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College Catalog 2018-2019 [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 PORT 331 - Journeys through Brazil: Oral and Written Expression , Russian through RUSS 204 - Intermediate Russian II plus a semester immersion program abroad or its equivalent, or SPAN 305 - Advanced Oral and Written Expression or SPAN 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:
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Focus. To develop a coherent body of knowledge with a skill set, five trans/internationally focused courses drawn from a single disciplinary department including anthropology, biology, classics, economics, English, French, geography, geology, German studies, history, Japanese, philosophy, Spanish & Portuguese 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). Alternatively, students may have an interdisciplinary focus (options are American, Asian, Environmental, Latin American, Media and Cultural, and Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies). Of the five trans/internationally focused courses, one must be a survey/introductory course in the interdisciplinary department, two courses must be cross-listed with a single disciplinary department, and one must be a non-introductory methods or skills course within or directly relevant to the interdisciplinary field of study (this would be in addition to the methods and skills elective (H)). All courses must be chosen in consultation with the International Studies Department Chair. - 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 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 358 - Anthropology of Violence
ANTH 362 - Culture and Globalization
ANTH 363 - Anthropology of Development
ANTH 368 - Life Histories/Cultures/Selves (if international focus)
ANTH 380 - Stigma and Disabilities
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 270 - Making Sacred: Religious Images and Spaces in Asia
ART 271 - Japan and the (Inter)National Modern Asian Studies ASIA 123 - Masterpieces of Chinese Literature ASIA 254 - Japanese Film and Animation: From the Salaryman to the Shojo ASIA 260 - Narratives of Alienation: 20th Century Japanese Fiction and Film 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 281 - Dialects, Multilingualism, and the Politics of Speaking Japanese ASIA 320 - Asian Cities 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 123 - Masterpieces of Chinese Literature
CHIN 149 - Shanghai, Global City: Urban Culture in China from the Opium Wars until the Present
CHIN 255 - China on Screen
CHIN 258 - Gender and Sexuality in China Classics CLAS 129 - Greek Myths CLAS 130 - Early Arab and Persian Empires CLAS 135 - India and Rome CLAS 145 - Pagans, Christians and Jews in Classical Antiquity: Cultures in Conflict CLAS 155 - January in Rome: The Art, Archaeology, and Topography of Ancient Rome CLAS 223 - Introduction to Archaeology CLAS 260 - Introduction to Ancient/Medieval Art CLAS 200 - Ancient and Medieval Philosophies Computer Science None Economics
ECON 229 - World Economic History (if international focus) ECON 233 - Health Economics ECON 238 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship (if international focus) ECON 422 - International Macroeconomics and Finance ECON 426 - International Economic Development
Educational Studies
EDUC 250 - Building Trust: Education in Global Perspective
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) ENGL 341 - 20th Century British Novel (if international focus) (if international focus) Environmental Studies (courses focused on international and/or transnational issues) (if international focus) (if international focus) ENVI 215 - Environmental Politics/Policy ENVI 221 - Environmental Ethics (if international focus) ENVI 368 - Sustainable Development and Global Future French FREN 308 - From Lascaux to 1789: The Evolution of French Civilization
FREN 309 - Contemporary France: History, Culture and Current Events
FREN 310 - Passerelles: Introduction to French and Francophone Studies
FREN 320 - Francophone Theater of Exile and Immigration
FREN 330 - Towards a Postcolonial Pacific
FREN 331 - Haiti: Culture, Human Rights and Humanitarianism
FREN 333 - The Language of Diplomacy
FREN 370 - Art of Translation: Style, Grammar, and Translation
FREN 402 - Voices of the Francophone Mediterranean
FREN 403 - Voices from the Pacific Rim
FREN 404 - Voices from Africa
FREN 405 - Voices from the Caribbean Islands
FREN 406 - Quebec Independence and Immigration
FREN 440 - Science, Art and Literature in Cartography in the 16th Century
FREN 441 - Images of the World from the 16th Century to the 21st Century
FREN 442 - France from the Renaissance to the 17th Century
FREN 445 - How to Start a Revolution
FREN 446 - The Animal and the Human in the French Enlightenment
FREN 450 - Money and the Marketplace in the 19th Century
FREN 451 - Environmentalism in the 19th Century
FREN 471 - Literature and Cinema of Immigration in France
FREN 473 - Contemporary Art in France and Francophone Countries
FREN 475 - Parisian Women, 1730-2010
FREN 477 - African and French Cinema in Dialogue
FREN 478 - Science and Technology in Film and Literature
FREN 479 - French Intellectuals in/and the World
