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2023-2024 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

International and Global Studies and Honors Minors

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Requirements

Twenty-one to 29 credits, distributed as follows.

A. Core Courses (9 credits)

Two from:
INT 100 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3)
or
ANT 100 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3)
INT 113 - World History: 1400 to 1900 (3)
or
HIS 113 - World History: 1400 to 1900 (3)
INT 115 - World Regional Geography (3)
or
URP 115 - World Regional Geography (3)
INT 230 - International Relations (3)
or
POL 230 - International Relations (3)
One from:
INT 415 - Seminar on Contemporary Global Issues (3)
or
ANT 415 - Seminar on Contemporary Global Issues (3)
INT 366 - The Global Economy (3)
or
ECN 366 - The Global Economy (3)
INT 367 - World Economic History (3)
or
ECN 367 - World Economic History (3)
INT 376 - Gender, Work, and Globalization (3)
or
ANT 376 - Gender, Work, and Globalization (3)
or
SOC 376 - Gender, Work, and Globalization (3)
or
WGS 376 - Gender, Work, and Globalization (3)

B. Option of Choice (12 credits)

A program planned with a faculty advisor, including courses from both the Regional Studies and Topical Studies options below. No course may be elected to satisfy requirements for both parts A and B.

Up to 3 credits from a study abroad course, at the Core Faculty’s discretion, may be applied to one of the Option categories.

Regional Studies Option

Focus on various regions of the world from the perspectives of different fields, including art, culture, economy, history, language, literature, music and politics.

Latin America

North Africa/Southwest Asia

Western Europe

Topical Studies Option

International global themes from the perspectives of different fields.

World Health

International Management

INB 385 - International Business (3)
MKT 432 - International Marketing (3)
FIN 466 - International Finance (3)
INB 585 - Global Dimensions of Management (3)

International Political Economy

ANT 352 - Gifts, Goods, and Graft: The Anthropology of Value and Exchange (3)
ANT 415 - Seminar on Contemporary Global Issues (3)
or
INT 415 - Seminar on Contemporary Global Issues (3)
CRJ 384 - Comparative Criminal Justice System (3)
ECN 366 - The Global Economy (3)
or
INT 366 - The Global Economy (3)
INT 367 - World Economic History (3)
ECN 360 - International Economics (3)
POL 333 - International Law and Organizations (3)
POL 437 - US Foreign Policy (3)

Language and Culture Studies

ANT 355 - Anthropology of Religion (3)
ANT 299 - Third World Cultures Through Film (3)
or
INT 299 - Third World Cultures Through Film (3)
ANT 335 - Language Variation in Society (3)
or
LIN 335 - Language Variation in Society (3)
ANT 325 - Culture, Personality, and Beyond (3)
or
SOC 325 - Culture, Personality, and Beyond (3)
COM 381 - Intercultural Communication (3)
MUS 226 - Music in World Cultures (3)

Women’s and Gender Studies

ANT 378 - Sex and Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective (3)
or
WGS 378 - Sex and Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective (3)
HIS 378 - Emergence of Japan as a Global Power (3)
SOC 376 - Gender, Work, and Globalization (3)
or
WGS 376 - Gender, Work, and Globalization (3)
or
INT 376 - Gender, Work, and Globalization (3)

World Environment

World History

AFA 203 - Origins of Modern Racism (3)
or
PHL 203 - Origins of Modern Racism (3)
HIS 112 - World History to 1400 (3)
or
INT 112 - World History to 1400 (3)
HIS 360 - The Holocaust (3)
HIS 479 - Pacific World in Transition since 19th Century (3)

C. Foreign Language (0-8 credits)

Demonstrated proficiency in a foreign language, as evidenced by completion at UM-Flint of one of the following; or equivalent proficiency by examination. (The foreign language requirement is already required of any student seeking a Bachelor of Arts degree.)

ARB 112 - Beginning Standard Arabic II (4)
FRN 112 - Beginning French II (4)
GER 112 - Beginning German II (4)
JPN 112 - Beginning Japanese II (4)
SPN 112 - Beginning Spanish II (4)

Note

The Spanish and International Studies Program (BA) (Currently in Moratorium) combines the International and Global Studies minor with a 22-credit program in Spanish.

Honors Program Requirements

Prospective Honors Program students are required to complete all of the above International and Global Studies Minor requirements and University of Michigan-Flint Honors Program requirements along with:

Concentration in a subject compatible with the IGS minor.
It is recommended that honors elections be made for courses for the minor at the 300- level or higher.
Completion of an Honors Scholar off-campus experience outside the United States.
Completion of either the 211- or 205- level of a foreign language at UM-Flint.
A minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average.

Honors Program students are urged to acquaint themselves as early as possible with the requirements above as well as with the particular procedures for acceptance into the International and Global Studies Honors Program. See the International and Global Studies Honors Advisor or the Honors Program Director for this information.