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Interdisciplinary Elective & Regional Requirement

All three (3) Interdisciplinary Elective courses must be upper-division, 4 quarter units, non-language and taken for a letter grade of C- or better. All interdisciplinary elective courses must be selected from departments outside of the Disciplinary Focus department. Students are responsible for meeting all departmental pre-requisite courses.

International Studies-International Business majors, all three interdisciplinary electives must focus on one region. 

These courses are not offered every quarter.  For current offerings, please refer to Schedule of Classes and Course Offerings. For course descriptions, please see the UCSD general catalog.

 

Courses by Region

Students must focus on one region to complete requirement.

Africa

Anthropology

ANAR 144. Pharaohs, Mummies, and Pyramids: Introduction to Egyptology

ANAR 145S. Study Abroad: Egypt of the Pharaohs

History of Africa (HIAF)

Any upper-division History of Africa courses between HIAF 100-197

Linguistics

LIGN 108. Languages of Africa

Literatures of Africa

Any upper-division Literature of Africa courses between LTAF 100-197

Political Science

POLI 120N. Contention and Conflict in Africa

Sociology

SOCI 187. African Societies through Film

SOCI 188E. Community and Social Change in Africa

SOCI 188J. Change in Modern South Africa

*Newly added course. Please send VAC message to ISP for degree audit update

East Asia

Anthropology

ANAR 124. Archaeology of Asia

ANSC 101A. Korean Wave Media & Cultural Change (Send ISP a VAC message after enrolling to update degree audit)

ANSC 111. The Chinese Heritage in Taiwan

ANSC 136. Traditional Chinese Society

ANSC 137. Chinese Popular Religion

ANSC 166. Film and Culture in Asia

Chinese Studies

CHIN 182A. Intro to Classical Chinese-Advanced I*

CHIN 185A. Readings in Chinese Culture and Society*

CHIN 185B. Readings in Chinese Culture and Society*

History

HIGL 114. History of Modern Vietnam*

Any upper-division History of East Asia courses between HIEA 100-197

Literature

LTCH 101. Readings in Contemporary Chinese Literature

LTKO 100. Readings in Korean Literature and Culture

LTKO 149. Readings in Korean Language History and Structure

Literatures of East Asia (LTEA) - any upper-division Literatures of East Asia courses between LTEA 100-197

Music

MUS 111. Topics/World Music Traditions (when focus is East Asia) - must petition course to ISP advisors

Philosophy

PHIL 158. Topics in Chinese Philosophy

Political Science

POLI 113BR. Chinese and Japanese Political Thought I*

POLI 130B. Politics in the People’s Republic of China

POLI 131C. The Chinese Revolution

POLI 133A. Japanese Politics: A Developmental Perspective

Sociology

SOCI 123. Japanese Culture Inside/Out: A Transnational Perspective

SOCI 176. Transnational Japan Research

SOCI 188G. Chinese Society

Visual Arts

VIS 103A. Contemporary Arts in South Korea 

VIS 103B. Architecture and Urbanism of Korea

VIS 103C. Silk Roads: A Critical Study*

VIS 105D. Art Forms and Chinese Calligraphy

VIS 105E. Chinese Calligraphy as Installation*

VIS 127B. Arts of China

VIS 127C. Arts of Modern China

VIS 127D. Early Chinese Painting

VIS 127E. Later Chinese Painting

VIS 127F. Japanese Buddhist Art

VIS 127N. Twentieth-Century Art in China and Japan

VIS 127P. Arts of Japan

VIS 127Q. Japanese Painting and Prints

VIS 128E. Topics in Art History of Asia

*Newly added course. Please send VAC message to ISP for degree audit update

Europe

Anthropology

ANAR 135S. Ancient Mediterranean Civilization

History

History of Europe (HIEU) - any upper-division History of Europe courses between HIEU 100-197

Linguistics

LIGN 143. The Structure of Spanish

Literature

European Literatures (LTEU) - any upper-division European and Eurasian Literatures courses between LTEU 100-197

Literatures in French (LTFR) - any upper-division Literatures in French courses between LTFR 100-197

Literatures in Greek (LTGK) - any upper-division Literatures in Greek courses between LTGK 100-197

Literatures in German (LTGM) - any upper-division Literatures in German courses between LTGM 100-197

Literatures in Italian (LTIT) - any upper-division Literatures in Italian courses between 100-191 with the exception of LTIT 161

Literatures in Russian (LTRU) - any upper-division Literatures in Russian courses between 100-197 with the exception of LTRU 104A, B, C

LTEN 142. British Novel: 1830-1890*

LTEN 144. British Novel: 1890-present*

LTSP 100. Majors Works of the Middle Ages

LTSP 116. Representations of Spanish Colonialism

LTSP 119C. Cervantes: Don Quixote

LTSP 122. The Romantic Movement in Spain

LTSP 123. Topics in Modern Spanish Culture

LTSP 129. Spanish Writing after 1939

LTSP 130A. Development of Spanish Literature

LTSP 170. Contemporary Theories of Cultural Production

LTSP 176. Literature and Nation (when focused on Spain)

