International Studies (Minor)
The International Studies Minor is offered to all students in the 福利逼站 who want to add a significant international dimension to their departmental majors. This minor program enables students to explore international topics, issues and research from cross-cultural, transnational perspectives. The program will provide some tools that students can use to understand better the global context of the modern world and to learn the international dimensions of their chosen fields of study.
Admissions
To be admitted to the program, a student must have a GPA of at least 2.0. Application for admission to any 福利逼站 minor program is now available via MyPack Portal. Admission will be based upon the student鈥檚 academic record, and in most cases no longer requires departmental review. Go to to apply. Students interested in pursuing the International Studies minor should contact the person listed below.
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Prior to the end of the first week of the student鈥檚 final semester, the student must sign the application form, indicating all grades received for the courses completed in the minor program and the courses to be taken during the student鈥檚 final semester. Also, the form must indicate that the student has completed or is completing the foreign language requirement, which is FLx 202. The contact person below will certify the completion of the minor.
Contact Person
Dr.聽 Haddy Njie
International Studies minor coordinator
107-C 1911 Building
919.515.0448
hmnjie@ncsu.edu
SIS Code: 聽16ISM
Plan Requirements
- Completion of 15 credit hours of coursework
- Have successfully completed or completing the foreign language proficiency requirement WLxx 202. WLxx 202聽does not count as a course for the minor.
- A grade of 鈥楥-鈥� or better is required in all courses in the minor program.
- Only one (1) course at the 200-level from the three elective courses聽is permitted.
- A maximum of 迟飞辞听(2) courses may be used (double-counted) towards major departmental聽 requirements and/or requirements for any additional minor(s). Students cannot obtain a minor in their major.
- A maximum of 6 transfer credit hours may be applied towards the International Studies minor.
- No courses for the minor may be taken for S/U credit.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| 滨厂听200 | Introduction to International Studies | 3 |
| 滨厂听393 | Theories of Globalization | 3 |
| Elective Courses | ||
| Select one Elective Course in Group A | 3 | |
| Select one Elective Course in Group B | 3 | |
| Select one Elective Course in Group A or B | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 15 | |
Group A: Comparative, Problem or Issue Type Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 础狈罢听252 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| 础狈罢听254 | Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology | 3 |
| ANT/SOC 261 | Technology in Society and Culture | 3 |
| 础狈罢听412 | Applied Anthropology | 3 |
| 础狈罢听431 | Tourism, Culture and Anthropology | 3 |
| 础狈罢听433 | Anthropology of Ecotourism and Heritage Conservation | 3 |
| 础狈罢听444 | Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women | 3 |
| 础狈罢听450 | Culture, Ecology, and Sustainable Living | 3 |
| 础狈罢听460 | Urban Anthropology | 3 |
| 础搁厂听353 | Arts and Cross-Cultural Contacts | 3 |
| 颁翱惭听392 | International and Crosscultural Communication | 3 |
| 颁翱惭听447 | Communication and Globalization | 3 |
| 贰颁听348 | Introduction to International Economics | 3 |
| 贰颁听449 | International Finance | 3 |
| ENG/WL 219 | Studies in Great Works of Non-Western Literature | 3 |
| ENG/WL 223 | Contemporary World Literature I | 3 |
| ENG/WL 224 | Contemporary World Literature II | 3 |
