The curriculum for the Bachelor of Arts with a major in international studies was updated in October 2007. These changes are not reflected in the online University of Dayton Undergraduate Bulletin, published August 2007. The BA is now offered in eleven different concentrations. General education courses and academic electives must total at least 124 semester hours for all concentrations. The core curriculum and concentration requirements are listed below. Descriptions of these courses can be viewed in the online Bulletin. To visit the website of the International Studies Program, click here.

Core Curriculum
Courses must total a minimum of 41 semester hours.

Take all of the following courses:
ANT 150, Cultural Anthropology
ANT 306, Culture and Power
ECO 203, Principles of Microeconomics
ECO 204, Principles of Macroeconomics
POL 202, Introduction to Comparative Politics
REL 363, Faith and Justice
INS 250, Research Methods
INS 395 or INS 495, Study Abroad or Internship
INS 499, Senior Capstone Seminar
       
Take one of the following courses:  
ASI 112, CORE Integrated Studies: The Roots and Development of Modern Cultures and Values
HST 103, The West and the World
HST 198, Berry Scholars Seminar
      
Take one of the following courses: 
PHL 358, Marxist Philosophy
PHL 370, Political Philosophy
      
Take one of the following courses: 
POL 101, Global Politics
POL 214, Introduction to International Politics 
       
Take one of the following courses: 
HST 375, History of US Foreign Relations  
POL 408, American Foreign Policy

Take one of the following courses:
ENG 205, 322 or 345*
FRN 341, French Culture and Civilization
FRN 361, Survey of French Literature I
FRN 362, Survey of French Literature II
FRN 381, History of French Cinema
FRN 450, French Literature
FRN 452, Old World Meets New
GER 351, German Film
GER 361, Survey of German Literature I
GER 362, Survey of German Literature II
GER 450, German Literature
ITA 361, Survey of Italian Literature I
ITA 362, Survey of Italian Literature II
RUS 361, Survey of Russian Literature
SPN 361, Survey of Spanish Literature I
SPN 362, Survey of Spanish Literature II
SPN 363, Survey of Spanish-American Literature I
SPN 364, Survey of Spanish-American Literature II
SPN 380, Spanish and Ibero-American Cinema
SPN 450, Topics in Spanish Literature
SPN 451, Topics in Spanish-American Literature
SPN 471, Topics in Spanish Literature of the 20th Century
SPN 472, Topics in Spanish-American Literature of the 20th Century
SPN 480, Spanish and Ibero-American Cinema (SPN)
      
*Students studying a language for which a literature, culture or film course does not currently exist (Arabic, Mandarin Chinese) must fulfill this requirement by taking ENG 205 Major World Writers, ENG 322 Masterpieces of World Literature, or ENG 345 Colonial and Post-Colonial Literature.

CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS
Courses must total a minimum of 24 semester hours.

Africa in World Affairs

Take all of the following courses:
ANT 356, Cultures of Africa
HST 336, History of Africa to the 19th Century 
HST 337, History of Africa, 19th Century to Present
HST 385, The Atlantic World
PHL 363, African Philosophy
PHL 365, Islamic Philosophy and Culture 
REL 308, Islam
SOC 328, Racial and Ethnic Minorities

Certificate in International Business (Economics/Finance Emphasis)

Take all of the following courses:
ACC 207, Introduction to Financial Accounting
ACC 208, Introduction to Managerial Accounting
FIN 301, Business Finance
INB 450, Seminar in Current Global Issues
 
Take two of the following courses:
ACC 412, International Accounting
ECO 460, Economic Development and Growth
ECO 461, International Economics
FIN 450, International Business Finance
 
Take two of the following courses in area of interest:
ANT 356, Cultures of Africa
HST 315, Europe in the Postwar Era, 1945 to Present
HST 326, Russia, the Soviet Union and Beyond
HST 330, History of East Asia to 1800
HST 332, Modern China and Japan
HST 333, Modern Middle East
HST 334, Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
HST 337, History of Africa, 19th Century to Present
HST 353, History of Women in European Societies
HST 354, History of Women and Gender in the Middle East
HST 356, Comparative History of Women in the Third World
HST 357, Latin America in the 20th Century
HST 382, History of Mexico
HST 383, History of the Caribbean
POL 320, Comparative Politics: Western Europe
POL 321, Comparative Politics: Russia and the New States

