International Studies Major
Kenneth E. Gilmore, Associate Professor, Chair
Guilford seeks to promote and expand global awareness within the College community and to prepare students to live as citizens and leaders in an increasingly interconnected world.
International education at Guilford is based upon the traditional Quaker values of tolerance and respect for diversity. The College supports a peaceful world where people who are different learn to work together toward a common human goal of harmonious coexistence. Guilford expects its students to learn to appreciate the many faces of human culture, to understand the many ways in which humankind organizes itself, and to speak in more than just their native language.
Degrees Offered
The Bachelor of Arts degree is offered in International Studies.
Major Requirements
International Studies is an interdisciplinary major that requires a second disciplinary major and an advisor in each. Students focus their courses, language study and abroad experience on one geographic region – Africa, East Asia, Europe or Latin America.
Specific Course Requirements
The international studies major requires a minimum of 32 credit hours (eight courses).
- INTR 101 Global Perspectives – 4 credits
The International Studies core course, is required of all majors. Normally taught annually in the spring semester, this class is for sophomores or juniors in the program. - Two international courses that focus on global issues and/or the approaches used in different academic disciplines to study international topics. Courses include those on the following list. – 8 credits
- BUS 346 International Business
- ECON 221 Macro: US in World Econ
- ECON 335 Comparative Economic Systems
- ECON 336 Economic and Social Development
- ECON 432 International Economics
- IDS 442 International Development
- PECS 315 Human Rights
- PECS 316 Globalization: Economics and Social Justice
- PSCI 103 International Relations
- PSCI 105 Comparative Politics
- PSCI 206 Challenges of Global Democratization
- PSCI 391 Globalization and Its Discontents
- SOAN 103 Cultural Anthropology
- SOAN 216 The Anthropology of Colonialism
- SOAN 321 Development Anthropology
Four regional courses, including one historical survey and one cultural foundations class, in one of the four geographic regions. At least two academic disciplines and at least two upper-level courses (300- and 400 level) must be included among the four regional courses.
African Studies
- Four courses from the following: 16 credits
- ENGL 334 African Women Writers
- FREN 311 The Francophone World
- HIST 241 Africa to 1800
- HIST 343 Women in Modern Africa
- IDS 411 Gender and Development in Africa
- PSCI 222 African Government and Politics
- SOAN 215 Anthropology of Slavery
- SOAN 234 Culture and Sexuality in Africa
- SOAN 235 African Families in Transition
- SOAN 358 African Cultures in Film
- FREN 220 Introduction to Literary and Cultural Analysis – 4 credits
Total credit hours required for A.B. degree in International Studies: African Studies – 32 credits
East Asian Studies
- Four courses from the following: 16 credits
- HIST 264 The Asian Pacific in Modern Times
- HIST 266 Contemporary Chinese Society in Film
- HIST 268 History of Chinese Women
- HIST 383 Imperial China
- HIST 384 China in Revolution
- HIST 385 Medieval Japan
- HIST 386 Japan: The Road to War
- IDS 408 East Asian Theatre
- JAPN 220 Women in Modern Japan
- JAPN 221 Contemporary Japanese Society
- JAPN 310 Media, Gender and Nation in Japan
- PSCI 210 East Asian Politics
- PSCI 275 Asia and the World
- PSCI 315 Chinese Politics
- PSCI 316 China and the World
- REL 108 Spread of Buddhism across Asia
- REL 283 HP: Religions of the Minorities of S.W. China
- REL 285 Daoism
- REL 286 Buddhist Pilgrimage in East Asia
- REL 319 Buddhist Emptiness
- JAPN 202 Intermediate Japanese II – 4 credits
Total credit hours required for A.B degree in International Studies: East Asian Studies – 32 credits
European Studies
- Four courses from the following: 16 credits
- ART/HIST 235 The Renaissance in Florence
- ENGL 221 British Literature I
- ENGL 222 British Literature II
- ENGL 223 Shakespeare
- ENGL 306 Medieval Literature
- ENGL 309 Early Modern Literature
- ENGL 327 British Romantic Literature
- ENGL 328 Victorian Literature
- FREN 310 Contemporary France
- GERM 310 Contemporary German Culture
- GERM 311 German Youth Culture
- GERM 320 Culture and Society: The Weimar Republic
- GERM 400 Seminar
- HIST 101 The Medieval Web
- HIST 102 The Web or Europe since 1400
- HIST233 Medieval Civilization: Crusades and Chivalry
- HIST/REL 236 Reformation: Luther to Fox
- HIST 237 Europe in Revolution 1789-1918
- HIST 289 The French Revolution and Napoleon
- HIST/ENGL 336 The Elizabethan Age
- IDS 452 Ancient Greece from Homer to Socrates
- MUS 310 Music History I
- PHIL 310 Ancient Western Philosophy
- PHIL 320 Modern Western Philosophy
- SPAN 311 Contemporary Spain
- SPAN 321Culture and Society: Golden Age of Spain
- SPAN 323 Culture and Society: Beginnings of a Nation
- SPAN 403 Senior Seminar: Spain
- One course from: 4 credits
- FREN 220 Introduction to Literary and Cultural Analysis
- GERM 202 Intermediate German II
- SPAN 202 Intermediate Conversation and Composition
Total credit hours required for A.B. degree in International Studies: European Studies major – 32 credits
Latin American Studies
- Four of the following: 16 credits
- ENGL 378 Caribbean Literature
- ECON 336 Economic and Social Development
- HIST 271 Colonial Latin America
- HIST 272 Modern Latin America
- SOAN 245 Race and Ethnicity in Latin America
- SOAN 330 Inequality in Latin America
- SOAN 331 Latino Migration Patterns
- SOAN 425 Latin American Politics
- SPAN 310 Contemporary Latin America
- SPAN 320 Culture & Society: Mexico, Central America & Caribbean
- SPAN 322 Culture and Society: South America
- SPAN 340 Film, Life and Literature of Latin America
- SPAN 402 Senior Seminar: Latin America
- SPAN 202 Intermediate Conversation and Composition – 4 credits
Total credit hours required for A.B. degree in International Studies: Latin American Studies – 32 credits
