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School of Global Policy and Strategy
300 Robinson Building Complex, Bottom Floor
http://isp.ucsd.edu
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Technology and the forces of cultural and economic integration are reducing the distances between societies. At the same time, ethnic, religious, and economic conflicts continue to erupt within and among societies. Both the proximity of other societies and the remaining divides within and among them demand a better understanding of their cultures and institutions. Societies cannot be understood in isolation or at a single point in time, however; they are shaped by global and regional environments—including their political, military, economic, and cultural interests—and their pasts. Individuals and societies in turn shape those environments as they reinterpret their histories.
The International Studies Program is multidisciplinary and builds on the strengths of existing international specializations at UC San Diego. International relations and comparative politics are established and distinguished fields of political science. Economic theory and methodologies are critical to an understanding of the global world. The comparative study of societies and their economies, markets, and cultures lies at the core of sociology, business, and anthropology. Literature and linguistics offer a rich array of courses concerned with languages and traditions outside English-speaking societies. And area studies programs provide comprehensive understanding of particular countries and regions.
The international studies major provides students with both a firm grounding in a discipline and the flexibility to permit exploration from alternative perspectives. The Disciplinary Focus and Interdisciplinary Electives chosen by each student contain the foundations of the major. International studies majors also complete two core courses (INTL 101: Culture and Society in International Perspective and INTL 102: Economics, Politics, and International Change) that serve as gateways to interdisciplinary approaches and to central international and comparative issues. Among the subjects considered are cultural boundaries and identities, economic and social development, international and regional integration and their effects, the evolution of political and social institutions, and forms of communication and language. A required capstone research seminar (INTL 190) permits the completion of a research paper in close association with a member of the faculty. Students who meet the qualifications have the opportunity to pursue honors through a two-quarter research sequence (INTL 190H and INTL 196H). International studies majors benefit throughout from the activities and programs of the School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS), the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies (CILAS), and many other departments and research centers on campus.
Majors in international studies are encouraged to participate in the UC Education Abroad Program (EAP) and UC San Diego’s Opportunities Abroad Program (OAP). Subject to approval by the faculty director of the major, up to four courses taken through EAP/OAP will be accepted for credit toward the major. Students are strongly encouraged to complete INTL 101 and INTL 102 before departure. Students interested in studying abroad should see an International Studies Program adviser to discuss appropriate courses and programs for their plan of study. Information on EAP/OAP is given in the Education Abroad Program section of the UC San Diego General Catalog. Interested students should contact the Study Abroad UC San Diego Office and visit its website at http://studyabroad.ucsd.edu. Financial aid can be used for EAP/OAP study. Special study abroad scholarships are also available.
For information on study abroad at ISP, visit http://isp.ucsd.edu and http://studyabroad.ucsd.edu.
The International Studies Program attracts students who are interested in a variety of careers, including government and international organizations, international business, nongovernmental organizations, journalism, education, the arts, and the media. Because of its strong disciplinary core, the major also prepares students who wish to pursue graduate degree programs in international affairs or in one of the participating disciplines.
The Honors Program in International Studies recognizes academic excellence in the major. The Honors Program allows qualified students to complete an honors thesis on a topic of their choice in close collaboration with a member of the UC San Diego faculty. Students who wish to participate in the Honors Program in International Studies should indicate their interest in the spring quarter of their junior year. Honors program applications are available on the ISP website. Applications are due by Monday of the ninth week, the quarter before you enroll in INTL 190H.
Refer to http://isp.ucsd.edu/programs/honors-program/index.html for additional requirements and information pertaining to the ISP Honors Program.
Candidates for honors in any of the international studies degrees must meet the following requirements:
Please refer to the International Studies Program website for additional requirements.
A student who satisfactorily completes the general-education requirements of Muir, Revelle, Marshall, Warren, Roosevelt, or Sixth College in addition to the international studies requirements described below will be awarded one of the following bachelor of arts degrees based upon selection of the Disciplinary Focus:
International Studies—Anthropology
International Studies—Economics
International Studies—History
International Studies—International Business
International Studies—Linguistics
International Studies—Literature
International Studies—Philosophy
International Studies—Political Science
International Studies—Sociology
All upper-division courses applied to the requirements of the major must be taken for a letter grade. A 2.0 grade point average is required in the major, and students must earn at least a C– in each course counted for the major. Transfer students should see the International Studies Program adviser to determine whether courses taken elsewhere satisfy international studies major requirements.
Foreign language (four quarters of college-level language or equivalent proficiency).
Students majoring in international studies are required to demonstrate basic proficiency in a foreign language by completing four quarters of foreign language instruction (or the equivalent of fourth-quarter proficiency) with a passing grade. Students may also complete this requirement by demonstrating advanced language ability on a proficiency exam or by proof of native ability.
College-level language study is a prerequisite for study abroad in most non-English speaking countries and enhances understanding of those societies. Students who plan to study abroad in non-English speaking countries may need to take additional language classes, and they will need to take all language courses for a letter grade.
Students should make substantial progress toward fulfilling college general-education requirements and the foreign language requirement of the international studies major before beginning the core sequence of the international studies major.
The upper-division requirements for a major in international studies are
Two core courses (INTL 101 and INTL 102) provide an intellectual gateway to central issues and disciplinary approaches in international studies. Students may begin the sequence with either course. At least one quarter of university-level writing and sophomore status are prerequisites for both courses. Students must complete both INTL 101 and INTL 102 with a passing grade of C– or better before enrolling in INTL 190.
INTL 101. Culture and Society in International Perspective (4)
INTL 102. Economics, Politics, and International Change (4)
All majors will complete the capstone seminar during their senior year. Students are required to complete a research paper for this course. Prerequisites: Successful completion with a C– or better of both INTL 101 and INTL 102.
