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The International Studies Program
Technology and the forces of cultural and economic integration are reducing the distances between societies. At the same time, ethnic, religious, and economic conflicts continue to erupt within and among societies. Both the proximity of other societies and the remaining divides within and among them demand a better understanding of their cultures and institutions. Societies cannot be understood in isolation or at a single point in time, however; they are shaped by global and regional environments—including their political, military, economic, and cultural interests—and their pasts. Individuals and societies in turn shape those environments as they reinterpret their histories.
The International Studies Program is multidisciplinary and builds on the strengths of existing international specializations at UC San Diego. International relations and comparative politics are established and distinguished fields of political science. Economic theory and methodologies are critical to an understanding of the global world. The comparative study of societies and cultures lies at the core of sociology and anthropology. Literature and linguistics offer a rich array of courses concerned with languages and traditions outside English-speaking societies. And area studies programs provide comprehensive understanding of particular countries and regions.
The international studies major provides students with both a firm grounding in a discipline and the flexibility to permit exploration from alternative perspectives. The Primary Track and Interdisciplinary Electives chosen by each student contain the disciplinary foundations of the major. International studies majors also complete two core courses (INTL 101: Culture and Society in International Perspective and INTL 102: Economics, Politics and International Change) that serve as gateways to disciplinary approaches and to central international and comparative issues that cut across disciplines. Among the subjects considered are cultural boundaries and identities, economic and social development, international and regional integration and their effects, the evolution of political and social institutions, and forms of communication and language. A required capstone research seminar (INTL 190) permits the completion of a research paper in close association with a member of the faculty. International studies majors benefit throughout from the activities and programs of the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS), the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS), the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies (CILAS), and many other departments on campus.
Education Abroad
Majors in international studies are encouraged to participate in the UC Education Abroad Program (EAP) and UC San Diego’s Opportunities Abroad Program (OAP). Subject to approval by the faculty director of the major, up to six courses taken through EAP/OAP will be accepted for credit toward the major. Students are strongly encouraged to complete INTL 101 and INTL 102 before departure. Students interested in studying abroad should see an international studies program adviser to discuss appropriate courses and programs for their plan of study. Information on EAP/OAP is given in the Education Abroad Program section of the UC San Diego General Catalog. Interested students should contact the Programs Abroad Office in the International Center and visit its website at http://programsabroad.ucsd.edu. Financial aid can be used for EAP/OAP study. Special study abroad scholarships are also available.
For information on study abroad at ISP, visit http://isp.ucsd.edu and http://programsabroad.ucsd.edu/pao/pdffiles/newintlabroadmap.pdf.
Careers
International studies attracts students who are interested in a variety of careers, including government and international organizations, international business, nongovernmental organizations, journalism, education, the arts, and the media. Because of its strong disciplinary core, the major also prepares students who wish to pursue graduate degree programs in international affairs or in one of the participating disciplines.
Honors
The Honors Program in International Studies recognizes academic excellence in the major. The Honors Program allows qualified students to complete an honors thesis on a topic of their choice in close collaboration with a member of the UC San Diego faculty. Students who wish to participate in the Honors Program in International Studies should indicate their interest in the spring quarter of their junior year. Honors program applications are available on the ISP website. Applications are due by Monday of the ninth week, the quarter before you enroll in 190H.
Refer to http://isp.ucsd.edu/undergraduate/honors.html for additional requirements and information pertaining to the ISP Honors Program.
Requirements for the Honors Program
Candidates for honors in any of the International Studies degrees must meet the following requirements:
- A GPA of 3.5 in courses in the International Studies Major (INTL 101, 102, Primary Track, and Interdisciplinary Elective courses)
- Completion of INTL 190H: Senior Honors Seminar in International Studies.
- Completion of a senior honors thesis (INTL 196H). On the recommendation of the student’s instructor in INTL 190H and with the approval of the director of the International Studies Program, qualified students will enroll in INTL 196H: Directed Thesis Research (4 units) and complete a senior honors thesis under the direction of a member of the International Studies faculty. The thesis must reflect a research project that is substantially broader in scope and that includes more original research than the research paper required of all International Studies students in INTL 190.
Criteria for Distinction, High Distinction, and Highest Distinction
- Students must maintain a 3.5 GPA in the major to graduate with distinction.
- Each student whose honors thesis also earns a grade of A– shall be entitled to the designation With Distinction.
- Each student whose honors thesis earns a grade of A shall be entitled to the designation With High Distinction.
- Each student whose honors thesis earns a grade of A+ shall be entitled to the designation With Highest Distinction.
Please refer to the International Studies Program website for additional requirements.
The International Studies Major
A student who satisfactorily completes the general-education requirements of Muir, Revelle, Marshall, Warren, Roosevelt, or Sixth College in addition to the international studies requirements described below will be awarded one of the following bachelor of arts degrees based upon selection of the Primary Track:
International Studies—Anthropology
International Studies—Economics
International Studies—History
International Studies—Linguistics
International Studies—Literature
International Studies—Political Science
International Studies—Sociology
All upper-division courses applied to the requirements of the major must be taken for a letter grade. A 2.0 grade point average is required in the major, and students must earn at least a C– in each course counted for the major. Transfer students should see the International Studies Program adviser to determine whether courses taken elsewhere satisfy international studies major requirements.
Lower-Division Requirements
Foreign language (four quarters of college-level language or equivalent proficiency).