| ENG/WL 392 | Major World Author | 3 |
| ENG/WL 394 | Studies in World Literature | 3 |
| 骋贰翱听200 | Principles of Geography | 3 |
| GEO/SOC 220 | Cultural Geography | 3 |
| 骋笔贬听201 | ||
| 贬础听201 | History of Art from Caves to the Renaissance | 3 |
| 贬础听202 | History of Art From the Renaissance Through the 20th Century | 3 |
| 贬滨听207 | Ancient Mediterranean World | 3 |
| 贬滨听208 | The Middle Ages | 3 |
| 贬滨听232 | The World from 1200 to 1750 | 3 |
| 贬滨听233 | The World Since 1750 | 3 |
| 贬滨听419 | Modern European Imperialism | 3 |
| 贬滨听453 | United States-Latin American Relations Since 1823 | 3 |
| 贬滨听454 | History of U.S. Foreign Relations, 1900-Present | 3 |
| 贬滨听465 | Oil and Crisis in the Gulf | 3 |
| 贬滨听478 | Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa | 3 |
| 滨厂听250 | Globalizing North Carolina | 3 |
| 滨厂听301 | International Cultural Competency before Study Abroad | 1 |
| 滨厂听395 | Special Topics in International Studies | 1-3 |
| 滨厂听495 | Advanced Special Topics in International Studies | 3 |
| 滨厂听498 | Independent Study in International Studies | 1-6 |
| 惭鲍厂听320 | Music of the 20th-21st Centuries | 3 |
| 笔贬滨听420 | Global Justice | 3 |
| 笔厂听231 | Introduction to International Relations | 3 |
| 笔厂听236 | Issues in Global Politics | 3 |
| 笔厂听241 | Introduction to Comparative Politics | 3 |
| 笔厂听331 | U.S. Foreign Policy | 3 |
| 笔厂听335 | International Law | 3 |
| 笔厂听336 | Global Environmental Politics | 3 |
| 笔厂听339 | Politics of the World Economy | 3 |
| 笔厂听431 | The United Nations and Global Order | 3 |
| 笔厂听433 | Global Problems and Policies | 3 |
| 笔厂听445 | Comparative Systems of Law and Justice | 3 |
| 搁贰尝听383 | Religion, Globalism, and Justice | 3 |
| 厂翱颁听342 | International Development | 3 |
| 厂翱颁听450 | Environmental Sociology | 3 |
| 厂罢厂听322 | Technological Catastrophes | 3 |
| 厂罢厂听323 | World Population and Food Prospects | 3 |
| 厂罢厂听402 | Peace and War in the Nuclear Age | 3 |
| 奥骋厂听444 | Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women | 3 |
| 奥尝厂笔听340 | Introduction to Hispanic Literatures and Cultures | 3 |
Group B: Area Studies Type
African Studies
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 础贵厂听240 | African Civilization | 3 |
| 础贵厂听241 | Introduction to African American Studies | 3 |
| 础贵厂听342 | Introduction to the African Diaspora | 3 |
| 础贵厂听343 | African American Religions | 3 |
| 础贵厂听442 | Issues in the African Diaspora | 3 |
| 础狈罢听330 | People and Cultures of Africa | 3 |
| ENG/AFS 349 | African Literature in English | 3 |
| AFS/HI 275 | Introduction to History of South and East Africa | 3 |
| AFS/HI 276 | Introduction to History of West Africa | 3 |
| AFS/HI 475 | History of the Republic of South Africa | 3 |
| 贬滨听476 | Leadership in Modern Africa | 3 |
| AFS/HI 479 | Africa (sub-Saharan) in the Twentieth Century | 3 |
| 贬滨听478 | Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa | 3 |
| 搁贰尝听340 | Islam | 3 |
East and Southeast Asia聽(formally 鈥淓ast Asian Studies鈥�)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 础狈罢听346 | Peoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia | 3 |
| ANT/WLJA 351 | Contemporary Culture in Japan | 3 |
| 础狈罢听354 | Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific | 3 |
| 贬滨听263 | Asian Civilizations to 1800 | 3 |
| 贬滨听264 | Modern Asia: 1800 to Present | 3 |
| 贬滨听371 | Modern Japan, 1850 to Present | 3 |
| 贬滨听471 | Revolutionary China | 3 |
| 贬滨听473 | Japan's Empire in Asia, 1868-1945 | 3 |
| 惭鲍厂听350 | Music of Asia | 3 |
| 笔厂听342 | Politics of China and Japan | 3 |
| 搁贰尝听230 | Asian Religions | 3 |
| 搁贰尝听332 | The Buddhist Traditions | 3 |
| 搁贰尝听333 | Chinese Religions | 3 |
| 搁贰尝听334 | Japanese Religions | 3 |
| 奥尝闯础听342 | Classical Japanese Literature in Translation | 3 |
