Fall 2008 Course Offerings

PLEASE NOTE: The following course list includes both regularly offered courses noted in the catalog as fulfilling INTL requirements AND new or Special Topics courses approved by INTL faculty advisors as appropriate substitutes.

Core Curriculum

Introduction

GEOG 300 Global Awareness (DCG Non-Domestic & GE Area D) (MWF 1100-1150)

Globalization/Political Economy:

INTL 310 International Politics & Economics (TR 800-950)

Methodology

COMM 322 Intercultural Communication (DCG Domestic) (MWF 1100-1150, TR 1400-1520)

Modern World Issues

ECON 306 Economics of the Developing World (DCG Non-Domestic & GE Area D) (TR 1230-1350, TR 1400-1520)
PSCI 303 Third World Politics (DCG Non-Domestic & GE Area D) (MWF 1200-1250)
SOC 303 Race & Ethnic Relations (DCG Domestic & GE Area D) (TR 1230-1350)
SOC 305 Sociology of the Modern World System (GE Area D) (MWF 900-950)

All students are also strongly encouraged to sign up for one unit of credit in the International Education Week Colloquium, which will take place Nov. 17-20, with a mandatory orientation meeting early in the semester. You may currently register for the IEW Colloquium through HIST 499 or PSCI 371; additional cross-listed sections in ANTH, CHIN, ENGL, FREN, GEOG, GERM, SPAN, WOST, and WLC will be added soon.

Students should also consider the 1-unit World Cultures Film Festival, which meets weekly from Sep. 18 through Nov. 7, and is cross-listed through HIST 499 and CHIN, FREN, GERM, SPAN and WLC 480.

Chinese Studies

Language & Culture

ANTH 340 Language and Culture (MWF 1300-1350)
CHIN 105, 112, 113, or 207 Chinese Level I, II, III, or IV (MTWR 1400-1450, 1500-1550, 1600-1650)
CHIN 110 Chinese Language Lab (arr.)

Breadth Courses

ANTH 306 Contemporary China (MWF 1100-1150)
CHIN 280 Chinese Film Seminar (1-4 units; meets Oct. 17-18; in English)
GEOG 411 Senior Field Research (MW 1500-1620)
GEOG 472 Exploring the Silk Road (TR 1230-1350)
PHIL 385 History of Philosophy: China (TR 930-1050)
RS 394 City of 10,000 Buddhas Weekend (Meets Oct. 24-26. 1 unit only; must be combined with courses totaling at least 2 additional units to count towards the requirement in this area)
RS Tibetan Buddhism Weekend (Meets Sep. 13-14; mandatory organizational meeting Aug. 28. 1 unit only; must be combined with courses totaling at least 2 additional units to count towards the requirement in this area)

Cultural Studies

Visual & Performing Arts

MUS 302 Music in World Culture (DCG Non-Domestic & GE Area C) (TR 900-1020, TR 1100-1220)
THEA 303 World Dance Expressions (DCG Non-Domestic & GE Area C) (TR 1000-1150)
CHIN/FREN/GERM/SPAN/WLC 480 World Cultures Film Festival (Meets Sep. 18-Nov. 7. 1 unit only; must be combined with courses totaling at least 2 additional units to count towards the requirement in this area. Crosslisted with HIST 499.)

Cultures in Migration

ANTH 306 World Regions Cultural Studies: Contemporary China (GE Area D) (MWF 1100-1150)
ANTH 306 World Regions Cultural Studies: E.U. Sociocultural Integration (GE Area D) (R 1700-1950)
ANTH 340 Language and Culture (MWF 1300-1350)
GEOG 304 Migrations & Mosaics (DCG Domestic & GE Area D) (TR 1400-1520)
GEOG 472 Exploring the Silk Road (TR 1230-1350)

Language & Literature

ENGL 305 Postcolonial Perspectives (DCG Non-Domestic & Area C) (TR 930-1050)
FREN 300 African Storytelling (DCG Non-Domestic & GE Area C) (TR 1600-1720)
FREN 311 Stories of the Francophone World (MWF 1400-1450)
GERM/SPAN/WS 306 Sex Class & Culture: Gender & Ethnic Issues in the International Short Story (TR 1230-1350)

European Studies

Continental Background

ANTH 306 World Regions Cultural Studies: E.U. Sociocultural Integration (GE Area D) (R 1700-1950)
BA 410/415 International Business Essentials (DCG Non-Domestic) MTWR 1600-1650
ECON 306 Economics of the Developing World (DCG Non-Domestic & GE Area D) (TR 1230-1350, TR 1400-1520)
GEOG 332 Geography of the Mediterranean (TR 930-1050)
HIST 301 Era of World War II (TR 1530-1450)
PHIL/WLDF 302 Environmental Ethics (GE Area C) (MWF 900-930)

