Major Requirements
The requirements for a Bachelor of Arts with a major in International Studies are as follows:
I. Program Requirements
A. No fewer than 33 credit hours, at least 21 of which must be upper-division.
B. Advanced Language study (at least 6 upper division hours in the same language).
C. One of the following courses: HIST-3469 (U.S. Foreign Relations), PLSI-1342 (International Politics), or ANTH-3349/SOCI-3349 (Globalization and Social Change).
D. Completion of INTL-1300 (Introduction to Intercultural Competence), INTL-1301 (Introduction to International Studies), and INTL-1305 (Ethics in International Engagement and Development).
E. Completion of INTL-4104 (Senior Portfolio).
F. Completion of any concentration (15-18 hours including courses taken while abroad).
G. At least one semester abroad in a program approved by the International Studies Committee.
International Studies concentrations are individual programs of study designed by students in consultation with the assigned adviser. A student may propose courses from the concentration list (below), or with the approval of the adviser and program director, from among courses taken abroad or unlisted courses taken while at Trinity.
While not required, students may select the Internship Course option (INTL-4001, INTL-4101, INTL-4201, INTL-4301, INTL-4401, INTL-4501, INTL-4601 ; maximum 3 hours).
While not required, INTL-4000, INTL-4100, INTL-4200, INTL-4300, (Senior Research Project) may be taken by students wishing to pursue an international studies project independently or in conjunction with an upper division course.
Students are strongly encouraged to take courses in the Languages Across the Curriculum Program.
II. University requirements:
Completion of all other required elements of the Pathways curriculum and at least 120 credit hours.
The Concentrations
International Studies concentrations are individual programs of study that are designed by students in consultation with the appropriate concentration adviser. A student may substitute courses taken abroad or special offerings that are not shown on the lists upon recommendation of the adviser and approval by the program director.
Concentrations and Faculty (*concentration coordinator and head adviser):
- Arts, Media, and Culture: Professor Alfred Montoya, Associate Professor Curtis Swope
- Diplomacy, Security, War, and Peace Studies: Associate Professor Dr. Lauren Turek*
- Global Health: Professors Alfred Montoya*, Jonathan King, Benjamin Sosnaud
- International Development: Professor Katsuo Nishikawa Chávez*
Arts, Media, and Culture
(Professor Alfred Montoya, Associate Professor Curtis Swope)
Description: Ecological disaster, political upheaval, and economic globalization are deeply international. However, they are often perceived, felt, and analyzed in highly complex regional, national, and transnational ways. In this concentration, students grapple with the way our international world and its international problems are represented and imagined in different contexts through the lenses of language, culture, religion, art, media, and theory.
Using the humanistic tools of close reading and critical analysis, students in the Arts, Media, and Culture concentration study the philosophical frameworks through which cultural production in different parts of the world can be viewed; the artistic and communicative practices, from literature to music, through which human beings intervene in their cultural contexts; and the histories and religious traditions that shape cultures in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. Majors pursuing this concentration are encouraged to work closely with advisors to create a path through the major tailored to their particular geographical and methodological interests.
Requirements: The basic requirements for the International Studies major are listed above (“The Major.”) To complete the Arts, Media, and Culture concentration within this major, students must complete two classes from each of the three conceptual areas listed below: Theories and Ideas, Arts and Practices, and Histories and Contexts.