Students majoring in international studies are required to demonstrate basic proficiency in a foreign language by completing four quarters of foreign language instruction (or equivalent) with a passing grade. Students may also complete this requirement by demonstrating advanced language ability on a proficiency exam.
College-level language study is a prerequisite for study abroad in most non-English speaking countries and enhances understanding of those societies. Students who plan to study abroad in non-English speaking countries may need to take additional language classes, and they will need to take all language courses for a letter grade.
Students should make substantial progress toward fulfilling college general-education requirements and the foreign language requirement of the international studies major before beginning the core sequence of the international studies major.
Upper-Division Requirements
The upper-division requirements for a major in international studies are
- Two core courses (INTL 101 and INTL 102)
- A capstone seminar (INTL 190)
- Eight 4-unit, upper-division, non-language courses in a Primary Track
- Three 4-unit, upper-division, non-language courses chosen from an ISP Interdisciplinary Elective list (Courses may not be from Primary Track department.)
- Regional Requirement
Core Courses
Two core courses (INTL 101 and INTL 102) provide an intellectual gateway to central issues and disciplinary approaches in international studies. Students may begin the sequence with either course. Sophomore status is a prerequisite for both courses.
INTL 101. Culture and Society in International Perspective (4)
INTL 102. Economics, Politics, and International Change (4)
Capstone Seminar
All majors will complete the capstone seminar during their senior year. Students are required to complete a research paper for this course.
INTL 190. Seminar in International Studies (4)
Regional Requirement
Of the eleven Primary Track and Interdisciplinary Elective courses (eight Primary Track and three Interdisciplinary Electives), three courses must concentrate on one country or region outside the United States to complete the International Studies Program regional requirement.
Departments Offering A Primary Track
Anthropology
Primary Track: Students are required to take at least one course from the following:
ANTH 101. Foundations of Social Complexity
ANTH 102. Human Evolution
ANTH 103. Sociocultural Anthropology
The remaining upper-division courses should be selected from the Anthropology: Sociocultural (ANSC) and Archaeology (ANAR) listings. Up to two approved courses from Anthropology: Biological (ANBI) may also be counted toward the major with the approval of the International Studies Program adviser.
Economics
Primary Track: IS majors must satisfy the following six lower-division department requirements with a C– or better:
Calculus. Mathematics 10A-B-C or Mathematics 20A-B-C and Economics 1, 2, 3
Upper-division courses may be selected from
Economics 100A-B-C. Microeconomics
Economics 110A-B. Macroeconomics
Economics 120A-B-C. Econometrics
Economics 101. International Trade
Economics 103. International Monetary Relations
Economics 114. Economics of Immigration
Economics 116. Economic Development
Economics 117. Economic Growth
Economics 125. Demographic Analysis and Forecasting
Economics 131. Economics of the Environment
Economics 132. Energy Economics
Economics 133. International Environmental Agreements
Economics 144. Economics of Conservation
Economics 145. Economics of Ocean Resources
Economics 161. Global Integration of Latin America
Economics 162. Economics of Mexico
Economics 163. Japanese Economy
Economics 165. Middle East Economics
ISP Economics Track students must take Economics 101 or Economics 103 or Economics 116 and at least one of the following:
Economics 101. International Trade
Economics 103. International Monetary Relations
Economics 114. Economics of Immigration
Economics 116. Economic Development
Economics 117. Economic Growth
Economics 125. Demographic Analysis and Forecasting
Economics 131. Economics of the Environment
Economics 132. Energy Economics
Economics 133. International Environmental Agreements
Economics 144. Economics of Conservation
Economics 145. Economics of Ocean Resources
Economics 161. Global Integration of Latin America
Economics 162. Economics of Mexico
Economics 163. Japanese Economy
Economics 165. Middle East Economics
History
Primary Track: At least six of eight courses must be taken in any of the following categories:
History of Africa (HIAF)
History of Europe (HIEU)
History of East Asia (HIEA)
History of the Near East (HINE), with the exception of HINE 151, 152, 153
History of Latin America (HILA)
History of Science (HISC)
History of Religion (HIRE) and/or History Topics (HITO), except HITO 194–199
Up to two courses may be taken in History of the United States (HIUS).
Linguistics
Primary Track: Eight upper-division courses in linguistics, which must include LIGN 101 (Introduction to the Study of Language) and at least three courses from the following list:
LIGN 105. Law and Language
LIGN 108. Languages of Africa
LIGN 141. Language Structures
LIGN 142. Language Typology
LIGN 143. Structure of Spanish
LIGN 150. Historical Linguistics
LIGN 155. Evolution of Language
LIGN 174. Gender and Language in Society
LIGN 175. Sociolinguistics
LIGN 176. Language of Politics and Advertising
LIGN 177. Multilingualism
At most, one of the eight courses can be LIGN 199 (Independent Study in Linguistics) by petition.
