Major requirements

Core Requirements (16 credits)

Core requirements must be taken at St. Norbert College. 

Courses

• INTL / POLI 150 Introduction to International Studies

• POLI 350 International Relations

• INTL 400 International Studies Capstone

One of the following courses:

• POLI 352 International Law and Human Rights

• POLI 353 United States Foreign Policy

• POLI 355 International Organizations

• POLI 362 The Global South in the 21st Century

SSCI 224 Basic Statistics is also highly recommended for International Studies majors.

 

Interdisciplinary Requirements (24 credits)

• All students must choose a primary geographic concentration.
• Students must take three courses from their primary geographical region.
• Students must take two courses from Global Options or from geographic concentrations other than their primary concentration.
• No more than two courses from another major may count towards the IS interdisciplinary section.
• A minimum of three courses in this section must be taken at St. Norbert College.
• Courses may not be double-counted within the IS major. 

 

1. Global Options

• ENVS 300 Environmental Science

• GEOG 140 World Regions and Issues

• GEOG 225 Social Geography

• GEOG 363 Global Urbanizations

• SSCI 301 Environment and Society

• THRS 340 World Religions in Dialogue

 

2. Africa Concentration

• HIST 117 Survey of African History 1

• HIST 119 Survey of African History 2

• HIST 320 Genocide

• HIST / WMGS 335 Women and Work

• HIST 341 Islam and Victorianism in 19th-Century Africa

• HIST 345 Slavery in World History

• WMGS / HIST 351 Women, Gender and Imperialism

• SSCI 333 Issues in African Development

 

3. Asia Concentration

• JAPN 375 Japanese Civilization

• HIST 361 Late Imperial China

• HIST 362 Modern Japan

• HIST 363 Modern China

• HIST 364 Modern Korea

• THRS / PHIL 265 Asian Philosophy and Religion

 

4. European Concentration

• FREN 375 French Civilization, Literature, and Identity: The Revolution to Modernity

• GERM 375 Modern Germany: 1850-1950

• SPAN 375 Spanish Civilization

• HIST 113 History of Western Civilization 2: Early Modern and Modern Europe

• HIST 350 The History of Modern Europe

 

5. Latin America Concentration

• HIST 131 Colonial Latin America

• HIST 132 Modern Latin America

• HIST 371 Revolutions in Latin America

• HIST 372 Borderlands in Latin America

• HIST 373 The U.S. in Latin America

• POLI 368 Latin American Politics Through Film, Art, Poetry and Music

• SPAN 365 Latin American Civilization: South America and the Caribbean

• SPAN 370 Latin American Civilization: Mexico and Central America

 

6. Middle East Concentration

• HIST 120 Survey of Middle Eastern History

• HIST 340 Israel/Palestine: The Roots of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

• HIST 341 Islam and Victorianism in 19th-Century Africa

• HIST 343 The Modern Middle East

• HIST 354 Issues in the Contemporary Middle East

 

7. United States Concentration (for international students only)

• ENGL 235 Survey of U.S. Literature 1: Beginnings to 1865

• ENGL 236 Survey of U.S. Literature 2: 1865 to the Present

• HIST 114 History of the United States 1

• HIST 115 History of the United States 2

• HIST 131 Colonial Latin America

• POLI 353 United States Foreign Policy

Total Credits Required: 40