International and Global Studies A.B.

A Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in International and Global Studies requires the completion of the Elon Core Curriculum as well as the Major Requirements listed below.

Major Requirements

All majors are required to study abroad for one semester.

Foundation courses: 12 sh

POL 1410/IGS 1410INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

4 sh

HST 2210/IGS 2210THE WORLD IN THE 20TH CENTURY

4 sh

IGS 2500GLOBAL STUDIES: APPROACHES AND PERSPECTIVES

4 sh

World language study: 8 - 12 sh

International and Global Studies majors must choose one of the following two options for fulfilling the world language requirement:

A. Students must complete at least 8 s.h. of study in one modern language.  Students must also demonstrate world language proficiency by successful completion of a world language course at the 3000 level (or equivalent exam placement). 

B. Students must take at least 12 s.h. of study in one modern language.  Students must also demonstrate world language proficiency by successful completion of a world language course at the 2020 level (or equivalent exam placement).

Students are strongly urged to continue developing their language fluency each semester of their college career; Students should choose a language relevant to their regional concentration; Students who meet the proficiency requirement below through the placement exam may meet the hourly requirements in a new language related to their regional concentration.

Global studies: 12 sh

Students must take courses from at least two of the following five areas, and from at least two different departments. Appropriate special topics courses, as approved by the program coordinator, may be included in the global studies category.

Global Political Economy

ECO 1000PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS

4 sh

ECO 3110INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FINANCE

4 sh

GEO 3100DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN LATIN AMERICA, AFRICA AND ASIA

4 sh

INB 2500INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

4 sh

MKT 4160GLOBAL MARKETING

4 sh

ECO 1000 is recommended for students interested in pursuing an M.A. in international studies. Economics is often an admission requirement. It is also a prerequisite for ECO 3110, INB 2500, and MKT 4160.

Global Development, Environment, and Health

ANT 3250MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

4 sh

COR 4420FOOD, HEALTH, AND SOCIETY IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

4 sh

ECO 3410GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT

4 sh

ECO 4110ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

4 sh

GEO 3100DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN LATIN AMERICA, AFRICA AND ASIA

4 sh

GEO 3450GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

4 sh

PHS 3020GLOBAL HEALTH

4 sh

PST 3440INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

4 sh

Global Justice and Human Rights

COR 4430POVERTY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

4 sh

ECO 3410GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT

4 sh

ENG 2590LITERATURE OF THE HOLOCAUST

4 sh

HSS 3500INTERNATIONAL HUMAN SERVICES

4 sh

HSS 3510GLOBAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

4 sh

PCS 3500FOUNDATIONS OF PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES

4 sh

POL 3430INTERNATIONAL LAW

4 sh

POL 3480INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS

4 sh

PSJ 1100INTRODUCTION TO POVERTY STUDIES

4 sh

REL 1000RELIGION IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT

4 sh

Global Politics and History

GEO 1310THE WORLD'S REGIONS

4 sh

HST 1120SEARCH FOR ORDER IN MODERN EUROPE

4 sh

HST 3490COMPARATIVE SLAVERY IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD

4 sh

PCS 3500FOUNDATIONS OF PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES

4 sh

POL 1140MODEL UNITED NATIONS

1 sh

POL 1610COMPARATIVE POLITICS

4 sh

POL 3410INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

4 sh

PST 3420U.S. FOREIGN POLICY

4 sh

POL 3430INTERNATIONAL LAW

4 sh

PST 3440INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

4 sh

POL 3450INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

4 sh

PST 3470COMPARATIVE FOREIGN POLICY

4 sh

POL 3460INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

4 sh

POL 3480INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS

4 sh

POL 3580MEDIA AND WAR

4 sh

Global Culture and Society

ANT 1120INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

4 sh

ANT 1210CROSS-CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS

2 sh

ANT 3250MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

4 sh

ANT 3290GENDER INEQUALITY ACROSS CULTURES

4 sh

ARH 2120ART HISTORY OF THE MODERN WORLD

4 sh

COM 3300INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS

4 sh

CTA 3360INTERNATIONAL CINEMA

4 sh

COR 4420FOOD, HEALTH, AND SOCIETY IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

4 sh

ENG 2590LITERATURE OF THE HOLOCAUST

4 sh

ENG 3800ADVANCED WORLD LITERATURE

4 sh

GEO 1310THE WORLD'S REGIONS

4 sh

POL 3480INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS

4 sh

POL 3580MEDIA AND WAR

4 sh

PSY 3510PSYCHOLOGY IN CULTURAL CONTEXT

4 sh

REL 1000RELIGION IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT

4 sh

REL 1200Magic

4 sh

REL 3110BEYOND CONFLICT AND TOLERANCE: INTERRELIGIOUS ENCOUNTER AND SOCIAL CHANGE

4 sh

REL 3120RELIGION GOES GLOBAL: FANATICS, FRAUDS, AND PEACEMAKERS

4 sh

ANT 3250, ENG 310, and PSY 3510 each require a prerequisite. Students should consult the course description of each for further information. 

Regional concentration: 12 sh

Students must select 12 semester hours from one geographic region. Courses should be chosen from at least two disciplines.

Study abroad courses, special topics courses, core seminars, and courses in the department of World Languages and Cultures relevant to a concentration may be included under the regional concentration, as approved by the program coordinator.

