Objectives
The undergraduate International Studies Program (ISP) is designed to familiarize students with the basic characteristics of the international system and to permit them to explore particular aspects of that system in greater depth. ISP not only encompasses the interactions among national governments, international institutions, and international private actors, but it also includes the effects that those international interactions have on the economy, populace, and society within nations. ISP therefore deals with the interactions (or "feedback effects") between the domestic and international environments, as well as the interdependence between states.
How to Become a Program Member
Program offerings are divided into a required core group and a series of elective groupings. Students are required to complete the core group (International System) consisting of three courses. Students must also select and complete three courses within a second thematic grouping of courses (except for the International Economics grouping which requires four courses). Three of the courses submitted to fulfill program requirements must be completed outside the student's field of concentration. Students are also required to complete a substantial research paper on some aspect of the international system.
Committee
Steven Burg, Director
(Politics)
Silvia Arrom
(History)
Robert Art
(Politics)
Eugene Black
(History)
Seyom Brown
(Politics)
F. Trenery Dolbear
(Economics)
Robert Hunt
(Anthropology)
Attila Klein
(Biology)
Rachel McCulloch
(Economics)
Wellington Nyangoni
(African and Afro-American Studies)
Peter Petri
(Economics)
George Ross
(Politics and Sociology)
Requirements for the Program
Participants in the program will be expected to meet the following requirements:
A. Satisfactory completion of the International System grouping: POL 15a (Introduction to International Relations), LGLS 125b (International Law, Organizations, and Conflict Resolution), and either POL 160b (World Politics since 1945), or HIST 137a (Evolution of the International System, 1815 to the Present).
B. Satisfactory completion of three courses within a second thematic grouping of courses, except for the International Economics grouping which requires completion of four courses. (Consult the list of groupings and courses given below.)
C. Three of the courses submitted to fulfill program requirements must be from outside the student's field of concentration.
D. No course in the ISP program may be taken pass/fail.
E. Students must complete a substantial research paper, usually in connection with one of the elective courses completed as part of the program on a topic approved by the program chair. The paper must be read and approved by one member of the program faculty in addition to the course instructor. (The course instructor remains solely responsible for grading of the paper with respect to the course.) The research paper is to be undertaken only after completion of at least four program courses, usually in the junior or senior year. A senior honors thesis completed in a department may, if appropriate, be used to fulfill this requirement.
Courses of Instruction
International System
Evolution of the International System, 1815 to the Present
International Law, Organizations, and Conflict Resolution
Introduction to International Relations
World Politics since 1945
Africa
Economy and Society in Africa
Survey of Southern African History
Africa in World Politics
Changing Institutions of Contemporary Africa
Tradition and the Contemporary Experience in Sub-Saharan Africa
Politics of Africa
Asia
The Economy of Japan
East Asia in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Japan and the World
The Government and Politics of China
Contemporary Chinese Politics
Politics of Southeast Asia
International Politics of the Pacific
Europe
Europe from 1789 to the Present
Nineteenth Century Europe: Nationalism, Imperialism, Socialism (1850-1919)
Europe since 1945
Jews in East-Central Europe, 1914-Present
Introduction to Comparative Government: Europe
East European Politics
The New Europe: European Economic and Political Integration
West European Political Systems
Building a New Europe: Politics, Economics, Societies and Culture
Latin America
African and Caribbean Comparative Political Systems
Latin America's Economy
Latin American History, 1870 to the Present
Latin American Politics I
Latin American Politics II
Topics in Latin American Politics
U.S.-Caribbean Relations
Middle East
Comparative Politics of North Africa
The World of Shi'i Islam
The Making of the Modern Middle East
Sociology of the Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation
Conflict and Conflict Resolution
Conflict Analysis and Intervention
The Politics of Revolution
Causes and Prevention of War
International Crisis Management, Interaction, and Peacekeeping
Sociology of the Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation
Development
Political Economy of the Third World
Theories of Development and Underdevelopment
Models of Development: Third World
Economic Anthropology: Production and Distribution
Topics in Economic Anthropology
Introduction to the Economics of Development
Science and Development
Nationalism and Development
Global Apartheid and Global Social Movements
Topics on Women and Development
Women Leaders and Transformation in Developing Countries
Environmental and Population Issues
Economics of Third World Hunger
The Development of Human Food Production
Human Reproduction, Population Explosion, Global Consequences
The Planet as an Organism: Gaia Theory and the Human Prospect
Politics and Hunger
Environmental Sociology
Ethnicity and Human Rights
Comparative Race and Ethnic Relations
Language, Ethnicity, and Nationalism
Managing Ethnic Conflict
Human Rights and International Relations
International Economics
ECON 2a (required)
Introduction to Economics
ECON 8b (required)
Analysis of Economic Problems
Comparative Economic Systems
Business in the Global Economy
International Economic Policy
Introduction to the Economics of Development
International Political Economy
Political Economy of the Third World
Evolution of Political Economy
Issues in International Political Economy
Introduction to International Political Economy
Technology and Society
Communications and Social Change in Developing Nations
Science and Technology in the Twentieth Century
Science and Development
Technology and the Management of Public Risk
Nature and Technology
Women in Society
Women, Gender, and Family
The Politics of the Modern Welfare State: Women, Workers, and Social Citizenship
Topics on Women and Development
Women Leaders and Transformation in Developing Countries
Woman's Voice in the Muslim World