International Studies Major

Contact:
Hiroko Hirakawa, Foreign Languages Department

Guilford seeks to promote and expand global awareness within the Guilford 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. Guilford 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 adviser 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), which also may satisfy distribution requirements.

   1.  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.                                                                  

 

2-3.  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. These courses may

double count with certain Foundations and Explorations courses and with the disciplinary major.
8 credits

         BUS 346 International Business

         ECON 221 Macro: US in World Econ

         ECON 335/IDS 414 Comparative Economic Systems

         ECON 336/IDS 433 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 391 Globalization and Its Discontents

         PSCI 330 International Political Economy

         PSCI 345 Avoiding War, Making Peace

        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
 

4-7.  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

         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

         SOAN 415/IDS 411 Gender and Development in Africa

   8.  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
 

4-7.  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

         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 284 Spread of Buddhism across Asia
         REL 286 Buddhist Pilgrimage in East Asia

         REL 319 Buddhist Emptiness

         THEA341/IDS 408 East Asian Theatre

   8.  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

4-7.  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 236 Reformation: Luther to Fox

         HIST 237 Europe in Revolution 1789-1918

         HIST 289 The French Revolution and Napoleon

         HIST 335/IDS 452 Ancient Greece from Homer to Socrates

          HIST 336/REL 236The Elizabethan Age

         MUS 310 Music History I

          PHIL 310 Ancient Western Philosophy

          PHIL 320 Modern Western Philosophy

          REL 235 Quaker Origins

          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

   8.  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
 

4-7.  Four of the following:

16 credits

         ENGL 378 Caribbean Literature

         ECON 336/IDS 433 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

   8.   SPAN 202 Intermediate Conversation and Composition

4 credits
 

Total credit hours required for A.B. degree in international studies: Latin American studies
32 credits