| 奥尝闯础听344 | Early Modern Japanese Literature in Translation | 3 |
| 奥尝闯础听345 | Modern Japanese Literature in Translation | 3 |
| WLJA/ANT 351 | Contemporary Culture in Japan | 3 |
South Asia and Middle East聽(formally 鈥淪outh and West Asian Studies鈥�)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 础狈罢听346 | Peoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia | 3 |
| 贬滨听263 | Asian Civilizations to 1800 | 3 |
| 贬滨听264 | Modern Asia: 1800 to Present | 3 |
| 贬滨听270 | Modern Middle East | 3 |
| 贬滨听370 | Modern Egypt | 3 |
| 贬滨听374 | Visual Culture of Modern South Asia | 3 |
| 贬滨听400 | Civilization of the Ancient Near East | 3 |
| HI/REL 407 | Islamic History to 1798 | 3 |
| HI/REL 408 | Islam in the Modern World | 3 |
| 贬滨听465 | Oil and Crisis in the Gulf | 3 |
| 贬滨听466 | History of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict | 3 |
| 贬滨听474 | Modern India | 3 |
| 贬滨听477 | Women in the Middle East | 3 |
| 惭鲍厂听350 | Music of Asia | 3 |
| 笔厂听343 | Government and Politics in South Asia | 3 |
| 笔厂听345 | Governments and Politics in the Middle East | 3 |
| 搁贰尝听331 | The Hindu Tradition | 3 |
| 搁贰尝听332 | The Buddhist Traditions | 3 |
| 搁贰尝听340 | Islam | 3 |
| 搁贰尝听350 | Judaism | 3 |
| 奥尝础搁听301 | Advanced Intermediate Arabic I | 3 |
| 奥尝贬鲍听301 | Twentieth Century Hindi & Urdu Fiction | 3 |
| 奥尝贬鲍听302 | Modern Hindi & Urdu Poetry | 3 |
| 奥尝贬鲍听401 | Hindi Literature and South Asian Cultural Contexts | 3 |
European Studies
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 础搁厂听251 | The Arts of a World Capital: London | 3 |
| 础搁厂听252 | The Arts of Vienna 1900 | 3 |
| ENG/WL 220 | Studies in Great Works of Western Literature | 3 |
| ENG/WL 221 | Literature of the Western World I | 3 |
| ENG/WL 222 | Literature of the Western World II | 3 |
| ENG/WL 246 | Literature of the Holocaust | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听251 | Major British Writers | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听261 | English Literature I | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听262 | English Literature II | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听362 | Studies in the British Novel | 3 |
| ENG/WL 406 | Modernism | 3 |
| ENG/WL 407 | Postmodernism | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听439 | Studies in English Renaissance Literature | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听452 | Medieval British Literature | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听453 | Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听460 | Major British Author | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听462 | 18th-Century English Literature | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听463 | The Victorian Period | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听464 | British Literature and the Founding of Empire | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听465 | British Literature and the Dissolution of Empire | 3 |
| 贬础听401 | 19th Century European Art from Revolution to Post-Impressionism | 3 |
| 贬础听404 | Italian Renaissance Art and Material Culture | 3 |
| 贬滨听205 | Western Civilization Since 1400 | 3 |
| 贬滨听209 | From Renaissance to Revolution: The Origins of Modern Europe | 3 |
| 贬滨听210 | Modern Europe 1815-Present | 3 |
| 贬滨听221 | British History to 1688 | 3 |
| 贬滨听222 | History of British Cultures and Societies From 1688 | 3 |
| 贬滨听332 | Germany and the World Wars | 3 |
| 贬滨听338 | Empire, War, and Revolution in Russia | 3 |
| 贬滨听403 | Ancient Greek Civilization | 3 |
| 贬滨听404 | Rome to 337 A.D. | 3 |
| 贬滨听405 | History and Archaeology of the Roman Empire | 3 |
| 贬滨听406 | From Roman Empire to Middle Ages | 3 |
| 贬滨听410 | Italian Renaissance | 3 |
