DEGREE INFORMATION Concentrations
INTS Majors must complete 36 to 39 hours from three different thematic concentrations.
Majors must take a minimum of four upper division courses in three of the five concentrations, for a total of 36 credit hours (twelve hours in each concentration). Please note that the Concentration “International Commerce” requires five courses rather than four (Students choosing this concentration will therefore complete 39 credit hours).
Students chose three concentrations from the following five themes. Each concentration is organized around a theme in global studies. They are:
Language, Culture & Literature
International Relations and Comparative Politics
Economics, Development and Environment
Regional Societies and History
1) Language, Culture and Literature. This concentration aims at deepening students’ understanding of the cultural underpinnings of different societies. It aims at developing understanding of other societies' worldviews while refining their non-English language skills. Twelve credit hours.
Modern Languages: any upper division courses in the Modern Languages Department except Methods of Teaching French/German/Spanish. We have not listed the courses individually because there are so many upper division courses on world literature and culture available in Modern Languages.
ANTH 3121-3 Language and Communication
ANTH 4130/RLST 4010-3 Comparative Religious Systems
RLST 4400-3 Differing Concepts of God
2) International Relations and Comparative Politics. Courses in this concentration stress comparative approaches, diplomacy and conflict resolution. Students will have an understanding of how different societies make decisions and manage international relations as well as how other cultures conceive of and practice power. Students learn the ins and outs of policy analysis and the tools of social science research. Twelve credit hours.
ANTH 4180-3 The Nature of Power
HIST 3121-3 The World at War, 1914-1945
HIST 4032-3 Globalization in World History since 1945
HIST 4220-3 US Foreign Policy since 1912
HIST 4412-3 Mexico and the United States: People and Politics on the Border
HIST 4471-3 World War II
HIST 4475-3 The Vietnam War
P SC 3042-3 Introduction to International Relations (if not taken to fulfill Introductory requirements)
P SC 3022-3 Introduction to Comparative Politics (if not taken to fulfill Introductory requirements)
P SC 4057/RLST 4500-3 Religion and Politics
P SC 4085-3 Comparative Public Policy
P SC 4105-3 Comparative Politics: Western Europe
P SC 4126-3 Introduction to International Political Economy
P SC 4146-3 Indigenous Politics
P SC 4156-3 The Arab-Israeli Peace Process
P SC 4185-3 Corruption in the US and Abroad
P SC 4216-3 International Politics: Human Rights
P SC 4217-3 Human Rights in Theory and Practice
P SC 4226-3 The United Nations in World Affairs
P SC 4236-3 American Foreign Policy
P SC 4266-3 International Law
P SC 4276-3 Conflicts and Rights in International Law
P SC 4286-3 International Relations: War or Peace
P SC 4326-3 Advanced International Political Economy II
PSC 4437-3 Coercion and the State
P SC 4726-3 Russian and Chinese Foreign Policy
P SC 4736-3 Middle East in World Affairs
P SC 4807-3 Revolution and Political Violence
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3) Economics, Development and Environment. Students taking this concentration will develop an understanding of economic processes in an international context. The courses offer comparative approaches and cultural perspectives on development and environment. Students will gain an understanding of economic principles and the social science skills needed to understand the multiple policy choices facing world leaders and local actors. Twelve credit hours.
Note: Students in this Concentration must take ECON 2012-3 Macroeconomics as one of their three introductory courses. Students must take ECON 2022-3 Microeconomics in addition to three upper division courses.
Of the four courses in this concentration one of them must be:
ECON 2022-3 Microeconomics (Required)
Students must then choose three upper division courses from the following:
ANTH 4010-3 Bio-cultural Foundations of Health
ANTH 4070-3 The Culture of Development
ANTH 4170-3 Culture and the Environment
ANTH 4140-3 Principles of Economic Anthropology
ANTH 4390-3 Resource Conservation and Sustainable Development
ECON 4081-3 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
ECON 4230-3 Law and Economics
ECON 4410-3 International Trade
ECON 4420-3 International Finance
ECON 4770-3 Economic Development-Theory and Problems
ECON 4540-3 Environmental Economics
GEOG 3300-3 Population and Resources in the World Environment
GEOG 3401-3 Agriculture and Food
GEOG 3411-3 Globalization and Regional Development
GEOG 3420-3 Political Ecology
GEOG 3430-3 The Geography of Tourism
GEOG 4265-3 Sustainability in Resource Management
P SC 4126-3 Introduction to International Political Economy
P SC 4248-3 Gender and International Development
P SC 4235-3 Politics and Markets in Latin America
P SC 4326-3 Advanced International Political Economy II
P SC 4248-3 Gender and International Development
P SC 4365-3 Global Ecological Crisis
P SC 4555-3 International Women’s Resistance
4) International Commerce. The objective of this concentration is to give students an introduction to international business practices. It offers students the opportunity to study the basic skills of international commerce in the Business school.