Literature
Primary Track: Eight upper-division courses may be selected from the following:
Literatures in English (LTEN)
LTEN 188. Contemporary Caribbean Literature
LTEN 189. Twentieth-Century Postcolonial Literatures
Literatures of the World (LTWL)
LTWL 140. Novel and History in the Third World
LTWL 141. Islam and Modernity
LTWL 149. The Last Turn of the Century in the West
LTWL 150. Modernity and Literature
LTWL 151. Religion and Politics
LTWL 152. Introduction to Islam
LTWL 153. Literature, Religion, and Culture in Iran
LTWL 157. Iranian Film
LTWL 167. Russia and the Jewish Imagination from the Enlightenment to the Present
LTWL 168. Death and Desire in India
Literatures of the Americas (LTAM)
LTAM 110. Latin American Literature in Translation
LTAM 111. Comparative Caribbean Discourse
LTAM 130. Reading North by South
LTAM 132. The Dark Side of Enlightenment in Spain, the Americas, and the Philippines
Literature/Cultural Studies (LTCS)
LTCS 133. Globalization and Culture
LTCS 141. Race and Empire
LTCS 145. National Cultures in Colonial and Postcolonial Contexts
And all courses listed under
African Literatures (LTAF)
Literatures in Chinese (LTCH)
East Asian Literatures (LTEA)
European and Eurasian Literature (LTEU) with exception of LTEU 100, 102, 105
Literatures in French (LTFR) with exception of LTFR 160
Literatures in German (LTGM)
Literatures in Italian (LTIT) with exception of LTIT 161
Korean Literature (LTKO)
Literatures in Portuguese (LTPR)
Russian Literature (LTRU) with exception of LTRU 104A, B, C
Literatures in Spanish (LTSP) with exception of LTSP 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 160, 162, 166
With approval of the undergraduate adviser, students may take up to two theory or methods courses selected from Literature/Theory (LTTH) courses LTTH 110, LTTH 115, or LTTH 150, and from among the Literature/Cultural Studies (LTCS) courses LTCS 100, LTCS 102, or LTCS 120.
Political Science
Primary Track: Eight courses selected from the following. All courses numbered Poli Sci 120 through Poli Sci 159:
Comparative Politics: Poli Sci 120A through Poli Sci 139A
International Relations: Poli Sci 140A through Poli Sci 159
Up to three courses may be from the following subfields:
American Politics: Poli Sci 100A through Poli Sci 108
Political Theory: Poli Sci 110A through Poli Sci 119A
Policy Analysis: Poli Sci 160AA through Poli Sci 168
Research Methods: Poli Sci 170A and Poli Sci 181
Sociology
Primary Track: Eight upper-division courses selected from the following list:
SOCI 111E. Human Rights–Principles and Problems
SOCI 111F. Human Rights–Practices and Cases
SOCI 125. Sociology of Immigration
SOCI 133. Immigration in Comparative Perspective
SOCI 134. The Making of Modern Medicine
SOCI 136E. Sociology of Mental Illness: A Historical Approach
SOCI 136F. Sociology of Mental Illness in Contemporary Society
SOCI 148. Political Sociology
SOCI 156. Sociology of Religion
SOCI 157. Religion in Contemporary Society
SOCI 158. Islam in the Modern World
SOCI 162R. Religion and Popular Culture in East Asia
SOCI 163. Migration and the Law
SOCI 169. Citizenship, Community, and Culture
SOCI 175. Nationality and Citizenship
SOCI 176. War and Society
SOCI 177. International Terrorism
SOCI 178. The Holocaust
SOCI 179. Social Change
SOCI 180. Social Movements and Social Protest
SOCI 181. Modern Western Society
SOCI 182. Ethnicity and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America
SOCI 183. Minorities and Nations
SOCI 185. Globalization and Social Development
SOCI 187. African Societies through Films
SOCI 188D. Latin America: Society and Politics
SOCI 188E. Community and Social Change in Africa
SOCI 188F. Modern Jewish Societies and Israeli Society
SOCI 188G. Chinese Society
SOCI 188H. Social Movements in Latin America
SOCI 188J. Change in Modern South Africa
SOCI 188O. Dilemmas of Israeli Society
SOCI 189. Special Topics in Comparative-Historical Sociology
Note: SOCI 189 must be preapproved by program adviser.
Interdisciplinary Electives Course List
(Students must take three of the following.)
Anthropology
ANTH 101. Foundations of Social Complexity
ANTH 102. Humans are Cultural Animals
ANTH 103. Sociocultural Anthropology
You may also choose any four-unit, upper-division, nonlanguage course from the following categories:
Anthropology: Sociocultural (ANSC)
Archaeology (ANAR)
Communication
COMM 100C. Social Formations
COMM 104D. Comparative Media Systems: Asia
COMM 104E. Comparative Media Systems: Europe
COMM 104F. Comparative Media Systems: Africa
COMM 104G. Comparative Media Systems: Latin America and the Caribbean
COMM 104M. Comparative Media Systems: Middle East
COMM 106G. Cultural Industries: Tourism: Global Industry and Cultural Form
COMM 110I. Language, Literacy and Communication: Social Organization and the Individual
COMM 111G. Communication and Cultural Production: Popular Culture
COMM 111W. Communication and Cultural Production: Politics of World Music
COMM 112G. Interaction and Mediation: Language and Globalization
COMM 114C. Communication and Social Institutions: Gender, Labor, and Culture in the Global Economy
