Pilihan program

Ringkasan program

This program recognizes that a comprehensive focus on international issues, foreign cultures, and societies is beyond the ability of any one discipline to provide. The IS major draws from multiple disciplines to give students a multidimensional perspective to global development and issues. It emphasizes knowledge of regions across disciplines and time, providing students with the skills needed to become global citizens. The international studies (INTL) major is a both an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary program. The Africa concentration in international studies requires completion of 21 hours including a core of six hours and 15 hours of electives with at least three hours in each of three disciplines which will include the core History courses.

Modul program

The modules are major requirements - Introductory level 9 hours: INTL 100 Introduction to International Studies - 3 hours. International Politics, History and Geography: POLS 103 World Politics, HIST 104 World History since 1500, GEOG 101/POLS 104 World Regional Geography. International Culture and Literature: RELS 105 World Religions, ENGL 233 Survey of Non-Western Twentieth century Literature, CPLT 200 Introduction to Comparative Literature or Any 200 level Literature in Translation survey course (i.e., LTPO, LTRS, LTFR, etc). General Courses: INTL 290 Special Topics in International Studies, INTL 390 Special Topics in International Studies, INTL 400 Independent Study in International Studies, INTL 401 Internship in International Studies, INTL 499 Bachelor's Essay. Africa Concentration - 21 hours: core courses - 6 credit hours: AFST 101 Introduction to African Civilization, HIST 272 Pre-Colonial Africa or HIST 273 Modern Africa. 15 credit hours selected from the following: AFST 202 Special Topics in African Studies, ANTH 322 Peoples and Cultures of Africa, ENGL 233 Survey of Non-Western Twentieth century Literature or ENGL 234 Survey of Third World Masterpieces, ENGL 352 Major African Writers, ENGL 353 African Women Writers, FREN 451 African Literature of French Expression, HIST 372 North Africa Since 1800, HIST 373 West Africa Since 1800, HIST 473 Pan Africanism/OAU, POLS 322 Politics of Africa, POLS 331 Politics of Film and Reality in South Africa, POLS 366 International Diplomacy Studies. Foreign Language Requirement: Complete 202 (or the equivalent) in one foreign language and an additional 6 credit hours in the same or a different foreign language (or the equivalent). Comparative Methodology - 1 hour: All IS majors are required to spend one semester or summer in a study or internship abroad program and earn a minimum of 6 credit hours. Capstone - 3 hours: INTL 495 International Studies Capstone (Prerequisite: 24 hours of a declared International Studies major). International Studies students must take a minimum of 9 credit hours at the 300 level in the International Studies major.

Persyaratan masuk bagi mahasiswa internasional

Students should have completed a challenging college-preparatory curriculum. The high school course curriculums are English - four units, including one unit of English literature and one unit of American literature, two units should have strong grammar and composition components; Mathematics - four units, includes algebra I and II, and geometry. Fourth unit should be higher-level math selected from among algebra III/trigonometry, pre-calculus, calculus, statistics, discrete mathematics, or a capstone math course; Laboratory Science - three units (four recommended), two of the units must be in biology, chemistry or physics; Foreign Language - three units, two units must be from the same language; Social Sciences - three units, includes one unit of U.S. history. Government and economics are recommended; Physical Education or ROTC - one unit; Fine Arts - one unit, appreciation of, history of, or performance in one of the fine arts; and electives - one unit, a college preparatory course in computer science (programming, not keyboarding) is recommended. Other acceptable electives include college preparatory courses in English, fine arts, foreign languages, humanities, laboratory science, mathematics, and social sciences. The minimum acceptable SAT scores are 1070-1230 for in-state students (critical reading and math only), 1140-1280 for out-of-state students (critical reading and math only) and ACT scores of 23-27.

Kualifikasi

Sarjana (S1)

Institusi penerbit ijazah

College Of Charleston

Nama jurusan

School of Languages, Cultures and World Affairs, Department of International and Intercultural Studies