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Bachelor's

Bachelor of Arts in International Studies

University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences 218 courses 120 total credits

About This Program

International Studies is an interdisciplinary program that encourages students to explore global issues in disciplines such as anthropology, economics, history, political science, geography, foreign languages, English and the arts. Students will choose course work focused around a central theme and geographical region. Cultural knowledge will be developed further through expanded foreign language study. The program culminates in a capstone senior project. Study abroad is highly encouraged, although not required, for the International Studies major. A degree in International Studies will prepare students for careers in business, government, non-government organizations, philanthropic agencies, or the arts. The major also prepares students for graduate study in the humanities, social sciences, international affairs, law, public health and communications.

Degree Requirements

Total Hours 120 credits
College Hours: 25-39 credits

Major Requirements

Code Course Title Credits
INT 200 Introduction to International Studies 3
ANT 160 Cultural Diversity in the Modern World 3
ANT 225 Culture, Environment and Global Issues 3
GEO 152 Regional Geography of the World 3
GEO 160 Lands and Peoples of the Non-Western World 3
GEO 161 Global Inequalities 3
GEO 162 Introduction to Global Environmental Issues 3
HIS 104 A History of Europe through the Mid-Seventeenth Century 3
HIS 105 A History of Europe from the Mid-Seventeenth Century to the Present 3
PS 210 Introduction to Comparative Politics 3
PS 230 Introduction to International Relations 3
INT 495 Capstone Seminar for International Studies Majors (Subtitle required) 3
AIS 228 Islamic Civilization 3
AIS 330 Islamic Civilization II 3
AIS 331 Classical Arabic Literature (in English) 3
CHI 320 Gender Politics in Chinese Literature 3
CHI 321 Introduction to Contemporary Chinese Film 3
CHI 330 Introduction to Chinese Culture, Pre-Modern to 1840 3
CHI 331 Introduction to Chinese Culture, 1840 to Present 3
CHI 430 Popular Culture in Modern China 3
CHI 511 Literary Chinese 3
CLA 210 The Art of Greece and Rome 3
CLA 229 The Ancient Near East and Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great 3
CLA 230 The Hellenistic World and Rome to the Death of Constantine 3
CLA 261 Literary Masterpieces of Greece and Rome 3
CLA 301 Latin Literature I (Subtitle required) 3
CLA 302 Latin Literature II (Subtitle required) 3
CLA 331 Gender and Sexuality in Antiquity 3
CLA 382 Greek and Roman Religion 3
CLA 390 Backgrounds to and Early History of Christianity to 150 CE 3
CLA 391 Christians in the Roman Empire 3
CLA 480G Studies in Greek and Latin Literature (Subtitle required) 3
CLA 524 The Latin Literature of the Republic (Subtitle required) 3
CLA 525 The Latin Literature of the Empire (Subtitle required) 3
CLA 528 Late Antique and Post-Imperial Latin Literature (Subtitle required) 3
CLA 551 Greek Poetry and Drama (Subtitle required) 3
CLA 555 Greek Prose (Subtitle required) 3
ENG 241 Survey of British Literature I 3
ENG 242 Survey of British Literature II 3
ENG 274 Classics of Western Literature 3
ENG 342 Shakespeare 3
ENG 440G Studies in British Literature (Subtitle required) 3
FR 214 France Today 3
FR 215 Visual Cultures 3
FR 225 French Film Noir 3
FR 263 African and Caribbean Literature and Culture of French Expression in Translation (Subtitle Required) 3
FR 325 French Cinema (Subtitle required) 3