Note: this concentration requires fifteen, not twelve, credit hours.
ECON 2012 and ECON 2022 are prerequisites to most of these courses. Note that the first three courses are prerequisites of MKTG 4200 and MGMT 4400. Students opting for this concentration must take both MKTG 4200 and MGMT 4400. Students must meet Business School entrance requirements for the International Commerce Concentration, a 3.0 GPA overall or in the last 24 hours. Note: this concentration requires 15 hours not 12. Students must have junior standing to take the 3000 level courses and must be formally admitted to the International Studies program to take the 4000 level courses. Students must be formally registered as International Studies majors to take the 4000 level courses.
ACCT 2200-3 Financial Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis (prerequisite MATH 1070 or MATH 1110 and Sophomore standing)
MGMT 3000-3 Managing Individuals and Teams
MKTG 3000-3 Principles of Marketing (Junior standing required)
MGMT 4400-3 Introduction to International Business
MKTG 4200-3 International Marketing
Students taking the International Commerce thematic concentration must fill out a schedule adjustment form to take upper division courses in the Business School. The students should not contact Business School faculty about registration. Contact Nancy Reed, Business School Undergraduate Advisor, to register for the business courses. Her contactinformation is:
Phone: 303-556-5867
Email: nancy.reed@cudenver.edu
5) Regional Societies and History. Students in this concentration are expected to develop a historical understanding of how societies and political systems develop. This concentration provides a humanities-based approach to understanding the historical and cultural logic driving the world’s nations. Twelve credit hours.
ANTH 4220-3 Community in Global Context
ANTH 4250-3 Culture change in the Modern World
ANTH 4740-3 Ethnography of Mexico and Central America
HIST 3350-3 Colonial Latin America
HIST 3451-3 Introduction to African History (if not taken to fulfill Introductory requirements)
HIST 3460-3 Introduction to Latin American History (if not taken to fulfill Introductory requirements)
HIST 3470-3 Introduction to Asian History (if not taken to fulfill Introductory requirements)
HIST 3480-3 Introduction to European History (if not taken to fulfill Introductory requirements)
HIST 3483-3 Introduction to Modern South Asia (if not taken to fulfill Introductory requirements)
HIST 3500-3 African History in Novels and Films
HIST 4024-3 Nineteenth Century Europe
HIST 4025-3 Twentieth Century Europe
HIST 4027-3 The Enlightenment: Eighteenth Century Intellectual History
HIST 4028-3 After the Revolution: Nineteenth Century Intellectual History
HIST 4029-3 Fin de Siecle: Late Nineteenth & Early Twentieth Century
HIST 4046-3 Victorians and Victorianism
HIST 4047-3 The Identity of Britain in Text and Film: 1945 to the Present
HIST 4051-3 Great Britain: 1760-1914
HIST 4055-3 Atlantic Slave Trade: Africa, Caribbean and United States
HIST 4062-3 Modern France
HIST 4071-3 Modern Germany
HIST 4074-3 Post-War Germany
HIST 4081-3 Emergence of Modern Russia: 1700-1856
HIST 4082-3 Reform and Revolution in Russia: the 1860s to 1917
HIST 4083-3 Russia since 1917
HIST 4086-3 Eastern Europe
HIST 4303-3 Gender and Society (Europe)
HIST 4411-3 Modern Mexico
HIST 4414-3 Nationalism and State Building in Latin America, 1750-1850
HIST 4415-3 Social Revolutions in Latin America
HIST 4421-3 Modern China
HIST 4451-3 Southern Africa
HIST 4455-3 The African Struggle for Independence
HIST 4460/RLST 3160-3 The Islamic World
HIST 4461-3 The Modern Middle East
HIST 4621-3 Explorers and Exploration
GEOG 3120-3 Europe
GEOG 3130-3 Central America and the Caribbean
GEOG 3140-3 South America
GEOG 3150-3 The Middle East
P SC 3125-3 Introduction to Latin American Society
P SC 4135-3 Political Economy of Central America
P SC 4155-3 Political Systems of the Middle East
P SC 4165-3 Islamic Politics and Culture
P SC 4235-3 Politics and Markets in Latin America
P SC 4605-3 Politics and Government of South Asia
P SC 4615-3 Politics and Government of China
P SC 4175-3 Politics and Governments of the Pacific Rim
P SC 4505-3 The Post-Soviet World: Origins and Present Condition
P SC 4554-3 Latino Politics
RLST 3500-3 Religions of India
RLST 3200/ ETST 3224-3 Middle East Culture and Religion
RLST 3660/ PHIL 3981-3 Chinese philosophy
RLST 3400/ PHIL 3666-3 Asian Philosophies and Religions
