Program Contact: Sean Duffy 203-582-8324
A minor in International Studies is designed to stress connections between “classroom” learning and the international experience as well as to increase program options available to students with an interest in international studies who are pursuing major programs of study in another field. Students pursuing a minor in International Studies are required to complete 18 credits distributed across relevant curricular areas. Students are encouraged to meet with the international studies adviser to declare the minor by the end of their sophomore year or early in their junior year.
International Studies Minor Curriculum
Students are required to satisfy the following requirements within the 18-credit minor; at least 6 credits must be completed at the 300 level.
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 3 |
| Local Cultures, Global Issues | |
| Gender/Sex/Sexuality (WGS 211) | |
| Russian Cultural and Intellectual History | |
| Irish History | |
| Blood and Revolution in China/ Asian Studies | |
| Japan's Modern Empire/Asian Studies | |
| African History and Culture | |
| Modern India | |
| Italy: A Journey Through its Food, History and Culture (in Eng.) | |
| Italian Cinema (in Eng.) | |
| 3 |
| International Economics | |
| Globalization and International Business | |
| International Marketing | |
| Negotiating Internationally | |
| 3 |
| Introduction to Geography (ENV 150) | |
| Human and Economic Geography (ENV 323) | |
| Diverse Global Philosophies Philosophies | |
| Philosophy of War and Peace (PO 312) | |
| Human Rights: Theory and Practice (PO 337) | |
| Introduction to International Relations | |
| International Law (LE 317) | |
| Middle Eastern History and Politics | |
| Topics in African Politics | |
| |
| Total Credits | 15 |
Students are encouraged, but not required, to take off-campus studies, either in the form of a study abroad or an internship in, for example, Washington, D.C.