LTSP 177. Literary and Historical Migrations (when strong focus on Spain)

Music

MUS 111. Topics/World Music Traditions (when focus is Europe) - must petition course to ISP advisors

Political Science

POLI 114BR. Marxist Political Thought*

POLI 120C. The Politics in France

POLI 120D. Germany: Before, During, and After Division

POLI 120E. Scandinavian Politics

POLI 120F. Europe as a Political Model

POLI 120G. British Politics

POLI 120H. European Integration

POLI 126AA. Fundamentals of Political Economy: Modern Capitalism

POLI 126AB. Politics and Economics in Eastern Europe

POLI 130AD. The Politics of the Russian Revolution

POLI 147B. Russian-American Relations

POLI 153. The European Union in World Politics

Sociology

SOCI 106M. Holocaust Diaries

SOCI 178. The Holocaust

SOCI 188F. Modern Jewish Societies and Israeli Society

Visual Arts

VIS 120A. Greek Art

VIS 120B. Roman Art

VIS 121AN. Art Experience in Middle Ages*

VIS 121C. Art & Bible in Middle Ages*

VIS 122AN Renaissance Art

VIS 122B. Baroque*

VIS 122CN. Leonardo da Vinci in Context

VIS 122D. Michelangelo

VIS 123AN. Between Spirit and Flesh

VIS 124D. Paris, Capital of the Nineteenth Century

VIS 124E. The Production of Nature*

VIS 125C. Modern Art in the West, 1850-1950

VIS 125E. Faces and Powers*

*Newly added course. Please send VAC message to ISP for degree audit update

Latin America

Anthropology

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 160. Ancient Maya: Archaeological Problems and Perspectives

ANSC 106. Global Health: Indigenous Medicines in Latin America

ANSC 106S. Global Health: Indigenous Medicines in Latin America – Study Abroad

ANSC 116. Languages of the Americas: Mayan

ANSC 135. Indigenous Peoples of Latin America

ANSC 142. Anthropology of Latin America

Communication

COMM 104G. CMS: Latin America and the Caribbean

COMM 140. Cinema in Latin America

Global Health

GLBH 111. Health Frontiers in Tijuana*

GLBH 114. Latin American Health & Healing*

History of Latin America (HILA)

Any upper-division History of Latin America course between HILA 100-197

Latin American Studies

LATI 140. Decolonial Thought and Practice in Latin America*

LATI 150. Digital Oral History*

LATI 170. Social Science Research in Latin America*

LATI 180. Special Topics in Latin American Studies

Linguistics

LIGN 143. The Structure of Spanish

LIGN 152. Indigenous Languages of the Americas

LIGN 178. Spanish Sociolinguistics (*must send VAC message to ISP for degree audit update)

Literatures in Spanish (LTSP)

Any upper-division Literature of Spanish course between LTSP 100-197 (With exception of LTSP 151,154,160,162,166)

Music

MUS 111. Topics/World Music Traditions (when focus is on Latin America) - must petition course to ISP advisors

Philosophy

PHIL 155. Mexican Philosophy - DEI Course!

PHIL 156. Latinx Philosophy-  DEI Course!

Political Science

POLI 134AA. Comparative Politics of Latin America

POLI 134D. Selected Topics in Latin American Politics

POLI 134J. Cuba: Revolution and Reform

POLI 146A. The U.S. and Latin America: Political and Economic Relations

Sociology

SOCI 182. Ethnicity and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America

SOCI 188D. Latin America: Society and Politics

SOCI 188M. Social Movements in Latin America

Visual Arts

VIS 126AN.  Pre-Columbian Art of Ancient Mexico and Central America

VIS 126BN. The Art and Civilization of the Ancient Maya

VIS 126C. Problems in Mesoamerican 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 156. Latino American Cinema

Urban Studies and Planning
USP 176. International Planning and Development: U.S.-Mexico Border*

*Newly added course. Please send VAC message to ISP for degree audit update

Middle East

Anthropology

ANAR 113. "A land whose stones are iron": Past, present and future perspectives on natural resources in Israel (by petition)

ANAR 114. Environmental hazards in Israel

ANAR 116. Sea Level Change - the Israeli Example in World Perspective

ANAR 138. Mesopotamia: The Emergence of Civilization

ANAR 141. Prehistory of the Holy Land

ANAR 142. The Rise and Fall of Ancient Israel

ANAR 143. Biblical Archaeology-Fact or Fiction

ANAR 165. Marine and Coastal Archaeology and the Biblical Seas

ANAR 185. Middle East Desert Cultural Ecology

ANAR 190. Eastern Mediterranean Archaeological Field School

ANSC 187. The Anthropology of Mental Health in Israel and the Diaspora

Communication

COMM 158. Representations of the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

Economics

ECON 165. Middle East Economics

History of the Near East/Middle East (HINE)

Any upper-division History of the Near East/Middle East courses between HINE 100-197

Literature

LTWL 157. Iranian Film

Music

MUS 111. Topics/World Music Traditions (when focus is Middle East) - must petition course to ISP advisors

Political Science

POLI 124. Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Sociology

SOCI 188F. Modern Jewish Societies and Israeli Society

SOCI 188I. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

SOCI 188O. Settlements and Peacemaking in Israel

Urban Studies and Planning

USP 189. Special Topics: High-Tech Innovation and the Society: Learning from the Israeli Case

*Newly added course. Please send VAC message to ISP for degree audit update

Interdisciplinary Electives by Department

Interdisciplinary Electives by Department

All courses for the major must be taken for a letter grade of C- or better.