INTL 190. Seminar in International Studies (4)
Of the eleven Disciplinary Focus and Interdisciplinary Elective courses (eight Disciplinary Focus and three Interdisciplinary Electives), three courses must concentrate on one country or region outside the United States to complete the International Studies Program regional requirement.
Disciplinary Focus: Students are required to take at least one course from the following:
ANTH 101. Foundations of Social Complexity
ANTH 102. Humans are Cultural Animals
ANTH 103. Sociocultural Anthropology
The remaining upper-division courses should be selected from the Anthropology: Sociocultural (ANSC) and Archaeology (ANAR) listings. Up to two approved courses from Anthropology: Biological (ANBI) may also be counted toward the major with the approval of the International Studies Program adviser.
Disciplinary Focus: IS majors must satisfy the following six lower-division department requirements with a C– or better:
Calculus. MATH 10A-B-C or MATH 20A-B-C and ECON 1, 2, 3
Upper-division courses may be selected from
ECON 100A-B-C. Microeconomics
ECON 110A-B. Macroeconomics
ECON 120A-B-C. Econometrics
ECON 101. International Trade
ECON 102. Globalization
ECON 103. International Monetary Relations
ECON 106. International Economics Agreements
ECON 116. Economic Development
ECON 117. Economic Growth
ECON 125. Demographic Analysis and Forecasting
ECON 131. Economics of the Environment
ECON 132. Energy Economics
ECON 144. Economics of Conservation
ECON 145. Economics of Ocean Resources
ECON 162. Economics of Mexico
ECON 165. Middle East Economics
ISP Economics Disciplinary Focus students must take Economics 101 or Economics 102 or Economics 103 or Economics 116 and at least one of the following:
ECON 101. International Trade
ECON 102. Globalization
ECON 103. International Monetary Relations
ECON 116. Economic Development
ECON 117. Economic Growth
ECON 125. Demographic Analysis and Forecasting
ECON 131. Economics of the Environment
ECON 132. Energy Economics
ECON 144. Economics of Conservation
ECON 145. Economics of Ocean Resources
ECON 162. Economics of Mexico
ECON 165. Middle East Economics
Disciplinary Focus: At least six of eight courses must be taken in any of the following categories:
History of Africa (HIAF)
History of Europe (HIEU)
History of East Asia (HIEA)
History of the Near East (HINE)
History of Latin America (HILA)
History of Science (HISC)
History Topics (HITO), except HITO 194–199
Up to two courses may be taken in History of the United States (HIUS).
Note: Students majoring in IS international business may not complete the Rady School of Management minors in business, entrepreneurship and innovation, and/or supply chain. IS international business majors may declare the Rady minor in accounting.
Disciplinary Focus: IS majors must satisfy the following five lower-division requirements with a C– or better:
Calculus. MATH 10A-B-C or MATH 20A-B-C
MGT/ECON 4. Financial Accounting
MGT 5. Managerial Accounting
The following five upper-division courses are required:
MGT 103. Product Marketing and Management
MGT 112. Global Business Strategy
MGT 164. Organizational Leadership
MGT 181. Enterprise Finance OR MGT 187: New Venture Finance
MGT 166. Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
At least three electives from the following are required:
MGT 105. Product Promotion and Brand Management
MGT 106. Sales and Sales Management
MGT 121A. Innovation to Market (A)
MGT 121B. Innovation to Market (B)
MGT 127. Innovation and Technology Strategy
MGT 128/128R. Innovation in Service Enterprises
MGT 167. Social Entrepreneurship
MGT 183. Financial Investments
MGT 184. Money and Banking
MGT 185. Investment Banking
MGT 171. Operations Management
MGT 172. Business Project Management
MGT 173. Project Management: Health Services
MGT 175. Supply Chain Management
MGT 131A. Intermediate Accounting A
MGT 133B. Intermediate Accounting B
MGT 132. Auditing
MGT 133. Advanced Cost Accounting
MGT 134.Federal Taxations–Individuals
MGT 135. Federal Taxations–Corporations
MGT 136. Advanced Accounting
MGT 139. Accounting Information Systems
Disciplinary Focus: Eight upper-division courses in linguistics, which must include LIGN 101 (Introduction to the Study of Language) and at least three courses from the following list:
LIGN 105. Law and Language
LIGN 108. Languages of Africa
LIGN 141. Language Structures
LIGN 143. Structure of Spanish
LIGN 150. Historical Linguistics
LIGN 152. Indigenous Languages of the Americas
LIGN 155. Evolution of Language
LIGN 174. Gender and Language in Society
LIGN 175. Sociolinguistics
LIGN 176. Language of Politics and Advertising
LIGN 177. Multilingualism
At most, one of the eight courses can be LIGN 199 (Independent Study in Linguistics) by petition. Students may not use LIGN 195 toward major requirements.
Disciplinary Focus: Eight upper-division courses selected from the following:
LTEN 188. Contemporary Caribbean Literature
LTEN 189. Twentieth-Century Postcolonial Literatures
LTWL 140. Novel and History in the Third World
LTWL 143. Arab Literatures and Cultures
LTWL 144. Islam and Cinema
LTWL 150. Modernity and Literature
LTWL 157. Iranian Film
LTWL 168. Death and Desire in India
LTAM 110. Latin American Literature in Translation
LTAM 111. Comparative Caribbean Discourse
LTAM 130. Reading North by South
LTCS 133. Globalization and Culture
LTCS 141. Special Topics in Race and Empire
And all courses listed under
African Literatures (LTAF)
Literatures in Chinese (LTCH)
East Asian Literatures (LTEA)
European and Eurasian Literature (LTEU)
Literatures in French (LTFR)
Literatures in German (LTGM)
Greek Literature (LTGK)
Literatures in Italian (LTIT)
Korean Literature (LTKO)
Latin Literature (LTLA)
Russian Literature (LTRU) with exception of LTRU 104A, B, C
Literatures in Spanish (LTSP) with exception of LTSP 151, 154, 160, 162, 166
With approval of the undergraduate adviser, students may take up to two theory or methods courses selected from Literature/Theory (LTTH) courses LTTH 110, LTTH 115, or LTTH 150, and from among the Literature/Cultural Studies (LTCS) courses LTCS 100, LTCS 102, or LTCS 120.