Language/Regional Emphasis

FREN 314 De la religion a la raison (taught in French) (TR 1400-1520)
GERM 305 Marx, Nietzsche, Freud and German Literature (W 1730-2020)
GERM/SPAN/WS 306 Sex Class & Culture: Gender & Ethnic Issues in the International Short Story (TR 1230-1350)
GERM 480 German Film Seminar (Meets Oct. 10-11; in English. 1 unit only; must be combined with courses totaling at least 2 additional units to count towards the requirement in this area.)
SPAN 343 The Golden Age (TR 1100-1220)
SPAN 345 Hispanic Cinema (R 1700-1930)
SPAN 401 Hispanic Civilization: Spain (MWF 1400-1450)

Globalization Studies

Economic Dimension

ANTH 316 Anthropology & Development (TR 1100-1220)
ECON 306 Economics of the Developing World (DCG Non-Domestic & GE Area D) (TR 1230-1350, TR 1400-1520)
PSCI 303 Third World Politics (DCG Non-Domestic & GE Area D) (MWF 1200-1250)
PSCI 360 Political Economy (MW 1400-1520)

Political Dimension

SOC 305 Sociology of the Modern World System (GE Area D) (MWF 900-950)

Environmental Dimension

ECON/NRPI 423 Environmental & Natural Resources Economics (TR 930-1050)
GEOG/ENVS 301 International Environmental Issues & Globalization (GE Area D) (MWF 1200-1250)
SOC 302 Forests and Culture (TR 800-920)

Cultural Dimension

ANTH/WS 315 Sex, Gender & Globalization (DCG Non-Domestic) (MW 1200-1250, F 1200-1350)
ANTH 340 Language & Culture (MWF 1300-1350)
ENGL 305 Postcolonial Perspectives (TR 930-1050)
GEOG 304 Migrations & Mosaics (DCG Domestic & GE Area D) (TR 1400-1520)
GEOG 472 Exploring the Silk Road (TR 1230-1350)
SOC 303 Race and Ethnic Relations (DCG Domestic & GE Area D) (TR 1230-1350)

Regional Dimension

ANTH 306 World Regions Cultural Studies: Contemporary China (GE Area D) (MWF 1100-1150)
ANTH 306 World Regions Cultural Studies: E.U. Sociocultural Integration (GE Area D) (R 1700-1950)
HIST 393 Central America & The Caribbean (TR 930-1050)
PSCI 330 Political Regimes & Political Change: Asia (TR 1400-1520)

International Business Studies

Prerequisite

STAT 108 (MWF 800-850 + lab)
BA 232 Intro to Business Statistics (MTRF 800-850)

Business Dimension

BA 345 Marketing Essentials (MWF 900-950)
BA 355 Essentials of Financial & Marketing Accounting (TR 1400-1520)
BA 375 Management Essentials (TR 930-1050)
BA 415 International Business Essentials (DCG Non-Domestic) (MTWR 1600-1650)
BA 444 International Marketing (MTWR 1200-1350)

Islamic Culture Studies

Sub-Areas

BA 410/415 International Business Essentials (DCG Non-Domestic) (MTWR 1600-1650)
FREN 340 La Femme Musulmane (in French) (MW 1000-1050) (2 units only; must be combined with a course of at least 1 additional unit to count towards requirements in this area)
GEOG 332 Geography of the Mediterranean (TR 930-1050)
GEOG 472 Exploring the Silk Road (TR 1230-1350)
HIST 311 World History to 1750 (TR 1230-1350)
SOC 303 Race & Ethnic Relations (DCG Domestic & GE Area D) (TR 1230-1350)
WS 480 Deconstructing the Veil (1 unit; meets Oct. 10 &11) (1 unit only; must be combined with a course of at least 2 additional units to count towards requirements in this area)

Language

WLC 120 Arabic Language & Culture I & II (MW 1100-1150, MWF 1200-1250)

Latin American Studies

Social Sciences

ES 310 U.S.-Mexico Border (M 1900-2150)
GEOG 344 South America (GE Area D) (TR 1400-1520)
HIST 109 Colonial Latin American History (TR 1530-1650)
HIST 393 Central America & The Caribbean (TR 930-1050)

Arts & Literatures

SPAN 345 Hispanic Cinema (W 1700-1930)

Advanced Language Proficiency

SPAN 311 Advanced Grammar & Composition (MW 1400-1520)

Pacific Basin Studies

Temporarily Suspended (current majors with this concentration area consult advisor)

Postcolonial African Studies

Literature

FREN 300 African Storytelling (DCG Non-Domestic & GE Area C) (TR 1600-1720)

Religion, Philosophy, & Culture

FREN 340 La Femme Musulmane (in French) (MW 1000-1050) (2 units only; must be combined with a course of at least 1 additional unit to count towards requirements in this area)
FREN 390 North African Women & Decolonization (meets Oct. 3-4) (1 unit only; must be combined with a course of at least 2 additional units to count towards requirements in this area)
WS 480 Deconstructing the Veil (1 unit; meets Oct. 10 &11) (1 unit only; must be combined with a course of at least 2 additional units to count towards requirements in this area)

Advanced Language Proficiency

FREN 311 Advanced French Language V / Stories of the Francophone World (MWF 1400-1450)