Students are responsible for meeting all departmental pre-requisite courses.

*Newly added course. Please send VAC message to ISP for degree audit update

Anthropology

ANTH 101. Foundations of Social Complexity

ANTH 102. Humans are Cultural Animals

ANTH 103. Sociocultural Anthropology

Students may also choose any four-unit, upper-division, non-language course from the following categories:

Anthropology: Archaeology (ANAR)

Anthropology: Sociocultural (ANSC)

Chinese Studies

CHIN 182A. Intro to Classical Chinese-Advanced I*

CHIN 185A. Readings in Chinese Culture and Society*

CHIN 185B. Readings in Chinese Culture and Society*

Communication

COMM 104G. Comparative Media Systems: Latin America and the Caribbean

COMM 106G. Cultural Industries: Tourism: Global Industry and Cultural Form

COMM 112G. Interaction and Mediation: Language and Globalization

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 138. Black Women, Feminism, and Media

COMM 140. Cinema in Latin America

COMM 158. Representations of the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

COMM 160. Political Economy and International Communication

COMM 177. Culture, Domination and Resistance

Economics:

ECON 101. International Trade

ECON 102. Globalization

ECON 103. International Monetary Relations

ECON 116. Economic Development

ECON 117. Economic Growth

ECON 125. Demographic Analysis and Forecasting

ECON 129. Cities, Inequality, Innovation*

ECON 130. Public Policy*

ECON 131. Economics of the Environment

ECON 132. Energy Economics

ECON 138. Economics of Discrimination*

ECON 140. Economics of Health Producers*

ECON 144. Economics of Conservation

ECON 145. Economics of Ocean Resources

ECON 161. Global Integration of Latin America

ECON 164. The Indian Economy

ECON 165. Middle East Economics

ECON 168. Economics of Modern Israel*

Ethnic Studies:

ETHN 163E. Decolonial Theory*

Global Health:

GLBH 101. Aging: Culture and Health in Late Life Human Development*

GLBH 102. Global Health Epidemiology*

GLBH 103. Global Health Disparities*

GLBH 105. Global Health and Inequality

GLBH 106. Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Global Health*

GLBH 107. Refugee Health*

GLBH 111. Health Frontiers in Tijuana*

GLBH 113. Women’s Health in Global Perspective

GLBH 114. Latin American Health & Healing*

GLBH 147. Global Health and the Environment

GLBH 148. Global Health and Cultural Diversity 

GLBH 150. Culture and Mental Health

GLBH 181. Essentials of Global Health*

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 Topics (HITO), except HITO 194–199

HIGL 114. History of Modern Vietnam*

HIGL 127. Sport in the Modern World*

Latin American Studies

LATI 140. Decolonial Thought and Practice in Latin America*

LATI 150. Digital Oral History*

LATI 170. Social Science Research in Latin America*

LATI 180. Special Topics in Latin American Studies

Linguistics:

LIGN 105. Law and Language

LIGN 108. Languages of Africa

LIGN 143. Structure of Spanish

LIGN 150. Historical Linguistics

LIGN 152. Indigenous Languages of the Americas

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

LIGN 178. Spanish Sociolinguistics

Literature:

Literatures in English (LTEN)

LTEN 142. British Novel: 1830-1890*

LTEN 144. British Novel: 1890-present*

LTEN 189. Twentieth-Century Postcolonial Literatures

Literatures of the World (LTWL)

LTWL 140. Novel and History in the Third World

LTWL 150. Modernity and Literature

LTWL 157. Iranian Film

LTWL 160. Women and Literature* (Rotating topic – by Petition)

Literatures of the Americas (LTAM)

LTAM 110. Latin American Literature in Translation

LTAM 111. Comparative Caribbean Discourse

LTAM 130. Reading North by South

Literature/Cultural Studies (LTCS)

LTCS 130. Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Culture* (Rotating topic – by Petition)

LTCS 131. Topics in Queer Cultures/Queer Subcultures* (Rotating topic – by Petition)

LTCS 133. Globalization and Culture

LTCS 134. Culture and Revolution

LTCS 141. Special Topics in Race and Empire

LTCS 165. Spec Topics: Politics of Food* (Rotating topic – by Petition)

Students 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)

Literatures in French (LTFR)

Greek Literature (LTGK)

Literatures in German (LTGM)

Literatures in Italian (LTIT)

Korean Literature (LTKO)

Latin Literature (LTLA)

