Electives
International Business Electives
Regional Area Course Options
Take one course from any of these geographic regions, ideally tied to your language proficiency.
Africa
- ARH 341 African Art
- COR 404 Africans and African Development*
- ENG 338 The African Experience in Literature
- HST 313 Modern Africa
Asia
COR 333 Religion and Art of Asia*
ENG 337 Asian Literature of Social Change
HST 320 Fashion, Food and Fun: Material Culture in China and Japan
HST 321 China: Empire and Revolution, 1800-1948
PHL 352 Eastern Philosophy
POL 362 India and Pakistan
REL 356 Chinese “Religions” from Confucius to Mao
REL 357 Sages and Samurai: Religion in the Japanese Experience
REL 360 Hindu Goddesses: From Myths to Movies
REL 362 Hindu Textual Traditions: Sacrifices, Duty and Devotion
Europe
ARH 310 Art History in Florence (study abroad)
COR 302 Italian Cinema*
COR 357 Rome Since the Renaissance: Literature, Art and Cinema*
COR 380 Florence Italy*
ENG 368 Modern Italian Literature (study abroad)
ENG 325 Romanticism
ENG 326 Realism and the Later 19th Century
FRE 321 Reel Stories: Contemporary Topics through Film
FRE 327 Business Cultures of the Francophone World
FRE 352 Perspectives on Modern France
FRE 353 Perspectives on the Francophone World**
FRE 361 Defining Moments in French Civilization
GER 321 Between Empire and Nazism
GER 322 Germany During and After the Second World War
GER 323 Divided Germany, 1949-89
GER 324 Germany in the New Millennium
HST 326 Ancient Greece
HST 327 Ancient Rome
HST 338 Germany: War, Democracy and Hitler, 1914-1945
HST 339 A History of the Holocaust
HST 380 History of Contemporary Italy (study abroad)
ITL 321 Italian Conversation
POL 350 Italian Politics and Government (study abroad)
REL 472 Christians and Nazis
REL 384 Modern Jewish Thought
SPN 333 Defining moments in Spanish American Civilization
THE 320 The Italian Comedic Tradition**
Latin America
ANT 380 The Ancient Maya
ANT 388 Archaeology of the Maya, Aztec and their Ancestors
COR 334 Environmental Issues of Latin America*
COR 336 Costa Rica*
ENG 335 Latin American Literature and Culture
HST 351 History of Mexico
HST 353 Colonial Latin America
HST 354 Modern Latin America
POL 368 Latin American Politics
POL 369 US-Latin American Relations
SPN 315 Exploring Identity
SPN 316 Spanish Speaking Cultures through Film
SPN 330 Today’s Spanish Speaking World through Media
SPN 358 In Search of Identity
SPN 360 Voices of Identity through Spanish Phonetics
Middle East
COR 359 Media and the Middle East*
ENG 385 Middle Eastern Literature
HST 316 The Modern Middle East
PHL 350 The Spirit of Israel
POL 366 Middle East Politics
REL 363 Women in Islam: Veneration, Veils and Voices
REL 365 Jihad in Historical and Global Perspective
Global Politics and Society Course Options
Take one course from here.
- COM 336 International Cinema
- COM 330 International Communications
- ENG 310 International Rhetorics (prerequisite: ENG110)
- ENG 331 Advanced World Literature
- GEO 310 Development and the Environment in Latin America, Africa and Asia
- GEO 345 Global Environmental Change
- HSS 350 International Human Services
- HSS 351 Global Violence Against Women
- HST 349 Slavery and Resistance
- INT 370-379 Topics in International Studies
- PHS 302 Global Health
- POL 341 International Organizations
- POL 342 U.S. Foreign Policy
- POL 343 International Law
- POL 344 International Environmental Policy
- POL 345 International Terrorism
- POL 346 International Security
- POL 348 International Human Rights
- POL 359 Political Communication
- POL 362 India and Pakistan
- POL 366 Middle East Politics
- POL 369 U.S.-Latin American Relations
- POL 379 International Political Economy
- REL 358 Sites and Rites: Sacred Space and Ritual in World Religions
- SOC 376 Being and Becoming a Global Citizen
*For students who are pursuing a double major OR for students who have already fulfilled the advanced studies requirement in the Elon Core, COR classes that have either a regional or global focus can be taken to fulfill the above requirements.
**Special topics course (not all sections will have this focus)