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College Catalog 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
International Studies Major
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Major Requirements
Students plan their fourteen-course major in consultation with their international studies advisor. All majors must complete the following: - Introduction. One of INTL 110 , INTL 111 , INTL 112 , INTL 113 , INTL 114
- Language. Competency in a foreign language equivalent to six semesters of college work: examples are FREN 305 - Advanced Expression: Communication Tools and FREN 306 - Introduction to Literary Analysis , GERM 305 - Advanced German and GERM 306, JAPA 306 - Third Year Japanese II , Portuguese through HISP 331 - Luso-Brazilian Voices: Conversations and Composition , Russian through RUSS 204 - Intermediate Russian II plus a semester immersion program abroad or its equivalent, or HISP 305 - Introduction to Hispanic Studies: Oral and Written Expression and HISP 307 - Introduction to the Analysis of Hispanic Texts . Students may complete this competency requirement while abroad. Likewise, students may meet this requirement in a language not regularly offered at the College by demonstrating equivalent ability, as confirmed by the department chair with appropriate consultation. Students for whom English is a second language have met the language requirement.
Students choosing Classics as the disciplinary focus of their International Studies major may satisfy the I.S. language requirement by passing five semesters of Greek or Latin, plus a sixth semester of advanced independent or equivalent language work. Students focusing on Hebrew or Arabic may combine work at Macalester with coursework and/or experience abroad or at neighbor institutions.
- Study abroad. One semester of study abroad on a program chosen at least in part to support the individual major plan. International students at Macalester meet this requirement by completing a semester at Macalester.
- Capstone. A capstone experience of either a senior seminar in international studies or, in select cases, an advanced independent project developed under appropriate supervision and with the approval of the department chair.
In addition to these four requirements, at the center of the major plan the student must complete a twelve-course sequence with the following characteristics:
- Disciplinary focus. To ensure rich knowledge of a specific mode of inquiry, five internationally focused courses drawn from a single disciplinary department including anthropology, biology, classics, economics, English, French, geography, geology, German studies, history, Japanese, philosophy, Hispanic studies, political science, religious studies, Russian, or sociology. Please see List 1 below. One of these courses may be a non-introductory culture-neutral methods course in the chosen disciplinary department. Please see List 2 below. This would be in addition to the methods and skills elective (H).
- Intermediate courses. To ensure immersion in global and transnational issues, five international studies courses beyond the introduction. Students may take a second senior seminar as one of these five. At times international studies courses are cross-listed with other departments. Thus there can be up to a two-course overlap between the courses for E and F.
- Complementary elective. Allows exploration of one or more interests on the major plan from another angle. The course is chosen from List 1 below. The course must be international, outside the disciplinary focus department (E), and cannot include International Studies courses (F) without chair approval.
- Methods and skills elective. One course chosen from List 2 below (courses with fewer than 4 credits may be combined to meet this requirement).
Additional Notes: - Courses abroad. Courses taken during study abroad may count, when appropriate, toward the major; indeed students should tailor study abroad to contribute to the major plan.
- Language courses. Courses taken to satisfy the language requirement may not be included in the fourteen-course major plan, except when the focus department under “E” is French, German, Japanese, Russian, or Hispanic studies. In these cases one advanced language course may be counted among the five disciplinary courses.
- The major plan can include one internship.
List 1: Internationalist Courses
American Studies (some courses, focusing on the U.S., acceptable for non-U.S. students) AMST 305 - Race, Sex and Work in the Global Economy
AMST 315 - U.S. Imperialism from the Philippines to Viet Nam Anthropology ANTH 101 - General Anthropology
ANTH 111 - Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 239 - Medical Anthropology
ANTH 241 - Anthropology of Death and Dying ANTH 243 - Psychological Anthropology
ANTH 246 - Refugees/Humanitarian Response
ANTH 248 - Magic, Witchcraft and Religions
ANTH 253 - Comparative Muslim Cultures
ANTH 255 - Latin America in Motion
ANTH 256 - India and its Neighbors: The Anthropology of South Asia
ANTH 258 - Dynamic Africa
ANTH 259 - Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic
ANTH 280 - Topics in Linguistic Anthropology (if international focus)
ANTH 358 - Anthropology of Violence
ANTH 360 - Anthropology of Tourism
ANTH 362 - Culture and Globalization
ANTH 363 - Anthropology of Development
ANTH 365 - Environmental Anthropology (if international focus)
ANTH 368 - Life Histories/Cultures/Selves (if international focus)
ANTH 380 - Advanced Topics in Medical Anthropology
ANTH 381 - Emerging Infectious Diseases (if international focus-possibly international public health focus) Art (courses which focus on traditions outside the U.S.; studio courses do not count) ART 160 - Art of the West I
ART 161 - Art of the West II
ART 170 - Art of the East I: China
ART 171 - Art of the East II: Japan
ART 252 - Gender, Sexualities, and Feminist Visual Culture
ART 257 - Image in 20th Century China
ART 259 - Nineteenth Century: From Neoclassicism through Symbolism
ART 265 - Renaissance Art
ART 270 - Making Sacred: Religious Images and Spaces in Asia
ART 278 - Baroque Art
ART 328 - The Buddhist Body Asian Studies ASIA 274 - The Great Tradition in China before 1840 ASIA 275 - The Rise of Modern China ASIA 276 - The Great Tradition in Japan before 1853 ASIA 277 - The Rise of Modern Japan ASIA 378 - War Crimes and Memory in East Asia Biology (chosen in consultation with relevant Biology faculty) BIOL 116 - Community and Global Health: Biological Paradigms
BIOL 270 - Biodiversity and Evolution
BIOL 285 - Ecology
BIOL 357 - Immunology
BIOL 473 - Research in Immunology
BIOL 476 - Research in Biodiversity and Evolution
BIOL 487 - Seminar in Immunology Chemistry None Chinese (most courses, other than language courses) CHIN 149 - Shanghai, Global City: Urban Culture in China from the Opium Wars until the Present
CHIN 255 - China on Screen Classics CLAS 129 - Greek Myths CLAS 135 - India and Rome CLAS 145 - Pagans, Christians and Jews in Classical Antiquity: Cultures in Conflict CLAS 260 - Introduction to Ancient/Medieval Art CLAS 200 - Ancient and Medieval Philosophies Computer Science None Economics
(if international focus) (if international focus) ECON 422 - International Macroeconomics and Finance ECON 426 - International Economic Development English (all courses in British and/or world literature, but not U.S.-focused or creative writing courses.
