International Studies - Sociology

International Studies majors are required to demonstrate basic proficiency in a modern foreign language.  This can be accomplished in one of the following ways:

Language course may be taken for a letter grade or Pass/No Pass, students must earn either a C- or better or a Pass. All other courses for major requirements must be taken for a letter grade of C- or above.

• Completion of the fourth quarter college-level foreign language course
• Proficiency Exam
• AP Language or Literature Exam
• IB Language Exam
• SAT II Language Exam
• Graduation from high school outside of the United States

International Studies Core Courses (3 courses)

All courses are 4-units and must be taken for a letter grade of C- or better.

For Students Beginning the INTL Course Sequence in Fall 2024:

• INTL-100. Analysis, Argument, and Real World Problems 
• INTL-101. Culture and Society in International Perspective (Prerequisite: INTL-100)
• INTL-102. Economics, Politics, and International Change (Prerequisite: INTL-100)
  •  INTL-190 seminars with a regional/country focus may be taken to fulfill an ISP regional requirement.

INTL-102 may be taken before INTL-101.

For ISP Students who have already taken INTL-101 and/or INTL-102 by Spring 2024:

• INTL-101. Culture and Society in International Perspective
• INTL-102. Economics, Politics, and International Change
• INTL-190. Seminar in International Studies (Prerequisites: INTL-101 and INTL-102)

INTL-102 may be taken before INTL-101. Both INTL-101 and INTL-102 must be completed before INTL-190. The INTL core courses must be taken at UC San Diego.

You may not take INTL-100 instead of INTL-190.

All eight (8) courses must be 4 units, upper-division and taken for a letter grade of C- or better.

Eight (8) upper-division courses must be selected from the following:

• 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-140K. Law and Society in China (*send VAC message to ISP Advising for degree audit update)
• 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 Film
• 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-Palestinian 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
  • Note: Following the completion of one SOCI-189 course, all subsequent 189 courses must be approved by International Studies.

All three (3) courses must be upper-division, 4 units and taken for a letter grade of C- or better.

• Courses must be selected from the approved Interdisciplinary Elective Course List
  
  • Note: All courses must be selected from departments outside of the disciplinary focus department.

Course Pre-requisites: Students are responsible for meeting all departmental pre-requisite courses.  Please refer to the General Catalog for additional information.

At least three (3) of the eleven (11) Disciplinary Focus and Interdisciplinary Elective courses must focus on one region.

• Note: This requirement is an overlap requirement comprised of courses that count for both the Disciplinary Focus or Interdisciplinary Elective courses and the Regional Requirement.
• Regional Requirement courses may come all from within the Disciplinary Focus, Interdisciplinary Electives, or a combination of the two.
• Possible regions include: Africa, East Asia, Europe, Latin America or the Middle East.
• Regional Course List