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Fitchburg State University 2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

International Studies Minor

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Paul Weizer	Joshua Spero

Objectives for the International Studies Program

The minor in International Studies program provides students in all majors with the opportunity to examine international and interdisciplinary issues of globalization and communication, multicultural awareness and diversity, citizenship and the world, literature and the arts. These areas relate to international studies and their accompanying categories of courses described below that satisfy requirements of the Minor’s Program and in the General Education Program. For more information, please contact the International Studies Minor Program in the Economics, History, and Political Science Department.

Requirements for the Minor in International Studies

The Minor in International Studies requires one of the two introductory courses and five other courses for a total of 18 semester hours from the following, some requiring prerequisites:

Required

POLS 1300 - Introduction to International Relations 3 cr. or
IDIS 1800 - Global Issues 3 cr.
POLS 1800 - Global Issues 3 cr. or
HON 1020 - Current Events and Service Learning 3 cr.

Additional Requirements

At least one course in the minor must be selected from each of the following categories:

Communication, History or Political Science
Business and Economics
Art, Music or Dance
Language, Literature, Culture or Sociology

A. Communication, History or Political Science

The following are courses which can be used for the minor:

COMM 4280 - Intercultural Communication 3 cr.
HIST 1000 - World Civilizations I 3 cr.
HIST 1100 - World Civilizations II 3 cr.
HIST 2020 - Ancient Greece and Rome 3 cr.
HIST 2054 - The Byzantine Empire 3 cr.
HIST 2070 - The European Renaissance 3 cr.
HIST 2080 - The European Enlightenment 3 cr.
HIST 2100 - 20th-Century Europe 3 cr.
HIST 2110 - Europe Today 3 cr.
HIST 2150 - 20th-Century Germany 3 cr.
HIST 2155 - Nazi Germany: Hitler’s Rise and Fall 3 cr.
HIST 2160 - Holocaust 3 cr.
HIST 2170 - Armenian Genocide 3 cr.
HIST 2420 - Italian American History: Immigration and Identity 3 cr.
HIST 2700 - History of Mexico 3 cr.
HIST 2722 - Slavery in the Atlantic World 3 cr.
HIST 2745 - Women in Latin American History 3 cr.
HIST 2770 - Latin American Revolutions 3 cr.
HIST 3000 - Modern Italian History: Risorgimento to Today 3 cr.
HIST 2290 - The Silk Roads in History and Culture 3 cr.
HIST 3420 - The French Revolution 3 cr.
HIST 3740 - Vietnam: A Century of Conflict 3 cr.
HIST 3750 - Cold War: A Global History 3 cr.
HIST 3850 - U.S. In World Affairs: 1898 to the Present 3 cr.
HIST 4015 - Genocide in World History 3 cr.
IDIS 2040 - Poverty and Inequality in the Developing World 3 cr. or
POLS 2040 - Poverty and Inequality in the Developing World 3 cr.
IDIS 2100 - Dilemmas of Peace and War 3 cr. or
POLS 2100 - Dilemmas of Peace and War 3 cr.
IDIS 2400 - Caribbean Cultures 3 cr.
POLS 2110 - Europe Today 3 cr.
POLS 1300 - Introduction to International Relations 3 cr.
POLS 1400 - Introduction to Comparative Politics 3 cr.
IDIS 2540 - Global Issues in Film 3 cr. or
POLS 2540 - Global Issues in Film 3 cr.
POLS 2701 - International Law and Organizations 3 cr.
POLS 3400 - The Conduct of American Foreign Policy 3 cr.
POLS 3510 - International Terrorism 3 cr.
POLS 4360 - Understanding Government Decision Making 3 cr.

B. Business and Economics

The following are courses which can be used for the minor:

BSAD 4330 - International Marketing 3 cr. *BSAD 2040
BSAD 4880 - International Business Management 3 cr.
ECON 1100 - Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics 3 cr.
ECON 1200 - Principles of Economics: Microeconomics 3 cr.
ECON 2500 - Economic Development 3 cr.
ECON 3550 - International Economics 3 cr. *ECON 1200
ECON 3600 - International Finance 3 cr.

C. Art, Music, or Dance

The following are courses which can be used for the minor:

ART 1100 - Art Appreciation 3 cr.
ART 2010 - Ancient and Medieval Art 3 cr.
ART 2100 - Asian Art 3 cr.
ART 2120 - Commonwealth of Asian Arts 3 cr.
ART 2700 - Baroque Art 3 cr.
ART 2570 - Northern Renaissance Art 3 cr.
ART 2850 - Italian Renaissance Art 3 cr.
ART 2900 - Nineteenth Century Art 3 cr.
ART 3150 - Modern Art 3 cr.
ART 3300 - History of Architecture 3 cr.
MUSC 1500 - World Music 3 cr.
MUSC 2000 - Commonwealth of the Arts 3 cr.
MUSC 2100 - Commonwealth of Ancient Arts 3 cr.
MUSC 2120 - Commonwealth of Asian Arts 3 cr.
MUSC 2210 - Commonwealth of the Renaissance Arts 3 cr.
MUSC 3400 - Twentieth-Century Music 3 cr.
MUSC 3600 - Bach to Beethoven 3 cr.
MUSC 3700 - 19th Century Music 3 cr.
HON 1070 - Mozart to Modernism 3 cr.
IDIS 2000 - Women in Science and Technology 3 cr.
IDIS 2100 - Dilemmas of Peace and War 3 cr.
IDIS 2550 - Art and Culture Abroad 3 cr.

