The International Studies Program offers an interdisciplinary curriculum to students interested in the international aspects of Arts and Sciences disciplines. Both a major and minor are available to qualified students. Course offerings under the Program are drawn from nearly all academic departments in the College of Arts and Sciences. A key goal of the Program is to provide students with the opportunity to combine insights from different disciplines...
The International Studies major provides an interdisciplinary approach to international global connections. The major acquaints students with approaches from the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The student's individual program may focus on a world region, a particular issue or discipline, or a future career goal such as government, business, or foreign service. All IS majors continue foreign language at least through the third-year...
International studies majors are strongly encouraged to undertake a program of study abroad and to participate in appropriate internships or co-op programs. The Institute will assist its majors in integrating a study abroad program into their curriculum with the goal of enhancing both their Bradley and their foreign study experiences. Further information on foreign study (including eligibility requirements) can be obtained from the Study Abroad Office....
The dynamics of global politics and economics and the increase in cross-cultural interaction have had a profound impact on national and local cultures--elite and popular, secular and religious. These processes of global cultural change have at once brought opportunities for cultural enrichment but also provoked intense resistance and strife. It is obviously critical to understand how cultural interaction and transfer have affected local cultures and...
The Global Economy specialization builds on the core curriculum of the International Global Studies major, primarily Economics 8b (The Global Economy). It consists of two distinct, yet interrelated, areas of inquiry. The first is International Political Economy, which focuses on economic relations among nations, including the multilateral institutions that seek to govern trade, investment, capital flows, and the flows of technology and knowledge within...
Environmental pollution increasingly transcends state boundaries, defies national remedies, and requires international solutions that presuppose global governance to ensure implementation. This specialization seeks to explore the dynamics, problems, and responses to these profound changes in the global environment. It offers a close study of the patterns and dynamics of ecological change, drawing upon scientific assessments of the magnitude of these...
Throughout most of modern history matters of international importance have been addressed either politically through bilateral or multilateral dealings between states or, failing that, through the threat or conduct of armed conflict. The analysis of international relations has accordingly been based on an international state system and the assumption that sovereign states are the actors that count most. While nation-states remain important actors,...
What have been the effects of globalization on inequality and poverty--within and between nations and among differing social categories such as gender, race, ethnicity, and class? Inequality and poverty are complex phenomena; they encompass a range of criteria (including income, education, and culture), reflect the values of a particular culture, and may vary significantly over the short and long term. The distributive effects of globalization will...
Global media systems present challenges for the definition and practice of culture. Worldwide, people now communicate more rapidly and more frequently through electronic media, while they also continue to communicate orally, in print, and through music, drama, and other forms. This simultaneity--as well as the nature of the new media themselves--offers new opportunities for artists, journalists, writers, politicians, educators and others. These opportunities...
A major in International Studies consists of 42 credits and is distributed as follows:
Twelve credits in History selected from: HIST 321 European History, 1789- present
HIST 400 History of Russia to 1801 or
HIST 401 Revolutionary Russia, 1801 to the Present
HIST 410 Latin America
HIST 420 East Asia
HIST 440 Middle Eastern History Since A. D. 600
Fifteen credits of required courses: PSCI 230 Introduction to World Politics
PSCI 240 Introduction to...
Geography helps us understand how people, places, and problems are related in our increasingly complex world. By studying these connections with a spatial perspective (i.e., focusing on the relevance of location), geographers are able to propose solutions to challenging social, environmental, economic, and political problems. This emphasis givse students a broad experience with the geographic perspective, both conceptually and professionally. It includes...
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