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.

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. See below for the full list of pre-approved courses, as well as the list for the upcoming semester.

If you are interested in the International Studies Minor and have questions, or if you'd like to discuss how to make the minor work with your particular D-Plan, please contact Casey.J.Aldrich@Dartmouth.edu or Dickey.Student.Programs@Dartmouth.edu.

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Pre-Approved Thematic Courses for 2024-25

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); GOVT 44 (Power and Development in the Global Economy); 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); 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 (Science Policy & Diplomacy); ENVS 30 (Global Environmental Science); ENVS 15 (Environmental Issues of the Earth's Cold Regions); ENVS 60 (Environmental Law); ENVS 65 (Global Environmental Politics); EARS 18 Environmental Earth Sciences; GEOG 15.01 (Global Climate Change); GEOG 16.01 (Climate for Human Security); EARS 6 (Environmental Change)
World Languages and Culture: One advanced foreign language or literature course (above 1, 2, 3 introductory sequence); INTS17.09 / COLT 49.06 (Multilingualism); SPEE 27 (Intercultural Communication); ANTH 3 (lntro to Cultural Anthropology); ANTH 9 (Language and Culture); COLT 1 (Read the World); WGSS 3 (Global Race x Global Migration); WGSS 41.06 (Transnational Feminisms)
Great Issues Seminar: INTS 80.04 / GOVT 85.50 (Diplomacy in a Complex World: Meeting Challenges, Creating Opportunity, and Pushing for Peace) - 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.

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ISM Courses Offered for 25X

International Development

INTS 16 / GEOG 8.01 Intro to International Development
ECON 24 Development Economics

International Security

GOVT 5 International Politics

Global Health

None offered this Summer

Global Environment

None offered this Summer

World Language and Culture

None offered this Summer

Great Issues Seminar

None offered this Summer

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