International and Global Studies A.B.
Coordinator: Associate Professor Sinn
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
International and Global Studies majors are required to study abroad for a semester. This requirement is designed to provide students with an in-depth, cross-cultural experience while encouraging them to strengthen their world language abilities.* Students should choose an area relevant to their regional concentrations (see below). Winter Term study abroad programs offer valuable international experiences and the courses can be counted within the major, but they will not satisfy the semester requirement. Under specific provisions of the major and with the program coordinator’s approval, up to 20 semester hours of study abroad coursework can be counted toward the major.
All majors are required to study abroad for one semester.
Foundation courses: 12 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 1000 | PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS | 4 sh |
| ECO 1410 | THE ECONOMICS OF HUMAN TRAFFICING: A GLOBAL REVIEW | 2 sh |
| ECO 3110 | INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FINANCE | 4 sh |
| COR 4000 | Global Inequalities | 4 sh |
| GEO 3100 | DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN LATIN AMERICA, AFRICA AND ASIA | 4 sh |
| INB 2500 | INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS | 4 sh |
| MKT 4160 | GLOBAL MARKETING | 4 sh |
| POL 3490 | GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY | 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 3250 | Medical Anthropology | 4 sh |
| COR 4070 | Global Health Disparities | 4 sh |
| COR 4420 | Food, Health, and Society in Global Perspective | 4 sh |
| ECO 3410 | GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT | 4 sh |
| ECO 4110 | ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT | 4 sh |
| GEO 3100 | DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN LATIN AMERICA, AFRICA AND ASIA | 4 sh |
| GEO 3450 | GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | 4 sh |
| PHS 3020 | GLOBAL HEALTH | 4 sh |
| PUB 3440 | INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY | 4 sh |
Global Justice and Human Rights
Global Politics and History
Global Culture and Society
| ANT 1120 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 4 sh |
| ANT 1210 | Cross-Cultural Encounters | 2 sh |
| ANT 3240 | Anthropology of Sex and Gender | 4 sh |
| ANT 3250 | Medical Anthropology | 4 sh |
| ANT 3290 | Gender Inequality Across Cultures | 4 sh |
| ANT 3850/SOC 3850 | Culture and Business | 4 sh |
| ARH 2120 | Art History of the Modern World | 4 sh |
| ARH 3330 | Jewish, Christian, & Islamic Cultures: Contact & Conflict | 4 sh |
| COM 3300 | International Communications | 4 sh |
| CTA 3360 | International Cinema | 4 sh |
| COR 4330 | Coming Home: the Impact of Studying Abroad | 4 sh |
| COR 4420 | Food, Health, and Society in Global Perspective | 4 sh |
| ENG 2590 | LITERATURE OF THE HOLOCAUST | 4 sh |
| ENG 3800 | ADVANCED WORLD LITERATURE | 4 sh |
| GEO 1310 | THE WORLD'S REGIONS | 4 sh |
| GEO 3200 | SOCCER AND GLOBALIZATION | 4 sh |
| GEO 3630 | GLOBAL MIGRATION | 4 |
| POL 3480 | INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS | 4 sh |
| PSY 3510 | PSYCHOLOGY IN CULTURAL CONTEXT | 4 sh |
| REL 1000 | RELIGION IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT | 4 sh |
| REL 1120 | RELIGION AND POWER | 4 sh |
| REL 1200 | MAGIC | 4 sh |
| REL 3110 | BEYOND CONFLICT AND TOLERANCE: INTERRELIGIOUS ENCOUNTER AND SOCIAL CHANGE | 4 sh |
| REL 3120 | RELIGION GOES GLOBAL: FANATICS, FRAUDS, AND PEACEMAKERS | 4 sh |
ANT 3250, 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
Asia
| COR 3050 | Interdisciplinary Zen | 4 sh |
| ENG 2320 | LITERATURE OF EAST ASIA | 4 sh |
| ENG 2350 | ASIAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE | 4 sh |
| ENG 3820 | POSTCOLONIAL ASIAN LITERATURE AND GLOBALIZATION | 4 sh |
| ENS 3100 | ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA | 4 sh |
| GBL 2860 | INDIA'S IDENTITIES: RELIGION, CASTE AND GENDER IN CONTEMPORARY SOUTH INDIA | 4 sh |
| HST 3210 | CHINA: EMPIRE AND REVOLUTION, 1800-PRESENT | 4 sh |
| PHL 3520 | EASTERN PHILOSOPHY | 4 sh |
| POL 3620 | India and South Asia | 4 sh |
| REL 1810 | BUDDHIST TRADITIONS | 4 sh |
| REL 1820 | Yoga, Karma, and Dharma: Hindu Traditions | 4 sh |
| REL 3500 | SILK ROAD: THEN AND NOW | 4 sh |
| REL 3560 | CHINESE "RELIGIONS" FROM CONFUCIUS TO MAO | 4 sh |
| REL 3570 | SAGES AND SAMURAI: RELIGION IN THE JAPANESE EXPERIENCE | 4 sh |
| REL 3580 | SITES AND RITES: SACRED SPACE AND RITUAL IN WORLD RELIGIONS | 4 sh |
| REL 3600 | HINDU GODDESSES: FROM MYTHS TO MOVIES | 4 sh |
| REL 3620 | RELIGION AND STORYTELLING IN HINDU WORLDS | 4 sh |
| REL 3630 | WOMEN IN ISLAM: VENERATION, VEILS AND VOICES | 4 sh |
| REL 4650 | GHOSTS, DEMONS, AND ANCESTORS IN ASIAN RELIGIONS | 4 sh |
Europe
| COR 3020 | Italian Cinema | 4 sh |
| COR 3570 | Rome | 4 sh |
| COR 3650 | France Today: Multiculturalism and the French-American Experience | 4 sh |
| ENG 2220 | BRITISH LITERATURE AFTER 1800 | 4 sh |
| ENG 2571 | LITERATURE OF SOUTHERN ITALY | 4 sh |
| ENG 2590 | LITERATURE OF THE HOLOCAUST | 4 sh |
| ENG 3301 | PARIS AND THE EXPATRIATES | 4 sh |
| HST 1120 | SEARCH FOR ORDER IN MODERN EUROPE | 4 sh |
| HST 3240 | ENGLAND WITHIN THE BRITISH EMPIRE: 17TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT | 4 sh |
| HST 3310 | WORLD WAR I IN FILM AND LITERATURE | 4 sh |
| HST 3380 | GERMANY: WAR, DEMOCRACY AND HITLER, 1914-1945 | 4 sh |
| HST 3390 | A HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST | 4 sh |
| POL 3640 | EUROPEAN POLITICS IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE | 4 sh |
Latin America
| ENG 2340 | CARIBBEAN LITERATURE | 4 sh |
| ENG 3810 | LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE | 4 sh |
| HST 1400 | THEMES IN CARIBBEAN HISTORY | 4 sh |
| HST 3470 | INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE IN THE ANDES | 4 sh |
| HST 3490 | COMPARATIVE SLAVERY IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD | 4 sh |
| HST 3510 | HISTORY OF MODERN MEXICO | 4 sh |
| HST 3530 | COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA | 4 sh |
| HST 3540 | MODERN LATIN AMERICA | 4 sh |
| POL 3610 | POLITICS OF THE CARIBBEAN | 4 sh |
| POL 3680 | Latin American Politics | 4 sh |
Middle East
Senior Seminar: 4 sh
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