FR 504 Topics in French Literature and Culture (Subtitle required) 3
GER 263 The German Cultural Tradition I 3
GER 264 The German Cultural Tradition II 3
GER 311 Introduction to German Literature: Themes (Subtitle required) 3
GER 312 German Popular Forms (Subtitle required) 3
GER 317 History of German Culture 3
GER 319 Contemporary German Literature and Culture 3
GER 342 War, Peace, and Terror in Germany and Europe 3
GER 361 German Cinema 3
GER 363 Germanic Mythology 3
GER 515 Studies in Major Authors 3
GER 516 Studies in Genre 3
GER 540 Multidisciplinary German Studies Seminar (Subtitle required) 3
HJS 324 Jewish Thought and Culture I: From Ancient Israel to the Middle Ages 3
HJS 325 Jewish Thought and Culture II: From the Expulsion from Spain to the Present 3
INT 399 Internship in International Studies 3
ITA 263 Studies in Italian Culture (Subtitle required) 3
ITA 443G Survey of Italian Literature I 3
JPN 320 Introduction to Japanese Culture, Pre-Modern to 1868 3
JPN 321 Introduction to Japanese Culture, Meiji 3
JPN 421G Contemporary Literary and Visual Arts of Japan 3
MCL 270 Introduction to Folklore and Mythology 3
PHI 504 Islamic and Jewish Philosophy and the Classical Tradition 3
RUS 275 Russian Film 3
RUS 370 Russian Folklore (in English) 3
RUS 371 The Russian Cultural Imagination: 3
RUS 372 Experiments in Life and Art: Russian Culture 1900-Present 3
RUS 380 Love and Death in 19th Century Russian Literature 3
RUS 381 Writing, Revolution & Reaction in Modern Russian Literature 3
SPA 312 Civilization of Spain 3
SPA 315 Introduction to Hispanic Literature 3
SPA 323 Introduction to Spanish Translation 3
SPA 371 Latin American Cinema (Subtitle required) 3
SPA 372 Spanish Cinema: (Subtitle Required) 3
SPA 423 Advanced Spanish Translation 3
SPA 424 Medieval and Early Modern Spanish Studies (Subtitle required) 3
SPA 434 Spanish Literature of the 20th Century 3
SPA 438G Literature of Social Protest in Spanish America 3
SPA 454 Colonialism and 19th Century Spanish-American Studies (Subtitle required) 3
TA 386 World Theatre II 3
TA 485 French Theatre: Culture, Text and Performance 3
AEC 309 International Agriculture, World Food Needs and U.S. Trade in Agricultural Products 3
AEC 471 International Trade 3
AEC 510 International Trade and Agricultural Marketing 3
AIS 338 Women and Islam 3
AIS 340 Fundamentalism and Reform in Islam 3
AIS 440 Introduction to the Qur’an 3
ANT 251 Global Health Inequalities 3
ANT 311 Anthropology of Globalization 3
ANT 324 Contemporary Latin American Cultures 3
ANT 329 Cultures and Societies of Eurasia and Eastern Europe: Socialism and Post-Socialist Change 3
ANT 338 Economic Anthropology 3
ANT 340 Development and Change in the Third World 3
EDC 454G Culture, Education and Teaching Abroad 3
EPE 454G Culture, Education and Teaching Abroad 3
GEO 222 Cities of the World 3
GEO 231 Environment and Development 3
GEO 235 Environmental Management and Policy 3
GEO 255 Geography of the Global Economy 3
GEO 260 Geographies of Development in the Global South 3
GEO 442G Political Geography 3
GEO 455 Globalization and the Changing World Economy 3
GEO 544 Human Population Dynamics 3
GEO 551 Japanese Multinational Corporations 3
HIS 521 European Social History, 1400-1800 3
HIS 556 The British Empire, 1322-1879 3
HIS 557 The British Empire and Commonwealth, 1880-2000 3
INT 399 Internship in International Studies 3
JOU 319 World Media Systems 3
JPN 461G Japanese Colonialism and its Legacies 3
LAS 201 Introduction to Latin America 3
MAT 572 International Merchandising 3
MGT 309 Introduction to International Business 3