FREN 480 - French Avant-Gardes in the 20th and 21st Centuries Geography GEOG 113 - World Regional Geography: People, Places and Globalization (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 279 - Value: The Bad, the Ugly, and the Cheap GERM 309 - German Cultural History II GERM 365 - Kafka: Gods, Animals, and Other Species of Modernity GERM 366 - Literature and Film History
HIST 154 - African Life Histories HIST 180 - Going Global: The Experiment of World History HIST 235 - Captives, Cannibals, and Capitalists in the Early Modern Atlantic World HIST 250 - Science, Magic and Belief HIST 251 - Pirates, Translators, Missionaries HIST 252 - Conversion and Inquisition: Religious Change HIST 262 - Soviet Union and Successors HIST 350 - Race, Gender, and Medicine (if international focus) HIST 353 - Oceans in World History HIST 376 - Public History HIST 381 - Transnational Latin Americas HIST 382 - Remembering the Modern City 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 260 - Narratives of Alienation: 20th Century Japanese Fiction and Film JAPA 281 - Dialects, Multilingualism, and the Politics of Speaking Japanese JAPA 488 - Translating Japanese: Theory and Practice Latin American Studies LATI 249 - Environment and Society in Latin America LATI 308 - Introduction to U.S. Latinx Studies LATI 355 - Cultural Resistance and Survival: Indigenous and African Peoples in Early Spanish America LATI 385 - Frontera: The U.S. Mexican Border LATI 386 - Constructions of a Female Killer Linguistics LING 281 - Dialects, Multilingualism, and the Politics of Speaking Japanese LING 309 - Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics LING 335 - Analyzing Japanese Language 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 364 - Afrofuturism in Media and Popular Culture (if internationally focused enough MCST 376 - Critical Social Theory and the Media (if international focus) Music MUSI 110 - Music Appreciation MUSI 131 - African Music MUSI 155 - Music and Freedom MUSI 180 - Music, Race, and Ethnicity MUSI 342 - Medieval to Mozart MUSI 343 - Western Music of the 19th Century MUSI 354 - Music and Gender Neuroscience None Philosophy PHIL 210 - Existentialist Metaphysics PHIL 214 - Darwin, Nietzsche, Freud (if internationally focused enough) PHIL 300 - 20th Century Continental Philosophy Physics None Political Science (if international focus) (if internationally focused enough) POLI 247 - African Politics (if international focus) (if international focus) POLI 266 - Medieval Political Thought POLI 267 - Liberal and Conservative Political Theory POLI 305 - Women’s Voices in Politics POLI 316 - Information Politics, Policy and Law POLI 321 - International Security POLI 322 - Advanced International Theory POLI 323 - Humanitarianism in World Politics POLI 341 - Comparative Social Movements POLI 342 - Urban Politics of Latin America Psychology None Religious Studies RELI 136 - World Religions and World Religions Discourse RELI 145 - Pagans, Christians and Jews in Classical Antiquity: Cultures in Conflict RELI 212 - Philosophy of Religion RELI 226 - Martyrdom Then and Now RELI 232 - Religion and Food RELI 277 - Metaphysics in Secular Thought RELI 348 - Contemporary Christian Thought and Practice RELI 359 - Religion and Revolution: Case Studies Russian Studies
RUSS 364 - Culture and Revolution RUSS 245 - Nabokov RUSS 367 - Dostoevsky in Translation Sociology (if international focus) SOCI 290 - Islam and the West SOCI 370 - Political Sociology (if international focus) Spanish and Portuguese (most courses, not language) PORT 331 - Journeys through Brazil: Oral and Written Expression
SPAN 151 - Caribbean Literature and Culture: Aesthetics of Resistance
SPAN 171 - Susurros del Pasado: Whispers Toward the 21st Century
SPAN 305 - Advanced Oral and Written Expression
SPAN 307 - Introduction to the Analysis of Hispanic Texts
SPAN 309 - Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics
SPAN 316 - Mapping the New World: Exploration, Encounters, and Disasters
SPAN 343 - Culture and Politics in Spain from Civil War to Today
SPAN 354 - Here and There: Superando Limites
SPAN 355 - Cultural Resistance and Survival: Indigenous and African Peoples in Early Spanish America
SPAN 357 - El Quijote as Timeless Text
SPAN 359 - “Neither Saints Nor Sinners”: Women Writers of the Early Modern Hispanic World
SPAN 360 - One Hundred Years of Plenitude: Modern and Postmodern Hispanic Fiction
SPAN 361 - Romantics, Moderns and Avant-Gardists
SPAN 362 - Modern Hispanic Novel and the Visual Arts
SPAN 366 - Parody in the Postmodern Hispanic World
SPAN 367 - Dramatic Words: Hispanic Theater and Poetry
SPAN 375 - History of the Spanish Language
SPAN 382 - Nation and Identity in the Hispanic World
SPAN 385 - Frontera: The U.S./Mexico Border
SPAN 386 - Constructions of a Female Killer Theatre and Dance Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
(if international focus) WGSS 240 - Comparative Feminisms: Then and Today WGSS 300 - Advanced Feminist/Queer Theories and Methodologies WGSS 305 - Race, Sex and Work in the Global Economy WGSS 315 - Comparative (Neo/Post) Modernities WGSS 330 - Democracies, Feminisms, Capitalisms 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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