COMM 128. Education and Global Citizenship
COMM 131. Communication, Dissent, and the Formation of Social Movements
COMM 138. Black Women, Feminism, and Media
COMM 140. Cinema in Latin America
COMM 141. African Cinema
COMM 142. Cuban Cinema
COMM 152. Global Economy and Consumer Culture
COMM 156. Colonialism and Communication
COMM 160. Political Economy and International Communication
COMM 168. Bilingual Communication
COMM 179. Global Nature/Global Culture
Economics
Economics 101. International Trade
Economics 103. International Monetary Relations
Economics 114. Economics of Immigration
Economics 116. Economic Development
Economics 117. Economic Growth
Economics 125. Demographic Analysis and Forecasting
Economics 131. Economics of the Environment
Economics 132. Energy Economics
Economics 133. International Environmental Agreements
Economics 144. Economics of Conservation
Economics 145. Economics of Ocean Resources
Economics 161. Global Integration of Latin America
Economics 162. Economics of Mexico
Economics 163. Japanese Economy
Economics 165. Middle East Economics
History
Any four-unit, upper-division, non-language course from the following categories:
History of Africa (HIAF)
History of Europe (HIEU)
History of East Asia (HIEA)
History of the Near East (HINE)
History of Latin America (HILA)
History of Science (HISC)
History of Religion (HIRE)
History Topics (HITO), except HITO 194–199
Linguistics
LIGN 105. Law and Language
LIGN 108. Languages of Africa
LIGN 141. Language Structures
LIGN 143. Structure of Spanish
LIGN 150. Historical Linguistics
LIGN 155. Evolution of Language
LIGN 174. Gender and Language in Society
LIGN 175. Sociolinguistics
LIGN 176. Language of Politics and Advertising
LIGN 177. Multilingualism
Literature
Literatures in English (LTEN)
LTEN 188. Contemporary Caribbean Literature
LTEN 189. Twentieth-Century Postcolonial Literatures
Literatures of the World (LTWL)
LTWL 140. Novel and History in the Third World
LTWL 141. Islam and Modernity
LTWL 149. The Last Turn of the Century in the West
LTWL 150. Modernity and Literature
LTWL 151. Religion and Politics
LTWL 152. Introduction to Islam
LTWL 153. Literature, Religion, and Culture in Iran
LTWL 157. Iranian Film
LTWL 167. Russia and the Jewish Imagination from the Enlightenment to the Present
LTWL 168. Death and Desire in India
Literatures of the Americas (LTAM)
LTAM 110. Latin American Literature in Translation
LTAM 111. Comparative Caribbean Discourse
LTAM 130. Reading North by South
LTAM 132. The Dark Side of Enlightenment in Spain, the Americas, and the Philippines
Literature/Cultural Studies (LTCS)
LTCS 133. Globalization and Culture
LTCS 141. Race and Empire
LTCS 145. National Cultures in Colonial and Postcolonial Contexts
You may also choose any four-unit, upper-division, non-language course from the following categories:
African Literatures (LTAF)
Literatures in Chinese (LTCH)
East Asian Literatures (LTEA)
European and Eurasian Literature (LTEU) with exception of LTEU 100, 102, 105
Literatures in French (LTFR) with exception of LTFR 160
Literatures in German (LTGM)
Literatures in Italian (LTIT) with exception of LTIT 161
Korean Literature (LTKO)
Literatures in Portuguese (LTPR)
Russian Literature (LTRU) with exception of LTRU 104A, B, C
Literatures in Spanish (LTSP) with exception of LTSP 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 160, 162, 166
Music
MUS 111. Topics/World Music Traditions (ONLY when not on the US)
Political Science
Comparative Politics: POLI 120A through POLI 139A
International Relations: POLI 140A through POLI 159
Sociology
SOCI 111E. Human Rights–Principles and Problems
SOCI 111F. Human Rights–Practices and Cases
SOCI 121. Economy and Society
SOCI 125. Sociology of Immigration
SOCI 128. Religion and Popular Culture in East Asia
SOCI 133. Immigration in Comparative Perspective
SOCI 134. The Making of Modern Medicine
SOCI 136E. Sociology of Mental Illness: A Historical Approach
SOCI 136F. Sociology of Mental Illness in Contemporary Society
SOCI 148. Political Sociology
SOCI 156. Sociology of Religion
SOCI 157. Religion in Contemporary Society
SOCI 158. Islam in the Modern World
SOCI 162R. Religion and Popular Culture in East Asia
SOCI 163. Migration and the Law
SOCI 169. Citizenship, Community, and Culture
SOCI 175. Nationality and Citizenship
SOCI 176. War and Society
SOCI 177. International Terrorism
SOCI 178. The Holocaust
SOCI 179. Social Change
SOCI 180. Social Movements and Social Protest
SOCI 181. Modern Western Society
SOCI 182. Ethnicity and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America
SOCI 185. Globalization and Social Development
SOCI 187. African Societies through Films
SOCI 188D. Latin America: Society and Politics
SOCI 188E. Community and Social Change in Africa
SOCI 188F. Modern Jewish Societies and Israeli Society
SOCI 188G. Chinese Society
SOCI 188J. Change in Modern South Africa
SOCI 188M. Social Movements in Latin America
SOCI 188O. Dilemmas of Israeli Society
SOCI 189. Special Topics in Comparative-Historical Sociology
Note: SOCI 189 must be preapproved by program adviser.