Africa

ARH 3410ISSUES IN AFRICAN ART

4 sh

COR 4040AFRICANS AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT

4 sh

ENG 3830AFRICAN EXPERIENCE IN LITERATURE

4 sh

FRE 3063PERSPECTIVES ON THE FRANCOPHONE WORLD

4 sh

HST 3130MODERN AFRICA

4 sh

Asia

ENG 2320LITERATURE OF EAST ASIA

4 sh

ENG 3820ASIAN LITERATURE

4 sh

ENS 3100ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

4 sh

GBL 2860INDIA'S IDENTITIES: RELIGION, CASTE AND GENDER IN CONTEMPORARY SOUTH INDIA

4 sh

HST 132GLOBALIZATION OF CHINA, 1500-1840

4 sh

HST 320FASHION, FOOD, AND FUN: MATERIAL CULTURE IN CHINA AND JAPAN

4 sh

HST 3210CHINA: EMPIRE AND REVOLUTION, 1800-PRESENT

4 sh

PHL 3520EASTERN PHILOSOPHY

4 sh

POL 3620INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA

4 sh

REL 1810BUDDHIST TRADITIONS

4 sh

REL 1820HINDU TRADITIONS

4 sh

REL 3560CHINESE "RELIGIONS" FROM CONFUCIUS TO MAO

4 sh

REL 3570SAGES AND SAMURAI: RELIGION IN THE JAPANESE EXPERIENCE

4 sh

REL 3580SITES AND RITES: SACRED SPACE AND RITUAL IN WORLD RELIGIONS

4 sh

REL 3600HINDU GODDESSES: FROM MYTHS TO MOVIES

4 sh

REL 3620Religion and Storytelling in Hindu Worlds

4 sh

REL 3630WOMEN IN ISLAM: VENERATION, VEILS AND VOICES

4 sh

REL 4650Ghosts, Demons & Ancestors in Asian Religions

4 sh

Europe

ENG 2220BRITISH LITERATURE AFTER 1800

4 sh

ENG 2590LITERATURE OF THE HOLOCAUST

4 sh

ENG 3301PARIS AND THE EXPATRIATES

4 sh

ENG 3560NONFICTION

4 sh

HST 1120SEARCH FOR ORDER IN MODERN EUROPE

4 sh

HST 318RUSSIA, 1801 TO THE PRESENT

4 sh

HST 3240ENGLAND WITHIN THE BRITISH EMPIRE: 17TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT

4 sh

HST 325TOPICS IN MODERN BRITISH HISTORY

4 sh

HST 3310WORLD WAR I IN FILM AND LITERATURE

4 sh

HST 3380GERMANY: WAR, DEMOCRACY AND HITLER, 1914-1945

4 sh

HST 3390A HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST

4 sh

POL 3640EUROPEAN POLITICS IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

4 sh

PST 3320COMPARATIVE PUBLIC POLICY

4 sh

Latin America

ENG 2340CARIBBEAN LITERATURE

4 sh

ENG 3810LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE

4 sh

HST 1400THEMES IN CARIBBEAN HISTORY

4 sh

HST 3510HISTORY OF MODERN MEXICO

4 sh

HST 3530COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA

4 sh

HST 3540MODERN LATIN AMERICA

4 sh

POL 3610POLITICS OF THE CARIBBEAN

4 sh

POL 3680LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS

4 sh

Middle East

ARH 3420ISSUES IN ISLAMIC ART

4 sh

ENG 3840MIDDLE EASTERN LITERATURE

4 sh

HST 3160THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST

4 sh

PHL 3500THE SPIRIT OF ISRAEL

4 sh

POL 3660MIDDLE EAST POLITICS

4 sh

REL 1830ISLAMIC TRADITIONS

4 sh

REL 1850JEWISH TRADITIONS

4 sh

REL 211THE HEBREW BIBLE (OLD TESTAMENT)

4 sh

REL 3630WOMEN IN ISLAM: VENERATION, VEILS AND VOICES

4 sh

Senior Seminar: 4 sh

IGS 4970SENIOR SEMINAR

4 sh

IGS 0070SENIOR COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION

0

Total Credit Hours: 48

Program Outcomes

IGS graduates will effectively communicate complex ideas through various media formats, which must include written, and could also include oral, visual, electronic, and other creative communication strategies. Specifically, by the time of graduation, students will be able to write a comparative and integrative essay that incorporates how broad patterns of global change articulate themselves at the local, regional, or national levels. Furthermore, students will have a working proficiency in a second language (other than English).

Students in the IGS program should develop critical thinking and analytical reasoning skills, including comparison, critiquing and evaluation of own and others' works, application, and synthesis, in addition to critically evaluating International and Global studies concepts and their own culture, identity, and practices in relation to other countries/regions of the world.

Students will have appreciation of and familiarity with, as well as demonstrate knowledge and ability to understand and explain, the diverse disciplinary foundations of International and Global Studies.

Students in the IGS program will have a sound understanding and practice of data gathering and analysis, primary source acquisition and usage, secondary source acquisition and usage, analyzing of information (quantitatively or qualitatively), and framing research questions.

Graduates of the IGS program should have knowledge and understanding of the cultural, social, and political aspects of a country and region other than their own. They should show an understanding of the global diversity of people and societies and the effects of those differences. Specifically, IGS students should have basic intercultural competency. Intercultural competence is defined as "the ability to develop targeted knowledge, skills, and attitudes that lead to visible behavior and communication that are both effective and appropriate in intercultural interactions."*

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*Deardorff, D. K. (2006), The Identification and Assessment of Intercultural Competence as a Student Outcome of Internationalization at Institutions of Higher Education in the United States, Journal of Studies in International Education 10:241-266

Total Credit Hours: 44

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