Major Requirements

Required Courses (27 credits)

ALL of the following courses:

INAF 201 Introduction to International Affairs POLS 231 Introduction to Comparative Politics POLS 241 Introduction to International Relations ECON 351 International Trade INAF 499 Senior Seminar

TWO contemporary history courses selected from:

HIS 255 Contemporary History of the Third World HIS 342 Contemporary History of the United States HIS 485 Age of Dictators in Europe

ONE sociology course (3 credits) selected from:

SOCY 131 Global Social Issues SOCY 231 Introduction to International Migration

ONE geography course (3 credits) selected from:

INAF 251 Geography of the Americas and Europe INAF 252 Geography of Africa and Asia Note: Enrollment in INAF 201 is required prior to registration in any of the program's courses numbered 400 or higher.

Language Requirement Students must demonstrate a minimum proficiency level of four college semesters in a second language. This proficiency may be demonstrated through course work, approved language tests, or other means approved by the Undergraduate Coordinator.

Areas of Concentration (18 credits)

I. Area and Cultural Studies: Allows a student to focus attention on a specific global region and to apply insights and skills cultivated in the core of the major in the development of an informed understanding of that region. Special emphasis is usually placed on one of two tracks: Latin America/Caribbean or Africa, although other area studies tracks may be arranged with the guidance of the Program Chair and Undergraduate Coordinator. Area study students are strongly encouraged to conduct research in the language in which they are developing fluency and to consider study-abroad opportunities.

A. Latin America/Caribbean Track: Students choosing to place special emphasis on Latin America and the Caribbean are required to take the three courses listed below, and select three other courses from among those approved for the track. Participation in INAF 411 (Model Assembly of the Organization of American States) is strongly recommended.

INAF 311 Current Issues in the Americas
SPA 373 Contemporary Latin America
SPA 374 Culture and Society in the Caribbean

B. Africa Track: Students choosing to place special emphasis on Africa are required to take the three courses listed below, and select three other courses from among those approved for the track. Participation in INAF 421 (Model Assembly of the Organization for African Unity) is strongly recommended.

HIS 356 Modern Africa
INAF 321 Africa: Contemporary Multilateral Issues
POLS 337 Comparative Politics: Africa

II. International Relations: Combines the complementary methodological and interpretative perspectives of the social sciences in the analysis of current international issues. Students in the area of concentration distribute their courses to include two approved courses in economics, two approved courses in political science, and two approved courses from another discipline or disciplines. Course selections that correspond to student interests and needs will be planned individually in consultation with the Undergraduate Coordinator.

III. International Business and Economics: Develops a basic understanding of current issues and trends in economic globalization, drawing from principles of economics as well as fundamental business concepts that govern international commercial and financial transactions. Students are required to complete BUA 337 (International Business) prior to enrolling in the three courses listed below. Students also select two additional approved courses related to international business and economics.

BADM 355 Issues in International Management
BADM 333 International Marketing
ECON 353 International Finance

The two elective courses for this concentration will be planned individually in consultation with the Undergraduate Coordinator.

IV. Conflict Management and Diplomacy: Examines the theories and techniques that have been developed to understand international conflicts and to promote their resolution. All students in this area of concentration are required to take POLS 461 (Seminar in Conflict Theory and Management). The remaining 15 credits can be distributed in various patterns, including at least three disciplines, depending on student interest and with the approval of the Undergraduate Coordinator.

Students may choose to enroll in either of the major's two, six credit international diplomacy modules consisting of a contemporary multilateral issues course (INAF 311 or INAF 321) followed by participation in the model OAS or the model OAU, and/or regionally oriented courses offered by the economics, history, international affairs, and political science programs. Students electing this area of concentration are encouraged to participate in the activities of the Capital Area Association of Peace Studies.

V. Global Migration - Immigrant Communities: Examines migration and immigrant communities with particular emphases on global trends in the post-Cold War period, issues of immigrant identity, and transnational relationships between emigrant and immigrant communities. Students selecting this concentration are required to take INAF 500 (The Feminization of International Migration) following completion of one political science course and one sociology course from those listed below (no single course may be credited as a course required for the major and as a course required for the concentration). Students are also required to choose three additional courses from among those approved for the area of concentration:

a. POLS 332/333/334/335/336/ 337 (Comparative Politics: Developing Areas/ Russia and Eastern Europe/ China and East Asia/ Latin America/ Middle East/ Africa)
b. SOCY 231 (Introduction to International Migration) or SOCY 231 (Global Social Issues)