English courses on “neutral” or thematic subjects (such as love or justice) are evaluated case by case. (if international focus) (if international focus) (if international focus) (if international focus) (if international focus) Environmental Studies (courses focused on international and/or transnational issues) (if international focus) (if international focus) ENVI 221 - Environmental Ethics (if international focus) ENVI 368 - Sustainable Development and Global Future French (courses under review) Geography GEOG 113 - World Regional Geography: People, Places and Globalization (if international focus) (if international focus) GEOG 375 - Rural Landscapes and Livelihoods GEOG 477 - Comparative Environment and Development Geology GEOL 165 - History/Evolution of Earth GEOL 303 - Surface/Groundwater Hydrology German Studies (most courses, other than language courses) GERM 365 - Kafka: Gods, Animals, and Other Species of Modernity GERM 366 - Literature and Film Hispanic Studies (most courses, other than language courses) HISP 442 - Nation and Identity in the Hispanic World HISP 343 - Culture and Politics in Spain from Civil War to Today HISP 446 - Constructions of a Female Killer History (if international focus) HIST 350 - Race, Gender, and Medicine (if international focus) HIST 364 - Germany from 1871 to Present HIST 366 - Europe in the Age of Upheaval and Revolution HIST 376 - Public History HIST 379 - The Study of History HIST 381 - Transnational Latin Americas Interdisciplinary Studies INTD 411 - Sr Seminar in Community and Global Health International Studies All courses Japanese JAPA 254 - Japanese Film and Animation: From the Salaryman to the Shojo JAPA 488 - Translating Japanese: Theory and Practice Latin American Studies LATI 249 - Regional Geography of Latin America LATI 446 - Constructions of a Female Killer Linguistics LING 309 - Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics LING 335 - Analyzing Japanese Language LING 400 - Field Methods in Linguistics LING 435 - History of the Spanish Language LING 436 - Spanish Dialectology LING 488 - Translating Japanese: Theory and Practice Mathematics None Media and Cultural Studies (and other non U.S.-focused courses as they emerge) (if international focus) (if international focus) (if international focus) (if internationally focused enough) (if international focus) (if internationally focused enough) MCST 376 - Critical Social Theory and the Media (if international focus) Music MUSI 131 - African Music MUSI 342 - Medieval to Mozart MUSI 343 - Western Music of the 19th Century Neuroscience None Philosophy (if internationally focused enough) PHIL 300 - 20th Century Continental Philosophy Physics None Political Science (if international focus) (if international focus) (if internationally focused enough) (if international focus) (if international focus) POLI 321 - International Security POLI 322 - Advanced International Theory POLI 323 - Humanitarianism in World Politics POLI 341 - Comparative Social Movements Psychology None Religious Studies RELI 212 - Philosophy of Religion RELI 348 - Contemporary Christian Thought and Practice RELI 359 - Religion and Revolution: Case Studies Russian Studies RUSS 151 - “Things Don’t Like Me”: The Material World and Why It Matters
RUSS 364 - Culture and Revolution RUSS 366 - Nabokov RUSS 367 - Dostoevsky and Gogol Sociology (if international focus) SOCI 290 - Colonialism, Modernity, and Identities in the Middle East SOCI 370 - Political Sociology (if international focus) Theatre and Dance Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
(if international focus) WGSS 300 - Advanced Feminist/Queer Theories and Methodologies WGSS 305 - Race, Sex and Work in the Global Economy These departments offer some courses, focusing on the United States, acceptable for use on the International Studies major plan of non-U.S. students: American Studies, Psychology, and Urban Studies. These departments typically do not offer courses that count toward the major: Chemistry, Mathematics/Statistics/Computer Science, Neuroscience, Physical Education, and Physics/Astronomy. |
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