International Studies: General Major Tracks
(For separate regional majors return to JSIS Undergraduate Study)
- CANADA TRACK
- CHINA TRACK
- DEVELOPMENT TRACK
- EAST ASIA (GENERAL) TRACK
- ETHNICITY AND NATIONALITIES TRACK
- ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES TRACK
- FOREIGN POLICY, DIPLOMACY, PEACE AND SECURITY TRACK
- GLOBAL HEALTH TRACK
- INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS TRACK
- INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS, LAW, STATE, & SOCIETY TRACK
- INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY TRACK
- JAPAN TRACK
- JEWISH STUDIES TRACK
- LATIN AMERICA TRACK
- MIDDLE EAST TRACK
- SOUTH ASIA TRACK
- SOUTHEAST ASIA TRACK
- RUSSIA, EASTERN EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA TRACK
- WESTERN EUROPE TRACK
| Take three of the following: | |
| SISCA 356 | Canadian Society |
| SISCA/POL S 341 | Government and Politics of Canada |
| GEOG 370 | Problems in Resource Analysis |
| SISCA/HSTAA 377 | History of Canada |
| SISCA/GEOG 308 | Canada: A Geographic Interpretation |
| SISCA 400 | Canadian Values and Symbols |
| SISCA 490 | Special Topics on Canada |
| SISCA 495 | Multiculturalism in Canada |
| See Adviser: | Additional special topics courses may be approved. |
| Required: | |
| SISEA/HSTAS 454 | History of Modern China |
| Plus two of the following: | |
| SISEA/ANTH 370 | Han Chinese Society and Culture |
| SISEA/ECON 468 | China's Economic Reforms |
| ECON 493 | Economy of Modern China |
| ANTH/SISEA 406 | China's Environment |
| SISEA 449/POL S 442 | Government and Politics of China |
| SISEA/ANTH 444 | Politics of Representation in Modern China |
| SISEA 462 | China and Globalization |
| SISEA 469 | Law and Development of East Asia |
| SISEA/ANTH 470 | Minority Peoples of China |
| SISEA/GEOG 236 | Development and Challenge in Greater China |
| GEOG 435 | Industrialization and Urbanization in China |
| SISEA 459/POL S 419 | U.S. China Relations |
| SISEA 445 | Religion in China |
| ANTH 447 | Anthropology of Chinese Religion |
| SISEA/HSTAS 456 | Topics in Chinese Social History |
| WOMEN/HSTAS 459 | Gender Histories of Modern China, 18th-20th Centuries |
| Required: | |
| SIS 456/POL S 450 | State-Society Relations in the Third World |
| SIS 330 | Political Economy of Development |
| Plus two of the following (no more than one regional development course): | |
| ECON 448 | Population and Development |
| GEOG 330 | Latin America: Landscape of Change |
| GEOG 370 | Problems in Resource Management |
| GEOG 371 | World Hunger and Resource Development |
| GEOG/SISA 372 | Asian Sustainable Development |
| GEOG 430 | Contemporary Development Issues in Latin America |
| GEOG 431 | Geography and Gender in the Third World |
| SISLA/SOC 355 | Social Change in Latin America |
| SIS 325 | Immigration |
| SIS/GEOG 335 | Geography of the Developing World |
| SIS 344 | Migration in the Global Economy |
| SIS/ANTH/WOMEN 345 | Gender and International Economic Development |
| SIS 365 | World Cities |
| SIS 430 | International Population |
| SIS/SOC 432 | Population and Modernization |
| SIS/ENVIR 433 | Environmental Degradation in the Tropics |
| SIS 444 / POL S 446 | Peasants and Politics |
| SIS / SOC 450 | Women and Family in the Third World |
| SIS 455 | Industry and the State |
| SIS 460 | Law, State and Society |
| SISA 417 | Political Economy of India |
| SISEA / SOC 434 | Demographic Issues in Asia |
| SISEA 446 | Political Development in East Asia |
| SISME 430 | Economic Development of the Middle East |
| SISME 432 | The Middle East and the World Economy |
| POL S 449 | Politics of Developing Areas |
| SISA 339 | Social Movements in Contemporary India |
| SISA/GEOG 436 | Political Geographies of South Asia |
* NOTE: This track requires four courses but SIS 456 or SIS 330 can double as one of the three required core courses.