Visual Arts
VIS 105D. The Aesthetics of Chinese Calligraphy
VIS 122CN. Defining High Renaissance Art
VIS 122D. Michelangelo
VIS 125F. Latin American Film
VIS 126AN. Pre-Columbian Art of the Ancient Mexico and Central America
VIS 126BN. Art and Civilization/Ancient Maya
VIS 126C. Problems in Meso-American Art History
VIS 126D. Problems in Ancient Maya Iconography and Inscriptions
VIS 126P. Latin American Art: Modern to Postmodern 1890–1950
VIS 126Q. Latin American Art: Modern to Postmodern 1950–Present
VIS 127B. Arts of China
VIS 127C. Arts of Modern China
VIS 127D. Early Chinese Painting
VIS 127E. Later Chinese Painting
VIS 127G. Twentieth-Century Chinese Art
VIS 127N. Twentieth-Century Art in China and Japan
VIS 127P. Arts of Japan
VIS 126R. Latin American Photography
VIS 128D. Topics in Art History of the Americas
VIS 128B. Topics in Early Modern Art History (when NOT on US)
VIS 128E. Topics in Art History of Asia
VIS 129B. Seminar in Early Modern Art History (when NOT on US)
VIS 152. Film in the Social Context (when International in content)
Bachelor of Arts/Master of International Affairs (BA/MIA)
The International Studies Program and the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) have collaborated to create a contiguous Bachelor of Arts/Master of International Affairs Program (BA/MIA). The program is designed specifically for selected UC San Diego undergraduate majors in international studies who seek advanced training for leadership positions in the Pacific Rim community. In addition to serving the needs of UC San Diego undergraduate students, the program creates a societal benefit by providing students with advanced training that is suitable for a wide array of careers in government, industry, nonprofit institutions, and other organizations involved in the international affairs of the Pacific Rim.
The BA/MIA Program retains and builds on the interdisciplinary core of the existing international studies degree and adds to it the professional training of a one-year Master of International Affairs professional degree (final year of the program). This program permits undergraduates to incorporate graduate-level courses into their senior year of the international studies major. The degree provides an interdisciplinary program of study in the international studies major during the first four years. It is expected that up to ten undergraduate students will be accepted into this program each year. Some students may take longer to complete the BA/MIA degree if they enter UC San Diego as transfers or opt to study abroad for a year.
The structure of the program is as follows:
Freshman to Junior Year
Undergraduate lower- and upper-division course work; general-education, language courses, INTL courses, major prerequisites, and half the undergraduate track courses. Application to the BA/MIA Program is made in the spring of a student’s junior year.
Senior Year
Students are still undergraduates, but the majority of course work is completed at IR/PS at the graduate level; at the end of the senior year, students graduate with a BA in international studies.
Summer
Required summer internship between undergraduate graduation and matriculation to graduate student status.
Final Year—Graduate Status
Students matriculate into IR/PS as graduate students and complete remaining graduate course work. Upon successful completion, they graduate with a master of international affairs (MIA) at end of year five.
Note: The undergraduate requirements for this program are different from those for the standard ISP major. The BA/MIA Program requires students to have a Primary Track (eight courses) and Secondary Track (five). This program is only open to students whose primary and secondary tracks are economics and political science, in either order.
Students apply to the program in their junior year. Acceptance is tentative until successful completion of the senior year and the required summer internship. Admission requires the completion of all lower division course work for the major. In the final year, the student is officially accepted into the MIA program and begins to pay professional fees.
The BA/MIA Program is much more rigidly structured than the regular IS major. Students will need to meet frequently with the International Studies Program academic adviser from their first year onward to ensure proper course selection each quarter. Once admitted to the BA/MIA Program, students should also meet with the academic advisers at IRPS.
The approved course list for the BA/MIA Program is different from the list for the regular IS major. Please be sure to consult the appropriate list to find approved courses.
Students must study a Pacific Rim foreign language for this program because the language must match the IR/PS region of specialization during the fifth year. Consult the ISP website for a complete list of approved BA/MIA languages and their corresponding IR/PS regions.
Students must complete a minimum of four quarters of a Pacific Rim foreign language in order to meet the BA requirement. Two additional quarters are required for the MIA It is recommended (but not required) that students complete all six quarters at the undergraduate level.
Students choosing to satisfy their language requirement by taking six quarters of course work as undergraduates must earn a grade of C– or better. If they take their final quarter of language after matriculating to graduate standing, students must earn a grade of B or better in their sixth quarter of language.
For additional information about the BA/MIA Program, please visit our website at http://isp.ucsd.edu. For application information and admissions criteria, please visit https://gradapply.ucsd.edu/.
The International Studies Minor
The international studies minor is designed to offer students an introduction to the interdisciplinary investigation of other societies and the forces of global integration and conflict. To receive a minor in international studies, a student must complete seven four-unit courses (twenty-eight units).
(A) Language requirement
ALL minors must demonstrate basic proficiency in a modern foreign language by completing four quarters of foreign language instruction (or equivalent). Students may also complete this requirement by demonstrating advanced language ability on a proficiency exam. Students completing the language requirement through waiver (700 or better on SAT II language exam or if you attended high school outside the U.S.) or proficiency will fulfill the language component of the minor by completing one of these requirements but no course credit will be applied toward the seven courses required for the minor.
Up to two courses in foreign language can be included in the seven courses required for the minor. These may be lower-division courses but must be taken for a C– or better to apply. The remaining five courses must be upper-division courses in the humanities and social sciences. (See below.)
(B) Additional course requirements
- All minors must take INTL 101 and INTL 102. INTL 101 and 102 may be taken in any order and are offered during different quarters throughout the academic year. You will need to receive department approval to enroll in INTL 101 and INTL 102. INTL 101 and 102 are gateway courses and should be taken in the sophomore or junior year.
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The remaining three to five courses (depending on the number of language courses applied to the minor) must be distributed in two broad tracks. Students must take at least one course in each of two tracks:
Track 1. Economics, Politics, and International Change
Track 2. Culture and Society in International Perspective
(See course listings for each track.)
- The minor must include courses from at least two departments.
- All courses applied to the minor (including applicable language courses) must receive a letter grade of C– or better.