Theories and Ideas
Course ID | Course Title |
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ANTH-2401 | The Anthropological Imagination |
PHIL-1354 | Ethics |
PHIL-2455 | Aesthetics |
PHIL-3451 | Social and Political Philosophy |
PHIL-3452 | Philosophy of Law |
PHIL-2456 | Applied Ethics |
PLSI-1361 | Politics & Morality |
PLSI-3462 | Modern Political Thought |
PLSI-3463 | Masters of Suspicion: Contemporary Political Thought |
RELI-2400 | What is Religion? |
SOCI-3431 | Language, Culture, and Society |
WAGS-2352 | Introduction to Gender Studies |
WAGS-3401 | The History of Sexuality |
Arts and Practices
Course ID | Course Title |
---|---|
ARTH-3461 | Public Art across the Border |
ARTH-3464 | Twentieth-Century Architecture and Urbanism |
CHIN-3313 | Cities of Strangers: Trans-Cultural Chinese Cinema |
CMLT-2301 | World Literature and the Environment |
COMM-2301 | International Cinema |
COMM-3322 | International Communication [has COMM-1301 as prereq] |
COMM-3324 | Popular Culture in Asia |
COMM-3372 | Intercultural Communication [has COMM-1301 as prereq] |
ENGL-1315 | World Literature |
FREN-4309 | Survey of Francophone Literature |
ML&L-3401 | Yiddish Language, Culture, and Film |
MUSC-1351 | Music Cultures of the World |
MUSC-3344 | Twentieth Century Music |
PLSI-2432 | Film, Literature, and Politics of the Third World |
PLSI-3304 | Political Communication |
PLSI-3435 | Global City Berlin |
PLSI-3440 | Performing Human Rights |
RELI-2312 | Religion and the Environment |
SPAN-4347 | Spanish American Women Writers |
SPAN-4351 | Transnational Mexican Popular Culture |
Histories and Contexts
Course ID | Course Title |
---|---|
ANTH-3335 | Art of Ancient Mesoamerica (Also listed as ARTH-3335.) |
ARTH-1415 | Art and Architecture of Mexico |
ARTH-1416 | Art and Architecture of South America |
ARTH-2429 | Art of Empire: Assyria, Babylonia, and Persia |
ARTH-3325 | Roman Art and Architecture |
ARTH-3451 | Nineteenth-Century European Art |
CHIN-2311 | Chinese Civilization |
CLAS-1312 | Greeks, Romans, and Persians |
HIST-1300 | The African Experience |
HIST-1324 | Modern East Asia |
HIST-1332 | Medieval Europe |
HIST-1334 | Early Modern Europe |
HIST-1335 | Modern Europe |
HIST-1340 | Latin American Cultural Tradition |
HIST-1351 | The Modern Middle East |
HIST-2430 | Medieval Kingship: Power, Patronage, and Propaganda, 750-1035 |
HIST-2432 | European Frontiers 1848-Present |
HIST-3300 | Gender Matters in African History |
HIST-3304 | Religion in African History |
HIST-3320 | The Rise of Modern China |
HIST-3326 | Race and Ethnicity in East Asia |
HIST-3334 | Modern Germany |
HIST-3338 | History of the Holocaust |
HIST-3339 | The World War II Era |
HIST-3340 | Latin American Perspectives |
HIST-3343 | Slavery and the Atlantic Economy (also listed as ECON-3343) |
HIST-3344 | Modern Brazil |
HIST-3346 | Modern Mexico |
HIST-3352 | Modern History of Syria |
HIST-3368 | Latin American Economic History |
ENGL-4427 | Literature of the Holocaust |
FREN-3306 | Introduction to French Literature II |
GERM-3306 | Introduction to German Literature and Culture II |
ML&L-3342 | Peoples of Russia |
RELI-1330 | Asian Religions |
RELI-1340 | Judaism, Christianity, and Islam |
RELI-2371 | Introduction to Islam |
RELI-3431 | The Hindu Tradition |
RELI-3433 | Buddhist Ecology |
RELI-3435 | Non-Violent Warriors: Jainism |
RELI-3442 | Global Christianities |
RELI-3443 | Islamic Worlds |
RELI-3457 | Jerusalem |
Diplomacy, Security, War, and Peace Studies
(Associate Professor Dr. Lauren Turek*)
Description: The Concentration in Diplomacy, Security, War, and Peace Studies offers students the opportunity to develop a cultural, historical, and political perspective on the interactions among nations. Students will focus on issues surrounding international cooperation, international law, and foreign policy. The concentration emphasizes topics related to international organizations, human rights, economic relations, as well as historical and cultural analyses of the political interactions of nations around the globe.