| Three of the following, or from the Japan or China Tracks: | |
| HSTAS 482 | History of Modern Korea |
| SISA/GEOG 372 | Asian Sustainable Development |
| SIS/ANTH 449 | Social Change in East Asia |
| SISEA/ANTH 407 | Global Futures in East Asia |
| SISEA/SOC 434 | Demographic Issues in Asia |
| SISEA/POL S 439 | Politics of Divided Korea |
| SISEA 443/ANTH 446 | Class and Culture in East Asia |
| SISEA 446 | Political Development in East Asia |
| SISEA/ANTH 448 | Modern Korean Society |
| SISEA 469 | Law, Development, and Transition in East Asia |
| SISEA 480 | New Orders in East Asia |
| SISEA 482 | Japanese Business Technology |
| GEOG 313 | East Asia |
| GEOG 438 | Cities of East Asia: Geography and Development |
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES TRACK - NEW (2007 or later - may be applied retroactively)
Pre-2007 requirements follow, below
| Take one from the following: | |
| SIS/SCAND 350/ENVIR 360 | Environmental Norms in International Politics |
| SIS/ENVIR/SMA 433 | Environmental Degradation in the Tropics |
| ENVIR/POL S 384 | Global Environmental Politics |
| Take two of from the following list: | |
| ANTH 362 | Anthropology of Tourism |
| ANTH/SISEA 406 | China's Environment |
| ANTH 451 | Comparative Historical & Social Ecology of the Tropics |
| ANTH 457 | Ecological Anthropology |
| ANTH 458 | Ethnobiology |
| ANTH/ENVIR 459 | Culture, Ecology and Politics |
| ANTH/ENVIR 371 | Anthropology of Development |
| ANTH 488 | Agroecology |
| ANTH 495 / ENVIR 450 | Comparative Historical and Social Ecology of the Tropics |
| BIO A/ ENVIR 475 | Environmental Impacts of Small-Scale Societies |
| ECON 306A | Topics in Economics: African Population Development, Marine Environment |
| ECON 316 | Urban Economics. (prereq. ECON 200) |
| ECON 435 | Natural Resource Economics. (prereq. ECON 300) |
| ECON 436 | Economics of the Environment. (prereq. ECON 300) |
| ENVIR/ECON 235 | Introduction to Environmental Economics |
| ENVIR/F M 271 | Environmental Sociology |
| ENVIR/M E 415 | Sustainability and Design for Environment |
| ENVIR 450 C | Food, Farming and Famine: Struggles for Sustainability |
| ENVIR/ESC/ESRM 460 | Institutionalizing Sustainable Ecological Practices |
| ENVIR/ GEOG 486/ESRM 474 | Problem Analysis in Urban Ecology |
| ENVIR/ GEOG 487/ESRM 475 | Applied Theory and Methods in Urban Ecology |
| ENV H 311 | Introduction to Environmental Health |
| ENV H 472 | Environmental Risk and Society |
| ESRM 423 | International Marketing of Forest Products |
| GEOG 280 | Introduction to the Geography of Health and Health Care |
| GEOG 303 | Nature and Culture |
| GEOG 371 | World Hunger and Resource Development |
| GEOG 472 | Nature, Culture, and Place |
| GEOG 480 | Environmental Geography, Climate, and Health |
| HSTAA 221 | Environmental History of the U.S. (prereq. 201, or SIS 202) |
| HSTAA 421 | American Environmental History |
| POL S 422 | International Environmental Politics Seminar |
| SIS 430 | International Population |
| SIS/SOC 432 | Population and Modernization |
| SISA/GEOG 372 | Asian Environment and Development |
| SISEA/SOC 434 | Demographic Issues in Asia. (Joint with SOC 434) |
| SISME 490 | Water and Security in the Middle East. (prereq. 201, or SIS 202) |
| SISSA/HSTAS 303 | Divided Lands/Divided Lives: An Environmental History of South Asia |
| SISSE/ANTH 314 | Culture, Environment, and Identity of Island Southeast Asia |
| CEP 302 | Environmental Response |
*Special topics courses in Jackson School can count when the topic has something to do with Environmental Issues.