D. Language, Literature, Culture or Sociology

The following are courses which can be used for the minor:

ARAB 1026 - Arabic for Beginners I 3 cr.
ARAB 1100 - Arabic for Beginners II 3 cr.
ARAB 2030 - Contemporary Arab World 3 cr.
CHEM 1000 - Chemistry in a Changing World 3 cr.
CHIN 1000 - Mandarin for Beginners I 3 cr.
CHIN 1100 - Mandarin for Beginners II 3 cr.
FREN 1000 - French for Beginners I 3 cr.
FREN 1100 - French for Beginners II 3 cr.
FREN 2000 - Intermediate French I 3 cr. *FREN 1100 or permission
FREN 2100 - Intermediate French II 3 cr. *FREN 2000 or permission
FREN 3000 - French Civilization 3 cr. *FREN 2100 or permission
FREN 3300 - French Literature 3 cr. *FREN 2100 or permission
FREN 3500 - French Conversation and Composition 3 cr.
ITAL 1000 - Italian for Beginners I 3 cr.
ITAL 1100 - Italian for Beginners II 3 cr.
ITAL 2000 - Intermediate Italian I 3 cr. *ITAL 1100 or permission
ITAL 2100 - Intermediate Italian II 3 cr. *ITAL 2000 or permission
ITAL 3000 - Italian Culture (in English) I—From Antiquity to 1800 3 cr.
ITAL 3100 - Italian Culture (in English) II—From 1800 to the Present 3 cr.
ITAL 3300 - Women in Italy 3 cr.
ITAL 3500 - Italian Conversation and Composition 3 cr.
LATN 1000 - Latin for Beginners I 3 cr.
LATN 1100 - Latin for Beginners II 3 cr.
SPAN 1000 - Spanish for Beginners I 3 cr.
SPAN 1100 - Spanish for Beginners II 3 cr.
SPAN 2000 - Intermediate Spanish I 3 cr. *SPAN 1000 or permission
SPAN 2100 - Intermediate Spanish II 3 cr. *SPAN 2000 or permission
SPAN 2600 - Hispanic Culture 3 cr.
SPAN 2700 - Hispanic Literature 3 cr.
SPAN 3000 - Cinema for Spanish Conversation 3 cr.
SPAN 3500 - Spanish Conversation and Composition 3 cr.
SPAN 4000 - Practical Spanish for the Public Services Professional I 3 cr.
ENGL 2200 - British Literature I: Adventure and Transformation 3 cr.
ENGL 2210 - British Literature II: Revolution and Romance 3 cr.
ENGL 2220 - British Literature III: Empire and Resistance 3 cr.
ENGL 2400 - World Literature I: Myths and Traditions 3 cr.
ENGL 2500 - World Literature II: Cultures in Conversation 3 cr.
ENGL 2650 - Ethnic American Literature 3 cr.
ENGL 3000 - World Drama 3 cr.
ENGL 3025 - English Studies Abroad 3 cr.
ENGL 3030 - Global Middle Ages 3 cr.
ENGL 3040 - British Literature Since World War II 3 cr.
ENGL 3050 - 20th-Century Irish Literature 3 cr.
ENGL 3070 - European Literature I 3 cr.
ENGL 3080 - European Literature II 3 cr.
ENGL 3091 - Asian Cinemas: Eastern Visions in a Post Colonial World 3 cr.
ENGL 3092 - Transatlantic Literature 3 cr.
ENGL 3100 - World Novel 3 cr.
ENGL 3120 - Golden Age of English Renaissance Literature 3 cr.
ENGL 3700 - African Literature 3 cr.
ENGL 3710 - South Asian Literature 3 cr.
ENGL 3720 - Caribbean Literature 3 cr.
ENGL 4010 - Chaucer and His World 3 cr.
ENGL 4020 - Shakespeare’s Drama: Text and Performance 3 cr.
ENGL 4030 - Interpreting Shakespeare’s Work 3 cr.
ENGL 4040 - Major English Writers of the 17th Century 3 cr.
ENGL 4080 - British Romanticism 3 cr.
ENGL 4100 - Victorian Literature 3 cr.
ENGL 4115 - British Modernism 3 cr.
HON 2100 - Honors Seminar Literature 3 cr.
IDIS 2400 - Caribbean Cultures 3 cr.
IDIS 2500 - Culture and Society of India 3 cr.
IDIS 2550 - Art and Culture Abroad 3 cr.
NURS 4500 - Nursing in a Global Community 3 cr.
PHIL 3610 - World Religions 3 cr.
SOC 2250 - Cultural Anthropology 3 cr.
SOC 2510 - Peoples and Cultures of Africa 3 cr.
SOC 2600 - Sociology of Developing Societies 3 cr.
SOC 2620 - Sociology of Religion 3 cr.
THEA 2730 - History of the Theater I 3 cr.

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