Russian Literature (LTRU) with exception of LTRU 104 A, B, C

Literatures in Spanish (LTSP) with exception of LTSP 151, 154, 160, 162, 166

Music:

MUS 111. Topics/World Music Traditions (ONLY when not on the US)  *student must submit petition and syllabus to ISP Advisors

Philosophy:

PHIL 100. Plato

PHIL 101. Aristotle

PHIL 102. Hellenistic Philosophy

PHIL 107. Hegel

PHIL 110. History of Philosophy: Ancient (Plato, Aristotle)

PHIL 111. History of Philosophy: Early Modern (Descartes, Locke, Hume)

PHIL 112. History of Philosophy: Late Modern (Kant, Hegel)

PHIL 120. Symbolic Logic I

PHIL 122.  Advanced Topics in Logic

PHIL 123.  Philosophy of Logic

PHIL 132. Epistemology*

PHIL 134. Philosophy of Language

PHIL 136. Philosophy of Mind*

PHIL 137. Moral Psychology*

PHIL 138. Responsibility*

PHIL 139. Global Justice

PHIL 148. Philosophy and the Environment

PHIL 155. Mexican Philosophy - DEI Course!

PHIL 156. Latinx Philosophy (Formerly Topics in Asian Philosophy) - DEI Course!

PHIL 158. Topics in Chinese Philosophy*

PHIL 160.  Ethical Theory

PHIL 161. Topics in the History of Ethics (Confucius, Aristotle, Mill)

PHIL 162. Contemporary Moral Issues

PHIL 163.  Biomedical Ethics

PHIL 164.  Technology and Human Values

PHIL 165.  Freedom, Equality, and the Law - DEI Course!

PHIL 166. Classics in Political Philosophy (Plato, Marx, Arendt)

PHIL 167. Contemporary Political Philosophy

PHIL 169. Feminism and Philosophy*

PHIL 170. Philosophy and Race - DEI Course!

PHIL 173.  Topics in Bioethics

PHIL 180. Phenomenology (Brentano, Husserl, Merleau-Ponty)

Political Science:

POLI 113BR. Chinese and Japanese Political Thought I*

POLI 114BR. Marxist Political Thought*

Comparative Politics:

POLI 120 – POLI 138D*

International Relations

POLI 140A – POLI 154ª

*POLI 120A and POLI 136 will not be accepted prior to Fall 2022.
ªPOLI 142K will not be accepted prior to Fall 2022. 

Sociology:

SOCI 106M. Holocaust Diaries

SOCI 121. Economy and Society

SOCI 123. Japanese Culture Inside/Out: A Transnational Perspective

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 152. Social Inequality and Public Policy

SOCI 156. Sociology of Religion

SOCI 157. Religion in Contemporary Society

SOCI 158. Islam in the Modern World

SOCI 163. Migration and the Law

SOCI 169. Citizenship, Community, and Culture

SOCI 175. Nationality and Citizenship

SOCI 176. Transnational Japan Research

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 188I. The Israeli-Palestinan Conflict

SOCI 188J. Change in Modern South Africa

SOCI 188M. Social Movements in Latin America

SOCI 188O. Settlements and Peacemaking in Israel

SOCI 189. Special Topics in Comparative-Historical Sociology (must be preapproved by program adviser)

Urban Studies and Planning:

USP 171. Sustainable Development*

USP 173. History of Urban Planning and Design

USP 176. International Planning and Development: U.S.-Mexico Border*

USP 189. Special Topics: High-Tech Innovation and the Society: Learning from the Israeli Case

Visual Arts:

VIS 102. Democratizing the City

VIS 103A. Contemporary Arts in South Korea

VIS 103B. Architecture and Urbanism of Korea

VIS 103C. Silk Roads: A Critical Study*

VIS 105D. Art Forms and of Chinese Calligraphy

VIS 105E. Chinese Calligraphy as Installation*

VIS 117I. Western and Non-Western Rituals and Ceremonies

VIS 120A. Greek Art

VIS 120B. Roman Art

VIS 121AN. Art Experience in Middle Ages*

VIS 121B. Church and Mosque: Medieval Art and Architecture between Christianity and Islam

VIS 121C. Art & Bible in Middle Ages*

VIS 121H. Medieval Multiculturalism

VIS122AN. Renaissance Art

VIS 122B. Baroque*

VIS 122CN. Leonardo da Vinci in Context

VIS 122D. Michelangelo

VIS123AN. Between Spirit and Flesh

VIS 124D. Paris, Capital of the Nineteenth Century

VIS 124E. The Production of Nature*

VIS 125E. Faces and Powers*

VIS 126AN. Pre-Columbian Art of the Ancient Mexico and Central America

VIS 126BN. Art and Civilization of the Ancient Maya

VIS 126C. Problems in Meso-American Art History

VIS 126D. Problems in Ancient Maya Iconography and Inscriptions

VIS 126J. African and Afro-American Art

VIS 126K. Oceanic Art

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 127F. Japanese Buddhist Art

VIS 127I. Architecture and Urbanism of Korea

VIS 127N. Twentieth-Century Art in China and Japan

VIS 127P. Arts of Japan

VIS 127Q. Japanese Painting and Prints

VIS 128D. Topics in Art History of the Americas

VIS 128E. Topics in Art History of Asia

VIS 129D. Seminar in Art History of the Americas*

VIS 152. Film in the Social Context (when International in content)

VIS 156. Latino American Cinema

Archived Course Offerings

Archived Interdisciplinary Electives (Fall 2018 - Summer 2023)

Courses in bold that were taken prior to Fall 2023 will be honored as Interdisciplinary Electives.

