The courses listed below are representative of those for which students may receive elective credit in international studies. Alternative courses may be approved by petition to the program director.  A revised list of courses is being considered and may be published by April, 2007.  Note that often appropriate courses are offered under categories such as "topics," "special studies," "problems," or "seminar."  For information about additional courses which may be approved temporariliy, and for news about curricular developments, call or write the Director. For a list of requirements for the secondary major, please click here.

Note: The asterisk (*) denotes a course in the category of international relations. The symbol ^ indicates that the course "counts" when substantial international content is included in the course syllabus.

To see descriptions of the following courses, please see the Undergraduate Catalog.

Interdisciplinary course
DAS 425  Senior Research in International Studies [A research paper or project on an international topic. Supervised.  Prerequisite: Completion of 15 hours of course work in international studies secondary major.] See Guidelines

College of Agriculture
GENAG  200 Topics in Agriculture: Kansas Agriculture in the Global Society
GENAG  505 Comparative Agriculture
GENAG  780 Current Topics in Agriculture: Seminar in International Agriculture
AGEC     415 Global Agricultural Economy, Hunger and Poverty
AGEC     623 International Agricultural Trade*
FOR        643 Agroforestry

College of Architecture, Planning and Design
ARCH 715 Middle Eastern Architecture
ARCH 715 Modern Italian Architecture
ARCH 715 Japanese Architecture and Urbanism

College of Arts and Sciences
Anthropology
ANTH 200  Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 201 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Honors
ANTH 204 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (Gen. Ed.)
ANTH 220 Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
ANTH 260 Introduction to Archaeology
ANTH 505 South Asian Civilizations
ANTH 508 Male and Female: Cross Culture Perspectives
ANTH 510 Kinship and Marriage in Cross-Culture Perspective
ANTH 511 Cultural Ecology and Economy
ANTH 512 Political Anthropology
ANTH 516 Ethnomusicology
ANTH 524 Immigrant America
ANTH 526 Law and Culture
ANTH 536 African American Cultures
ANTH 545 Cultures of India and Pakistan
ANTH 550 Cultures of Africa
ANTH 604 Culture and Personality
ANTH 618 Religion in Culture
ANTH 633 Gender, Power, and International Development
ANTH 634 Indigenous Peoples and Cultures of Latin America
ANTH 673 Mesoamerican Archaeology
ANTH 676 Old World Archaeology
ANTH 685 Race and Culture

Art
ART    628 Foreign Studies in Art History
ART    630 Foreign Studies in Studio Art

Economics
ECON 505 South Asian Civilizations
ECON 507 The Japanese Economy
ECON 536 Comparative Economics
ECON 681 International Economics*
ECON 682 Development Economics

English
ENGL 287 Great Books
ENGL 580 Selected World Literature
ENGL 605 Readings in Medieval Literature
ENGL 610 Renaissance Literature
ENGL 620 Readings in Seventeenth Century British Literature
ENGL 625 Readings in Eighteenth Century British Literature
ENGL 630 Readings in Nineteenth Century British Literature
ENGL 635 Readings in Twentieth Century British Literature
ENGL 670 Topics in British Literature

Geography
GEOG 100 World Regional Geography
GEOG 200 Human Geography
GEOG 300 Geography of Tourism
GEOG 440 Geography of Natural Resources
GEOG 450 Geography of Economic Behavior
GEOG 505 South Asian Civilizations
GEOG 620 Geography of Latin America
GEOG 640 Geography of Europe
GEOG 650 Geography of Former Soviet Lands
GEOG 715 World Population Patterns
GEOG 720 Geography of Land Use
GEOG 730 World Agricultural Systems
GEOG 760 Human Impact on the Environment
GEOG 765 Geography of Natural Hazards

