A major in International Studies requires 44 semester hours. These requirements are specified as follows:

International studies majors are required to study abroad for a semester. This requirement is designed to provide students with an in-depth, cross-cultural experience, while encouraging them to strengthen their foreign language abilities.* Students should choose an area relevant to their regional concentrations (see below). Winter-term study abroad programs offer valuable international experiences, and the courses can be counted within the major, but they will not satisfy the semester requirement. With the approval of the program coordinator, an extended summer study abroad program may satisfy the requirement. International (foreign) students satisfy the requirement through their studies at Elon. Under specific provisions of the major and with the program coordinator’s approval, up to 20 semester hours of study abroad coursework can be counted toward the major.

* Students can apply for merit and need-based scholarships for studying abroad through the Isabella Cannon Centre for International Studies.

Foundation Courses                              8 sh

POL/INT 141  International Relations

HST/INT 221  World in the Twentieth Century

Foreign Language Study                         8 sh

All international studies majors must take at least eight semester hours of study in one modern foreign language. Students must also demonstrate foreign language proficiency by successful completion of a foreign language course at the 222 level (or its equivalent). Students should choose a language relevant to their regional concentrations.

Global Studies                              12 sh

Students must take courses from at least two of the following five areas. Appropriate special topics courses, as approved by the program coordinator, may be included in the global studies category.

Politics and Economics

BUS 416            Global Marketing

BUS 430            International Business Management

ECO 201            Principles of Economics/INT
(taught from an international perspective)

ECO 314            International Trade and Finance

POL 114            Model United Nations

POL 261            Comparative Politics

POL 342            U.S. Foreign Policy

POL 343            International Law and Organizations

POL 344            International Environmental Policy

POL 345            International Terrorism

POL 359            Political Communication

History and Geography

GEO 131            The World’s Regions

HST 112            Europe and the Mediterranean World Since 1660

GEO 310            Development and the Environment in Latin America, Africa and South Asia

Literature and Foreign Language

ENG 231            World Literature

ENG 331            Advanced World Literature

Foreign languages 222 relevant to student’s regional concentration

Society and Culture

JCM 311            International Communications

PSY 366            Psychology in Cultural Context

REL 102             World Religions

ANT 112            Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

ANT 121            Cross Cultural Encounters

Study Abroad
Students who have study abroad course credit that cannot be counted under Foreign Language Study or regional concentration may count four semester hours under this category. 

Regional Concentration                         12 sh

At least three courses taken on one geographic region. Courses should be chosen from at least two disciplines. Study abroad and special topics courses, as approved by the program coordinator, may be included under the regional concentration.

Approved courses for regional concentrations in Africa, the Asian area, Europe and Latin America are listed below. In addition, special area concentrations designed by student and advisor may be approved by the program coordinator.

Africa

ART 341            African Art

ENG 338            The African Experience in Literature

FRE 362            Francophone Cultures Outside France

GEO 320           Africa's People and Environments

HST 313            Modern Africa

HST 314            A History of Southern Africa

JCM 346            African Film

POL 367            Politics of Africa

Asia

ENG 337            Asian Literature of Social Change

ENS 310            Environmental Issues of Southeast Asia

HST 320            China, Japan and the Pacific Century

PHL 352            Eastern Philosophy

POL 363            Politics of Asia

POL 365            Politics of Eurasia

REL 352            Hinduism

REL 353            Buddhism

Europe

ENG 222            British Literature II

ENG 325            Romanticism

ENG 326            Realism and the Later 19th Century

ENG 356            The Novel: British Women Writers

FRE 332            Introduction to French Literature II

FRE 361            French Civilization

HST 316            The History of Imperial Russia to 1917

HST 317            Russia and the Soviet Union since 1917

HST 324            England within the British Empire

HST 335            Growth of Modern Europe

HST 336            Europe, 1914-1945

HST 337            Europe, 1945 to the Present

HST 338            Germany, Democracy and Hitler, 1914-1945

HST 339            A History of the Holocaust

PHL 433            Marx, Darwin and Freud

POL 364            Politics of Europe

POL 365            Politics of Eurasia

POL 428            Comparative Public Policy

SPN 333            Spanish Civilization

Latin America

ENG 335            Latin American Literature and Culture

GEO 342            Gender and Environment in South America

HST 341            Modern Central American History

HST 350            History of Brazil

HST 351            History of Mexico

HST 353            Colonial Latin America

HST 354            Modern Latin America

POL 368            Latin American Politics

SOC 364            Inequality and Development in Latin America

SPN 334            Latin American Civilization

Senior Seminar

INT 461            Senior Seminar in International Studies  4 sh

TOTAL     44 sh