The International
Studies Minor
As an International Studies Minor you’ll take classes spanning international disciplines like international relations, international development and economics, global environmentalism, global health, and more. You’ll also receive personalized support from Dickey Center staff to tailor your unique academic path, find internationally-focused internships, programs, and more.
The minor’s core courses ensure a well-rounded understanding of international issues, preparing you to enter an increasingly globalized world and workforce with a unique understanding of how different global forces interact.
International Development: INTS 16 / GEOG 8.01 (Intro to International Development); ECON 24 (Development Economics); GEOG 22.02 (Global Poverty and Care); GEOG 33.01 (Geopolitics and Third World Development); ECON 29 (International Finance and open-economy macroeconomics); ECON 39 (International Trade); ECON 64 (Topics in Developing Economics); SOCY 22 (The Sociology of International Development); ENVS55 (Ecological Economics)
International Security: INTS 15 (Violence & Security); GOVT 4 (Politics of the World); GOVT 5 (International Politics); GOVT 53 (International Security); ANTH 28 / AAAS 88.08 (Ethnography of Violence); GOVT 50.02 (Civil War, Insurgency, and the International Response); GOVT 50.04 (War and Peace in the Modern Age); GOV 50.19 (Development Under Fire); GOV 59 (Foreign Policy and Decision Making); HIST 08.10 (World War II: Ideology, experience, legacy); HIST 62 (The First World War)
Global Health: INTS 18 / GEOG 21.01 (Global Health & Society); ANTH 06 (Intro to Biological Anthropology); ANTH 55 (Anthropology of Global Health); ANTH 26 (Gender & Global Health); ENGS 16 (Biomedical Engineering for Global Health); ENVS 28 (Global Environmental Health); HIST 8 (Body Parts, Body Wholes: An introduction to the comparative history of medicine)
Global Environment: ENVS 2 (Introduction to Environmental Studies); ENVS 3 (Environment & Society); ENVS 62 (The Practice of Science Policy & Diplomacy); ENVS 60 (Environmental Law); ENVS 65 (Global Environmental Politics); EAPS 18 Environmental Earth Sciences; GEOG 15.01 (Global Climate Change); GEOG 16.01 (Climate for Human Security); EAPS 6 (Environmental Change); INTS 80.05 / GEOG 70.04 (Imagining Polar Geographies)
World Languages and Culture: One advanced foreign language or literature course (above 1, 2, 3 introductory sequence); COLT 49.12 (Languages at War); SPEE 27 (Intercultural Communication); ANTH 3 (Intro to Cultural Anthropology); ANTH 9 (Language and Culture); COLT 1 (Read the World); WGSS 3 (Global Race x Global Migration); WGSS 13 (Transnational Feminisms); COCO 21 (What’s in Your Shoebox?); COCO 26 (What’s in Your Toolbox? The Politics of Travel in the Context of Globalization)
Great Issues Seminar: GOVT 50.28 (Dissent and Democracy in the World); INTS 80.04 / GOVT 85.50 (Diplomacy in a Complex World: Meeting Challenges, Creating Opportunity, and Pushing for Peace); INTS 80.09 (The Processes of International Negotiations)
Note: if a Great Issues Seminar is not available for your D-plan, please select a second course from one of the other five Thematic Course categories.
International Development
- INTS 16/GEOG 8.01 (Intro to International Development)
- ECON 24 (Development Economies)
- ECON 29 (International Finance and Open-Economy Macroeconomics)
- ECON 39 (International Trade)
- SOCY 22 (The Business of Development in Asia)
International Security
- INTS 15 (Violence and Security)
- GOVT 4 (Politics of the World)
- GOVT 5 (International Politics)
Global Health
- ANTH 6 (Intro to Biological Anthropology)
Global Environment
- ENVS 2 (Intro to Environmental Science)
- ENVS 3 (Environment & Society)
- INTS 80.05 / GEOG 70.04 (Imagining Polar Geographies)
World Languages and Culture
- ANTH 9 (Language and Culture)
- COLT 1 (Read the World)
- WGSS 41.06 (Transnational Feminisms)
- COCO 26 (What’s in Your Toolbox)
Great Issues Seminar
- INTS 80.04 / GOVT 85.50 (Diplomacy in a Complex World)
- INTS 80.09 (The Process of International Negotiations)
The International Studies Minor Steering Committee
Chair: Graziella Parati
Members: Lisa Adams | Melody Burkins | Maron Greenleaf
Victoria Holt | Carlos Cortez Minchillo | Paul Novosad | Bill Wohlforth
Requirements
A total of six (6) thematic courses (one from each theme): International Development; International Security; Global Health; Global Environment; World Language & Culture; Great Issues Seminar.
Get in touch if you’d like to discuss how to make the minor work with your particular D-Plan.