Disciplinary Focus: IS majors must satisfy the following lower-division department requirement with a C– or better.
PHIL 10. Introduction to Logic
Eight upper-division disciplinary focuses courses, with at least two (2) each from course cluster A and B, and one (1) from course cluster C. The remaining three courses will be at the student’s discretion.
PHIL 100. Plato
PHIL 101. Aristotle
PHIL 102. Hellenistic Philosophy
PHIL 104. The Rationalists (Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz)
PHIL 105. The Empiricists (Locke, Berkeley, Hume)
PHIL 106. Kant
PHIL 107. Hegel
PHIL 108. Nineteenth-Century Philosophy (Schopenhauer, Marx, Nietzsche)
PHIL 109. History of Analytic Philosophy (Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, Carnap)
PHIL 110. History of Philosophy: Ancient (Plato, Aristotle)
PHIL 111. History of Philosophy: Early Modern (Descartes, Locke, Hume)
PHIL 112. History of Philosophy: Late Modern (Kant, Hegel)
PHIL 155. Mexican Philosophy
PHIL 156. Topics in Asian Philosophy
PHIL 161. Topics in the History of Ethics (Confucius, Aristotle, Mill)
PHIL 166. Classics in Political Philosophy (Plato, Marx, Arendt)
PHIL 180. Phenomenology (Brentano, Husserl, Merleau-Ponty)
PHIL 181. Existentialism (Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Sartre, De Beauvoir)
PHIL 183. Topics in Continental Philosophy (Frankfurt School, contemporary French)
PHIL 134. Philosophy of Language
PHIL 139. Global Justice
PHIL 148. Philosophy and the Environment
PHIL 152. Philosophy of Social Science
PHIL 160. Ethical Theory
PHIL 162. Contemporary Moral Issues
PHIL 163. Biomedical Ethics
PHIL 164. Technology and Human Values
PHIL 165. Freedom, Equality, and the Law
PHIL 167. Contemporary Political Philosophy
PHIL 168. Philosophy of Law
PHIL 170. Philosophy and Race
PHIL 173. Topics in Bioethics
PHIL 120. Symbolic Logic I
PHIL 122. Advanced Topics in Logic
PHIL 123. Philosophy of Logic
Disciplinary Focus: Eight courses selected from the following. All courses numbered POLI 120 through POLI 159:
Comparative Politics: POLI 120B through POLI 134I and POLI 136A through POLI 138D
International Relations: POLI 140A through POLI 142J and POLI 142L through POLI 154
Up to three courses may be from the following subfields:
American Politics: POLI 100A through POLI 108
Political Theory: POLI 110A through POLI 112C and POLI 114C through POLI 119A
Policy Analysis: POLI 160AA through POLI 168
Research Methods: POLI 170A and POLI 181
Disciplinary Focus: Eight upper-division courses selected from the following list:
SOCI 106M. Holocaust Diaries
SOCI 121. Economy and Society
SOCI 123. Japanese Culture Inside/Out: A Transnational Perspective
SOCI 125. Sociology of Immigration
SOCI 133. Immigration in Comparative Perspective
SOCI 134. The Making of Modern Medicine
SOCI 136E. Sociology of Mental Illness: A Historical Approach
SOCI 136F. Sociology of Mental Illness in Contemporary Society
SOCI 148. Political Sociology
SOCI 152. Social Inequality and Public Policy
SOCI 156. Sociology of Religion
SOCI 157. Religion in Contemporary Society
SOCI 158. Islam in the Modern World
SOCI 163. Migration and the Law
SOCI 169. Citizenship, Community, and Culture
SOCI 175. Nationality and Citizenship
SOCI 176. Transnational Japan Research
SOCI 177. International Terrorism
SOCI 178. The Holocaust
SOCI 179. Social Change
SOCI 180. Social Movements and Social Protest
SOCI 181. Modern Western Society
SOCI 182. Ethnicity and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America
SOCI 185. Globalization and Social Development
SOCI 187. African Societies through Films
SOCI 188D. Latin America: Society and Politics
SOCI 188E. Community and Social Change in Africa
SOCI 188F. Modern Jewish Societies and Israeli Society
SOCI 188G. Chinese Society
SOCI 188I. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
SOCI 188J. Change in Modern South Africa
SOCI 188M. Social Movements in Latin America
SOCI 188O. Settlements and Peacemaking in Israel
SOCI 189. Special Topics in Comparative-Historical Sociology
Note: Following the completion of one SOCI 189 course, all subsequent enrollments for a SOCI 189 must be approved by an adviser in international studies.
Students must choose three Interdisciplinary Elective courses. These must be upper-division, four-unit, nonlanguage courses. Students are responsible for meeting all departmental prerequisites for any course.
