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Major Requirements

International Studies Major Planner - Lingusitics

ALL COURSES MUST BE TAKEN FOR A LETTER GRADE of C- OR BETTER (THIS INCLUDES PREREQUISITE ECON AND COMM CLASSES).

Lower-division Requirements

Foreign language

  • Four (4) quarters of college-level language or equivalent proficiency

Prerequisites

  • There are no departmental prerequisites for this track. However, there may be course prerequisites depending on the course(s) you select. If there is a course prerequisite, you will be held to complete it before enrolling in the course. To check on course prerequisites, refer to the General Catalog or Schedule of Classes.

Upper-division Requirements

-LIGN 101 (Introduction to the Study of Language)
-At least 3 additional 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 145 Pidgins and Creoles
  • LIGN 174 Gender and Language in Society
  • LIGN 175 Sociolinguistics
  • LIGN 176 Language of Politics and Advertising
  • LIGN 177 Multilingualism

-4 additional upper-division Linguistics courses. Note: only one course of LING 199 may be applied towards the major.

  • Secondary Track: Five (5) additional 4-unit upper-division courses from one of the participating departmental (outside you primary track department) or area studies programs. (See Below.)

Secondary Track - Choose five (5) courses from ONE selection below

All Secondary Track courses must be at least 4 units, upper-division, and NON-language.

*A secondary track CANNOT be the same as your primary track.

(Department websites)
OR
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*Students must receive the undergraduate advisor's approval to take more than one special topics course.

Students are encouraged to take ANTH 101 and 103;
all other courses should be from the ANTH, ANSC, or ANAR series;
one course from the ANBI series will be accepted for credit by petition.
Course prerequisites: Must take COGN 20 for a letter grade.


Secondary Track: Five courses selected from the following list:


Communication as a Social Force (COSF)
COSF 100. Introduction to Communication as a Social Force
COSF 123. Communication, Dissent and Social Movements
COSF 124. Black Women, Feminism, and the Media
COSF 140A. Comparative Media Systems: Asia
COSF 140B. Comparative Media Systems: Europe
COSF 140C. Comparative Media Systems: Latin America and the Caribbean
COSF 159. Work and Industry in the New Information Economy
COSF 160. Political Economy/ Global Consumer Culture
COSF 161. Global Economy and National Identity
COSF 167. Emerging Global High-Tech Regions: Labor and National Development
COSF 181. Political Economy of International Communications
COSF 183. The Politics of World Music
COSF 184. The Mass Media and Politics in Africa
COSF 185. Gender, Labor, and Culture in the Global Economy


Communication and Culture (COCU)
COCU 110. Cinema in Latin America
COCU 126. African Cinema
COCU 130. Tourism: Global Industry and Cultural Form
COCU 131. Cinema of the Cuban Revolution
COCU 162. Popular Culture
COCU 179. Colonialism and Culture
COCU 180. Cultures and Markets


Communication and Human Information Processing (COHI)
COHI 114. Bilingual Communication
COHI 115. Education and Global Citizenship
COHI 121. Literacy, Social Organization and the Individual
COHI 135. Language and Globalization
Course prerequisites: Calculus. Mathematics 10A-B-C or Mathematics 20A-B-C

Economics 1, 2, and 3

Students who have taken either ECON 1A, 1B, 1C must contact an International Studies advisor.

(Prerequisites must be taken for a letter grade of C-or better.)

Upper-division courses may be selected from:
Economics 100A-B-C
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 Evnironmental Agreements
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

Both primary and secondary track majors must take at least two of the following courses:
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 Evnironmental Agreements
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

At least one of the above must be Economics 101,103, or 116.

*Students must receive the undergraduate advisor's approval to take more than one special topics course.

All courses must be taken in non-U.S. history.

History of Africa (HIAF)
History of Europe (HIEU)
History of East Asia (HIEA)
History of the Near East (HINE) with 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
Five upper-division courses in linguistics, which must include LIGN 101 (Introduction to the Study of Language) and at least two courses from the list below. At most, one of the five courses can be LIGN 199 (Independent Study in Linguistics).

LIGN 105. Law and Language
LIGN 108. Languages of Africa
LIGN 141. Language Structures
LIGN 142. Language of Typology
LIGN 143. Structure of Spanish

LIGN 145. Pidgins and Creoles
LIGN 174. Gender and Language in Society
LIGN 175. Sociolinguistics
LIGN 176. Language of Politics and Advertising
LIGN 177. Multilingualism

*Students must receive the undergraduate advisor's approval to take more than one special topics course.

Five courses selected from:
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
Literature/Cultural Studies (LTCS):
LTCS 133: Globalization and Culture
LTCS 140: Subaltern Studies in Context
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, and 105
Literatures in French (LTFR) with exception of LTFR 160
Literatures in German (LTGM)
Literatures in Italian (LTIT) with exceptions of LTIT 161
Korean Literature (LTKO)
Literatures in Portuguese (LTPR)
Russian Literature (LTRU) with exception of LTRU 104 A, B, C
Literatures in Spanish (LTSP) with exception of LTSP 150, 151, 152, 153, 160, 162, and 166

With approval of the undergraduate advisor, 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.

*Students must receive the undergraduate advisor's approval to take more than one special topics course.

Five upper-division courses selected from the following:

Comparative Politics: POLI 120A through POLI 139A
International Relations: POLI 140A through POLI 159

1 of the 5 courses may be selected from the following subfields:

American Politics: POLI 100A through POLI 108
Political Theory: POLI 110A through 119A
Policy Analysis: POLI 160AA through 168
Research Methods: POLI 170A and POLI 181

*Students must receive the undergraduate advisor's approval to take more than one special topics course.


Five upper-division courses selected from the following list.

SOCI 111E. Human Rights-Principles and Problems
SOCI 111F. Human Rights-Practices and Cases
SOCI 133. Immigration in Comparative Perspective
SOCI 134. The Making of Modern Medicine
SOCI 136E. Sociology of Mental Illness: An Historical Approach
SOCI 136F. Sociology of Mental Illness in Contemporary Society
SOCI 139. Social Inequality: Class, Race, and Gender
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 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 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 188J. Change in Modern South Africa
SOCI 189. Special Topics in Comparative- Historical Sociology
Regional Requirement

Of the thirteen (13) "track" courses (eight primary & five secondary), students must take at least three (3) courses concentrating on one country (other than the US) or region of the world: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East. Regional requirement courses can all come from your primary track, secondary track, or a mixture of the two as long as 3 of your 13 track courses focus on ONE region of the world.

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