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Minor Requirements

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The minor in International Studies offers students an introduction to the origins and implications of global integration.

International Studies Academic Advising Resources

Minor Requirements

  • The minor consists of at least seven (7) courses which are 4 units or greater (at least 28 units).
  • Grading: All courses for the minor must be taken for a letter grade of C- or better (including language courses).
  • Interdisciplinary Requirement: The minor must include courses from at least two (2) departments (not including INTL).
  • GPA Requirement: At least a 2.0 in order to graduate with IS minor.

Students can declare the International Studies Minor (Minor Code: INTL-MN-001 ) using the Triton Student System (TSS) on TritonLink. When declaring your minor it is important to indicate how you plan to complete the language requirement.

Language Requirement

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

ISP Minors can complete their language requirement through the following ways:

Please review the ISP Language Requirement page for more information

Language Coursework (0-2 Courses)

International Studies minors can use up to 2 language courses (from UCSD or elsewhere) to apply to their minor requirements.* Students do not need to use the same language that they used to fulfill their Language Requirement (above), but if they complete the Language Requirement through language coursework, they can use those courses towards their minor requirements. If a student has fulfilled their Language Requirement, they can use any level of language coursework to fulfill minor requirements. If students are unsure about whether their language coursework will fulfill minor requirements, please reach out to ISP Advising in the VAC.

*If students take Linguistics courses that are 2.5 units each, they can use 4 courses towards the ISP Minor. (ie: LISP-001A/AX and LISP-001B/BX)

International Studies Core Courses (3 courses)

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

Enrollment:

  • INTL-101 & INTL-102 are not sequential and are offered in fall, winter and spring quarters. 
  • Students must be a declared International Studies minor in order to enroll in INTL Core Coures.

Track 1: Economics, Politics and International Change (1 course)

Disclaimer: For IS-minors whose first quarter at UCSD was prior to Fall 2023, please refer to the archived Fall 2018 - Summer 2023 course list (see below) in addition to the following list. Courses accepted for the minor on the archived list and the current list will be accepted for minors whose first quarter was before Fall 2023. 

Complete one (1) course from the list below. All courses for the minor must be taken for a letter grade of C- or better.

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-160. Political Economy and International Communication
COMM-183. Global Economy and Consumer Culture
ECON-101. International Trade
ECON-102. Globalization
ECON-103. International Monetary Relations
ECON-106. International Economics Agreements
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-165. Middle East Economics
ECON-168. Economics of Modern Israel
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
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. End of the Chinese Empire, 1800–1911
HIEA-131. China in War and Revolution, 1911–1949
HIEA-132. Mao’s China, 1949–1976
HIEA-150. Modern Korea, 1800–1945
HIEA-151. The Two Koreas, 1945–Present
HIEA-102. The Roman History
HIEU-102A. Ancient Roman Civilization
HIEU-103. Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
HIEU-104. Byzantine Empire
HIEU-117A. Greece and the Balkans in the Age of Nationalism
HIEU-117B. Greece and the Balkans during the Twentieth Century
HEIU-119. Modern Italy: From Unification to the Present
HEIU-124GS. The City Italy
HIEU-128. Europe Since 1945
HIEU-131. The French Revolution: 1789–1814
HIEU-132. Germany from Luther to Bismarck
HIEU-134. The Formation of the Russian Empire, 800–1855
HIEU-136B. European Society and Social Thought, 1870–1989
HIEU-137. History of Colonialism: From New Imperialism to Decolonization
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-151GS. History of Modern Spain, 1808-Present
HIEU-153A. Nineteenth-Century France
HIEU-154. Modern German History: From Bismarck to Hitler
HIEU-156. History of the Soviet Union, 1905-1991
HIE-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. Conquest and Empire: The Americas
HILA-101. Nation-State Formation, Ethnicity, and Violence in Latin America
HILA-102. Latin America in the Twentieth Century
HILA-103. Revolution in Modern Latin America
HILA-113D. Lord and Peasant in Latin America
HILA-114. Dictatorships in Latin America
HILA-120. History of Argentina
HILA-121A. History of Brazil through 1889
HILA-121B. History of Brazil, 1889 to Present
HILA-122. Cuba: From Colony to Socialist Republic
HILA-131. A History of Mexico
HILA-132. Modern Mexico: From Revolution to Drug War Violence
HILA-161. History of Women in Latin America
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-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
LIGN-105. Law and Language
LIGN-108. Languages of Africa
LIGN-174. Gender and Language in Society
LIGN-177. Multilingualism

Comparative Politics:

  • POLI-120 – POLI-138D*
International Relations:
  • POLI-140A – POLI-154ª

Track 2: Culture and Society in International Perspective (1 course)

Disclaimer: For IS-minors whose first quarter at UCSD was prior to Fall 2023, please refer to the archived Fall 2018 - Summer 2023 course list (see below) in addition to the following list. Courses accepted for the minor on the archived list and the current list will be accepted for minors whose first quarter was before Fall 2023. 