ANTH 101. Foundations of Social Complexity
ANTH 102. Humans are Cultural Animals
ANTH 103. Sociocultural Anthropology
You may also choose any four-unit, upper-division, nonlanguage course from the following categories:
Anthropology: Sociocultural (ANSC)
Archaeology (ANAR)
COMM 104D. Comparative Media Systems: Asia
COMM 104E. Comparative Media Systems: Europe
COMM 104F. Comparative Media Systems: Africa
COMM 104G. Comparative Media Systems: Latin America and the Caribbean
COMM 106G. Cultural Industries: Tourism: Global Industry and Cultural Form
COMM 112G. Interaction and Mediation: Language and Globalization
COMM 114E. Communication and Social Institutions: Gender, Labor, and Culture in the Global Economy
COMM 114J. CSI: Food Justice
COMM 128. Education and Global Citizenship
COMM 131. Communication, Dissent, and the Formation of Social Movements
COMM 135. Contemporary Minority Media Makers and the Festival Experience
COMM 138. Black Women, Feminism, and Media
COMM 140. Cinema in Latin America
COMM 152. Global Economy and Consumer Culture
COMM 155. Latino Space, Place, and Culture
COMM 158. Representations of the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
COMM 160. Political Economy and International Communication
COMM 168. Bilingual Communication
COMM 177. Culture, Domination, and Resistance
COMM 179. Global Nature/Global Culture
COMM 181. Neoliberal Cities
COMM 183. Global Economy and Consumer Culture
ECON 101. International Trade
ECON 102. Globalization
ECON 103. International Monetary Relations
ECON 106. International Economics Agreements
ECON 114. Economics of Immigration
ECON 116. Economic Development
ECON 117. Economic Growth
ECON 125. Demographic Analysis and Forecasting
ECON 131. Economics of the Environment
ECON 132. Energy Economics
ECON 133. International Environmental Agreements
ECON 144. Economics of Conservation
ECON 145. Economics of Ocean Resources
ECON 161. Global Integration of Latin America
ECON 162. Economics of Mexico
ECON 165. Middle East Economics
GLBH 105. Global Health and Inequality
GLBH 110. Demography and Social Networks in Global Health
GLBH 113. Women’s Health in Global Perspective
GLBH 147. Global Health and the Environment
GLBH 148. Global Health and Cultural Diversity
GLBH 150. Culture and Mental Health
Any four-unit, upper-division, nonlanguage course from the following categories:
History of Africa (HIAF)
History of Europe (HIEU)
History of East Asia (HIEA)
History of the Near East (HINE)
History of Latin America (HILA)
History of Science (HISC)
History Topics (HITO), except HITO 194–199
JWSP 101. Introduction to Hebrew Texts
JWSP 102. Intermediate Hebrew Texts
JWSP 103. Advanced Hebrew Texts
JWSP 104. Practicum in Advanced Hebrew Language and Texts
JWSP 110. Introduction to Judaism
JWSP 111. Topics in Judaic Studies
LATI 180. Special Topics in Latin American Studies
LIGN 105. Law and Language
LIGN 108. Languages of Africa
LIGN 141. Language Structures
LIGN 143. Structure of Spanish
LIGN 150. Historical Linguistics
LIGN 152. Indigenous Languages of the Americas
LIGN 155. Evolution of Language
LIGN 174. Gender and Language in Society
LIGN 175. Sociolinguistics
LIGN 176. Language of Politics and Advertising
LIGN 177. Multilingualism
LTEN 188. Contemporary Caribbean Literature
LTEN 189. Twentieth-Century Postcolonial Literatures
LTWL 140. Novel and History in the Third World
LTWL 143. Arab Literatures and Cultures
LTWL 144. Islam and Cinema
LTWL 150. Modernity and Literature
LTWL 157. Iranian Film
LTWL 168. Death and Desire in India
LTAM 110. Latin American Literature in Translation
LTAM 111. Comparative Caribbean Discourse
LTAM 130. Reading North by South
LTCS 133. Globalization and Culture
LTCS 141. Special Topics in Race and Empire
You may also choose any four-unit, upper-division, nonlanguage course from the following categories:
African Literatures (LTAF)
Literatures in Chinese (LTCH)
East Asian Literatures (LTEA)
European and Eurasian Literature (LTEU)
Literatures in French (LTFR)
Literatures in German (LTGM)
Greek Literature (LTGK)
Literatures in Italian (LTIT) with exception of LTIT 161
Korean Literature (LTKO)
Latin Literature (LTLA)
Russian Literature (LTRU) with exception of LTRU 104A, B, C
Literatures in Spanish (LTSP) with exception of LTSP 151, 154, 160, 162, 166
MUS 111. Topics/World Music Traditions (ONLY when not on the U.S.)