- Minors in international studies are encouraged to participate in the UC Education Abroad Program (EAP) and UC San Diego’s Opportunities Abroad Program (OAP). Subject to approval by the IS faculty director, up to three courses taken through EAP/OAP or at another university will be accepted for credit toward the minor.
TRACKS IN THE INTERNATIONAL STUDIES MINOR
Track 1: Economics, Politics, and International Change
Communication
COMM 104F. Comparative Media Systems: Africa
COMM 114E. Communication and Social Institutions: Gender, Labor, and Culture in the Global Economy
COMM 131. Communication, Dissent, and the Formation of Social Movements
COMM 152. Global Economy and Consumer Culture
COMM 160. Political Economy and International Communication
Economics
Economics 101. International Trade
Economics 103. International Monetary Relations
Economics 114. Economics of Immigration
Economics 116. Economic Development
Economics 117. Economic Growth
Economics 125. Demographic Analysis and Forecasting
Economics 131. Economics of the Environment
Economics 132. Energy Economics
Economics 133. International Environmental Agreements
Economics 144. Economics of Conservation
Economics 145. Economics of Ocean Resources
Economics 161. Global Integration of Latin America
Economics 162. Economics of Mexico
Economics 163. Japanese Economy
Economics 165. Middle East Economics
History
HIAF 111. Modern Africa Since 1880
HIAF 112. West Africa Since 1880
HIAF 113. Small Wars and the Global Order: Africa and Asia
HIAF 120. History of South Africa
HIAF 123. West Africa from Earliest of Times to 1800
HIAF 130. African Society and the Slave Trade
HIEA 111. Japan: Twelfth to Mid-Nineteenth Centuries
HIEA 112. Japan: From the Mid-Nineteenth Century through the US Occupation
HIEA 113. The Fifteen-Year War in Asia and the Pacific
HIEA 114. Postwar Japan
HIEA 116. Japan-U.S. Relations
HIEA 130. History of the Modern Chinese Revolution: 1800–1911
HIEA 131. History of the Modern Chinese Revolution: 1911–1949
HIEA 132. History of the People’s Republic of China
HIEA 150. Modern Korea, 1800–1945
HIEA 151. The Two Koreas, 1945–Present
HIEA 165/265. Material Culture in China (requires approval of ISP adviser to apply toward minor)
HIEA 167/267. Special Topics in Modern Chinese History (requires approval of ISP adviser to apply toward minor)
HIEU 101. Greece in the Classical Age
HIEU 102. The Roman Republic
HIEU 103. The Roman Empire
HIEU 104. Byzantine Empire
HIEU 113A. Conflict and Settlement in Medieval Europe
HIEU 117A. Greece and the Balkans in the Age of Nationalism
HIEU 117B. Greece and the Balkans during the Twentieth Century
HIEU 119. Modern Italy: From Unification to the Present
HIEU 122. Politics Italian Renaissance Style
HIEU 126. Age of Expansion: Europe and the World, 1400–1600
HIEU 128. Europe Since 1945
HIEU 131. The French Revolution: 1789–1814
HIEU 132. German Politics and Culture: 1648–1848
HIEU 134. The Formation of the Russian Empire, 800–1855
HIEU 136. European Society and Social Thought, 1870–1989
HIEU 137. History of Colonialism: From New Imperialism to Decolonization
HIEU 138. Imperial Spain, 1476–1808
HIEU 139. The Origins of Constitutions
HIEU 141. European Diplomatic History, 1870–1945
HIEU 146. Fascism, Communism, and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy: Europe 1919–1945
HIEU 150. Modern British History
HIEU 151. Spain Since 1808
HIEU 153A. Nineteenth-Century France
HIEU 154. Modern German History: From Bismarck to Hitler
HIEU 155. Modern Austria
HIEU 156. The Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, 1855–1991
HIEU 157. Religion and the Law in Modern European History
HIEU 158. Why Hitler? How Auschwitz
HIEU 159. Three Centuries of Zionism from 1648–1948
HIEU 181. Immigration, Ethnicity, and Identity in Contemporary European Society
HIEU 182. The Muslim Experience in Contemporary Europe
HILA 100. Latin America–Colonial Transformation
HILA 101. Latin America: The Construction of Independence 1810–1898
HILA 102. Latin America in the Twentieth Century
HILA 103. Revolution in Modern Latin America
HILA 104. Modern U.S.-Latin American Relations
HILA 112. Economic and Social History of the Andean Region
HILA 113. Lord and Peasant in Latin America
HILA 114. Dictatorships in Latin America
HILA 116. El Salvador and the United States: Human Rights and Revolution
HILA 120. History of Argentina
HILA 121. History of Brazil
HILA 121A. History of Brazil, 1808 to 1904
HILA 122. Cuba: From Colony to Socialist Republic
HILA 131. A History of Mexico
HILA 132. A History of Contemporary Mexico
HILA 161. History of Women in Latin America
HINE 101A. History of Ancient Mesopotamia
HINE 114. History of the Islamic Middle East
HINE 116. The Middle East in the Age of European Empires (1798–1914)
HINE 118. The Middle East in the Twentieth Century
HINE 119. Contemporary Middle East Conflicts
HINE 122. Politicization of Religion in the Middle East
HINE 123. The Emergence of Middle East Nationalisms
