International Studies: General Major Tracks

(For separate regional majors return to JSIS Undergraduate Study)


CANADA 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  The 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
 


CHINA TRACK

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
 


DEVELOPMENT TRACK

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
 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
SISSA 339                    Social Movements in Contemporary India
SISSA/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. 


EAST ASIA (GENERAL) TRACK

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                     Class and Culture in East Asia (joint ANTH 446)
 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 three 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.


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 


GLOBAL HEALTH TRACK

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
ENVIR 202              Environmental Case Studies: Population and Health
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 271                 Geography of Food and Eating
GEOG 270                 Geographies and International Development and Environmental Change
GEOG 371                 World Hunger and Resource Development
HSERV 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.

The following two courses taken prior to Autumn 2002 would count toward the track.
 *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 368/LSJ 320   The Politics & Law of International Human Rights
POL S 430                 Civil-Military Relations in Democracies
POL S 367/LSJ 367   Comparative Law and Courts
SIS 337                      Collective Violence and the State
SIS 362                      Law and Justice: An Introduction to Social Theory (w/ LSJ 362)
SIS 436                      Ethnic Politics and Nationalism
SIS 438                      Forced Migrations
SIS 456                      State-Society Relations in the Third World
SIS 460                      Law, State and Society
SIS 465                      Deeply Divided Societies
SIS 470/LSJ 410        Human Rights in Transitional Societies
SIS/LSJ 490               when topic is human rights, e.g. Human Rights in Latin America
SISA 245                   Human Rights in Asia
SISEA 449                 Government & Politics of China (joint POL S 442)
SISEA/SOC 464        Contemporary Society in the Peoples 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
 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
 GEOG 349                Geography of International Trade
 GEOG 401                Culture, Capital & The City
 POL S 427                International Political Economy
 ECON 448                Population and Development
 ECON/SISEA 468    China's Economic Reforms: Integration into World Economy
 ECON 471                International Trade
 ECON 473                Topics in International Trade
 ECON 475                Economics of the European Union
 SISEA 482                Japanese Business and Technology
 SOC 451                   Economic Sociology of Development in East and SE 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. 


JAPAN TRACK

Required:
 SISEA/HSTAS 241         Japanese Civilization  (formerly HSTAS 341)
OR
 SISEA 242                       Introduction to Contemporary Japan

Plus two of the following:

 HSTAS/SISEA 423         History of Modern Japan
 JAPAN 323                     Japan in Literature and Film: Modern Period
 POL S 435                      Japanese Government and Politics
 SISEA 440/HSTAS 424  Emergence of Postwar Japan
 SISEA 442                      Political Economy of Postwar Japan
 SISEA 447/ANTH 443   Anthropology of Modern Japan
 SISEA 475                      Japanese Society
 SISEA 476                      Development of Modern Japanese Culture
 SISEA 478                      Readings in Japanese on Japan Social Sciences
 SISEA 482                      Japanese Business and Technology
 SISEA/ECON 494          Economy of Japan


JEWISH STUDIES TRACK

Required:
SISJE/HIST 250              The Jews in Western Civilization

Plus two of the following:
 SISJE/HSTEU 465           The Jews in Eastern Europe
 SISJE/HSTEU 368           Modern European Jewish History (formerly HSTEU 468)
 SISJE/HSTEU 469           Enlightenment, Emancipation, Anti-Semitism: 
                                             History of the Jews, 1770-1914 (no longer offered)
 SISJE/HSTEU 269           History of the Holocaust (formerly HSTEU 369)
 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


LATIN AMERICA TRACK

Required:
 HSTAA 383                Modern Latin America
  OR
 HSTAA 290                Topics in American History (when Latin America focus)

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     470                   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. 


MIDDLE EAST TRACK

Students must take at least one course from each of the following three groups:

Jackson School of Int'l. 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 463                      Modern Middle East History
 HIST 161                      Survey of Middle Eastern 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
 SIS 406/POL S 432      Political Islam
 POL S 431                    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) 


SOUTH ASIA TRACK

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 
 SISSA 339                     Social Movements in Contemporary India
 SISSA/POL S 340         Government and Politics of South Asia
 SISSA/ANTH 341         Political Violence in Post-colonial South Asia
 SISSA/POL S 417         Political Economy of India
 SISSA/POL S 434         International Relations of South Asia
SISSA/GEOG 436          Political Geographies of South Asia
 SISSA 490                     Special Topics in South Asian Studies
 RELIG 350/ANTH 352     Buddhism & Society: The Theravada Buddhist Tradition 
                                            in South & Southeast Asia
 RELIG 352                    Hinduism
 RELIG 354                    Buddhism
 SISSA/PHIL 386           Introduction to the Philosophical Systems of India
 


SOUTHEAST ASIA TRACK

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 463                 Southeast Asian History: 1800 to Present
  HSTAS 265                 The Vietnam Wars (formerly HSTAS 465)
  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


WESTERN EUROPE TRACK

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 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 323                 France Since 1814
 HSTEU 334                 Germany 1871-1989
 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
 GERM 352                  Literature and Society in Weimar and National Socialist Germany
                                                       (Taught in English)
 GERM 353                  Germany:  East and West--Literature and Culture   
                                                       (Taught in English) 

 

Revised 9/26/2008