PHIL 100. Plato
PHIL 101. Aristotle
PHIL 102. Hellenistic Philosophy
PHIL 104. The Rationalists (Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz)
PHIL 105. The Empiricists (Locke, Berkeley, Hume)
PHIL 106. Kant
PHIL 107. Hegel
PHIL 108. Nineteenth-Century Philosophy (Schopenhauer, Marx, Nietzsche)
PHIL 109. History of Analytic Philosophy (Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, Carnap)
PHIL 110. History of Philosophy: Ancient (Plato, Aristotle)
PHIL 111. History of Philosophy: Early Modern (Descartes, Locke, Hume)
PHIL 112. History of Philosophy: Late Modern (Kant, Hegel)
PHIL 120. Symbolic Logic I
PHIL 122. Advanced Topics in Logic
PHIL 123. Philosophy of Logic
PHIL 134. Philosophy of Language
PHIL 139. Global Justice
PHIL 148. Philosophy and the Environment
PHIL 152. Philosophy of Social Science
PHIL 155. Mexican Philosophy
PHIL 156. Topics in Asian Philosophy
PHIL 160. Ethical Theory
PHIL 161. Topics in the History of Ethics (Confucius, Aristotle, Mill)
PHIL 162. Contemporary Moral Issues
PHIL 163. Biomedical Ethics
PHIL 164. Technology and Human Values
PHIL 165. Freedom, Equality, and the Law
PHIL 166. Classics in Political Philosophy (Plato, Marx, Arendt)
PHIL 167. Contemporary Political Philosophy
PHIL 168. Philosophy of Law
PHIL 170. Philosophy and Race
PHIL 173. Topics in Bioethics
PHIL 180. Phenomenology (Brentano, Husserl, Merleau-Ponty)
PHIL 181. Existentialism (Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Sartre, de Beauvoir)
PHIL 183. Topics in Continental Philosophy (Frankfurt School, contemporary French)
Comparative Politics: POLI 120B through POLI 134I and POLI 136A through POLI 138D
International Relations: POLI 140A through POLI 142J and POLI 142L through POLI 154
RELI 146. Topics in the Religions of Antiquity
RELI 147. Pagan Europe and Its Christian Aftermath
SOCI 106M. Holocaust Diaries
SOCI 121.Economy and Society
SOCI 123. Japanese Culture Inside/Out: A Transnational Perspective
SOCI 125. Sociology of Immigration
SOCI 133. Immigration in Comparative Perspective
SOCI 134. The Making of Modern Medicine
SOCI 136E. Sociology of Mental Illness: A Historical Approach
SOCI 136F. Sociology of Mental Illness in Contemporary Society
SOCI 148. Political Sociology
SOCI 152. Social Inequality and Public Policy
SOCI 156. Sociology of Religion
SOCI 157. Religion in Contemporary Society
SOCI 158. Islam in the Modern World
SOCI 163. Migration and the Law
SOCI 169. Citizenship, Community, and Culture
SOCI 175. Nationality and Citizenship
SOCI 176. Transnational Japan Research
SOCI 177. International Terrorism
SOCI 178. The Holocaust
SOCI 179. Social Change
SOCI 180. Social Movements and Social Protest
SOCI 181. Modern Western Society
SOCI 182. Ethnicity and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America
SOCI 185. Globalization and Social Development
SOCI 187. African Societies through Films
SOCI 188D. Latin America: Society and Politics
SOCI 188E. Community and Social Change in Africa
SOCI 188F. Modern Jewish Societies and Israeli Society
SOCI 188G. Chinese Society
SOCI 188I. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
SOCI 188J. Change in Modern South Africa
SOCI 188M. Social Movements in Latin America
SOCI 188O. Settlements and Peacemaking in Israel
SOCI 189. Special Topics in Comparative-Historical Sociology
Note: SOCI 189 must be preapproved by program adviser.
USP 129. Research Methods: Studying Racial and Ethnic Communities
USP 133. Social Inequality and Public Policy
USP 135. Asian and Latina Immigrant Workers in the Global Economy
USP 154. Global Justice in Theory and Action
USP 155. Real Estate Development in Global and Comparative Perspective
USP 173. History of Urban Planning and Design
VIS 102. Cross-Border Urbanizations
VIS 105D. Art Forms and Chinese Calligraphy
VIS 117I. Western and Non-Western Rituals and Ceremonies
VIS 120A. Greek Art
VIS 120B. Roman Art
VIS 121B. Church and Mosque: Medieval Art and Architecture between Christianity and Islam
VIS 121H. Medieval Multiculturalism
VIS 122AN. Renaissance Art
VIS 122CN. Leonardo da Vinci in Context
VIS 122D. Michelangelo
VIS 123AN. Between Spirit and Flesh
VIS 124D. Paris, Capital of the Nineteenth Century
VIS 125C. Modern Art in the West, 1850–1950
VIS 126AN. Pre-Columbian Art of the Ancient Mexico and Central America
VIS 126BN. Art and Civilization of the Ancient Maya
VIS 126C. Problems in Meso-American Art History
VIS 126D. Problems in Ancient Maya Iconography and Inscriptions
VIS 126J. African and Afro-American Art
VIS 126K. Oceanic Art
VIS 126P. Latin American Art: Modern to Postmodern 1890–1950
VIS 126Q. Latin American Art: Modern to Postmodern 1950–Present
VIS 127A. Contemporary Arts in South Korea
VIS 127B. Arts of China
VIS 127C. Arts of Modern China
VIS 127D. Early Chinese Painting
VIS 127E. Later Chinese Painting
VIS 127F. Japanese Buddhist Art
VIS 127I. Architecture and Urbanism of Korea
VIS 127N. Twentieth-Century Art in China and Japan
VIS 127P. Arts of Japan
VIS 127Q. Japanese Painting and Prints
VIS 128D. Topics in Art History of the Americas
VIS 128E. Topics in Art History of Asia
VIS 152. Film in the Social Context (when International in content)
VIS 156. Latino American Cinema
The International Studies Program and the School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS) have collaborated to create a contiguous Bachelor of Arts/Master of International Affairs Program (BA/MIA). The program is designed specifically for selected UC San Diego undergraduate majors in international studies who seek advanced training for leadership positions in the Pacific Rim community. In addition to serving the needs of UC San Diego undergraduate students, the program creates a societal benefit by providing students with advanced training that is suitable for a wide array of careers in government, industry, nonprofit institutions, and other organizations involved in the international affairs of the Pacific Rim.
The BA/MIA Program retains and builds on the interdisciplinary core of the existing international studies degree and adds to it the professional training of a one-year Master of International Affairs professional degree (final year of the program). This program permits undergraduates to incorporate graduate-level courses into their senior year of the international studies major. The degree provides an interdisciplinary program of study in the international studies major during the first four years. It is expected that up to twenty undergraduate students will be accepted into this program each year. Some students may take longer to complete the BA/MIA if they enter UC San Diego as transfers or opt to study abroad for a year.
The structure of the program is as follows:
Undergraduate lower- and upper-division course work; general-education, language courses, INTL courses, major prerequisites, and half the undergraduate track courses. Application to the BA/MIA Program is made in the spring of a student’s junior year.
