 | The Neoliberal City in Post-War Central American Cultural Production | 4 |
| SPAN 4018 | Cuba: Revolution, Literature and Film | 4 |
| THEO 3383 | Latin American Liberation Theologies | 3 |
| THEO 4620 | Oscar Romero: Faith and Politics in El Salvador | 4 |
Middle East and North Africa Regional Track
Any six courses that focus on the Middle East and North Africa with some or all content in the 20th and/or 21st century. Courses in this group have the ISME attribute.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AFAM 1600 | Understanding Historical Change: Africa | 3 |
| ANTH 2614 | Urbanism and Change in the Middle East | 4 |
| ANTH 2888 | Gender and Islam | 4 |
| ANTH 3013 | Anthropology of Palestinian Communities | 4 |
| ANTH 3888 | Arab Women and Social Movements | 4 |
| ANTH 4006 | Palestinian Culture at Home and in Diaspora | 4 |
| ARAB 3000 | Topics in Arabic Cultures | 4 |
| ARAB 3010 | Human Rights in Arabic Literature | 4 |
| COLI 3440 | Arabic Literature in English Translation | 4 |
| COLI 3476 | Conflict and Violence in Francophone African Cinemas | 4 |
| COLI 3624 | Music and Nation in the Arab World | 4 |
| FNBU 4473 | ST: Study Tour of Turkey | 3 |
| FREN 3637 | Francophone Middle East | 4 |
| HIST 1650 | Understanding Historical Change: The Black Atlantic | 3 |
| HIST 1700 | Understanding Historical Change: Mideast | 3 |
| HIST 1750 | Understanding Historical Change: Islamic History and Culture | 3 |
| HIST 1851 | Understanding Historical Change: Jews in the Modern World | 3 |
| HIST 3474 | The Arab Israeli Conflict: Cultural Perspectives | 4 |
| HIST 3543 | The Connecting Sea: The Mediterranean Since 1800 | 4 |
| HIST 3670 | The Modern Middle East | 4 |
| HIST 3675 | History of Modern Israel | 4 |
| HIST 3983 | Apocalypticism and Messianism in Islamic Thought and History | 4 |
| HIST 3986 | Religion and Politics in Islamic History | 4 |
| HIST 4048 | Israel: History, Society, Politics and Culture | 4 |
| HIST 4331 | US in the Middle East: 1945-Present | 4 |
| HIST 4631 | Seminar: US in the Mid East: 1945-Pres | 4 |
| INST 3000 | International Internship | 4 |
| INST 4620 | The World of Democracy | 4 |
| ITAL 3452 | Italophone Migrant Literature From Africa and Beyond | 4 |
| LACU 3325 | ‘The Gatekeepers?’ Documentary Cinema in Israel | 4 |
| LACU 3350 | Promised Land: Israeli Culture Between Utopia and Dystopia | 4 |
| LACU 3410 | Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity | 4 |
| LACU 3440 | Arabic Literature in English Translation | 4 |
| LACU 3442 | Arabic Culture and the News Media | 4 |
| LACU 3450 | The Arab Spring in Arabic Literature | 4 |
| LACU 3474 | The Arab Israeli Conflict: Cultural Perspectives | 4 |
| LACU 3475 | Oppositional Thought in Islamic Literature | 4 |
| LACU 3624 | Music and Nation in the Arab World | 4 |
| LACU 4016 | Rewriting the Mediterranean (20th and 21st Centuries) | 4 |
| MEST 2000 | Introduction to the Modern Middle East | 4 |
| MEST 3324 | Israel in Fiction and Film | 4 |
| MEST 3500 | Modern Egypt | 4 |
| MEST 3502 | Palestine-Israel Conflict | 4 |
| MEST 3701 | Urban Theatre Dance and Music | 4 |
| MEST 4001 | Seminar: Middle East | 4 |
| MEST 4331 | U.S. in the Middle East: 1945-Present | 4 |
| MEST 4701 | Urban Theatre, Music, Dance: Culture and the Formation of the Middle East Identities | 4 |
| POSC 3418 | Islamic Political Thought | 4 |
| POSC 3424 | Political Philosophy between Islam and the West | 4 |
| POSC 3427 | Islam, Art, and Resistance | 4 |
| POSC 3480 | Islamic Culture and Politics in Spain | 4 |
| POSC 3520 | Mideast and the World | 4 |
| POSC 3624 | The Qu'ran and Hadith in the Global Political Perspective | 4 |
| POSC 3651 | Comparative Politics of the Middle East | 4 |
| POSC 3652 | State-Society Relations in the Middle East | 4 |
| POSC 3653 | Religion and Society in the Middle East | 4 |
| POSC 4425 | Seminar: Contemporary Politics and Cultures in the Islamic World | 4 |
| POSC 4620 | Seminar: The World of Democracy | 4 |
| THEO 3711 | Sacred Texts of the Middle East | 3 |
| THEO 3713 | Classic Jewish Texts | 3 |
| THEO 3715 | Classic Islamic Texts | 3 |
| THEO 3883 | Medicine and Healing in Islam | 4 |
Specialist Expertise Track
Select six courses designed as a cohesive program of study with the faculty adviser and approved by the adviser and the director.
Students declaring a specialist expertise track must submit a written proposal and receive permission from the program director. All specialist expertise track students must complete a senior thesis appropriate for their selected focus.