Anthropology

ANTH 101. Foundations of Social Complexity

ANTH 102. Humans are Cultural Animals

ANTH 103. Sociocultural Anthropology

Students may also choose any four-unit, upper-division, non-language course from the following categories:

Anthropology: Archaeology (ANAR)

Anthropology: Sociocultural (ANSC)

Communication

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 106G. Cultural Industries: Tourism: Global Industry and Cultural Form

COMM 112G. Interaction and Mediation: Language and Globalization

COMM 114E. Communication and Social Institutions: Gender, Labor, and Culture in the Global Economy

COMM 114J. CSI: Food Justice

COMM 128. Education and Global Citizenship

COMM 131. Communication, Dissent, and the Formation of Social Movements

COMM 135. Contemporary Minority Media Makers and the Festival Experience

COMM 138. Black Women, Feminism, and Media

COMM 140. Cinema in Latin America

COMM 152. Global Economy and Consumer Culture

COMM 155. Latino Space, Place and Culture

COMM 158. Representations of the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

COMM 160. Political Economy and International Communication

COMM 168. Bilingual Communication

COMM 177. Culture, Domination and Resistance

COMM 179. Global Nature/Global Culture

COMM 181. Neoliberal Cities

COMM 183. Global Economy and Consumer Culture

Economics:

ECON 101. International Trade

ECON 102. Globalization

ECON 103. International Monetary Relations

ECON 116. Economic Development

ECON 117. Economic Growth

ECON 125. Demographic Analysis and Forecasting

ECON 131. Economics of the Environment

ECON 132. Energy Economics

ECON 144. Economics of Conservation

ECON 145. Economics of Ocean Resources

ECON 161. Global Integration of Latin America

ECON 162. Economics of Mexico

ECON 164. The Indian Economy

ECON 165. Middle East Economics

ECON 167. Economics of China

ECON 169. Economics of Korea

Global Health:

GLBH 105. Global Health and Inequality

GLBH 110. Demography and Social Networks in Global Health

GLBH 113. Women’s Health in Global Perspective

GLBH 147. Global Health and the Environment

GLBH 148. Global Health and Cultural Diversity 

GLBH 150. Culture and Mental Health

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 Topics (HITO), except HITO 194–199

Jewish Studies

JWSP 101. Introduction to Hebrew Texts

JWSP 102. Intermediate Hebrew Texts

JWSP 103. Advanced Hebrew Texts

JWSP 110. Introduction to Judaism

JWSP 111. Topics in Judaic Studies

Latin American Studies

LATI 180. Special Topics in Latin American Studies

Linguistics:

LIGN 105. Law and Language

LIGN 108. Languages of Africa

LIGN 143. Structure of Spanish

LIGN 150. Historical Linguistics

LIGN 152. Indigenous Languages of the Americas

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

LIGN 178. Spanish Sociolinguistics

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 143. Arab Literatures and Cultures

LTWL 144. Islam and Cinema

LTWL 150. Modernity and Literature

LTWL 157. Iranian Film

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

Literature/Cultural Studies (LTCS)

LTCS 133. Globalization and Culture

LTCS 134. Culture and Revolution

LTCS 141. Special Topics in Race and Empire

Students 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)

Literatures in French (LTFR)

Greek Literature (LTGK)

Literatures in German (LTGM)

Literatures in Italian (LTIT)

Korean Literature (LTKO)

Latin Literature (LTLA)

Russian Literature (LTRU) with exception of LTRU 104 A, B, C

Literatures in Spanish (LTSP) with exception of LTSP 151, 154, 160, 162, 166

Music:

MUS 111. Topics/World Music Traditions (ONLY when not on the US)  *student must submit petition and syllabus to ISP Advisors

Philosophy:

PHIL 100. Plato

PHIL 101. Aristotle

PHIL 102. Hellenistic Philosophy

PHIL 104. The Rationalists (Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz)

PHIL 105. The Empiricists (Locke, Berkeley, Hume)

PHIL 106. Kant

PHIL 107. Hegel

PHIL 108. 19th century Philosophy (Schopenhauer, Marx, Nietzsche)

PHIL 109. History of Analytic Philosophy (Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, Carnap)

PHIL 110. History of Philosophy: Ancient (Plato, Aristotle)

PHIL 111. History of Philosophy: Early Modern (Descartes, Locke, Hume)

PHIL 112. History of Philosophy: Late Modern (Kant, Hegel)

PHIL 120. Symbolic Logic I

PHIL 122.  Advanced Topics in Logic

PHIL 123.  Philosophy of Logic

PHIL 134. Philosophy of Language

PHIL 139. Global Justice

PHIL 148. Philosophy and the Environment

PHIL 152. Philosophy of Social Science

PHIL 155. Mexican Philosophy - DEI Course!

