International Studies: Area concentration in Africa [IST/AFRI] (Major)
This International Studies Interdisciplinary Degree Program concentration provides an understanding of how African peoples and cultures have been affected, over time, by contacts with a much wider world.
A. Required Courses: IST Core: 15 credit hours
Example of the B.A. in International Studies over four years
First Year
Fall Total credit hours: 16-17
Fall Total credit hours: 18
Fall Total credit hours: 15
Fall Total credit hours: 15
- ECO 105 - Political Economy and Social Thought (3 cr. hr.)
- HIS 101 - The World Since 1500 (3 cr. hr.)
- IST 200 - Foundations of the International System (3 cr. hr.)
- IST 210 - The Making of the Modern World (3 cr. hr.)
- IST 400 - Themes in International Studies (3 cr. hr.)
Select IST 400, or a topic-approved course selected in consultation with advisor
Nine credit hours chosen from the following:
- ANT 304 - Peoples of Africa (3 cr. hr.)
- ANT 315 - Development Anthropology (3 cr. hr.)
- ATH 223 - Art History III (3 cr. hr.)
- FRE 311 - Francophone Literatures (3 cr. hr.)
- FRE 319 - Francophone Civilization (3 cr. hr.)
- GRY 485 - Africa, South of the Sahara (3 cr. hr.)
- HIS 321 - Africa, Human Origins to 1800 (3 cr. hr.)
- HIS 322 - Modern Africa, 1800-Present (3 cr. hr.)
- POL 290 - Introduction to African Politics and Society (3 cr. hr.)
Nine credit hours chosen from the following:
- ANT 312 - Peoples of the Middle East (3 cr. hr.)
- ECO 305 - Political Economy of Globalization (3 cr. hr.)
- ECO 311 - Economic Development (3 cr. hr.)
- ECO 441 - International Trade (3 cr. hr.)
- GRY 240 - Economic Geography (3 cr. hr.)
- GRY 370 - Will the World Provide? A Research Experience for Students (3 cr. hr.)
- HLH 111 - International Health and Culture (3 cr. hr.)
- HLH 163 - The HIV Epidemic (3 cr. hr.)
- POL 250 - International Relations (3 cr. hr.)
- POL 362 - Politics of Developing Nation States (3 cr. hr.)
- SOC 335 - Technology and Society (3 cr. hr.)
Choose one course from those listed above or from the general College curriculum with approval of advisor.
Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 124Example of the B.A. in International Studies over four years
First Year
Fall Total credit hours: 16-17
- Foreign language
- GE course
- COR 101 - The Cortland Experience: A First Year Seminar (1 cr. hr.)
- CPN 100 - Writing Studies I (3 cr. hr.) or
- CPN 102 - Writing Studies in the Community I (4 cr. hr.)
- ECO 105 - Political Economy and Social Thought (3 cr. hr.)
- IST 200 - Foundations of the International System (3 cr. hr.)
- Foreign language
- GE course
- CPN 101 - Writing Studies II (3 cr. hr.) or
- CPN 103 - Writing Studies in the Community II (4 cr. hr.)
- HIS 101 - The World Since 1500 (3 cr. hr.)
- IST 210 - The Making of the Modern World (3 cr. hr.)
Fall Total credit hours: 18
- Foreign language
- IST concentration
- GE course
- GE course
- GE course
- Elective
Fall Total credit hours: 15
- IST concentration
- IST concentration
- Foreign language/Elective
- Elective
- Elective
- Study Abroad
Fall Total credit hours: 15
- IST concentration
- IST concentration
- Foreign language/Elective
- Elective
- Elective
- IST concentration
- Foreign language/Elective
- Elective
- Elective
- IST 400 - Themes in International Studies (3 cr. hr.)