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES TRACK pre-2007 (for students who declared the SIS major prior to 2007)
| Students are required to choose two from group A and one from group B: | |
| Group A: | |
| ENVIR 201 | Ecology and Conservation |
| ENVIR 202 | Population and Health |
| ENVIR 203 | Resources |
| Group B: | |
| ANTH 210 | Intro to Environmental Anthropology |
| ANTH 451 | Comparative Historical and Social Ecology of the Tropics |
| ANTH 457 | Ecological Anthropology |
| ANTH 458 | Ethnobiology |
| ANTH 459 | Culture Ecology and Politics |
| ANTH 488 | Agroecology |
| ANTH 495 | Adv Problems in Ethnology |
| ANTH/ENVIR 371 | Anthropology of Development |
| ENVIR 500B/I BUS 490A* | Global Commercialization of Environmental Technologies |
| ENVIR/ECON 235 | Environmental Economics |
| GEOG 270 | Consumption, Nature and Globalization |
| GEOG 372 | Asian Sustainable Development |
| GEOG 472 | Ecoscapes: Nature, Culture, and Place |
| GEOG 495 | East Asian Ecological Pathways |
| POL S 422 | International Environmental Politics Seminar |
| SIS 350 | Environmental Norms and International Politics |
| SIS/ENVIR 433 | Environmental Degradation in the Tropics |
| SISCA 490* | Puget Sound/Georgia Basis: Protecting and Managing an International Ecosystem |
| SISME 490* | Water and Security in the Middle East |
NOTE: Contents of Environmental Studies courses will change each year, although the course numbers will stay the same. Students should consult Michelle Hall in Environmental Sciences for up-to-date information.
*These courses were offered Autumn Quarter 2001 only.
ETHNICITY AND NATIONALITIES TRACK
| Students are required to take three of the following: | |
| *At least one of these courses is required. | |
| *SIS/POL S 337 | Collective Violence and the State |
| *ANTH 428 | Anthropological Perspectives on Ethnicity |
| *SIS/POL S 436 | Ethnic Politics and Nationalism |
| *SOC 456 | Political Sociology (Ethnicity and Nationalism) |
| *SOC/AES 461 | Comparative Race and Ethnic Relations in the Americas |
| *SIS 522 | Special Topics in Ethnicity and Nationalism |
| SIS 325 | Immigration |
| SIS 344 | Migration in the Global Economy |
| SIS 438 | Forced Migrations |
| SIS 446 | History, Memory and Justice |
| SIS 465 | Deeply Divided Societies |
| SIS/HIST 467 | Nations and States in the Modern World |
| SISRE/ANTH 425 | Ethnicity and Nationality in the USSR and its Successor States |
| ANTH 464/LING 433 | Language Policy and Cultural Identity |
| GEOG 401 | Culture, Capital & The City |
| HIST 260 | History of Slavery |
| POL S 493 | Language and Politics |
| SOC/AES 362 | Race Relations |
| SISEA/ANTH 470 | Minority Peoples of China |
| SISJE/HSTEU 465 | The Jews of Eastern Europe |
To help you choose among the courses of the Ethnicity and Nationalities Track, some additional information about the courses is presented below. You should also feel free to contact the faculty members who offer these courses to discuss their fit with your interests.