MKT 435 International Marketing 3
PS 433G Politics of International Economic Relations 3
PS 436G International Organization 3
PS 437G Dynamics of International Law 3
PS 538 Conflict and Cooperation in Latin American Relations 3
SOC 380 Globalization: A Cross-Cultural Perspective 3
SW 320 Global Poverty: Responses Across Cultures 3
AEC 471 International Trade 3
AIS 338 Women and Islam 3
AIS 340 Fundamentalism and Reform in Islam 3
AIS 440 Introduction to the Qur’an 3
ANT 241 Origins of Old World Civilization 3
ANT 242 Origins of New World Civilization 3
ANT 245 Food Culture and Society 3
ANT 324 Contemporary Latin American Cultures 3
ANT 433 Social Organization 3
ANT 450 Symbols and Culture 3
CLA 509 Roman Law 3
GEO 255 Geography of the Global Economy 3
GEO 260 Geographies of Development in the Global South 3
GEO 442G Political Geography 3
GER 342 War, Peace, and Terror in Germany and Europe 3
GWS 250 Social Movements 3
HIS 561 Culture, Ideas, and Society in Latin America 3
HIS 562 Modern Mexico 3
HIS 563 The History of Women in Latin America 3
HIS 564 History of Brazil 3
INT 399 Internship in International Studies 3
JOU 319 World Media Systems 3
JPN 430G Self and Other: The Politics of Culture in Japan-U.S. Relationship 3
JPN 451G Social Movements in Modern Japan 3
JPN 461G Japanese Colonialism and its Legacies 3
LAS 201 Introduction to Latin America 3
PS 419G The Governments and Politics of Eastern Asia 3
PS 420G Governments and Politics of South Asia 3
PS 427G East European Politics 3
PS 428G Latin American Government and Politics 3
PS 429G Government and Politics in Russia and the Post-Soviet States 3
PS 433G Politics of International Economic Relations 3
PS 436G International Organization 3
PS 437G Dynamics of International Law 3
PS 538 Conflict and Cooperation in Latin American Relations 3
SW 320 Global Poverty: Responses Across Cultures 3
AIS 228 Islamic Civilization 3
AIS 330 Islamic Civilization II 3
AIS 331 Classical Arabic Literature (in English) 3
AIS 338 Women and Islam 3
AIS 340 Fundamentalism and Reform in Islam 3
AIS 440 Introduction to the Qur’an 3
ANT 222 Middle East Cultures 3
ANT 241 Origins of Old World Civilization 3
ANT 326 Contemporary African Lives 3
ENG 440G Studies in British Literature (Subtitle required) 3
FR 263 African and Caribbean Literature and Culture of French Expression in Translation (Subtitle Required) 3
GEO 328 Geography of the Middle East and North Africa 3
GEO 336 Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa 3
HIS 208 History of the Atlantic World 3
HIS 254 History of Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa 3
HIS 549 History of the Middle East: 1952 to the Present 3
HJS 324 Jewish Thought and Culture I: From Ancient Israel to the Middle Ages 3
HJS 325 Jewish Thought and Culture II: From the Expulsion from Spain to the Present 3
INT 399 Internship in International Studies 3
PHI 504 Islamic and Jewish Philosophy and the Classical Tradition 3
ANT 241 Origins of Old World Civilization 3
ANT 327 Culture and Societies of India and South Asia 3
CHI 320 Gender Politics in Chinese Literature 3
CHI 321 Introduction to Contemporary Chinese Film 3
CHI 330 Introduction to Chinese Culture, Pre-Modern to 1840 3
CHI 331 Introduction to Chinese Culture, 1840 to Present 3
CHI 430 Popular Culture in Modern China 3
CHI 511 Literary Chinese 3
ENG 440G Studies in British Literature (Subtitle required) 3
GEO 330 Geography of the Indian Subcontinent 3
GEO 332 Geography of Southeast Asia 3
GEO 333 Geography of East Asia 3
GEO 334 Environment, Society and Economy of Japan 3
GEO 551 Japanese Multinational Corporations 3
