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International Studies Minor

The International Studies minor is designed to offer students an introduction to the interdisciplinary investigation of other societies and the forces of global integration and conflict.

Minor Requirements

  • The minor consists of 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: MO62) using the Major/Minor Tool on TritonLink. When declaring your minor it is important to indicate how you plan to complete the language requirement.

Language Requirement

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 1A/AX and LISP 1B/BX)

International Studies Core Courses (2 courses)

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

Enrollment:

  • INTL 101 & 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 101 and 102.
  • To enroll in INTL101 or INTL102, submit an EASy Request through Webreg.

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
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 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

SOCI106M. 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:
      • Three (3) 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:
      • Two (2) 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:
      • One (1) International Studies Elective course 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

SOCI106M. 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)

Additional Opportunities

  • 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, 198 or 199): Only one 197, 198 or 199 course will be allowed to be petitioned to count toward the minor.
  • Warren College Programs of Concentration Students: Please contact Warren Advising for additional information on how to use International Studies as a Social Science or Humanities.

How to Declare the International Studies Minor

Go to TritonLink, access Major/Minor link under the Tool category and declare your minor.

Minor Code: International Studies (M062)

Note: You will be required to enter the courses that you plan to take for the minor.  Although you do not have to take the exact courses you put into the form, it is important that you demonstrate comprehension of the minor requirements.


 International Studies Academic Advising Resources