- Courses dealing with race relations and racism:
HIST 36l, SOC/AES 362, SOC/AES 461 - Courses dealing with ethnic identity:
ANTH 428, ANTH 464/LING 433, SIS/POL S 436, SISEA/ANTH 470 - Courses dealing with language:
ANTH 464/LING 433, POL S 493 - Courses focused on particular areas/peoples:
SOC/AES 362 (Americas), SIS 465 (Near East), SISEA/ANTH 470 (China), SISJE/HSTEU 465 (Jews/Eastern Europe) - Courses dealing with current policy issues:
SOC/AES 362, SIS 465, ANTH 464/LING 433, POL S 493
FOREIGN POLICY, DIPLOMACY, PEACE AND SECURITY TRACK
| Students must take 3 of the following: | |
| POL S 321 | American Foreign Policy |
| HSTAA 461 | Diplomatic History of the United States, 1776-1901 |
| HSTAA 462 | Diplomatic History of the United States, 1901-Present |
| SIS 301 | War |
| SIS/SCAND 350 | Environmental Norms in International Politics |
| SIS 421 | National Security and International Affairs |
| SIS 422 | The United States in the Contemporary International System |
| SIS 423 | Practicing American Foreign Policy |
| SIS 425 | International Law and Arms Control |
| SIS 460 | Law, State and Society |
| SISRE 424 | Security Affairs |
| POL S 407 | International Conflict |
| POL S 408 | Problems of Peace and Conflict Resolution |
| POL S 419 | United States-China Relations |
| POL S 420 | Soviet and Russian Foreign Policy |
| POL S 425 | War and Deterrence |
| POL S 428 | Military Intervention |
| HIST 345 | War and Society |
| Students must take two of the following: | |
| ANTH 308 | Anthropology of Women's Health and Reproduction |
| ANTH 375 | Comparative Systems of Healing |
| ANTH 475 | Perspectives in Medical Anthropology |
| GEOG 280 | Introduction to the Geography of Health and Health Care |
| GEOG 380 | Geographical Patterns of Health and Disease |
| And one additional course from below: | |
| ANTH 374 | Narrative, Literature, and Medical Anthropology |
| ANTH 440 | Child Rearing, Culture, and Health |
| ANTH 457 | Ecological Anthropology |
| ANTH 474 | Social Difference and Medical Knowledge |
| ANTH 476 | Culture, Medicine, and the Body |
| ANTH 289 | Identities: Service Learning |
| BIO A 465 | Nutritional Anthropology |
| BIO A 476 | Sociocultural Ecology and Health |
| GEOG 230 | Urbanization and Development: Geographies of Global Inequality |
| GEOG 270 | Geographies and International Development and Environmental Change |
| GEOG 271 | Geography of Food and Eating |
| GEOG 371 | World Hunger and Resource Development |
| H SERV 480 | Issues in Public Health |
| ENV H 451 | Ecology of Environmentally Transmitted Microbiological Hazards |
| ENV H 452 | Detection and Control of Environmentally Transmitted Microbiological Hazards |
| RELIG 320 | Comparative Study of Death |
| SIS 216 | Science and Society |
| SIS 430 | International Population |
| SIS 438 | Forced Migrations |
| SIS 470 | Human Rights in Latin America |
| SOC W 527 | Global and Local Inequalities: Critical Analyses of the Processes and Policies of Globalization |
| MHE 474/PHIL 411 | Justice in Health Care |
| MICROM 101 | Microbes and Society |
| SOC 331 | Population and Society |
| SOC 401 | Special Topics |
| SOC 434 | Demographic Issues in Asia |
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS TRACK
| Required (students must take one of the following) | |
| COM 321 | Communications in International Relations (formerly CMU 321) |
| COM 322 | Global Communications (formerly CMU 320) |
| Choose two of the following: | |
| AAS 220 | Asian American Stereotypes in the Media |
| AES 489 | Women, Minorities and Media |
| COM 423 | Communications & Social Change (formerly CMU 423) |
| COM 426 | International Media Images (formerly CMU 426) |
| COM 427 | International Communications Law and Policy (CMU 427) |