HIS 295 East Asia to 1800 3
HIS 296 East Asia Since 1600 3
HIS 593 East Asian History Since World War II 3
HIS 597 Westerners in East Asia, 1839 to the Present 3
HIS 598 China in Revolution, 1895-1976 3
INT 399 Internship in International Studies 3
ITA 443G Survey of Italian Literature I 3
JPN 320 Introduction to Japanese Culture, Pre-Modern to 1868 3
JPN 321 Introduction to Japanese Culture, Meiji 3
JPN 351 The Japanese Experience of the Twentieth Century 3
JPN 400G Topics in Japan Studies (Subtitle required) 3
JPN 405 Seminar in Japanese and Asian Studies (Subtitle required) 3
JPN 421G Contemporary Literary and Visual Arts of Japan 3
JPN 430G Self and Other: The Politics of Culture in Japan-U.S. Relationship 3
JPN 451G Social Movements in Modern Japan 3
JPN 461G Japanese Colonialism and its Legacies 3
PHI 343 Asian Philosophy 3
PHI 504 Islamic and Jewish Philosophy and the Classical Tradition 3
ANT 241 Origins of Old World Civilization 3
ANT 329 Cultures and Societies of Eurasia and Eastern Europe: Socialism and Post-Socialist Change 3
CLA 210 The Art of Greece and Rome 3
CLA 229 The Ancient Near East and Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great 3
CLA 230 The Hellenistic World and Rome to the Death of Constantine 3
CLA 261 Literary Masterpieces of Greece and Rome 3
CLA 301 Latin Literature I (Subtitle required) 3
CLA 302 Latin Literature II (Subtitle required) 3
CLA 331 Gender and Sexuality in Antiquity 3
CLA 382 Greek and Roman Religion 3
CLA 390 Backgrounds to and Early History of Christianity to 150 CE 3
CLA 391 Christians in the Roman Empire 3
CLA 480G Studies in Greek and Latin Literature (Subtitle required) 3
CLA 509 Roman Law 3
CLA 524 The Latin Literature of the Republic (Subtitle required) 3
CLA 525 The Latin Literature of the Empire (Subtitle required) 3
CLA 528 Late Antique and Post-Imperial Latin Literature (Subtitle required) 3
CLA 551 Greek Poetry and Drama (Subtitle required) 3
CLA 555 Greek Prose (Subtitle required) 3
ENG 241 Survey of British Literature I 3
ENG 242 Survey of British Literature II 3
ENG 274 Classics of Western Literature 3
ENG 342 Shakespeare 3
ENG 440G Studies in British Literature (Subtitle required) 3
FR 214 France Today 3
FR 215 Visual Cultures 3
FR 225 French Film Noir 3
FR 335 War, Literature, Film 3
FR 504 Topics in French Literature and Culture (Subtitle required) 3
GEO 326 Geography of Europe 3
GER 263 The German Cultural Tradition I 3
GER 264 The German Cultural Tradition II 3
GER 311 Introduction to German Literature: Themes (Subtitle required) 3
GER 312 German Popular Forms (Subtitle required) 3
GER 317 History of German Culture 3
GER 319 Contemporary German Literature and Culture 3
GER 342 War, Peace, and Terror in Germany and Europe 3
GER 361 German Cinema 3
GER 515 Studies in Major Authors 3
GER 516 Studies in Genre 3
GER 540 Multidisciplinary German Studies Seminar (Subtitle required) 3
HIS 202 History of British People to the Restoration 3
HIS 203 History of the British People Since the Restoration 3
HIS 229 The Ancient Near East and Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great 3
HIS 230 The Hellenistic World and Rome to the Death of Constantine 3
HIS 323 The Holocaust 3
HIS 370 Early Middle Ages 3
HIS 371 Later Middle Ages 3
HIS 375 Europe and the World in the Age of the French Revolution 3
HIS 500 Preclassical and Classical Greece 3
HIS 501 Fourth-Century Greece and the Hellenistic World 3
HIS 502 A History of the Roman Republic 3
HIS 503 A History of the Roman Empire 3
HIS 504 Greek and Roman Medicine 3
HIS 509 Roman Law 3