PHIL 156. Latinx Philosophy (Formerly Topics in Asian Philosophy) - DEI Course!

PHIL 160.  Ethical Theory

PHIL 161. Topics in the History of Ethics (Confucius, Aristotle, Mill)

PHIL 162. Contemporary Moral Issues

PHIL 163.  Biomedical Ethics

PHIL 164.  Technology and Human Values

PHIL 165.  Freedom, Equality, and the Law - DEI Course!

PHIL 166. Classics in Political Philosophy (Plato, Marx, Arendt)

PHIL 167. Contemporary Political Philosophy

PHIL 168.  Philosophy of Law

PHIL 170. Philosophy and Race - DEI Course!

PHIL 173.  Topics in Bioethics

PHIL 180. Phenomenology (Brentano, Husserl, Merleau-Ponty)

PHIL 181. Existentialism (Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Sartre, De Beauvoir)

PHIL 183. Topics in Continental Philosophy (Frankfurt school, contemporary French)

Political Science:

Comparative Politics:

  • POLI 120B - POLI 134I
  • POLI 136A - POLI 138D

International Relations:

  • POLI 140A through POLI 142J
  • POLI 142L through POLI 154

Religion

RELI 146. Topics in the Religions of Antiquity

RELI 147. Pagan Europe and Its Christian Aftermath

Sociology:

SOCI 106M. Holocaust Diaries

SOCI 121. Economy and Society

SOCI 123. Japanese Culture Inside/Out: A Transnational Perspective

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 152. Social Inequality and Public Policy

SOCI 156. Sociology of Religion

SOCI 157. Religion in Contemporary Society

SOCI 158. Islam in the Modern World

SOCI 163. Migration and the Law

SOCI 169. Citizenship, Community, and Culture

SOCI 175. Nationality and Citizenship

SOCI 176. Transnational Japan Research

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 188I. The Israeli-Palestinan Conflict

SOCI 188J. Change in Modern South Africa

SOCI 188M. Social Movements in Latin America

SOCI 188O. Settlements and Peacemaking in Israel

SOCI 189. Special Topics in Comparative-Historical Sociology (must be preapproved by program adviser)

Urban Studies and Planning:

USP 129. Research Methods: Studying Racial and Ethnic Communities

USP 133. Social Inequality and Public Policy

USP 135. Asian and Latina Immigrant Workers in the Global Economy

USP 154. Global Justice in Theory and Action

USP 155. Real Estate Development in Global and Comparative Perspective

USP 173. History of Urban Planning and Design

Visual Arts:

VIS 102. Democratizing the City

VIS 103A. Contemporary Arts in South Korea (Formerly VIS127A)

VIS 103B. Architecture and Urbanism of Korea (Formerly VIS 127I)

VIS 105D. Art Forms and of Chinese Calligraphy

VIS 117I. Western and Non-Western Rituals and Ceremonies

VIS 120A. Greek Art

VIS 120B. Roman Art

VIS 121B. Church and Mosque: Medieval Art and Architecture between Christianity and Islam

VIS 121H. Medieval Multiculturalism

VIS122AN. Renaissance Art

VIS 122CN. Leonardo da Vinci in Context

VIS 122D. Michelangelo

VIS123AN. Between Spirit and Flesh

VIS 124D. Paris, Capital of the Nineteenth Century

VIS 126AN. Pre-Columbian Art of the Ancient Mexico and Central America

VIS 126BN. Art and Civilization of the Ancient Maya

VIS 126C. Problems in Meso-American Art History

VIS 126D. Problems in Ancient Maya Iconography and Inscriptions

VIS 126J. African and Afro-American Art

VIS 126K. Oceanic Art

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 127F. Japanese Buddhist Art

VIS 127I. Architecture and Urbanism of Korea

VIS 127N. Twentieth-Century Art in China and Japan

VIS 127P. Arts of Japan

VIS 127Q. Japanese Painting and Prints

VIS 128D. Topics in Art History of the Americas

VIS 128E. Topics in Art History of Asia

VIS 152. Film in the Social Context (when International in content)

VIS 156. Latino American Cinema

Archived Interdisciplinary Electives and Regional Requirements (Fall 2018 - Summer 2023)

Courses in bold that were taken prior to Fall 2023 will be honored as Interdisciplinary Elective and Regional Requirements.