| COM 428 | Asian Media Systems (formerly CMU 428) |
| COM 429 | Chinese Communication Systems (formerly CMU 429) |
| COM 478 | Intercultural Communications (formerly CMU 421) |
| CMU 422 | Culture in International Communications Research |
| EURO/COM 425 | European Media Systems (formerly CMU 425) |
| SIS 419/COM 420 | Comparative Media Systems (formerly CMU 420) |
| POL S 305 | Politics of Mass Communication in America |
| SISLA 485 | Cultural Studies of Latin America |
| NOTE: any relevant Special Topics (490) course offered by a program within the Jackson School may be counted as a track course for International Communications if the student obtains prior approval from the adviser. | |
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The following two courses taken prior to Autumn 2002 would count toward the track. |
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| *CMU 422 | Culture in International Communications Research |
| *SISCA/CMU 424 | Canadian Media Systems |
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS, LAW, STATE, & SOCIETY
| Students must take 3 of the following: | |
| ANTH 416 | Comparative Social Movements: Mexico and the United States |
| ANTH 470 | Minority Peoples of China |
| PHIL 338 | Philosophy of Human Rights |
| POL S 363 | Law in Society |
| POL S/LSJ 367 | The Politics & Law of International Human Rights |
| POL S 368/LSJ 320 | Civil-Military Relations in Democracies |
| POL S 430 | Comparative Law and Courts |
| SIS 337 | Collective Violence and the State |
| SIS/LSJ 362 | Law and Justice: An Introduction to Social Theory |
| SIS 436 | Ethnic Politics and Nationalism |
| SIS 438 | Forced Migrations |
| SIS 439 | Law and Political Power |
| SIS 456 | State-Society Relations in the Third World |
| SIS 460 | Law, State and Society |
| SIS 465 | Deeply Divided Societies |
| SIS /LSJ 322 | Human Rights in Latin America |
| SISA 245 | Human Rights in Asia |
| SISEA 449/POL S 442 | Government & Politics of China |
| SISEA/SOC 464 | Contemporary Society in the People's Republic of China |
| SISJE 269 | History of the Holocaust |
| SISLA 480 | Labor and Popular Movements in Latin America |
| SISLA 492 | When topic is human rights, e.g. Racism and Anti-Racism |
| SISME 420 | International Humanitarian Law |
| SOC/AES 462 | Comparative Race and Ethnic Relations |
| SOC 466 | Economic Sociology |
| SOC 469 | Balkan Societies |
| WOMEN 305 | Feminism in an International Context |
| *TSMIN 311 | International Human Rights |
| *TSMIN 421 | Human Rights in Emerging Democracies: Eastern Europe & Latin America |
| *BLS 335 | Human Rights in America |
| *BLS 353 | Human Rights in Theory and Practice |
| *BLS 403 | Washington D.C. Seminar on Human Rights |
Additional electives may be approved with permission of International Studies adviser.
* These courses are offered at UW Tacoma or Bothell Campuses. Registration limited to period III only.
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY TRACK
| Option A: | |
| Take three of the following (one of which must be SIS 332): | |
| SIS 330 | Political Economy of Development |
| SIS 332 | Political Economy of International Trade & Finance |
| SIS 333 | Gender and Globalization |
| SIS 360 | Technology, Growth, and Competition |
| SIS 365 | World Cities |
| SIS 390 | Political Economy of Industrialized Nations |
| SIS 405 | Political Economy of Religious Institutions |
| SIS 452 | Law and Politics of International Trade |
| SIS 455 | Industry and the State |
| SIS 476 | Comparative International Political Economy |
| SISA 417 | Political Economy of India |
| GEOG 349 | Geography of International Trade |
| GEOG 401 | Culture, Capital & The City |
| POL S 427 | International Political Economy |
