Advising Course Plan - International Studies Major - 3-Year Plan
This advising plan shows an example of working through the requirements for the major in three years. It is appropriate for students who have already completed eight units of coursework. The student’s individual academic plan will be developed in consultation with an adviser and reviewed each semester prior to registering for the next semester. This plan assumes that the student has taken any 100-level (introductory) language courses prior to the first semester shown in the plan. The student MUST begin their second year at or above the 200-level of their studied language.
Courses for the major that should be completed prior to the first semester of this plan: courses needed to be able to take a Language course at the 201L level or higher during the first semester.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Units | |
| ECON 104S | Foundations of Economics I | 1 |
| Language #1 Requirement (200-300 level)1 | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| INSU 201H | Foundations of Globalization | 1 |
| Language #2 Requirement (200-300 level)1 | 1 | |
| History Requiement (200-level or above)2 | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| POLI 203 | International Relations | 1 |
| Language #3 Requirement (200-300 level)1 | 1 | |
| Geographical or Cultural Emphasis #1 Requirement3 | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| POLI 325 | Political Analysis | 1 |
| Language #4 Requirement (200-300 level)1 | 1 | |
| ENSS 310V | Cultural and Political Ecology | 1 |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| ECON 324 | International Economics | 1 |
| Geographical or Cultural Emphasis #2 Requirement3 | 1 | |
| POLI 497 | Senior Research I: Proposal, Design Literature Review | 0.5 |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 3.5 | |
| Spring | ||
| POLI 498 | Senior Research II: Research Writing | 0.5 |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 3.5 | |
| Total Unit: 23 | ||
- 1
French, German, Russian, or Spanish
- 2
Modern history of Europe, Russia, Latin America, Africa, Asia or the Middle East
- 3
(ANTH or ECON or HIST or POLI or SOCI) One of two units approved by the Program Director that come from departments of the Social Sciences Division having an emphasis on a geographical region or culture.