History
HIST 303  Latin American Civilization
HIST 330  History of East Asian Civilizations
HIST 505  South Asian Civilizations (anticipated Fall 2004)
HIST 506  Modern India and South Asia
HIST 507  China Since 1644
HIST 508  Introduction to Modern East Asia
HIST 509  Japan since 1550
HIST 543  The U.S. and World Affairs, 1776-Present
HIST 560  Latin American Nations
HIST 562  Modern Mexico
HIST 573  Twentieth-Century Europe
HIST 574  Europe since WWII
HIST 576  European International Relations to 1815*
HIST 577  European Diplomatic History since Napoleon*
HIST 582  Eastern Europe Since 1914
HIST 591  The Russian Empire
HIST 592  Twentieth-Century Russia

Mass Communications
MC 725  International Communications*

Modern Languages
FREN 502  French Literature in Translation
FREN 511 Masterpieces 1 (taught in French)
FREN 512 Masterpieces 2 (taught in French)
FREN 514  French Civilization    (taught in French)
GRMN 502  German Literature in Translation
GRMN 521  German Literature I (taught in German)
GRMN 522  German Literature II (taught in German)
GRMN 530  German Civilization    (taught in German)
MLANG 507  European Literature in Translation
RUSSN 250   Russian Culture and Civilization
RUSSN 504   Russian Literature in Translation: The 19th Century
RUSSN 508   Russian Literature in Translation:  The Soviet Period
SPAN 505  Spanish Literature in Translation
SPAN 563 Literature of Spanish American (taught in Spanish)
SPAN 565  Spanish Civilization    (taught in Spanish)
SPAN 566  Hispanic-American Civilization    (taught in Spanish)
SPAN 567 Literature of Spain (taught in Spanish)
    [Please note:  More advanced national or regional literature courses, taught in French, German, or Spanish, may apply.  See the Director.]

Music
MUSIC 421 Salsa: Afro-Cuban Music of the Past and Present

Political Science
POLSC 333 World Politics* [recommended as "core" international relations course]
POLSC 344 Comparative Politics
POLSC 505 South Asian Civilizations
POLSC 541 International Relations* [no longer taught]
POLSC 543 American Foreign Policy
POLSC 545 The Politics of Developing Nations
POLSC 621 West European Politics
POLSC 622 Latin American Politics
POLSC 623 South Asian Politics
POLSC 624 Middle Eastern Politics
POLSC 626 African Politics
POLSC 627 Eastern and Central European Politics
POLSC 628 Comparative Security Establishments
POLSC 629 Development Policy and Administration
POLSC 630 Politics of Russia and the Former Soviet Union
POLSC 631 Comparative Civil-Military Relations
POLSC 642 International Conflict*
POLSC 645 International Politics of Europe*
POLSC 647 International Law*
POLSC 649 International Defense Strategies*
POLSC 651 International Organization*
POLSC 652 International Politics of South Asia*
POLSC 653 International Politics of the Middle East*
POLSC 654 International Politics of Africa*
POLSC 655 International Politics of Latin America*
POLSC 742 International Conflict*
POLSC 754 The Professional Diplomat and Foreign Policy Formation*
POLSC 756 International Political Economy*

Sociology
SOCIO 363 Global Problems
SOCIO 505 South Asian Civilizations (anticipated Fall 2004)
SOCIO 507 Political Sociology
SOCIO 535 Population Dynamics
SOCIO 618 Religion in Culture
SOCIO 633 Gender, Power, and International Development
SOCIO 635 The Socioeconomic and Environmental Impacts of NAFTA
SOCIO 738 Inter-American Migration
SOCIO 740 Comparative Social Systems
SOCIO 742 Society and Change in South Asia

Speech Communication
SPCH  480 Intercultural Communication

Women's Studies
WOMST 105 Introduction to Women's Studies^
WOMST 380 Women and Global Change

College of Education
EDACE 714 International Education

College of Business Administration
FINAN 643   International Financial Management
MANGT 690 International Management
MKTG  544   International Marketing*

College of Human Ecology
HN 702  Nutrition in Developing Countries