| ECON/POL S 409 | Undergraduate Seminar in Political Economy |
| SISEA/ECON 468 | China's Economic Reforms: Integration into World Economy |
| ECON 448 | Population and Development |
| ECON 471 | International Trade |
| ECON 473 | Topics in International Trade |
| ECON 475 | Economics of the European Union |
| SOC 451 | Economic Sociology of Development in East and Southeast Asia |
| SOC 466 | Economic Sociology |
| Option B: | |
| Take two of the following (one of which must be SIS 332): | |
| SIS 330 | Political Economy of Development |
| SIS 332 | Political Economy of International Trade & Finance |
| SIS 333 | Gender and Globalization |
| SIS 360 | Technology, Growth, and Competition |
| SIS 365 | World Cities |
| SIS 390 | Political Economy of Industrialized Nations |
| SIS 405 | Political Economy of Religious Institutions |
| SIS 452 | Law and Politics of International Trade |
| SIS 455 | Industry and the State |
| SIS 476 | Comparative International Political Economy |
| SISA 417 | Political Economy of india |
| GEOG 349 | Geography of International Trade |
| GEOG 401 | Culture, Capital & The City |
| POL S 427 | International Political Economy |
| ECON/POL S 409 | Undergraduate Seminar in Political Economy |
| SISEA/ECON 468 | China's Economic Reforms: Integration into World Economy |
| ECON 448 | Population and Development |
| ECON 471 | International Trade |
| ECON 473 | Topics in International Trade |
| ECON 475 | Economics of the European Union |
| SOC 451 | Economic Sociology of Development in East and Southeast Asia |
| SOC 466 | Economic Sociology |
| Take two of the following: | |
| IBUS 330 | Business Environment in Developing Countries |
| IBUS 340 | Business Environment in Industrial Countries |
| IBUS 440 | Business in Asia |
| IBUS 470 | Management of International Trade Operations |
| IBUS 480 | Multinational Operations Management |
| IBUS 495 | International Business Internship |
| IBUS 496 | International Business Practicum |
Other I BUS 490 courses may be approved on a case by case basis
NOTE: Option B requires four courses, but SIS 330, SIS 332, SIS 390, or SIS 405 can double as one of the three required core courses.
| Required: One of the following: | |
| SISEA/HSTAS 241 | Japanese Civilization (formerly HSTAS 341) |
| SISEA 242 | Introduction to Contemporary Japan |
| Plus two of the following: | |
| HSTAS/SISEA423 | History of Modern Japan |
| JAPAN 323 | Japan in Literature and Film: Modern Period |
| SISEA/POL S 435 | Japanese Government and Politics |
| SISEA 436 | Political Parties in Japan and East Asia |
| SISEA 437 | Japan in the International System |
| SISEA 440/HSTAS 424 | Emergence of Postwar Japan |
| SISEA 442 | Political Economy of Postwar Japan |
| SISEA 447/ANTH 443 | Anthropology of Modern Japan |
| SISEA 474 | Civil Society in Japan & East Asia |
| SISEA 475 | Japanese Society |
| SISEA 478 | Readings in Japanese on Japan Social Sciences |
| SISEA 481 | Science, Technology, & Innovation Policies in East Asia |
| SISEA 482 | Japanese Business and Technology |
| SISEA 486 | Japanese Trade Diplomacy |
| SISEA/ECON 494 | Economy of Japan |
| Required: | |
| SISJE/HIST 250 | The Jews in Western Civilization |
| Plus two of the following: | |
| SISJE/HSTEU 269 | History of the Holocaust (formerly HSTEU 369) |
| SISJE/HSTEU 368 | Modern European Jewish History (formerly HSTEU 468) |
| SISJE/HSTEU 465 | The Jews in Eastern Europe |
| SISJE/HSTEU 469 | Enlightenment, Emancipation, Anti-Semitism: History of the Jews, 1770-1914 (no longer offered) |
| SISME 458 | Israel: Politics and Society |
| RELIG 415 | Modern Jewish Thought |
| ENGL 372 | Modern Jewish Literature in Translation |
| NEAR E 325 | Modern Hebrew Literature in English |
| ECON 406 | Undergraduate Seminar in Economics (when topic is: "Economics of Israel" |