Complete one (1) course selected from the list below. All courses for the minor must be taken for a letter grade of C- or better.

ANSC-105. Global Health and Inequality
ANSC-110. Societies and Cultures of the Caribbean
ANSC-111. The Chinese Heritage in Taiwan
ANSC-114. Food Cultures in South America
ANSC-130. Hinduism
ANSC-131. Language, Law, and Social Justice
ANSC-135. Indigenous Peoples of Latin America
ANSC-136. Traditional Chinese Society
ANSC-137. Chinese Popular Religion
ANSC-142. Anthropology of Latin America
ANSC-143. Mental health as Global Health Priority
ANSC-165. Contemporary South Asia
ANSC-187. The Anthropology of Mental health in Israel and the Diaspora
ANAR-113. "A land whose stones are iron:" Past, present and future perspectives on natural resources in Israel
ANAR-114. Environmental Hazards in Israel
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. Eastern Mediterranean Archaeological Field School
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-138. Black Women, Feminism, and Media
COMM-140. Cinema in Latin America
COMM-158. Representations of the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
COMM-177 Culture, Comination and Resistance
HIEA-115. Social and Cultural History of Twentieth-Century Japan
HIEA-117. Ghosts of Japan
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
HIEU-105. The Early Christian Church
HIEU-110. The Rise of Europe
HIEU-111. Europe in the Middle Ages
HIEU-115. The Pursuit of the Millennium
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-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-152. The Worst of Times: Everyday Life in Authoritarian and Dictatorial Societies
HILA-115. The Latin American City, a History
HILA-121A. History of Brazil
HILA-124A. History of Women and Gender in Latin America
HILA-126. From Columbus to Castro: Caribbean Culture and Society
HINE-102. The Jews in their Homeland in Antiquity
HINE-103. The Jewish Diaspora in Antiquity
HINE-108. The Middle East before Islam
HINE-113. Ancient Near East Mythology
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. Life Sciences in the Twentieth Century
HISC-109. Invention of Tropical Disease
HISC-110. Historical Encounters of Science and Religion
HISC-111. The Atomic Bomb and the Atomic Age
HISC-114. The Darwinian Legacy
HISC-117. History of the Neurosciences
HISC-118. History of Sexology
HITO-104. The Jews and Judaism in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds
HITO-105. Jewish Modernity from 1648 to 1948
HITO-106. Love and Family in the Jewish Past
HITO-119/HMNR-100. Human Rights I: Introduction to Human Rights and Global Justice
HITO-126. A History of Childhood
HIGL-114. History of Modern Vietnam
HIGL-127. Sport in the Modern World
LIGN-142. Language Typology
LIGN-143. Structure of Spanish
LIGN-150. Historical Linguistics
LIGN-152. Indigenous Languages of the Americas
LIGN-155. Evolution of Language
LIGN-175. Sociolinguistics
LIGN-176. Language of Politics and Advertising
LTEN-142. British Novel: 1830-1890
LTEN-144. British Novel: 1890-present
LTEN-188. Contemporary Caribbean Literature
LTEN-189. Twentieth-Century Postcolonial Literatures
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-160. Women and Literature
LTWL-168. Death and Desire in India
LTAM-110. Latin American Literature in Translation
LTAM-111. Comparative Caribbean Discourse
LTAM-130. Reading North by South
LTCS-130. Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Culture (Rotating topic – by Petition)
LTCS-131. Topics in Queer Cultures/Queer Subcultures
LTCS-133. Globalization and Culture
LTCS-141. Special Topics in Race and Empire
LTCS-165. Spec Topics: Politics of Food (Rotating topic – by Petition)
And all upper-division, non-language courses listed under

African Literatures (LTAF)
Literatures in Chinese (LTCH)
East Asian Literatures (LTEA)
European and Eurasian Literature (LTEU)
Greek Literature (LTGK)
Literatures in French (LTFR)
Literatures in German (LTGM)
Literatures in Italian (LTIT) with exception of LTIT-161
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

With approval of the undergraduate advisers, 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.