HIS 514 Spain: From Reconquest to Empire, 1200-1700 3
HIS 519 The Era of the Renaissance 3
HIS 521 European Social History, 1400-1800 3
HIS 525 Modern Europe: 1890-1939 3
HIS 526 Europe Since 1939 3
HIS 529 Women in Modern Europe 3
HIS 540 History of Modern France to 1815 3
HIS 541 History of Modern France Since 1815 3
HIS 542 German History, 1789-1918 3
HIS 543 German History Since 1918 3
HIS 546 The Byzantine Empire 3
HIS 553 Eighteenth Century Britain 3
HIS 554 British History 1815-1901 3
HIS 555 British History Since 1901 3
HIS 556 The British Empire, 1322-1879 3
HIS 557 The British Empire and Commonwealth, 1880-2000 3
INT 399 Internship in International Studies 3
ITA 263 Studies in Italian Culture (Subtitle required) 3
PS 419G The Governments and Politics of Eastern Asia 3
PS 420G Governments and Politics of South Asia 3
SPA 262 Hispanic Literatures in Translation (Subtitle required) 3
SPA 312 Civilization of Spain 3
SPA 320 Literature, Life and Thought of Spain 3
SPA 372 Spanish Cinema: (Subtitle Required) 3
SPA 424 Medieval and Early Modern Spanish Studies (Subtitle required) 3
SPA 434 Spanish Literature of the 20th Century 3
SPA 438G Literature of Social Protest in Spanish America 3
SPA 454 Colonialism and 19th Century Spanish-American Studies (Subtitle required) 3
TA 485 French Theatre: Culture, Text and Performance 3
ANT 242 Origins of New World Civilization 3
ANT 320 Andean Civilization 3
ANT 322 Ancient Mexican Civilizations 3
ANT 324 Contemporary Latin American Cultures 3
ANT 328 The Ancient Maya 3
ENG 440G Studies in British Literature (Subtitle required) 3
FR 204 Introduction to French and Francophone Studies 3
FR 263 African and Caribbean Literature and Culture of French Expression in Translation (Subtitle Required) 3
HIS 206 History of Colonial Latin America, 1492 to 1810 3
HIS 207 History of Modern Latin America, 1810 to Present 3
HIS 208 History of the Atlantic World 3
HIS 561 Culture, Ideas, and Society in Latin America 3
HIS 562 Modern Mexico 3
HIS 563 The History of Women in Latin America 3
HIS 564 History of Brazil 3
INT 399 Internship in International Studies 3
LAS 201 Introduction to Latin America 3
PS 428G Latin American Government and Politics 3
PS 538 Conflict and Cooperation in Latin American Relations 3
SPA 315 Introduction to Hispanic Literature 3
SPA 322 Literature, Life and Thought of Spanish America 3
SPA 361 Latin American Literature in Translation (Subtitle required) 3
SPA 371 Latin American Cinema (Subtitle required) 3
SPA 480 Hispanic Kentucky 3
ANT 329 Cultures and Societies of Eurasia and Eastern Europe: Socialism and Post-Socialist Change 3
ANT 432 Anthropology of Eastern Europe and Russia 3
ENG 440G Studies in British Literature (Subtitle required) 3
GEO 329 Geography of the Former Soviet Union 3
HIS 385 History of Russia to 1825 3
HIS 386 History of Russia Since 1825 3
HIS 534 Russia in the 19th Century 3
HIS 535 Russia in the 20th Century 3
HIS 536 Intellectual and Cultural History of Russia to 1800 3
HIS 537 Intellectual and Cultural History of Russia from 1800 to the Present 3
INT 399 Internship in International Studies 3
PS 427G East European Politics 3
PS 429G Government and Politics in Russia and the Post-Soviet States 3
RUS 261 Introduction to Russian Studies 3
RUS 275 Russian Film 3
RUS 370 Russian Folklore (in English) 3
RUS 371 The Russian Cultural Imagination:
RUS 372 Experiments in Life and Art: Russian Culture 1900-Present 3
RUS 380 Love and Death in 19th Century Russian Literature 3
RUS 381 Writing, Revolution & Reaction in Modern Russian Literature 3

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