| SISJE 490/HIST 498 | Special Topics (from the following list*): Jews Under Islam World of Kafka, Freud, and Einstein Modern Jewish Politics Society and Politics in Israel Autobiography and Jewish Experience *other topics with permission of adviser |
| Required: One of the following: | |
| HSTAA 290 | Topics in American History (when Latin America focus) |
| HSTAA 383 | Modern Latin America |
| Plus two of the following: | |
| ANTH 418 | Indian Heritage of Central America |
| GEOG 330 | Latin America: Landscape of Change |
| GEOG 430 | Contemporary Development Issues in Latin America |
| SISLA/GEOG 451 | The Cultural Geography of Latin America |
| HSTAA 384 | Latin America: Inter-American and Intra-Continental Relations |
| HSTAA 386 | The Challenges of Post-Coloniality in Latin America and the Caribbean |
| HSTAA 487 | Mexico, 1822 to Present |
| HSTAA 488 | History of the Caribbean and Central America |
| SIS 322 | Human Rights in Transitional Societies |
| SISLA/POL S 322 | Political Economy of Latin America |
| SISLA/POL S 342 | Government and Politics of Latin America |
| SISLA/SOC 355 | Social Change in Latin America |
| SISLA 480 | Labor and Popular Movements in Latin America |
| SISLA/SPAN 485 | Latin American Cultural Studies |
| SISLA 492 | Latin American Studies Seminar |
| *POL S 405 | American Politics Seminar |
| *POL S 447 | Comparative Politics Seminar |
*Only when the topic is Latin America. See your adviser first.
| Students must take at least one course from each of the following three groups: | |
| Jackson School of International Studies: | |
| ANTH 318 | Peoples and Cultures of the Islamic Middle East |
| SISME 400 | The Middle East in the Modern World |
| SISME 430 | Economic Development of the Middle East |
| SISME 432 | The Middle East and the World Economy |
| SISME 458 | Israel: Politics and Society |
| SISME/NEAR E 495 | Trends in the Contemporary Middle East |
| SIS 465 | Deeply Divided Societies |
| History or Political Science: | |
| HIST 161 | Survey of Middle Eastern History |
| HIST 463 | Modern Middle East History |
| HIST 465 | Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia, 1750-2001 |
| HIST 498 | Undergraduate Seminar - must be on a Middle East topic |
| POL S 325 | Arab-Israeli Conflict |
| POL S 331 | Middle Eastern Politics |
| POL S 431 | Political Islam |
| SIS 406/POL S432 | International Relations in the Middle East |
| Humanities: | |
| RELIG/NEAR E 211 | Islam |
| RELIG 434 | Human Rights in Islam |
| NEAR E 310 | Modern Near Eastern Literature in English |
| NEAR E 432 | Islamic Literature on Jurisprudence |
| NEAR E * | A Near Eastern literature course in translation (e.g., modern Hebrew literature in translation) |
| Take one of the following: | |
| HSTAS 404 | History of 20th Century India |
| SISSA 316 | Modern South Asia |
| Plus two of the following: | |
| ANTH 371 | Anthropology of Development |
| ANTH 412 | South Asian Social Structure |
| HSTAS 403 | History of Modern India to 1900 |
| SIS 330 | Political Economy of Development/Economic Development |
| SIS/POL S 337 | Collective Violence and the State |
| SIS/WOMEN/ANTH 345 | Gender and International Economic Development |
| SIS 406 | Political Islam and Islamic Fundamentalism |
| SIS/POL S 436 | Ethnic Politics and Nationalism in Multi-Ethnic Societies |
| SISA 339 | Social Movements in Contemporary India |
| SISA/POL S 340 | Government and Politics of South Asia |
| SISA/ANTH 341 | Political Violence in Post-colonial South Asia |
| SISA/POL S 417 | Political Economy of India |
| SISA/POL S 434 | International Relations of South Asia |
| SISA/GEOG 436 | Political Geographies of South Asia |
| SISA 490 | Special Topics in South Asian Studies |