PHIL-132. Epistemology
PHIL-136. Philosophy of Mind
PHIL-137. Moral Psychology
PHIL-138. Responsibility
PHIL-139. Global Justice
PHIL-158. Topics in Chinese Philosophy
PHIL-162. Contemporary Moral Issues
PHIL-165. Freedom, Justice, and the Law
PHIL-169. Feminism and Philosophy

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 Contemporary Perspective
SOCI-134. The Making of Modern Medicine
SOCI-136E. Sociology of Mental Illness: A Historical Approach
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 Protests
SOCI-181. Modern Western Society
SOCI-182. Ethnicity and Indigenous Peoples of 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-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 (pre-approval required)

International Studies Elective Courses (1-3 courses)

Complete one to three (1-3) courses selected from the approved list for Track 1 or Track 2.

  • All courses for the minor must be upper-division, non-language, at least 4 quarter units and taken for a letter grade of C- or better.
  • International Studies minors must complete a total of seven (7) courses for the minor. The number of International Studies Elective courses required is variable dependent on the number of language courses applied toward the minor.
    • If zero (0) language courses are applied toward the minor:
      • Two (2) International Studies Elective courses are required.
    • If one (1) language course taken for a letter grade of C- or better is applied toward the minor:
      • One (1) International Studies Elective courses are required.
    • If two (2) language courses taken for a letter grade of C- or better are applied toward the minor:
      • 0 International Studies Elective courses is required.
    • The International Study Elective course list is comprised of the Track 1 & Track 2 comprehensive course lists.

Archived International Studies - Minor Course List (Fall 2018 - Summer 2023)

Track 1: Economics, Politics and International Change

Complete one (1) course from the list below. All courses for the minor must be taken for a letter grade of C- or better.

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
COMM-183. Global Economy and Consumer Culture

ECON-101. International Trade
ECON-102. Globalization
ECON-103. International Monetary Relations
ECON-106. International Economics Agreements
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-162. Economics of Mexico
ECON-165. Middle East Economics
ECON-167. Economics of China
ECON-169. Economics of Korea

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
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. End of the Chinese Empire, 1800–1911
HIEA-131. China in War and Revolution, 1911–1949
HIEA-132. Mao’s China, 1949–1976
HIEA-150. Modern Korea, 1800–1945
HIEA-151. The Two Koreas, 1945–Present
HIEU-102. The Roman History
HIEU-102A. Ancient Roman Civilization
HIEU-103. Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
HIEU-104. Byzantine Empire
HIEU-117A. Greece and the Balkans in the Age of Nationalism
HIEU-117B. Greece and the Balkans during the Twentieth Century
HEIU-119. Modern Italy: From Unification to the Present
HEIU-124GS. The City Italy
HIEU-128. Europe Since 1945
HIEU-131. The French Revolution: 1789–1814
HIEU-132. Germany from Luther to Bismarck
HIEU-134. The Formation of the Russian Empire, 800–1855
HIEU-136B. European Society and Social Thought, 1870–1989
HIEU-137. History of Colonialism: From New Imperialism to Decolonization
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-151GS. History of Modern Spain, 1808-Present
HIEU-153A. Nineteenth-Century France
HIEU-154. Modern German History: From Bismarck to Hitler
HIEU-156. History of the Soviet Union, 1905-1991
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. Conquest and Empire: The Americas
HILA-101. Nation-State Formation, Ethnicity, and Violence in Latin America
HILA-102. Latin America in the Twentieth Century
HILA-103. Revolution in Modern Latin America
HILA-113D. Lord and Peasant in Latin America
HILA-114. Dictatorships in Latin America
HILA-120. History of Argentina
HILA-121A. History of Brazil through 1889
HILA -121B. History of Brazil, 1889 to Present
HILA-122. Cuba: From Colony to Socialist Republic
HILA-131. A History of Mexico
HILA-132. Modern Mexico: From Revolution to Drug War Violence
HILA-161. History of Women in Latin America
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-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

LIGN-105. Law and Language
LIGN-108. Languages of Africa
LIGN-174. Gender and Language in Society
LIGN-177. Multilingualism

Comparative Politics:
  • POLI-120B through POLI-134I
  • POLI-136A through POLI-138D
International Relations:
  • POLI-140A through POLI-142J
  • POLI-142L through POLI-154

 

Track 2: Culture and Society in International Perspective


Complete one (1) course selected from the list below. All courses for the minor must be taken for a letter grade of C- or better. 