| 贬滨听411 | Trials of Faith: Religious Reformation in Early-Modern Europe | 3 |
| 贬滨听412 | The Sexes and Society in Early-Modern Europe | 3 |
| 贬滨听414 | From Kings to Revolution: The History of Early-Modern France | 3 |
| 贬滨听415 | The French Revolution | 3 |
| 贬滨听418 | Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany | 3 |
| 贬滨听419 | Modern European Imperialism | 3 |
| 贬滨听421 | European Intellectual History: The Eighteenth Century | 3 |
| 贬滨听422 | European Intellectual History: The 19th Century | 3 |
| 贬滨听423 | Women in European Enlightenment | 3 |
| 贬滨听425 | Tudor and Stuart England | 3 |
| 贬滨听429 | 20th Century Britain | 3 |
| 贬滨听430 | Modern France | 3 |
| 贬滨听483 | Science and Religion in European History | 3 |
| 贬滨听484 | Science in European Culture | 3 |
| 惭鲍厂听310 | Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries | 3 |
| 惭鲍厂听315 | Music of the 19th Century | 3 |
| 笔厂听341 | European Politics | 3 |
| 搁贰尝听350 | Judaism | 3 |
| 奥尝听216 | Art and Society in France | 3 |
| 奥尝颁尝听210 | Classical Mythology | 3 |
| 奥尝贵搁听212 | French: Language, Culture, and Technology | 3 |
| 奥尝贵搁听301 | Survey of French Literature from the Middle Ages through the Enlightenment | 3 |
| 奥尝贵搁听302 | Survey of French Literature from Romanticism to the Contemporary Period | 3 |
| 奥尝贵搁听315 | French Civilization and Culture | 3 |
| 奥尝贵搁听318 | The Heritage of French Cinema | 3 |
| 奥尝贵搁听321 | French Cultures and Contexts | 3 |
| 奥尝贵搁听425 | Literature, Cinema and Culture of the Francophone World | 3 |
| 奥尝骋贰听212 | German Language, Culture, Science, and Technology | 3 |
| 奥尝骋贰听315 | Germanic Civilization and Culture | 3 |
| 奥尝骋贰听318 | New German Cinema and Beyond | 3 |
| 奥尝骋贰听320 | Introduction to German Literature | 3 |
| 奥尝骋贰听323 | Twentieth Century German Literature | 3 |
| 奥尝骋贰听325 | German Lyric Poetry | 3 |
| 奥尝骋贰听390 | German Studies Topics | 3 |
| 奥尝骋贰听398 | Independent Study in German | 1-6 |
| 奥尝骋贰听420 | Current Issues in German-Language Media | 3 |
| 奥尝骋贰听430 | Cultural Artifacts in the German-Speaking Countries | 3 |
| 奥尝骋贰听440 | Green Germany: Nature and Environment in German Speaking Cultures | 3 |
| 奥尝骋贰听492 | Senior Seminar in German Studies | 3 |
| 奥尝滨罢听318 | Italian Society Through Cinema | 3 |
| 奥尝搁鲍听303 | Russian Literature in Translation: The Nineteenth Century | 3 |
| 奥尝搁鲍听304 | Russian Literature in Translation: The Twentieth Century | 3 |
| 奥尝搁鲍听318 | Russian Cinema and Society | 3 |
| 奥尝厂笔听341 | Literature and Culture of Spain I | 3 |
| 奥尝厂笔听342 | Literature and Culture of Spain II | 3 |
| 奥尝厂笔听343 | Literature and Culture of Spain III | 3 |
| 奥尝厂笔听360 | Hispanic Cinema | 3 |
| 奥尝厂笔听411 | Topics in the Culture of Spain | 3 |
| 奥尝厂笔听413 | Spain and the Americas in Transatlantic Perspective | 3 |
Latin American Studies
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 础狈罢听315 | The Aztecs, Maya, and Their Predecessors: Archaeology of Mesoamerica | 3 |
| 础狈罢听325 | Andean South America | 3 |
| 贬滨听215 | Colonial Latin America | 3 |
| 贬滨听216 | Modern Latin America | 3 |
| 贬滨听453 | United States-Latin American Relations Since 1823 | 3 |
| 贬滨听454 | History of U.S. Foreign Relations, 1900-Present | 3 |
| 贬滨听467 | Modern Mexico | 3 |
| 贬滨听469 | Latin American Revolutions | 3 |
| 笔厂听443 | Seminar in Latin American & Caribbean Politics | 3 |
| 厂奥听440 | International Learning Experience in Social Work | 6 |
| 奥尝厂笔听351 | Literature and Culture of Latin America I | 3 |
| 奥尝厂笔听352 | Literature and Culture of Latin America II | 3 |
| 奥尝厂笔听353 | Literature and Culture of Latin America III | 3 |
| 奥尝厂笔听360 | Hispanic Cinema | 3 |
| 奥尝厂笔听412 | Topics in the Culture of Latin America and the Caribbean | 3 |
| 奥尝厂笔听413 | Spain and the Americas in Transatlantic Perspective | 3 |