Certificate in International Business (Marketing/Human Resources Emphasis)

Take all of the following courses:
ACC 207, Introduction to Financial Accounting
INB 450, Seminar in Current Global Issues
MGT 301, Organizational Behavior
MKT 301, Principles of Marketing
  
Take two of the following courses:
ECO 460, Economic Development and Growth
MGT 403, Cross-Cultural Management
MGT 414, Multinational Corporate Management
MKT 340, Multicultural Marketing Analysis
MKT 440, Global Marketing
 
Take two of the following courses in area of interest:
ANT 356, Cultures of Africa
HST 315, Europe in the Postwar Era, 1945 to Present
HST 326, Russia, the Soviet Union and Beyond
HST 330, History of East Asia to 1800
HST 332, Modern China and Japan
HST 333, Modern Middle East
HST 334, Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
HST 337, History of Africa, 19th Century to present
HST 353, History of Women in European Societies
HST 354, History of Women and Gender in the Middle East
HST 356, Comparative History of Women in the Third World
HST 357, Latin America in the 20th Century
HST 382, History of Mexico
HST 383, History of the Caribbean
POL 320, Comparative Politics: Western Europe
POL 321, Comparative Politics: Russia and the New States

Cooperation and Change in the New Europe

Take all of the following courses:
HST 315, Europe in the Postwar Era, 1945-Present
POL 320, Politics of Western Europe
POL 321, Russia and the New States
 
Take three of the following courses:
HST 313, The Dual Revolution and its Consequences, Europe 1815-1914
HST 314, Modern Europe in Decline, 1890-1945
HST 321, Modern France
HST 322, History of England
HST 326, Russia, the Soviet Union and Beyond
HST 327, National Cultures of the Soviet Union and its Successor States
HST 353, History of Women in European Societies
POL 331, Nationalism and Ethno-Politics
REL 366, The Holocaust: Theological and Religious and Responses
 
Take one of the following courses:
PHL 352, Modern Philosophy
PHL 353, Kant and 19th Century Philosophy
PHL 354, Twentieth-Century Philosophy
PHL 358, Marxist Philosophy
PHL 360, Existentialism
PHL 370, Political Philosophy
POL 319, Twentieth-Century Political Thought
 
Take one of the following courses:
VAH 203, Survey of Art III
VAH 450, Italian Renaissance Art
VAH 480, Twentieth-Century Art I
VAH 483, Twentieth-Century Art II

Global Economic Development

Take all of the following courses:
ANT 320, Anthropology of Childhood
ECO 460, Economic Development and Growth
ECO 461, International Economics
PHL 372, Values and Econonmics
 
Take one of the following courses:
POL 333, Politics of Human Rights
SOC 371, Sociology of Human Rights
 
Take one of the following courses in area of interest:
PHL 355, Asian Philosophy
PHL 363, African Philosophy
PHL 365, Islamic Philosophy and Culture
REL 304, Hinduism
REL 306, Buddhism
REL 308, Islam
 
Take one of the following courses in area of interest:
ANT 356, Cultures of Africa
HST 326, Russia, the Soviet Union and Beyond
HST 330, History of East Asia to 1800
HST 332, Modern China and Japan
HST 333, Modern Middle East
HST 337, History of Africa, 19th Century to present
HST 354, History of Women and Gender in the Middle East
HST 356, Comparative History of Women in the Third World
HST 357, Latin America in the 20th Century
HST 382, History of Mexico
HST 383, History of the Caribbean
POL 321, Comparative Politics:  Russia and the New States

Global Environmental Sustainability

Take all of the following courses:
ASI 320, Cities and Energy
ECO 310, Economics of the Environment
ENG 342, Literature and the Environment 
HST 342, Environmental History of the Americas
POL 371, Environmental Policy
 