Africa

Anthropology

ANAR 144. Pharaohs, Mummies, and Pyramids: Introduction to Egyptology

ANAR 145S. Study Abroad: Egypt of the Pharaohs

Communication

COMM 104F. CMS: Africa

History of Africa (HIAF)

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 Times to 1800

HIAF 161. Special Topics in African History

Linguistics

LIGN 108. Languages of Africa

Literatures of Africa

LTAF 110. African Oral Literature

LTAF 120. Literature and Film of Modern Africa

Political Science

POLI 120N. Contention and Conflict in Africa

POLI 120P. Africa’s Success Stories

Sociology

SOCI 187. African Societies through Film

SOCI 188E. Community and Social Change in Africa

SOCI 188J. Change in Modern South Africa

 

East Asia

Anthropology

ANAR 124. Archaeology of Asia

ANSC 101A. Korean Wave Media & Cultural Change (Send ISP a VAC message after enrolling to update degree audit)

ANSC 111. The Chinese Heritage in Taiwan

ANSC 136. Traditional Chinese Society

ANSC 137. Chinese Popular Religion

ANSC 166. Film and Culture in Asia

Communication

COMM 104D. CMS: Asia

Economics

ECON 167. Economics of China

ECON 169. Economics of Korea

History of East Asia

Any upper-division History of East Asia courses between HIEA 100-197

Literature

LTCH 101. Readings in Contemporary Chinese Literature

LTKO 100. Readings in Korean Literature and Culture

LTKO 149. Readings in Korean Language History and Structure

Literatures of East Asia (LTEA) - any upper-division Literatures of East Asia courses between LTEA 100-197

Music

MUS 111. Topics/World Music Traditions (when focus is East Asia) - must petition course to ISP advisors

Political Science

POLI 130B. Politics in the People’s Republic of China

POLI 131C. The Chinese Revolution

POLI 132. Political Development and Modern China

POLI 133A. Japanese Politics: A Developmental Perspective

POLI 133D. Political Institutions of East Asian Countries

POLI 133G. Postwar US-Japan Relations

POLI 133J. Korean Politics

Sociology

SOCI 123. Japanese Culture Inside/Out: A Transnational Perspective

SOCI 176. Transnational Japan Research

SOCI 188G. Chinese Society

Visual Arts

VIS 103A. Contemporary Arts in South Korea (Formerly VIS127A)

VIS 103B. Architecture and Urbanism of Korea (Formerly VIS 127I)

VIS 105D. Art Forms and Chinese Calligraphy

VIS 127B. Arts of China

VIS 127C. Arts of Modern China

VIS 127D. Early Chinese Painting

VIS 127E. Later Chinese Painting

VIS 127F. Japanese Buddhist Art

VIS 127N. Twentieth-Century Art in China and Japan

VIS 127P. Arts of Japan

VIS 127Q. Japanese Painting and Prints

VIS 128E. Topics in Art History of Asia

 

Europe

Anthropology

ANAR 135S. Ancient Mediterranean Civilization

Communication

COMM 104E. CMS: Europe

History

History of Europe (HIEU) - any upper-division History of Europe courses between HIEU 100-197

Linguistics

LIGN 143. The Structure of Spanish

Literature

European and Eurasian Literatures (LTEU) - any upper-division European and Eurasian Literatures courses between LTEU 100-197

Literatures in French (LTFR) - any upper-division Literatures in French courses between LTFR 100-197

Literatures in Greek (LTGK) - any upper-division Literatures in Greek courses between LTGK 100-197

Literatures in German (LTGM) - any upper-division Literatures in German courses between LTGM 100-197

Literatures in Italian (LTIT) - any upper-division Literatures in Italian courses between 100-191 with the exception of LTIT 161

Literatures in Russian (LTRU) - any upper-division Literatures in Russian courses between 100-197 with the exception of LTRU 104A, B, C

LTSP 100. Majors Works of the Middle Ages

LTSP 116. Representations of Spanish Colonialism

LTSP 119C. Cervantes: Don Quixote

LTSP 122. The Romantic Movement in Spain

LTSP 123. Topics in Modern Spanish Culture

LTSP 129. Spanish Writing after 1939

LTSP 130A. Development of Spanish Literature

LTSP 170. Contemporary Theories of Cultural Production

LTSP 176. Literature and Nation (when focused on Spain)

LTSP 177. Literary and Historical Migrations (when strong focus on Spain)

Music

MUS 111. Topics/World Music Traditions (when focus is Europe) - must petition course to ISP advisors

Political Science

POLI 120B. The German Political System

POLI 120C. The Politics in France

POLI 120D. Germany: Before, During, and After Division

POLI 120E. Scandinavian Politics

POLI 120F. Europe as a Political Model

POLI 120G. British Politics

POLI 120H. European Integration

POLI 120I. Politics in Italy

POLI 123. Politics of Empire in Comparative Perspective*

POLI 126AA. Fundamentals of Political Economy: Modern Capitalism

POLI 126AB. Politics and Economics in Eastern Europe

POLI 130AD. The Politics of the Russian Revolution

POLI 147B. Russian-American Relations

POLI 153. The European Union in World Politics

Religion

RELI 146. Topics in the Religions of Antiquity

RELI 147. Pagan Europe and Its Christian Aftermath

Sociology

SOCI 106M. Holocaust Diaries

SOCI 178. The Holocaust

SOCI 188F. Modern Jewish Societies and Israeli Society

Visual Arts

VIS 120A. Greek Art

VIS 120B. Roman Art

VIS 122AN Renaissance Art

VIS 122CN. Leonardo da Vinci in Context

VIS 122D. Michelangelo

VIS 123AN. Between Spirit and Flesh

VIS 124D. Paris, Capital of the Nineteenth Century

VIS 125C. Modern Art in the West, 1850-1950

 