HINE 126. Iranian Revolution in Historical Perspective
HINE 127. History of Modern Turkey
HINE 166. Nationalism in the Middle East
HITO 111. Marxian Theory
HITO 117. World History. 1200–1800
HITO 133. War and Society: The Second World War
HITO 134. International Law—War Crimes and Genocide
Linguistics
LIGN 105. Law and Language
LIGN 108. Languages of Africa
LIGN 174. Gender and Language in Society
LIGN 177. Multilingualism
Political Science
Comparative Politics: Poli Sci 120A through Poli Sci 139A
International Relations: Poli Sci 140A through Poli Sci 159
Track 2: Culture and Society in International Perspective
Anthropology
ANSC 108. Tourism and Global Culture
ANSC 110. Societies and Cultures of the Caribbean
ANSC 130. Hinduism
ANSC 131. Urban Cultures in Latin America
ANSC 132. Modernity in Brazil
ANSC 133. Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
ANSC 134. Global Islam
ANSC 135. Indigenous Peoples of Latin America
ANSC 136. Traditional Chinese Society
ANSC 137. Chinese Popular Religion
ANSC 142. Anthropology of Latin America
ANSC 165. Contemporary South Asia
ANAR 140. The Foundation for Social Complexity in the Near East
ANAR 141. Prehistory of the Holy Land
ANAR 142. The Rise and Fall of Ancient Israel
ANAR 144. Pharaohs, Mummies, and Pyramids: Introduction to Egyptology
ANAR 145S. Study Abroad: Egypt of the Pharaohs
ANAR 153. The Mysterious Maya
ANAR 154. The Aztecs and Their Ancestors
ANAR 155S. Study Abroad: Ancient Mesoamerica
ANAR 156. The Archaeology of South America
ANAR 157. Early Empires of the Andes: The Middle Horizon
ANAR 157S. Early Empires of the Andes: The Middle Horizon
ANAR 158. The Inca: Empire of the Andes
ANAR 185. Middle East Desert Ecology
ANAR 190. Middle East Archaeological Field School
ANAR 194S. Summer Middle East Archaeological Field School
Communication
COMM 100C. Social Formations
COMM 104D. Comparative Media Systems: Asia
COMM 104E. Comparative Media Systems: Europe
COMM 104G. Comparative Media Systems: Latin America and the Caribbean
COMM 106G. Cultural Industries: Tourism: Global Industry and Cultural Form
COMM 110I. Language, Literacy and Communication: Social Organization and the Individual
COMM 111G. Communication and Cultural Production: Popular Culture
COMM 111W. Communication and Cultural Production: Politics of World Music
COMM 112G. Interaction and Mediation: Language and Globalization
COMM 128. Education and Global Citizenship
COMM 138. Black Women, Feminism, and Media
COMM 140. Cinema in Latin America
COMM 141. African Cinema
COMM 142. Cuban Cinema
COMM 156. Colonialism and Communication
COMM 168. Bilingual Communication
History
HIAF 122. Traditional African Religions
HIAF 124. Islam in Contemporary African Societies
HIEA 115. Social and Cultural History of Twentieth-Century Japan
HIEA 117. Ghosts of Japan
HIEA 119/SOCI 162R. Religion and Popular Culture in East Asia
HIEA 120. Classical Chinese Philosophy and Culture
HIEA 121. Medieval Chinese Culture and Society
HIEA 122. Late Imperial Chinese Culture and Society
HIEA 125. Women and Gender in East Asia
HIEA 126. The Silk Road in Chinese and Japanese History
HIEA 128. History of Material Culture in China
HIEA 129. Faces of the Chinese Past
HIEA 133. Twentieth Century China: Cultural History
HIEA 134. History of Thought and Religion in China: Confucianism
HIEA 135. Thought and Religion in China: Buddhism
HIEA 136. History of Thought and Religion in China: Daoism
HIEA 137. Women and Family in Chinese History
HIEA 138. Women and the Chinese Revolution
HIEA 165/265. Material Culture in China (requires approval of ISP adviser to apply toward minor)
HIEA 167/267 Special Topics in Modern Chinese History (requires approval of ISP adviser to apply toward minor)
HIEU 101A. Ancient Greek Civilization
HIEU 105. The Early Christian Church
HIEU 110. The Rise of Europe
HIEU 111. Europe in the Middle Ages
HIEU 112. Saints and Sinners in the Middle Ages
HIEU 113. Rule, Conflict, and Dissent in the Middle Ages
HIEU 115. The Pursuit of the Millennium
HIEU 116. The Greek Diaspora
HIEU 118. Americanization of Europe
HIEU 120. The Renaissance in Italy
HIEU 125. Reformation Europe
HIEU 127. Sport in the Modern World
HIEU 129. Paris, Past and Present
HIEU 130. Europe in the Eighteenth Century
HIEU 133. Gender in Antiquity and the Early Medieval Mediterranean
HIEU 136A. European Society and Social Thought, 1688–1870
HIEU 136B. European Society and Social Thought, 1870–1989
HIEU 142. European Intellectual History, 1780–1870
HIEU 143. European Intellectual History, 1870–1945
HIEU 145. The Holocaust as Public History
HIEU 147. The History of Women in Europe: Middle Ages to the Early Modern Era
HIEU 147A. Women in the Middle Ages
HIEU 148. The History of Women in Europe: The Enlightenment to the Victorian Age
HIEU 149. History of Women in Europe: 1870 to the Present
HIEU 152. The Worst of Times: Everyday Life in Authoritarian and Dictatorial Societies
HILA 115. The Latin American City, a History
