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:

• 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

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

• 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. 

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.