Students are still undergraduates, but the majority of course work is completed at GPS at the graduate level; at the end of the senior year, students graduate with a BA in international studies.
Required summer internship between undergraduate graduation and matriculation to graduate student status.
Students matriculate into the School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS) as graduate students and complete remaining graduate course work. Upon successful completion, they graduate with a master’s of international affairs degree (MIA) at end of year five.
Note: The undergraduate requirements for this program are different from those for the standard ISP major. The BA/MIA Program requires students to have a Primary Track (eight courses) and Secondary Track (five). This program is only open to students whose Primary Track is in economics, international business, or political science. The Secondary Track for each, respectively, is political science, political science, and economics.
Students apply to the program in spring quarter of their junior year. Acceptance is provisional until successful completion of the senior year and the required summer internship. Admission requires the completion of all lower division course work for the major. In the final year, the student is officially accepted into the MIA program and begins to pay professional fees.
The BA/MIA Program is much more rigidly structured than the regular IS major. Students will need to meet frequently with the International Studies Program academic adviser from their first year onward to ensure proper course selection each quarter. Once admitted to the BA/MIA Program, students should also meet with the academic advisers at GPS.
The approved course list for the BA/MIA Program is different from the list for the regular IS major. Please be sure to consult the appropriate list to find approved courses.
Students must study a Pacific Rim foreign language for this program because the language must match the GPS region of specialization during the fifth year. Consult the ISP website for a complete list of approved BA/MIA languages and their corresponding GPS regions.
Students must complete a minimum of four quarters of a Pacific Rim foreign language in order to meet the BA requirement. Two additional quarters are required for the MIA It is recommended (but not required) that students complete all six quarters at the undergraduate level.
Students choosing to satisfy their language requirement by taking six quarters of course work as undergraduates must earn a grade of C– or better. If they take their final quarter of language after matriculating to graduate standing, students must earn a grade of B or better in their sixth quarter of language.
For additional information about the BA/MIA Program, please visit our website at http://isp.ucsd.edu. For application information and admissions criteria, please visit https://gps.ucsd.edu/academics/ba-mia.html.
The international studies minor is designed to offer students an introduction to the interdisciplinary investigation of other societies and the forces of global integration and conflict. To receive a minor in international studies, a student must complete seven four-unit courses (twenty-eight units).
ALL minors must demonstrate basic proficiency in a modern foreign language by completing four quarters of foreign language instruction (or equivalent). Students may also complete this requirement by demonstrating advanced language ability on a proficiency exam. Students completing the language requirement through waiver (700 or better on SAT II language exam or if you attended high school outside the U.S.) or proficiency will fulfill the language component of the minor by completing one of these requirements, but no course credit will be applied toward the seven courses required for the minor.
Up to two courses in foreign language can be included in the seven courses required for the minor. These may be lower-division courses but must be taken for a C– or better to apply. The remaining five courses must be upper-division courses in the humanities and social sciences. (See below.)
The remaining three to five courses (depending on the number of language courses applied to the minor) must be distributed in two broad tracks. Students must take at least one course in each of two tracks:
Track 1. Economics, Politics, and International Change
Track 2. Culture and Society in International Perspective
(See course listings for each track.)
COMM 114E. Communication and Social Institutions: Gender, Labor, and Culture in the Global Economy
COMM 131. Communication, Dissent, and the Formation of Social Movements
COMM 152. Global Economy and Consumer Culture
COMM 160. Political Economy and International Communication
COMM 183. Global Economy and Consumer Culture
ECON 101. International Trade
ECON 102. Globalization
ECON 103. International Monetary Relations
ECON 116. Economic Development
ECON 117. Economic Growth
ECON 125. Demographic Analysis and Forecasting
ECON 131. Economics of the Environment
ECON 132. Energy Economics
ECON 144. Economics of Conservation
ECON 145. Economics of Ocean Resources
ECON 162. Economics of Mexico
ECON 165. Middle East Economics
HIAF 111. Modern Africa Since 1880
HIAF 112. West Africa Since 1880
HIAF 113. Small Wars and the Global Order: Africa and Asia
HIAF 120. History of South Africa
HIAF 123. West Africa from Earliest of Times to 1800
HIEA 111. Japan: Twelfth to Mid-Nineteenth Centuries
HIEA 112. Japan: From the Mid-Nineteenth Century through the US Occupation
HIEA 113. The Fifteen-Year War in Asia and the Pacific
HIEA 114. Postwar Japan
HIEA 116. Japan-U.S. Relations
HIEA 131. China in War and Revolution: 1911–1949
HIEA 132. Mao’s China, 1949–1976
HIEA 150. Modern Korea, 1800–1945
HIEA 151. The Two Koreas, 1945–Present
HIEU 102. Roman History
HIEU 102A. Ancient Roman Civilization
HIEU 103. Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
HIEU 104. Byzantine Empire
HIEU 117A. Greece and the Balkans in the Age of Nationalism
HIEU 117B. Greece and the Balkans during the Twentieth Century
HIEU 119. Modern Italy: From Unification to the Present
HIEU 124GS. The City Italy
HIEU 128. Europe Since 1945
HIEU 131. The French Revolution: 1789–1814
HIEU 132. Germany from Luther to Bismarck
HIEU 134. The Formation of the Russian Empire, 800–1855
HIEU 136B. European Society and Social Thought, 1870–1989
HIEU 137. History of Colonialism: From New Imperialism to Decolonization
HIEU 141. European Diplomatic History, 1870–1945
HIEU 146. Fascism, Communism, and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy: Europe 1919–1945
HIEU 150. Modern British History
HIEU 151. Spain Since 1808
HIEU 151GS. History of Modern Spain, 1808–Present
HIEU 153A. Nineteenth-Century France
HIEU 154. Modern German History: From Bismarck to Hitler
HIEU 156. History of the Soviet Union, 1905–1991
HIEU 157. Religion and the Law in Modern European History
HIEU 158. Why Hitler? How Auschwitz?
