University Bulletin 2001-02
International Studies Program


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)or POL 172b (Introduction to International Political Economy) 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 additional 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

HIST 137a

Evolution of the International System, 1815 to the Present

LGLS 125b

International Law, Organizations, and Conflict Resolution

POL 15a

Introduction to International Relations

POL 160b

World Politics since 1945


Africa

AAAS 80a

Economy and Society in Africa

AAAS 85a

Survey of Southern African History

AAAS 163b

Africa in World Politics

AAAS 164a

Changing Institutions of Contemporary Africa

ANTH 133a

Tradition and the Contemporary Experience in Sub-Saharan Africa


Asia

ECON 27b

The Economy of Japan

HIST 80b

East Asia in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

POL 134b

Japan and the World

POL 147a

The Government and Politics of China

POL 148b

Contemporary Chinese Politics

POL 150a

Politics of Southeast Asia

POL 178a

International Politics of the Pacific


Europe

HIST 52b

Europe from 1789 to the Present

HIST 134b

Nineteenth-Century Europe: Nationalism, Imperialism, Socialism (1850-1919)

HIST 142b

Europe since 1945

NEJS 168b

Jews in East-Central Europe, 1914-Present

POL 11b

Introduction to Comparative Government: Europe

POL 129a

East European Politics

POL 153a

The New Europe: European Economic and Political Integration

POL 156b

West European Political Systems

POL 157b

Building a New Europe: Politics, Economics, Societies, and Culture


Latin America

AAAS 167a

African and Caribbean Comparative Political Systems

ECON 26a

Latin America's Economy

HIST 71b

Latin American History, 1870 to the Present

POL 144a

Latin American Politics I

POL 144b

Latin American Politics II

POL 145b

Topics in Latin American Politics

SOC 125b

U.S.-Caribbean Relations


Middle East

AAAS 175a

Comparative Politics of North Africa

NEJS 143b

The World of Shi'i Islam

NEJS 145b

The Making of the Modern Middle East

SOC 157a

Sociology of the Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation


Conflict and Conflict Resolution

LGLS 130a

Conflict Analysis and Intervention

POL 128b

The Politics of Revolution

POL 161b

Causes and Prevention of War

POL 176a

International Crisis Management, Interaction, and Peacekeeping

SOC 157a

Sociology of the Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation


Development

AAAS 126b

Political Economy of the Third World

AAAS 158a

Theories of Development and Underdevelopment

ANTH 55a

Models of Development: Third World

ANTH 163b

Economic Anthropology: Production and Distribution

ANTH 164a

Topics in Economic Anthropology

ECON 175a

Introduction to the Economics of Development

PHSC 4a

Science and Development

POL 151b

Nationalism and Development

SOC 107a

Global Apartheid and Global Social Movements

SOC 112a

Topics on Women and Development

SOC 171a

Women Leaders and Transformation in Developing Countries


Environmental and Population Issues

AAAS 60a

Economics of Third World Hunger

ANTH 20b

The Development of Human Food Production

BISC 2a

Human Reproduction, Population Explosion, Global Consequences

CHSC 3a

The Planet as an Organism: Gaia Theory and the Human Prospect

POL 179a

Politics and Hunger

SOC 175b

Environmental Sociology


Ethnicity and Human Rights

AAAS 116b

Comparative Race and Ethnic Relations

ANTH 139b

Language, Ethnicity, and Nationalism

POL 127b

Managing Ethnic Conflict

POL 163a

Human Rights and International Relations


International Economics

ECON 2a (required)

Introduction to Economics

ECON 8b (required)

Analysis of Economic Problems

ECON 33a

Business in the Global Economy

ECON 175a

Introduction to the Economics of Development


International Political Economy

AAAS 126b

Political Economy of the Third World

POL 166b

Issues in International Political Economy

POL 172b

Introduction to International Political Economy


Technology and Society

AAAS 117a

Communications and Social Change in Developing Nations

HIST 131b

Science and Technology in the Twentieth Century

PHSC 4a

Science and Development

PHSC 7b

Technology and the Management of Public Risk

SOC 174b

Nature and Technology


Women in Society

HIST 139a

Women, Gender, and Family

POL 159a

The Politics of the Modern Welfare State: Women, Workers, and Social Citizenship

SOC 112a

Topics on Women and Development

SOC 171a

Women Leaders and Transformation in Developing Countries

WMNS 195b

Woman's Voice in the Muslim World