International Studies (BA)

 

Bachelor of Arts Degree

 

General Education

I. Communication (9 hours)
Rhetoric and Composition		ENGL 1101*							Rhetoric and Composition	3
Literature and Composition		ENGL 1102*							Literature and Composition	3
Communication									Choose course from approved list	3
II. Humanities and Fine Arts (15 hours)
Modern Languages		SPAN 1101							Elementary Spanish I	3
		SPAN 1102							Elementary Spanish II	3
English Literature									Choose one 2000-level English Literature course (except for ENGL 2225 and ENGL 2226 which	3
									meet the General Education Ethics requirement, below)
Philosophy and Religion									Choose one PHIL or RELG course at the 1000-2000 level	3
Fine Arts									Choose course from approved list	3
III. History and Social Sciences (9 hours)
World History									Choose course from approved list	3
Government									Choose course from approved list	3
Social Science									Choose course from approved list	3
IV. Mathematics and Natural Sciences (11 to 12 hours)
Mathematics*									Choose course from approved list	3 to 4
Natural Science									Choose a pair in sequence from approved list	8
V. Ethics (3 hours)
Ethics									Choose course from approved list	3
VI. Institutional Requirement (1 hour)
First-Year Experience   *Grade of C or higher required.		PDMT 1101							Introduction to University Life and the Liberal Arts Tradition	1

Total Credit Hours:

47-49

Students who enter with fewer than 24 semester credit hours must satisfy the institutional requirement.

International Studies Major

Total Credit Hours:

39

Required Courses:

BUSA 2140	Legal Environment of Business	3
BUSA 2210	Introduction to Macroeconomics	3
MCOM 1500	Introduction to Mass Communications	3
POSC 3360	International Relations	3
POSC 3380	International Law	3
IDIS 4499	Interdisciplinary Capstone Course	3
Total Credit Hours:		18

Choose two:

HIST 3000	Graphic History	3
HIST 3310	Twentieth Century Europe	3
HIST 3350	Russia/Soviet Union	3
HIST 3390	Modern Southeast Asia	3
HIST 4430	History of Spain	3
HIST 4440	Hitler's Germany	3
Total Credit Hours:		6

Choose two:

ENGL 2201	World Literature to the Renaissance	3
ENGL 2202	World Literature from the Renaissance	3
ENGL 2203	British Literature to 1790	3
ENGL 2204	British Literature from 1790	3
Total Credit Hours:		6

Choose one 2000- level language sequence:

GRMN 2201	Intermediate German I	3
GRMN 2202	Intermediate German II	3
	OR
SPAN 2201	Intermediate Spanish I	3
SPAN 2202	Intermediate Spanish II	3
Total Credit Hours:		6

Choose one:

IDIS 3305	International Explorations	3
	English Literature (choose one course ENGL lit. 2000 level)	3
	English Literature (choose one course ENGL lit. 2000 level)	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

General Electives

	General Electives	31-36
Total Credit Hours:		31-36

Total Credit Hours: 121