HIEU 159. Three Centuries of Zionism from 1648–1948
HIEU 181. Immigration, Ethnicity, and Identity in Contemporary European Society
HIEU 182. The Muslim Experience in Contemporary Europe
HILA 100. Conquest and Empire: The Americas
HILA 101. Nation-State Formation, Ethnicity, and Violence in Latin America
HILA 102. Latin America in the Twentieth Century
HILA 103. Revolution in Modern Latin America
HILA 113D. Lord and Peasant in Latin America
HILA 114. Dictatorships in Latin America
HILA 120. History of Argentina
HILA 121A. History of Brazil through 1889
HILA 121B. History of Brazil, 1889 to Present
HILA 122. Cuba: From Colony to Socialist Republic
HILA 131. A History of Mexico
HILA 132. Modern Mexico: From Revolution to Drug War Violence
HILA 161. History of Women in Latin America
HINE 114. History of the Islamic Middle East
HINE 116. The Middle East in the Age of European Empires (1798–1914)
HINE 118. The Middle East in the Twentieth Century
HINE 126. Iranian Revolution in Historical Perspective
HINE 127. History of Modern Turkey
HINE 166. Nationalism in the Middle East
HITO 117. World History. 1200–1800
HITO 133. War and Society: The Second World War
HITO 134. International Law—War Crimes and Genocide
LIGN 105. Law and Language
LIGN 108. Languages of Africa
LIGN 174. Gender and Language in Society
LIGN 177. Multilingualism
Comparative Politics: POLI 120B through POLI 134I and POLI 136A through POLI 138D
International Relations: POLI 140A through POLI 142J and POLI 142L through POLI 154
ANSC 105. Global Health and Inequality
ANSC 110. Societies and Cultures of the Caribbean
ANSC 111. The Chinese Heritage in Taiwan
ANSC 114. Food Cultures in South America
ANSC 130. Hinduism
ANSC 131. Language, Law, and Social Justice
ANSC 135. Indigenous Peoples of Latin America
ANSC 136. Traditional Chinese Society
ANSC 137. Chinese Popular Religion
ANSC 142. Anthropology of Latin America
ANSC 143. Mental Health as Global Health Priority
ANSC 165. Contemporary South Asia
ANSC 187. The Anthropology of Mental health in Israel and the Diaspora
ANAR 113. “A Land Whose Stones Are Iron”: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives on Natural Resources in Israel
ANAR 114. Environmental Hazards in Israel
ANAR 115. Costal Geomorphology and Environmental Change—Perspectives from Israel and the South-Eastern Mediterranean
ANAR 116. Sea Level Change—The Israeli Example in World Perspective
ANAR 124. Archaeology of Asia
ANAR 138. Mesopotamia: The Emergence of Civilization
ANAR 141. Prehistory of the Holy Land
ANAR 142. The Rise and Fall of Ancient Israel
ANAR 143. Biblical Archaeology—Face or Fiction
ANAR 144. Pharaohs, Mummies, and Pyramids: Introduction to Egyptology
ANAR 145S. Study Abroad: Egypt of the Pharaohs
ANAR 153. The Mysterious Maya
ANAR 154. The Aztecs and Their Ancestors
ANAR 155S. Study Abroad: Ancient Mesoamerica
ANAR 156. The Archaeology of South America
ANAR 157. Early Empires of the Andes: The Middle Horizon
ANAR 157S. Early Empires of the Andes: The Middle Horizon
ANAR 158. The Inca: Empire of the Andes
ANAR 185. Middle East Desert Ecology
ANAR 190. Eastern Mediterranean Archaeological Field School
ANAR 194S. Summer Middle East Archaeological Field School
COMM 104D. Comparative Media Systems: Asia
COMM 104E. Comparative Media Systems: Europe
COMM 104F. Comparative Media Systems: Africa
COMM 104G. Comparative Media Systems: Latin America and the Caribbean
COMM 106G. Cultural Industries: Tourism: Global Industry and Cultural Form
COMM 112G. Interaction and Mediation: Language and Globalization
COMM 114J. CSI Food Justice
COMM 128. Education and Global Citizenship
COMM 135. Contemporary Minority Media Makers and the Festival Experience
COMM 138. Black Women, Feminism, and Media
COMM 140. Cinema in Latin America
COMM 155. Latino Space, Place, and Culture
COMM 158. Representations of the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
COMM 168. Bilingual Communication
COMM 177. Culture, Domination, and Resistance
COMM 179. Global Nature/Global Culture
COMM 181. Neoliberal Cities
HIEA 115. Social and Cultural History of Twentieth-Century Japan
HIEA 117. Ghosts of Japan
HIEA 120. Classical Chinese Philosophy and Culture
HIEA 121. Medieval Chinese Culture and Society
HIEA 122. Late Imperial Chinese Culture and Society
HIEA 125. Women and Gender in East Asia
HIEA 126. The Silk Road in Chinese and Japanese History
HIEA 128. History of Material Culture in China
HIEA 129. Faces of the Chinese Past
HIEA 133. Twentieth Century China: Cultural History
HIEA 134. History of Thought and Religion in China: Confucianism
HIEA 135. Thought and Religion in China: Buddhism
HIEA 136. History of Thought and Religion in China: Daoism
HIEA 137. Women and Family in Chinese History
HIEA 138. Women and the Chinese Revolution
HIEU 105. The Early Christian Church
HIEU 110. The Rise of Europe
HIEU 111. Europe in the Middle Ages
HIEU 115. The Pursuit of the Millennium
HIEU 118. Americanization of Europe
HIEU 120. The Renaissance in Italy
