International Development Studies, B.A.

Required Courses: 9 s.h.

• POLS 171 - Comparative and International Politics 3 s.h.

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• ECON 110 - Principles of Economics 3.s.h.

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• ECON 112 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3.s.h.

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• HIST 120 - The Making of the Modern World 3 s.h.

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• ANTH 100 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 3 s.h.

Foreign Language or Statistical/Analytical Tools: 9 s.h.

• 9 s.h. of Foreign Language
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Select one course from each of the four categories: 12 s.h.

• POLS 230 - Introduction to American Public Administration 3 s.h.

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• POLS 260 - Comparative Public Administration and Policy 3 s.h.

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• POLS 284 - The Formulation and Execution of U.S. Foreign Policy 3 s.h.

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• POLS 283 - International Political Economy 3 s.h.

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• ECON 284 - International Trade and Economics 3.s.h.

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• COMM 244 - Communication & Conflict 3 s.h.

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• COMM 254 - Intercultural Communication 3 s.h.

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• ALS 273 - Race, Gender, Class and Culture 3 s.h.

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• WMST 130 - Gender, Power and Difference 3 s.h.

Upper Division Political Science Elective: 6 s.h.

Choose two of the following:

• POLS 260 - Comparative Public Administration and Policy 3 s.h.
• POLS 272 - Practicum in International Development 3 s.h.
• POLS 280 - Model UN 3 s.h.
• POLS 288 - International Human Rights 3 s.h.

Upper Division Electives: 3 s.h.

• FREN 210 - Survey of Francophone Literature 3 s.h.

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• ALS 215 - History of the Modern Middle East and North Africa 3 s.h.

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• WHIS 215 - History of the Modern Middle East & North Africa 3 s.h.

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• ALS 274 - Gender and Power in Africa 3 s.h.

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• WHIS 274 - Gender and Power in Africa 3 s.h.

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• ALS 251 - Cultures of Pan Africanism 3 s.h.
• ANTH 227 - Cultural Identities 3 s.h.
• ANTH 229 - Critique of Civilization 3 s.h.
• ANTH 236 - Medical Anthropology 3 s.h.
• ECON 210 - Modern Economic Problems 3.s.h.
• ECON 335 - International Finance 3.s.h.
• GEOG 210 - Economic Geography and Sustainability 3 s.h.
• GEOG 225 - Population Geography and the Environment 3 s.h.
• GEOG 238 - Sustainable Development 3 s.h.
• SOC 236 - Comparative Aging: A Global Perspective 3 s.h.
• SOC 252 - Age of Globalization 3 s.h.
• SOC 242 - Sociology of Ethnic Relations 3 s.h.
• SOC 288 - Complex Organizations 3 s.h.
• CRJ 393 - Comparative Criminal Justice 3 s.h.

Internship or Study Abroad: 3-6 s.h.

Note: 3 s.h. of departmentally approved study abroad credits or internship appropriate to the major. (A minimum of 3 and up to 6 s.h. of credit may be earned through the study abroad/internship requirement, of which 3 s.h. may be used to satisfy part of the elective requirement list above.)

Capstone Seminar: 3 s.h.

• POLS 368 - Political Development: Problems of Nation-Building 3 s.h.
• POLS 382 - International Organization and Law 3 s.h.

Related Work: 3 s.h.

• ACCT 100 - Financial Accounting 3 s.h.