The basic requirements for the international studies major are listed above (“The Major”). To complete the concentration in Diplomacy, Security, War, and Peace Studies within this major, students must take the following courses:
A. PLSI-1342 International Politics
B. Research Methods (one of the following courses):
Course ID | Course Title |
---|---|
ANTH-3460 | Research Methods: Applied Social Statistics (also listed as SOCI-3460) |
MATH-1320 | Statistical Methods |
PSYC-2401 | Statistics and Methods I |
SOCI-3460 | Research Methods: Applied Social Statistics (also listed as ANTH-3460) |
ALE-3301 | Grant Writing and Fundraising |
ANTH-3465 | Research Methods: GIS (also listed as SOCI-3465) |
PLSI-3372 | Research Methods in Political Science |
C. No fewer than 15 credit hours, at least nine of which must be upper division, distributed across the following topical areas:
Humanities (at least two courses)
Course ID | Course Title |
---|---|
HCOM-2330 | Conflict and Human Communication |
HCOM-3372 | Intercultural Communication |
HCOM-3374 | International Communication |
HCOM-4350 | Political Communication |
CMLT-2301 | World Literature and the Environment |
CHIN-3330 | Global Business Culture |
CHIN-4364 | Internationalizing Intellectual Property |
HIST-1300 | The African Experience |
HIST-1324 | Modern East Asia |
HIST-1335 | Modern Europe |
HIST-1340 | Latin American Cultural Tradition |
HIST-1351 | The Modern Middle East |
HIST-2432 | European Frontiers 1868-Present |
HIST-3400 | Gender Matters in African History |
HIST-3304 | Religion in African History |
HIST-3320 | The Rise of Modern China |
HIST-3426 | Race and Ethnicity in East Asia |
HIST-3334 | Modern Germany |
HIST-3338 | History of the Holocaust |
HIST-3439 | The World War II Era |
HIST-3340 | Latin American Perspectives |
HIST-3344 | Modern Brazil |
HIST-3346 | Modern Mexico |
HIST-3468 | Latin American Economic History |
HIST-3452 | Modern History of Syria |
ENGL-4427 | Literature of the Holocaust |
Social Sciences (at least two courses)
Course ID | Course Title |
---|---|
ANTH-1301 | Introduction to Anthropology |
ANTH-3345 | International Issues in Health and the Environment |
ANTH-3449 | Globalization & Social Change |
ANTH-3445/SOCI-3445/URBS-3445 | Understanding Refugees |
SOCI-1316 | People and Places in Global Context |
ECON-1311 | Principles of Microeconomics |
ECON-1312 | Principles of Macroeconomics |
ECON-3318 | The Global Economy |
ECON-3340 | Economic Growth and Development |
ECON-3347 | International Trade |
INTB-2301 | International Business Environment |
INTB-3361 | International Business Law |
INTB-3330 | Global Business Culture |
INTL-3357 | Contemporary Japanese Politics and Society |
PLSI-1331 | Global Politics |
PLSI-1342 | International Politics |
PLSI-1361 | Politics & Morality |
PLSI-2432 | Film, Literature, and Politics of the Third World |
PLSI-3333 | Latin American Politics |
PLSI-3434 | State, Society, and Change in the Middle East |
PLSI-3435 | Global City Berlin* |
PLSI-3441 | East Asian Security |
PLSI-3442 | International Law |
PLSI-3446 | War and Alliance |
PLSI-3447 | International Criminal Justice* |
PLSI-3448 | International Human Rights |
PLSI-3430 | European Politics |
PLSI-4341 | International Political Economy |
PLSI-3444 | The Middle East and the World |
PLSI-3441 | East Asian Security |
Environmental Studies (at least one course)
Course ID | Course Title |
---|---|
ENVI-1301 | Introduction to Environmental Studies |
ENVI-3301 | Environmental Literature |
GEOS-1307 | Geology, Resources, and Environmental Issues of China and Southeast Asia |
GEOS-1409 | Earth's Environmental Systems |
GEOS-3310 | Global Climate Change |
Global Health
(Professor Alfred Montoya*, Jonathan King, Benjamin Sosnaud)
Description: Increasing international connectedness, local, regional, and international conflicts, and global climate change are contributing factors to morbidity and mortality around the globe. This concentration deals with the biology of disease as well as the social, political, and economic conditions that structure disease distributions among given populations around the world. Global Health captures the intersections of human processes and nature, seeking to understand the origins and drivers of, and solutions for, population health issues.
Students in the Global Health Concentration will learn how the tools and approaches of the social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences can be used to address global health challenges, as well as to analyze the effectiveness of global health policy. Students graduating from this concentration will be prepared to pursue a variety of opportunities in the global and public health fields.
The basic requirements for the International Studies major are listed above (“The Major.”) To complete the Global Health Studies concentration within this major, students must take: INTL-3301 Global Health, a minimum of 15 hours, at least nine of which must be upper division, and at least one class in each of the following topical areas: Social Sciences, Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Methods.