Take one of the following courses: 
BIO 359, Sustainable Biosphere
BIO 360, Culture, Biodiversity and Resource Management
BIO 395, Global Environmental Biology
 
Take one of the following courses:
PHL 321, Environmental Ethics
REL 365, Christian Ethics and the Environment
REL 472, Ecology and the Environment
 
Take one of the following courses in area of interest:
ANT 356, Cultures of Africa
HST 326, Russia, the Soviet Union and Beyond
HST 330, History of East Asia to 1800
HST 332, Modern China and Japan
HST 333, Modern Middle East
HST 337, History of Africa, 19th Century to present
HST 357, Latin America in the 20th Century
HST 382, History of Mexico
HST 383, History of the Caribbean
POL 320, Comparative Politics: Western Europe
POL 321, Comparative Politics: Russia and the New States

International Journalism

Take all of the following courses:
CMS 414, Global Communication
CMM 330, Media Writing 
CMM 331, Feature Writing 
CMM 350, Propaganda Analysis
CMM 355, Rhetoric of Social Movements 
SOC 343, Mass Communication in Modern Society
 
Take one of the following courses in area of interest:
ANT 356, Cultures of Africa
HST 326, Russia, the Soviet Union and Beyond
HST 330, History of East Asia to 1800
HST 332, Modern China and Japan
HST 333, Modern Middle East
HST 334, Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
HST 337, History of Africa, 19th C to present
HST 353, History of Women in European Societies
HST 354, History of Women and Gender in the Middle East
HST 356, Comparative History of Women in the Third World
HST 357, Latin America in the 20th Century
HST 382, History of Mexico
HST 383, History of the Caribbean
POL 320, Comparative Politics: Western Europe
POL 321, Comparative Politics: Russia and the New States
 
Take one of the following courses in area of interest:
PHL 355, Asian Philosophy
PHL 363, African Philosophy
PHL 365, Islamic Philosophy and Culture
REL 304, Hinduism
REL 305, Eastern Orthodoxy
REL 306, Buddhism
REL 307, Judaism
REL 308, Islam

Marianist Social Transformation

Take all of the following courses:
ASI 358, Christianity, Citizenship and Society
ASI 374 or ASI 375, Professional Ethics in a Global Community
MST 210, Speakers on Catholic Social Tradition
MST 310, 311 or 312, Reading the Signs of the Times
 
Two of the following from two different disciplines:
PHL 327, Philosophy of Peace
PHL 356, Christian Philosophy
POL 333, Politics of Human Rights
REL 323, History of Christianity I (100-1100)
REL 324, History of Christianity II (1100-Present)
REL 358, Liberation Theology
SOC 334, Religion and Society
SOC 339, Social Inequality
SOC 371, Sociology of Human Rights
 
Take one of the following courses in area of interest:
PHL 355, Asian Philosophy
PHL 363, African Philosophy
PHL 365, Islamic Philosophy and Culture
REL 304, Hinduism
REL 305, Eastern Orthodoxy
REL 306, Buddhism
REL 307, Judaism
REL 308, Islam
 
Take two of the following courses in area of interest:
ANT 356, Cultures of Africa
HST 326, Russia, the Soviet Union and Beyond
HST 330, History of East Asia to 1800
HST 332, Modern China and Japan
HST 333, Modern Middle East
HST 337, History of Africa, 19th Century to present
HST 353, History of Women in European Societies
HST 354, History of Women and Gender in the Middle East
HST 356, Comparative History of Women in the Third World
HST 357, Latin America in the 20th Century
HST 382, History of Mexico
HST 383, History of the Caribbean
POL 320, Comparative Politics: Western Europe
POL 321, Comparative Politics: Russia and the New States

Migration

Take all of the following courses:
ANT 368 or SOC 368, Immigration and Immigrants
HST 378, History of Global Immigrants to the United States 
POL 333, Politics of Human Rights
SOC 328, Racial and Ethnic Minorities
 