ANSC-105. Global Health and Inequality
ANSC-110. Societies and Cultures of the Caribbean
ANSC-111. The Chinese Heritage in Taiwan
ANSC-114. Food Cultures in South America
ANSC-130. Hinduism
ANSC-131. Language, Law, and Social Justice
ANSC-135. Indigenous Peoples of Latin America
ANSC-136. Traditional Chinese Society
ANSC-137. Chinese Popular Religion
ANSC-142. Anthropology of Latin America
ANSC-143. Mental health as Global Health Priority
ANSC-165. Contemporary South Asia
ANSC-187. The Anthropology of Mental health in Israel and the Diaspora
ANAR-113. "A land whose stones are iron:" Past, present and future perspectives on natural resources in Israel
ANAR-114. Environmental Hazards in Israel
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. Eastern Mediterranean Archaeological Field School

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-114J. CSI: Food Justice
COMM-128. Education and Global Citizenship
COMM-135. Contemporary Minority Media Makers and the Festival Experience
COMM-138. Black Women, Feminism, and Media
COMM-140. Cinema in Latin America
COMM-155. Latino Space, Place and Culture
COMM-158. Representations of the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
COMM-168. Bilingual Communication
COMM-177 Culture, Comination and Resistance
COMM-179. Global Nature/Global Culture
COMM-181. Neoliberal Cities


HIEA-115. Social and Cultural History of Twentieth-Century Japan
HIEA-117. Ghosts of Japan
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
HIEU-105. The Early Christian Church
HIEU-110. The Rise of Europe
HIEU-111. Europe in the Middle Ages
HIEU-115. The Pursuit of the Millennium
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-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-152. The Worst of Times: Everyday Life in Authoritarian and Dictatorial Societies
HILA-115. The Latin American City, a History
HILA-121A. History of Brazil
HILA-124A. History of Women and Gender in Latin America
HILA-126. From Columbus to Castro: Caribbean Culture and Society
HINE-102. The Jews in their Homeland in Antiquity
HINE-103. The Jewish Diaspora in Antiquity
HINE-108. The Middle East before Islam
HINE-113. Ancient Near East Mythology
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. Life Sciences in the Twentieth Century
HISC-109. Invention of Tropical Disease
HISC-110. Historical Encounters of Science and Religion
HISC-111. The Atomic Bomb and the Atomic Age
HISC-114. The Darwinian Legacy
HISC-117. History of the Neurosciences
HISC-118. History of Sexology
HITO-104. The Jews and Judaism in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds
HITO-105. Jewish Modernity from 1648 to 1948
HITO-106. Love and Family in the Jewish Past
HITO-119/HMNR 100. Human Rights I: Introduction to Human Rights and Global Justice
HITO-126. A History of Childhood

LIGN-142. Language Typology
LIGN-143. Structure of Spanish
LIGN-150. Historical Linguistics
LIGN-152. Indigenous Languages of the Americas
LIGN-155. Evolution of Language
LIGN-175. Sociolinguistics
LIGN-176. Language of Politics and Advertising

LTEN-188. Contemporary Caribbean Literature
LTEN-189. Twentieth-Century Postcolonial Literatures


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

LTAM-110. Latin American Literature in Translation
LTAM-111. Comparative Caribbean Discourse
LTAM-130. Reading North by South

LTCS-133. Globalization and Culture
LTCS-141. Special Topics in Race and Empire

And all upper-division, non-language courses listed under

African Literatures (LTAF)
Literatures in Chinese (LTCH)
East Asian Literatures (LTEA)
European and Eurasian Literature (LTEU)
Greek Literature (LTGK)
Literatures in French (LTFR)
Literatures in German (LTGM)
Literatures in Italian (LTIT) with exception of LTIT-161
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

With approval of the undergraduate advisers, 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.

PHIL-139. Global Justice
PHIL-162. Contemporary Moral Issues
PHIL-165. Freedom, Justice, and the Law
PHIL-168. Philosophy of Law

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 Contemporary Perspective
SOCI-134. The Making of Modern Medicine
SOCI-136E. Sociology of Mental Illness: A Historical Approach
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 Protests
SOCI-181. Modern Western Society
SOCI-182. Ethnicity and Indigenous Peoples of 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-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 (pre-approval required)

Petitioning Coursework for the ISP Minor

  • Study Abroad:

    • Minors are highly encouraged to study abroad.  Students are allowed to petition up to three courses from abroad to count toward the minor.  Additional information can be found here.
      • Note: A maximum of three courses can be petitioned to the International Studies Program.  Language requirement courses must be petitioned to the linguistics department.

  • Academic Internship Program (AIP):

    • Only one AIP 197 course will be allowed to be petitioned to count toward the minor.
      • Note: Specific additional requirements must be completed in order to have an AIP course count toward the minor.  Information can be found here: (Link to Explore Opportunities).
  • Research (197 or 199):

    • Only one 197 (internship) or 199 (research) course will be allowed to be petitioned to count toward the minor.