Social Sciences
Course ID | Course Title |
---|---|
ANTH-3345 | International Issues in Health and the Environment (also listed as SOCI-3345) |
ANTH-3355 | HIV/AIDS: Nature, Power, Populations (also listed as SOCI-3355) |
SOCI-2339 | Health, Illness, and Society (also listed as ANTH-2339) |
SOCI-3345 | International Issues in Health and the Environment (also listed as ANTH-3345) |
SOCI-3355 | HIV/AIDS: Nature, Power, Populations (also listed as ANTH-3355) |
ANTH-2339 | Health, Illness, and Society (also listed as SOCI-2339) |
ANTH-3427 | Race in America (also listed as SOCI-3427) |
ANTH-3448 | Modern South Asia: India, Pakistan, and Beyond |
ANTH-3449 | Globalization and Social Change (also listed as SOCI-3449) |
ANTH-3452 | Global Cities: Africa, Asia, and the Americas |
ANTH-3464 | Morality in the Marketplace |
ANTH-3445 | Understanding Refugees (also listed as SOCI-3445 and URBS-3445) |
ECON-3333 | Health Economics |
ECON-3343 | Slavery and the Atlantic Economy (also listed as HIST-3343) |
INTL-3316 | Gender, Race and Healthcare in Contemporary Cuba |
PLSI-1331 | Global Politics |
PLSI-3333 | Latin American Politics |
PLSI-3334 | State, Society, and Change in the Middle East |
PLSI-3441 | East Asian Security |
PLSI-3448 | International Human Rights |
PLSI-4341 | International Political Economy |
RELI-3403 | Death and Beyond |
SOCI-1110 | Service Learning: Homelessness |
SOCI-1310 | The Urban Experience |
SOCI-2311 | Sociology of Gender |
SOCI-3327 | Race in America |
SOCI-3329 | Sexuality and Society |
SOCI-3428 | Gender Transgressions |
SOCI-3440 | Urban Geography (also listed as URBS-3440) |
SOCI-3445 | Understanding Refugees (also listed as ANTH-3445 and URBS-3445) |
URBS-3440 | Urban Geography (also listed as SOCI-3440) |
URBS-3445 | Understanding Refugees (also listed as ANTH-3445 and SOCI-3445) |
Humanities
Course ID | Course Title |
---|---|
HIST-1300 | The African Experience |
HIST-1324 | Modern East Asia |
HIST-1351 | The Modern Middle East |
HIST-3343 | Slavery and the Atlantic Economy (also listed as ECON-3343) |
PHIL-1350 | Environmental Ethics |
PHIL-1354 | Ethics |
PHIL-2456 | Applied Ethics |
PHIL-3459 | Biomedical Ethics |
WAGS-2351 | Introduction to Queer Studies |
WAGS-2352 | Introduction to Gender Studies |
WAGS-3401 | The History of Sexuality |
Natural Sciences
Course ID | Course Title |
---|---|
BIOL-2306 | Infectious Diseases |
BIOL-3413 | Genes, Phenotypes, and Evolutionary Dynamics |
BIOL-1322 | Ecology and Bioconservation in China |
Methods
Course ID | Course Title |
---|---|
ANTH-3460 | Research Methods: Applied Social Statistics (also listed as SOCI-3460) |
MATH-1320 | Statistical Methods |
PSYC-2401 | Statistics and Methods I |
SOCI-3460 | Research Methods: Applied Social Statistics (also listed as ANTH-3460) |
ALE-3301 | Grant Writing and Fundraising |
ANTH-3465 | Research Methods: GIS (also listed as SOCI-3465) |
International Development
(Professor Katsuo Nishikawa Chávez*)
Description: Students in the International Development concentration will gain a deep understanding of issues that communities face in the pursuit of development. Students will study contemporary social issues and foundational theories of development. To complement this knowledge, students will gain the practical skills needed to run a Social Change Organization (SCO). SCOs may include non-profits, social enterprises, Benefit Corporations, or related organizations that have a primary goal of creating social value.