HILA 121. History of Brazil
HILA 124A. History of Women and Gender in Latin America
HILA 126. From Columbus to Castro: Caribbean Culture and Society
HILA 127. History, Culture, and Power
HINE 102. The Jews in their Homeland in Antiquity
HINE 103. The Jewish Diaspora in Antiquity
HINE 108. The Middle East before Islam
HINE 111. Anthropology and the Hebrew Bible
HINE 113. Ancient Near East Mythology
HINE 115. Islamic Civilization
HIRE 115. Women in Chinese Religions
HIRE 120. Buddhist Thought and Practice
HISC 101A. Science in the Greek and Roman World
HISC 101B. Medieval Science in the Latin West, ca. 500–1500
HISC 101C. Early Modern Science
HISC 102. Technology in World History
HISC 103. Gender and Science in Historical Perspective
HISC 104. History of Popular Science
HISC 105. History of Environmentalism
HISC 106. The Scientific Revolution
HISC 107. The Emergence of Modern Science
HISC 108. Science and Technology in the Twentieth Century
HISC 109. Science in Western Civilization
HISC 111. Origins of the Atomic Age
HISC 114. The Darwinian Legacy
HISC 117. History of Neurosciences
HISC 118. History of Sexology
HITO 102. Religious Traditions: East Asian Religious Traditions
HITO 104. The Jews and Judaism in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds
HITO 105. The Jews and Judaism in the Modern World
HITO 106. Love and Family in the Jewish Past
HITO 119/HMNR 100. Human Rights I: History and Theory
HITO 135. Historical Anthropology
HITO 126. A History of Childhood
Linguistics
LIGN 141. Language Structures
LIGN 142. Language Typology
LIGN 143. Structure of Spanish
LIGN 150. Historical Linguistics
LIGN 155. Evolution of Language
LIGN 175. Sociolinguistics
LIGN 176. Language of Politics and Advertising
Literature
Literatures in English (LTEN):
LTEN 188. Contemporary Caribbean Literature
LTEN 189. Twentieth-Century Postcolonial Literatures
Literatures of the World (LTWL):
LTWL 140. Novel and History in the Third World
LTWL 141. Islam and Modernity
LTWL 149. The Last Turn of the Century in the West
LTWL 150. Modernity and Literature
LTWL 151. Religion and Politics
LTWL 152. Introduction to Islam
LTWL 153. Literature, Religion, and Culture in Iran
LTWL 157. Iranian Film
LTWL 167. Russia and the Jewish Imagination from the Enlightenment to the Present
LTWL 168. Death and Desire in India
Literatures of the Americas (LTAM):
LTAM 110. Latin American Literature in Translation
LTAM 111. Comparative Caribbean Discourse
LTAM 130. Reading North by South
LTAM 132. The Dark Side of Enlightenment in Spain, the Americas, and the Philippines
Literature/Cultural Studies (LTCS):
LTCS 133. Globalization and Culture
LTCS 141. Race and Empire
LTCS 145. National Cultures in Colonial and Postcolonial Contexts
And all courses listed under
African Literatures (LTAF)
Literatures in Chinese (LTCH)
East Asian Literatures (LTEA)
European and Eurasian Literature (LTEU) with exception of LTEU 100, 102, 105
Literatures in French (LTFR) with exception of LTFR 160
Literatures in German (LTGM)
Literatures in Italian (LTIT) with exception of LTIT 161
Korean Literature (LTKO)
Literatures in Portuguese (LTPR)
Russian Literature (LTRU) with exception of LTRU 104A, B, C
Literatures in Spanish (LTSP) with exception of LTSP 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 160, 162, 166
With approval of the undergraduate adviser, students may take up to two theory or methods courses selected from Literature/Theory (LTTH) courses LTTH 110, LTTH 115, or LTTH 150, and from among the Literature/Cultural Studies (LTCS) courses LTCS 100, LTCS 102, or LTCS 120.
Sociology
SOCI 111E. Human Rights—Principles and Problems
SOCI 111F. Human Rights—Practices and Cases
SOCI 125. Sociology of Immigration
SOCI 133. Immigration in Contemporary Perspective
SOCI 134. The Making of Modern Medicine
SOCI 136E. Sociology of Mental Illness: A Historical Approach
SOCI 148. Political Sociology
SOCI 156. Sociology of Religion
SOCI 157. Religion in Contemporary Society
SOCI 158. Islam in the Modern World
SOCI 162R. Religion and Popular Culture in East Asia
SOCI 163. Migration and the Law
SOCI 169. Citizenship, Community, and Culture
SOCI 175. Nationality and Citizenship
SOCI 176. War and Society
SOCI 177. International Terrorism
SOCI 178. The Holocaust
SOCI 179. Social Change
SOCI 180. Social Movements and Social Protests
SOCI 181. Modern Western Society
SOCI 182. Ethnicity and Indigenous Peoples of Latin America
SOCI 183. Minorities and Nations
SOCI 185. Globalization and Social Development
SOCI 187. African Societies Through Films
SOCI 188D. Latin America: Society and Politics
SOCI 188E. Community and Social Change in Africa
SOCI 188F. Modern Jewish Societies and Israeli Society
SOCI 188G. Chinese Society
SOCI 188H. Social Movement Latin America
SOCI 188J. Change in Modern South Africa
SOCI 188O. Dilemmas of Israeli Society
SOCI 189. Special Topics in Comparative-Historical Sociology
Note: SOCI 189 must be preapproved by program
adviser.