Mar 29, 2024  
2023-2024 Catalog 
  
2023-2024 Catalog

International and Global Studies and Honors Minors


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Requirements


Twenty-one to 29 credits, distributed as follows.

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.

Eastern Europe/Russia

Topical Studies Option


International global themes from the perspectives of different fields.

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.)

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.

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