The basic requirements for the International Studies major are listed above (‘The Major’). To complete the International Development concentration within this major, students must take a minimum of 15 credit hours, at least nine of which must be upper division, distributed across the following topical areas:
A. Research Methods (at least three credits)
Course ID | Course Title |
---|---|
ANTH-3365 | Research Methods: GIS (also listed as SOCI-3365) |
ANTH-3460/SOCI-3460/URBS-3460 | Research Methods: Applied Social Statistics |
HCOM-3354/COMM-3354 | Quantitative Research Methods |
PLSI-3372 | Research Methods in Political Science |
B. Contemporary Issues and Critical Understanding (at least six credits)
Course ID | Course Title |
---|---|
ANTH-3427/SOCI-3427 | Race in America |
ANTH3345/SOCI-3345 | International Issues in Health and the Environment |
ANTH-3431/SOCI-3431 | Language, Culture, & Society |
ANTH-3449/SOCI-3449 | Globalization & Social Change |
ANTH-3445/SOCI-3445/URBS-3445 | Understanding Refugees |
ECON-1311 | Principles of Microeconomics |
ECON-1312 | Principles of Macroeconomics |
ECON-3318 | The Global Economy |
ECON-3330/URBS-3330 | Economics and the Environment |
ECON-3334/URBS-3334 | Urban Economics |
ECON-3340 | Economic Growth and Development |
ENVI-4390 | Topics in Environmental Policy |
GEOS-3310 | Global Climate Change |
INTL-3315/BUSN-3315/ECON-3315/GEOS-3315/PLSI-3315 | Iceland-It's Unique Geological, Economic and Cultural History |
INTL-3357 | Contemporary Japanese Politics and Society |
PHIL-2456 | Applied Ethics |
PLSI-1331 | Global Politics |
PLSI-2432 | Film, Literature, and Politics of the Third World |
PLSI-3431 | Comparative Political Economy of North America, Europe, and East Asia |
PLSI-3448 | International Human Rights |
PLSI-4341 | International Political Economy |
RELI-1330 | Asian Religions |
RELI-3431 | The Hindu Tradition |
RELI-3442 | Global Christianities |
RELI-3443 | Islamic Worlds |
SOCI-1110 | Service Learning: Homelessness |
SOCI-1301 | Introduction to Sociology |
SOCI-1316/URBS-1316 | People and Places in Global Context |
SOCI-2311 | Sociology of Gender |
SOCI-2314 | Social Problems and Human Values |
SOCI-2328/URBS-2328 | Social Inequality |
SOCI-3313 | Social Movements |
SOCI-3343/URBS-3343/CLAC-3343 | Relaciones fronterizas Mexico-Estados Unidos (bilingue) |
UBRS-1310/SOCI-1310 | The Urban Experience |
URBS-3416/PLSI-3416 | Urban Politics |
WAGS-2310 | Introduction to Women's Studies |
WAGS-2350 | Introduction to Feminist Theory |
C. Social Change Organization (SCO) in Practice (at least six credits)
Course ID | Course Title |
---|---|
ACCT-1300 | Understanding the Language of Business |
ALE-3301 | Grant Writing & Fundraising |
BUSN-1359/PHIL-1359 | Professional Ethics |
BUSN-2101 | Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Values |
BUSN-3340/CLAC-3340 | Doing Business in Latin America |
BUSN-4301 | Strategic Management |
CHIN-3330/INTB-3330 | Global Business Culture |
COMM-3322 | International Communication |
ENTR-2111 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship I |
ENTR-3341 | Entrepreneurial Planning & Strategies |
ENTR-3391 | Special Topics in Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
FNCE-3301 | Corporate Finance |
HCOM-1170 | Leadership Academy |
HCOM-1333 | Public Speaking |
HCOM-3360 | Communicating in Small Groups & Teams |
HCOM-2330 | Conflict and Human Communication |
HCOM-3362 | Organizational Communication |
HCOM-3364 | Communication and Effective Leadership |
HCOM-3372 | Intercultural Communication |
INTB-2301 | International Business Environment |
MGMT-2301 | Management of Organizations |
MGMT-3372 | Organizational Behavior |
MKTG-2301 | Principles of Marketing |
The Senior Experience
The Senior Experience offers various ways for students to reflect on and unify their interdisciplinary coursework in International Studies.
Courses in the Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum Program
Qualified Trinity students are eligible to enroll in the Cultures and Languages across the Curriculum (CLAC) Program, which gives them practice in using professional and academic Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Russian, German, or French in special courses in the humanities, social, and natural sciences. Some of these courses are coordinated with existing upper-division courses that are taught in English, and students may enroll in both. Other CLAC courses are taught separately as “stand-alone” courses. All CLAC courses make extensive use of the target foreign language and most use it as the medium of instruction. Offerings vary from semester to semester and are listed in the preregistration course schedule under International Studies.
Students may earn a Spanish across the Curriculum certification by successfully completing advanced work in Spanish and a series of courses listed in the Spanish across the Curriculum program. This certification will be indicated on the student’s official transcript. The requirements are:
- SPAN-3301 (Advanced Grammar) or the equivalent
- 3 credit hours of upper-division Spanish electives
4 Spanish across the Curriculum courses or 7 credit hours in Spanish across the Curriculum courses.
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