| RELIG 350/ANTH 342 | Buddhism & Society: The Theravada Buddhist Tradition in South & Southeast Asia |
| RELIG 352 | Hinduism |
| RELIG 354 | Buddhism |
| SISA/PHIL 386 | Introduction to the Philosophical Systems of India |
| Take three of the following: | |
| * At least one of these three courses is required. | |
| *SISSE/ANTH 314 | Societies & Cultures of Insular Southeast Asia |
| *SISSE/ANTH 315 | Southeast Asian Civilization: Buddhist and Vietnamese |
| *RELIG 350/ANTH 352 | Buddhism & Society: The Theravada Buddhist Tradition in South & Southeast Asia |
| RELIG 354 | Buddhism |
| HSTAS 265 | The Vietnam Wars (formerly HSTAS 465) |
| HSTAS 463 | Southeast Asian History: 1800 to Present |
| SISSE/POL S 343 | Government and Politics of Southeast Asia |
| SISSE/HSTAS 466 | Islam, Mysticism, Politics, & Performance in Indonesian Culture |
| SISSE 469 | Topics in Southeast Asian History |
| SISSE 490 | Special Topics in Southeast Asian Studies |
| GEOG 434 | Southeast Asia: Conflict and Development |
| SOC 470 | Contemporary Southeast Asia |
RUSSIA, EASTERN EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA TRACK
| Students are required to take ONE of the following: | |
| SISRE/POL S 445 | Politics and Society in Eastern Europe |
| SISRE 448/HSTEU 445 | Twentieth Century Russia |
| POL S 441 | Government and Politics of Russia |
| Plus two of the following: | |
| ANTH/SISRE 425 | Anthropology of the Post-Soviet States |
| ECON 495 | Economic Transformation of Russia and Eastern Europe |
| GEOG 333 | Russia's Changing Landscape |
| GEOG 433 | Resource Use and Management in Russia and the Newly Independent States |
| HIST 465 | Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia, 1750-2001 |
| HSTEU/SISRE 444 | Imperial Russia: 1700-1900 |
| HSTEU 451 | East-Central Europe Since 1342 |
| HSTEU/SIS 440 | History of Communism |
| POL S 420 | Soviet and Russian Foreign Policy |
| POL S 448 | Politics of the European Community |
| RUSS 323 | Russian Literature and Culture of the Twentieth Century |
| SISRE 418 | East Europe: the Political Economy of the Region |
| SISRE 424 | Security Affairs |
| EURO/SCAND 344 | The Baltic States and Scandinavia |
| EURO/SCAND 345 | Baltic Cultures |
| SISRE 465/SCAND 455 | Baltic States since 1991 |
| Students are required to take ONE of the following: | |
| HSTEU 303 | Contemporary European History Since 1815 |
| POL S 324 | Europe in World Politics |
| Plus two of the following: | |
| EURO 301 | Europe Today |
| EURO 302 | The Politics and Cultures of Europe |
| EURO/COM 425 | European Media Systems (formerly CMU 425) |
| EURO/SCAND 445 | War & Occupation in N. Europe: History, Fiction, Memoir |
| HSTEU 323 | France Since 1814 |
| HSTEU 334 | Germany 1871-1989 |
| HSTEU 413 | Europe 1914-1945 |
| HSTEU 414 | History of Europe Since 1945 |
| HSTEU 415 | Europe in the Six Years' War (1939-1945) |
| HSTEU 422 | The French Revolution and Napoleon: 1789-1815 |
| HSTEU 432 | Germany 1914-1945 |
| POL S 346 | Governments of Western Europe |
| POL S 438 | Politics in France |
| POL S 447 | Comparative Politics Seminar (topics vary from year to year; students must obtain adviser's permission before enrolling.) |
| ECON 475 | Economics of the European Union |
| POL S/SCAND 326 | Scandinavia in World Affairs |
| POL S 437 | Politics in Scandinavia |
| SIS/SCAND 350 | Environmental Norms in International Politics |
| SIS 467 | Nations and States in the Modern World |
| RELIG 301 | Religious Thought Since the Middle Ages |
| GERMAN 352 | Literature and Society in Weimar and National Socialist Germany (Taught in English) |
| GERMAN 353 | Germany: East and West--Literature and Culture (Taught in English) |
Revised 11/4/2009
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