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 Asia concentration in international studies requires completion of 21 hours including a core of three hours and nine hours chosen from history, politics and ideas and nine hours chosen from art, literature and culture with at least three hours in each of three disciplines.

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. Asia Concentration - 21 hours: Core courses (3 hours): ASST 101 Introduction to Asian Studies or ARTH 103 History of Asian Art or ASST 105 Value and Tradition in Asian Civilization. Electives: 18 hours from list below - The elective courses must be chosen from at least three different disciplines; students may develop a regional specialization within the Asia Concentration in consultation with an advisor (for example, South Asia, Southeast Asia, China or Japan). Students may focus on Japan by taking their elective courses from those designated JAPN and fulfilling their language requirement in Japanese. No more than 6 hours at the 100 level may be counted towards the Asia Concentration. ARTH 103 cannot fulfill a requirement in more than one category. History and Politics - 9 hours: HIST 276 Islamic Civilization, HIST 282 China to 1800, HIST 283 Modern China, HIST 285 The Indian Subcontinent Since 1500, HIST 286 Japan to 1800, HIST 287 Modern Japan, HIST 377 Iran/Persia, POLS 323 Politics of East Asia, POLS 362 Case Studies in Foreign Policy, ASST 240 Special Topics in Asian Studies, ASST 340 Special Topics in Asian Studies, ASST 390 Independent Study in Asian Studies. Art, Literature and Culture - 9 hours: ARST 240 Special Topics in Arabic Studies, ARST 340 Special Topics in Arabic Studies, ARTH 103 Survey of Asian Art JAPN, ARTH 241 History of the Art of India, ARTH 242 History of the Art of China, ARTH 243 History of the Art of Japan, ASST 101 Introduction to Asian Studies, ASST 105 Value and Tradition in Asian Civilization, CHNS 390 Chinese Special Topics/Independent Study, CHST 240 Special Topics in Chinese Studies, CHST 340 Special Topics in Chinese Studies, LTAR 220 Modern Arabic Fiction in Translation, LTCH 250 Chinese Literature in Translation, ENGL 234 Survey of Third World Masterpieces, ENGL 358 Colonial and Postcolonial British Literature, JPNS 390 Special Topics, LTJP 250 Japanese Literature in Translation, LTJP 350 Japanese Literature: A Foreign Author, LTJP 390 Special Topics in Japanese Literature in Translation, RELS 240 The Buddhist Tradition, RELS 245 The Hindu Tradition, RELS 248 Religions of China and Japan, RELS 340 Advanced Topics in Asian Religions, RELS 348 Asian Religions in America, ASST 240 Special Topics in Asian Studies, ASST 340 Special Topics in Asian Studies, ASST 390 Independent Study in Asian Studies. Foreign Language Requirement: Complete 202 (or the equivalent) in one Asian language and an additional 6 credit hours in the same or a different Asian language (or the equivalent). Students with a Japan focus must fulfill the requirement entirely in Japanese. 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