HIEU 125. Reformation Europe
HIEU 127. Sport in the Modern World
HIEU 129. Paris, Past and Present
HIEU 130. Europe in the Eighteenth Century
HIEU 136B. European Society and Social Thought, 1870–1989
HIEU 142. European Intellectual History, 1780–1870
HIEU 143. European Intellectual History, 1870–1945
HIEU 145. The Holocaust as Public History
HIEU 152. The Worst of Times: Everyday Life in Authoritarian and Dictatorial Societies
HILA 115. The Latin American City, a History
HILA 121A. History of Brazil
HILA 124A. History of Women and Gender in Latin America
HILA 126. From Columbus to Castro: Caribbean Culture and Society
HINE 102. The Jews in their Homeland in Antiquity
HINE 103. The Jewish Diaspora in Antiquity
HINE 108. The Middle East before Islam
HINE 113. Ancient Near East Mythology
HISC 102. Technology in World History
HISC 103. Gender and Science in Historical Perspective
HISC 104. History of Popular Science
HISC 105. History of Environmentalism
HISC 106. The Scientific Revolution
HISC 107. The Emergence of Modern Science
HISC 108. Life Sciences in the Twentieth Century
HISC 109. Invention of Tropical Disease
HISC 110. Historical Encounters of Science and Religion
HISC 111. The Atomic Bomb and the Atomic Age
HISC 114. The Darwinian Legacy
HISC 117. History of the Neurosciences
HISC 118. History of Sexology
HITO 104. The Jews and Judaism in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds
HITO 105. Jewish Modernity from 1648 to 1948
HITO 106. Love and Family in the Jewish Past
HITO 119/HMNR 100. Human Rights I: Introduction to Human Rights and Global Justice
HITO 126. A History of Childhood
LIGN 141. Language Structures
LIGN 142. Language Typology
LIGN 143. Structure of Spanish
LIGN 150. Historical Linguistics
LIGN 152. Indigenous Languages of the Americas
LIGN 155. Evolution of Language
LIGN 175. Sociolinguistics
LIGN 176. Language of Politics and Advertising
Literatures in English (LTEN):
LTEN 188. Contemporary Caribbean Literature
LTEN 189. Twentieth-Century Postcolonial Literatures
Literatures of the World (LTWL):
LTWL 140. Novel and History in the Third World
LTWL 143. Arab Literatures and Cultures
LTWL 144. Islam and Cinema
LTWL 150. Modernity and Literature
LTWL 157. Iranian Film
LTWL 168. Death and Desire in India
Literatures of the Americas (LTAM):
LTAM 110. Latin American Literature in Translation
LTAM 111. Comparative Caribbean Discourse
LTAM 130. Reading North by South
LTAM 132. The Dark Side of Enlightenment in Spain, the Americas, and the Philippines
Literature/Cultural Studies (LTCS):
LTCS 133. Globalization and Culture
LTCS 141. Special Topics in Race and Empire
And all courses listed under
African Literatures (LTAF)
Literatures in Chinese (LTCH)
East Asian Literatures (LTEA)
European and Eurasian Literature (LTEU)
Literatures in French (LTFR) with exception of LTFR 160
Literatures in German (LTGM)
Greek Literature (LTGK)
Literatures in Italian (LTIT) with exception of LTIT 161
Korean Literature (LTKO)
Latin Literature (LTLA)
Russian Literature (LTRU) with exception of LTRU 104A, B, C
Literatures in Spanish (LTSP) with exception of LTSP 151, 154, 160, 162, 166
With approval of the undergraduate adviser, students may take up to two theory or methods courses selected from Literature/Theory (LTTH) courses LTTH 110, LTTH 115, or LTTH 150, and from among the Literature/Cultural Studies (LTCS) courses LTCS 100, LTCS 102, or LTCS 120.
PHIL 139. Global Justice
PHIL 162. Contemporary Moral Issues
PHIL 165. Freedom, Justice, and the Law
PHIL 168. Philosophy of Law
SOCI 106M. Holocaust Diaries
SOCI 121. Economy and Society
SOCI 123. Japanese Culture Inside/Out: A Transnational Perspective
SOCI 125. Sociology of Immigration
SOCI 133. Immigration in Contemporary Perspective
SOCI 134. The Making of Modern Medicine
SOCI 136E. Sociology of Mental Illness: A Historical Approach
SOCI 148. Political Sociology
SOCI 152. Social Inequality and Public Policy
SOCI 156. Sociology of Religion
SOCI 157. Religion in Contemporary Society
SOCI 158. Islam in the Modern World
SOCI 163. Migration and the Law
SOCI 169. Citizenship, Community, and Culture
SOCI 175. Nationality and Citizenship
SOCI 176. Transnational Japan Research
SOCI 177. International Terrorism
SOCI 178. The Holocaust
SOCI 179. Social Change
SOCI 180. Social Movements and Social Protests
SOCI 181. Modern Western Society
SOCI 182. Ethnicity and Indigenous Peoples of Latin America
SOCI 185. Globalization and Social Development
SOCI 187. African Societies Through Films
SOCI 188D. Latin America: Society and Politics
SOCI 188E. Community and Social Change in Africa
SOCI 188F. Modern Jewish Societies and Israeli Society
SOCI 188G. Chinese Society
SOCI 188I. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
SOCI 188J. Change in Modern South Africa
SOCI 188M. Social Movements in Latin America
SOCI 188O. Settlements and Peacemaking in Israel
SOCI 189. Special Topics in Comparative-Historical Sociology
Note: SOCI 189 must be preapproved by program
adviser.
