The Major
The requirements for a Bachelor of Arts with a major in International Studies are as follows:
I. Program Requirements
- No fewer than 33 credit hours, at least 21 of which must be upper-division.
- Advanced Language study (at least 6 upper division hours in the same language).
- One of the following courses: HIST 3469 (U.S. Foreign Relations), PLSI 1342 (International Politics), or ANTH/SOCI 3349 (Globalization and Social Change)..
- Completion of INTL 4104 (Senior Portfolio).
- Completion of any concentration (15-18 hours including courses taken while abroad).
- 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 4-01; maximum 3 hours).
While not required, INTL 4-00 (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. Unversity 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)
- Diplomacy, Security, War, and Peace Studies: Professor Rosa Aloisi*
- Global Health: Professors Alfred Montoya*, Jonathan King, Benjamin Sosnaud
- International Development: Professor Katsuo Nishikawa Chávez*
Concentration Course Requirements
Concentrations (*coordinator and head adviser)
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
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 3327 |
Race in America (also listed as SOCI 3327) |
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 |
Urban Experience |
SOCI 2311 |
Sociology of Gender |
SOCI 3327 |
Race in America |
SOCI 3329 |
Sexuality and Society |
SOCI 3428 |
Gender Transgressions |
SOCI 3340 |
Urban Geography (also listed as URBS 3440) |
SOCI 3445 |
Understanding Refugees (also listed as ANTH 3445 and URBS 3445) |
URBS 3340 |
Urban Geography (also listed as SOCI 3340) |
URBS 3445 |
Understanding Refugees (also listed as ANTH 3445 and SOCI 3445) |
Humanities
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 |
Introducation to Gender Studies |
WAGS 3401 |
The History of Sexuality |
Natural Sciences
BIOL 2306 |
Infectious Diseases |
BIOL 3413 |
Genes, Phenotypes, and Evolutionary Dynamics |
BIOL 1322 |
Ecology and Bioconservation in China |
Methods
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 Fundraising |
ANTH 3365 |
Research Methods; GIS (also listed as SOCI 3365) |
Diplomacy, Security, War, and Peace Studies (Professor Rosa Aloisi*)
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:
1) PLSI 1342 Introduction to International Politics
2) Reseach Methods (one of the following courses)
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 3365 |
Research Methods: GIS (also listed as SOCI 3365) |
PLSI 3372 |
Research Methods in Political Science |
3) 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)
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 1334 |
Modern Europe |
HIST 1340 |
Latin American Cultural Tradition |
HIST 1351 |
The Modern Middle East |
HIST 2432 |
European Frontiers 1868-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 3344 |
Modern Brazil |
HIST 3346 |
Modern Mexico |
HIST 3368 |
Latin American Economic History |
HIST 3352 |
Modern History of Syria |
ENGL 4427 |
Literature of the Holocaust |
Social Sciences (at least two courses)
ANTH 1301 |
Introduction to Anthropology |
ANTH 3345 |
International Issues in Health and the Environment |
ANTH 3449 |
Globalization & Social Change |
ANTH/SOCI/URBS 3345 |
Understanding Refugees |
SOCI 1316 |
People and Placesin 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)
ENVI 1301 |
Introduction to Environmental Studies |
ENVI 3302 |
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 |
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 the following courses, nine of which must be upper division courses:
1) Research Methods (at least three credits)
ANTH 3365 |
Research Methods: GIS (also listed as SOCI 3365) |
ANTH/SOCI/URBS 3460 |
Research Methods: Applied Social Statistics |
HCOM/COMM 3354 |
Quantative Research Methods |
PLSI 3372 |
Research Methods in Political Science |
2) Contemporary Issues and Critical Understanding (at least six credits)
ANTH/SOCI 3327 |
Race in America |
ANTH/SOCI 3345 |
International Issues in Health and the Environment |
ANTH/SOCI 3431 |
Language, Culture, & Society |
ANTH/SOCI 3449 |
Globalization & Social Change |
ANTH/SOCI/URBS 3445 |
Understanding Refugees |
ECON 1311 |
Principles of Microeconomics |
ECON 1312 |
Principles of Macroeconomics |
ECON 3318 |
The Global Economy |
ECON/URBS 3330 |
Economics and the Environment |
ECON/URBS 3334 |
Urban Economics |
ECON 3340 |
Economic Growth and Development |
ENVI 4390 |
Topics in Environmental Policy |
GEOS 3310 |
Global Climate Change |
INTL/BUSN/ECON/GEOS/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 |
Intro to Sociology |
SOCI/URBS 1316 |
People and Places in Global Context |
SOCI 2311 |
Sociology of Gender |
SOCI 2314 |
Social Problems and Human Values |
SOCI/URBS 2328 |
Social Inequality |
SOCI 1313 |
Social Movements |
SOCI/URBS/LAC 3343 |
Relaciones fronterizas Mexico-Estados Unidos (bilingue) |
UBRS/SOCI 1310 |
The Urban Experience |
URBS/PLSI 3416 |
Urban Politics |
WAGS 2310 |
Introduction to Women's Studies |
WAGS 2350 |
Introduction to Feminist Theory |
3) Social Change Organization (SCO) in Practice (at least six credits)
ACCT 1300 |
Understanding the Language of Business |
ALE 3301 |
Grant Writing & Fundraising |
BUSN/PHIL 1359 |
Professional Ethics |
BUSN 2101 |
Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Values |
BUSN/LAC |
Doing Business in Latin Amer |
BUSN 4301 |
Strategic Management |
CHIN/INTB 3330 |
Global Business Culture |
COMM 3322 |
International Communication |
ENTR 2111 |
Intro to Entrepreneurship I |
ENTR 3341 |
Entrepnrl Planning & Strategies |
ENTR 3391 |
Special Topics Social Innovation |
FNCE 3301 |
Fundamentals of Financial Mgmt |
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 Busn 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.
The Minor
The requirements for a minor in International Studies are as follows:
- Completion of no fewer than 21 credit hours. At least 9 hours shall be lower division; at least 12 hours must be upper division.
- The lower division sequence in an appropriate foreign language (the equivalent of four college semesters).
- One of the following courses: HIST 3469 (U.S. Foreign Relations), PLSI 1342 (International Politics), or ANTH/SOCI 3349 (Globalization and Social Change).
- Concentrations (12-15 hours including courses taken while abroad). International Studies concentrations are individual programs of study designed by students in consultation with the appropriate assigned adviser. A student may select 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.
- At least one semester abroad program approved by the International Studies committee or alternatively an approved summer program or a "beyond the classroom program." Summer programs or "beyond the classroom programs" listed in the concentrations are clearly marked with an asterisk. A student may propose an unlimited summer program or beyond the classroom program taken at Trinity with the approval of the adviser and program director.
While not required students may select the Internship Course option (INTL 4-01; maximum 3 hours)
Courses in the Languages Across the Curriculum Program
Qualified Trinity students are eligible to enroll in the Languages across the Curriculum (LAC) 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 LAC courses are taught separately as “stand-alone” courses. All LAC 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