Take one of the following courses:
POL 334, Politics of Human Rights
SOC 371, Sociology of Human Rights
 
Take one of the following courses in area of interest:
PHL 355, Asian Philosophy
PHL 363, African Philosophy
PHL 365, Islamic Philosophy and Culture
REL 304, Hinduism
REL 305, Eastern Orthodoxy
REL 306, Buddhism
REL 307, Judaism
REL 308, Islam
 
Take two of the following courses in areas of interest:
ANT 356, Cultures of Africa
HST 326, Russia, the Soviet Union and Beyond
HST 327, National Cultures of the Soviet Union and Successor States
HST 330, History of East Asia to 1800
HST 332, Modern China and Japan
HST 333, Modern Middle East
HST 334, History of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
HST 337, History of Africa, 19th C to Present
HST 353, History of Women in European Societies
HST 354, History of Women and Gender in the Middle East
HST 356, Comparative History of Women in the Third World
HST 357, Latin America in the 20th Century
HST 382, History of Mexico
HST 383, History of the Caribbean
POL 320, Comparative Politics: Western Europe
POL 321, Comparative Politics: Russia and the New States
POL 331, Nationalism and Ethnopolitics 

Peace and Global Security

Take all of the following courses:
ANT 320, Anthropology of Childhood
POL 335, US National Security Policy
POL 406, International Law and Organization
POL 452, Political Violence
 
Take one of the following courses:
HST 349, Technology and the Culture of War
HST 373, American Military History
 
Take one of the following courses:
PHL 317, Ethics and Modern War
PHL 327, Philosophy of Peace
 
Take one of the following courses in area of interest:
ANT 356, Cultures of Africa
HST 324, Comparative Nationalism
HST 326, Russia, the Soviet Union and Beyond, 1860-Present
HST 327, National Cultures of the Soviet Union and Successor States
HST 332, Modern China and Japan
HST 333, Modern Middle East
HST 334, History of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
HST 337, History of Africa, 19th Century to the Present
HST 357, Latin America in the 20th Century
POL 320, Comparative Politics: Western Europe
POL 321, Comparative Politics: Russia and the New States
POL 331, Nationalism and Ethnopolitics
 
Take one of the following courses in area of interest:
PHL 355, Asian Philosophy
PHL 363, African Philosophy
PHL 365, Islamic Philosophy and Culture
REL 304, Hinduism
REL 305, Eastern Orthodoxy
REL 306, Buddhism
REL 307, Judaism
REL 308, Islam

Women’s and Gender Issues in a Global Context

Take all of the following courses:
WST 150, Introduction to Women’s Studies 
WST 310, Feminist Theory and Methodology
 
Take one of the following courses:
REL 471, Women and Religion
REL 474, Women and the Global Church
 
Take one of the following courses:
SOC 322, Sex Roles and Society
SOC 332, Sociology of Women
 
Take one of the following courses:
SOC 339, Social Inequality
SOC 371, Sociology of Human Rights
 
Take one of the following courses:
PHL 307, Philosophy and Women
PHL 364, Race, Gender and Philosophy
 
Take one of the following courses:
HST 353, History of Women in European Societies
HST 354, History of Women and Gender in the Middle East
HST 356, Comparative History of Women in the Third World
 
Take one of the following courses in area of interest:
ANT 356, Cultures of Africa
HST 326, Russia, the Soviet Union and Beyond
HST 330, History of East Asia to 1800
HST 332, Modern China and Japan
HST 333, Modern Middle East
HST 337, History of Africa, 19th Century to present
HST 357, Latin America in the 20th Century
HST 382, History of Mexico
HST 383, History of the Caribbean
POL 320, Comparative Politics: Western Europe
POL 321, Comparative Politics: Russia and the New States

Minor in International Studies
For the minor in International Studies, a minimum of 21 semester hours are required.

The minor consists of:
POL 214, Introduction to International Politics
ECO 204, Macroeconomics
One 202 or higher language course
12 additional hours of upper-level courses in at least 3 different disciplines, taken from International Studies concentrations or electives.