Latin America

Anthropology

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 160. Ancient Maya: Archaeological Problems and Perspectives

ANSC 106. Global Health: Indigenous Medicines in Latin America

ANSC 106S. Global Health: Indigenous Medicines in Latin America – Study Abroad

ANSC 116. Languages of the Americas: Mayan

ANSC 135. Indigenous Peoples of Latin America

ANSC 142. Anthropology of Latin America

Communication

COMM 104G. CMS: Latin America and the Caribbean

COMM 140. Cinema in Latin America

Economics

ECON 162. Economics of Mexico

History of Latin America (HILA)

Any upper-division History of Latin America course between HILA 100-197

Latin American Studies

LATI 180. Special Topics in Latin American Studies

Linguistics

LIGN 143. The Structure of Spanish

LIGN 152. Indigenous Languages of the Americas

LIGN 178. Spanish Sociolinguistics (*must send VAC message to ISP for degree audit update)

Literatures in Spanish

LTSP 130A. Development of Spanish Literature

LTSP 133. Contemporary Latin American Literature

LTSP 134. Literature of the Southern Cone

LTSP 135A. Mexican Literature before 1910

LTSP 135B. Modern Mexican Literature

LTSP 136. Andean Literatures

LTSP 137. Caribbean Literature

LTSP 138. Central American Literature

LTSP 140. Latin American Novel

LTSP 141. Latin American Poetry

LTSP 142. Latin American Short Story

LTSP 150A. Early Latino/a-Chicano/a Cultural Production: 1848 to 1960

LTSP 150B. Contempoary Chicano/a-Latino/a Cultural Production: 1960 to Present

LTSP 159. Methodological Approaches to the Study of History and Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean

LTSP 170. Contemporary Theories of Cultural Production

LTSP 171. Studies in Peninsular and/or Latin American Literature and Society

LTSP 172. Indigenista Themes in Latin American Literature

LTSP 175. Gender, Sexuality, and culture

LTSP 176. Literature and Nation (when focused on Latin America)

LTSP 177. Literary and Historical Migrations (when strong focus on Latin America)

Music

MUS 111. Topics/World Music Traditions (when focus is on Latin America) - must petition course to ISP advisors

Philosophy

PHIL 155. Mexican Philosophy - DEI Course!

PHIL 156. Latinx Philosophy-  DEI Course!

Political Science

POLI 134AA. Comparative Politics of Latin America

POLI 134B. Politics in Mexico

POLI 134D. Selected Topics in Latin American Politics

POLI 134I. Politics in the Southern Cone of Latin America

POLI 134J. Cuba: Revolution and Reform

POLI 146A. The U.S. and Latin America: Political and Economic Relations

Sociology

SOCI 182. Ethnicity and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America

SOCI 188D. Latin America: Society and Politics

SOCI 188M. Social Movements in Latin America

Visual Arts

VIS 126AN.  Pre-Columbian Art of Ancient Mexico and Central America

VIS 126BN. The Art and Civilization of the Ancient Maya

VIS 126C. Problems in Mesoamerican 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 156. Latino American Cinema

 

Middle East

Anthropology

ANAR 113. "A land whose stones are iron": Past, present and future perspectives on natural resources in Israel (by petition)

ANAR 114. Environmental hazards in Israel

ANAR 116. Sea Level Change - the Israeli Example in World Perspective

ANAR 138. Mesopotamia: The Emergence of Civilization

ANAR 141. Prehistory of the Holy Land

ANAR 142. The Rise and Fall of Ancient Israel

ANAR 143. Biblical Archaeology-Fact or Fiction

ANAR 165. Marine and Coastal Archaeology and the Biblical Seas

ANAR 185. Middle East Desert Cultural Ecology

ANAR 190. Eastern Mediterranean Archaeological Field School

ANSC 187. The Anthropology of Mental Health in Israel and the Diaspora

Communication

COMM 158. Representations of the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

Economics

ECON 165. Middle East Economics

History of the Near East/Middle East (HINE)

Any upper-division History of the Near East/Middle East courses between HINE 100-197

Literature

LTWL 143. Arab Literatures and Cultures

LTWL 157. Iranian Film

Music

MUS 111. Topics/World Music Traditions (when focus is Middle East) - must petition course to ISP advisors

Political Science

POLI 121. Government and Politics of the Middle East

POLI 121B. Politics in Israel

POLI 124. Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Sociology

SOCI 188F. Modern Jewish Societies and Israeli Society

SOCI 188I. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

SOCI 188O. Settlements and Peacemaking in Israel

Urban Studies and Planning

USP 189. Special Topics: High-Tech Innovation and the Society: Learning from the Israeli Case

 

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