Program Overview
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Location: McKee 318
Email: HSS@unco.edu
Website: www.unco.edu/hss/political-science-international-affairs
Advising Information:
Students must consult with their assigned major advisor each semester prior to registering.
To find your advisor, log into ursa.unco.edu; go to 'Student' tab and click 'View Student Information' link. If no advisor is listed, contact the major program for advisor information.
The program consists of three parts:
- Liberal Arts Curriculum (LAC) Credits
- Required Major Credits
- University-Wide Credits
Program Description:
This concentration area will develop a broad understanding of international issues through an interdisciplinary combination of courses that includes a regional focus. Foreign language study is required. Students will choose one of four regional concentrations.
This concentration area promotes the development of analytical, research, writing and language skills that are necessary to think critically and reflect upon contemporary international issues.
Program Admission Requirements:
Academic Good Standing
Program Requirements:
Students are required to be orally proficient in a foreign language. There are three ways to fulfill the language proficiency requirement:
- Three credits in a foreign language at the 300 level or above;
- Demonstrated proficiency at the intermediate/low level on the ACTFL/ETS Oral Proficiency Interview;
- Other evidence approved by the student's departmental advisor.
Degree Requirements — 120 Credits
1. Liberal Arts Curriculum — 31 credits
Written Communication — 6 credits
Select any courses to fulfill this requirement from the currently approved LAC course list.
See Written Communication courses
Mathematics — 3 credits
Select any courses to fulfill this requirement from the currently approved LAC course list.
See Mathematics courses
Arts & Humanities, History, Social & Behavioral Sciences, U.S. Multicultural Studies [MS], and International Studies [IS] — 15 credits
To complete the LAC in the minimum number of credits, be sure to choose at least one course with an IS designation and one course with an MS designation.
One of the following two courses are recommended, but not required.
See Arts & Humanities, History, and Social & Behavioral Sciences courses
Natural & Physical Sciences — 7 credits
Select any courses to fulfill this requirement from the currently approved LAC course list.
See Natural & Physical Sciences courses
See Liberal Arts Curriculum
2. Required Major — 36 credits
Take all of the following courses:
Choose 1 of the following courses:
| PSCI 415 | Senior Seminar in Comparative Politics | 3 |
| PSCI 425 | Senior Seminar in International Relations | 3 |
NOTE: Students should be aware that PSCI 415 and PSCI 425 are only offered in fall semesters. Students enrolled in Study Abroad or an Internship conflicting with fulfillment of the PSCI 415 or PSCI 425 requirement may substitute another PSCI course with the approval of their PSCI Advisor.
Choose 3 of the following courses:
Choose 3 of the following courses — 9 credits minimum)
| ANT 110 | Introduction to Cultural AnthropologyLAB3LAIS | 3 |
| ANT 313 | Anthropology of Globalization | 3 |
| ANT 314 | Anthropology of Sex and Gender Diversity | 3 |
| ANT 331 | Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems | 3 |
| BA 251 | International BusinessLAB1LAIS | 3 |
| ECON 203 | Principles of MacroeconomicsLAB1 | 3 |
| ECON 205 | Principles of MicroeconomicsLAB1 | 3 |
| ECON 301 | Money and Banking | 3 |
| ECON 303 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 305 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 344 | International Economics | 3 |
| ECON 360 | Economics of Growth and Development | 3 |
| ECON 377 | Industrial Organizations | 3 |
| ENST 100 | Introduction to Environmental StudiesLAS1 | 3 |
| ENST 205 | Environment, Politics and Law | 3 |
| ENST 215 | Human Behavior and Environment | 3 |
| ENST 331 | Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems | 3 |
| ENST 335 | Environmental and Resource Economics | 3 |
| ENST 380 | Sustainable Geographies | 3 |
| GEOG 296 | Study Abroad Experience | 3 |
| GEOG 315 | Nature and Society | 3 |
| GEOG 360 | Nations, States, and Territory | 3 |
| GNDR 285 | Gender in the Contemporary Global OrderLAB3LAIS | 3 |
| PHIL 311 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| PSCI 392 | Internship | 1-13 |
| PSCI 422 | Directed Studies | 1- 3 |
| SOC 235 | Social Change in a Global ContextLAB3LAIS | 3 |
NOTE: No more than 3 credits of internship can be used toward the major.
Choose one of the following regional concentrations: Africa and the Middle East; Asia; Europe; or Latin America.
Africa and the Middle East Concentration
Choose 3 of the following courses:
| AFS 104 | Survey of Africa | 3 |
| AFS 396 | African and African American World Views | 3 |
| GEOG 326 | Emerging Africa: Local Resources and Livelihoods in a Global Context | 3 |
| HIST 110 | African CivilizationLAH1LAIS | 3 |
| HIST 318 | Modern Africa | 3 |
| HIST 395 | Topics in History | 3 |
| PSCI 325 | Conflict in the Middle East | 3 |
HIST 395: Africa or the Middle East subtitle
Asia Concentration
Choose 3 of the following courses:
| ASIA 116 | State, Society, and Culture in Contemporary AsiaLAB3LAIS | 3 |
| CHIN 116 | Introduction to Chinese CivilizationLAB3LAIS | 3 |
| GEOG 218 | Emerging AsiaLAB2LAIS | 3 |
| HIST 112 | Asian Civilization I: From Prehistory to 1500LAH1LAIS | 3 |
| HIST 113 | Asian Civilizations II: From 1500 to the PresentLAH1LAIS | 3 |
| HIST 307 | History of China to 1500 | 3 |
| HIST 310 | History of China Since 1500 | 3 |
| HIST 311 | History of Japan | 3 |
| HIST 395 | Topics in History | 3 |
| JAPN 116 | Contemporary Japan | 3 |
| PSCI 319 | Asian Politics | 3 |
Europe Concentration
Choose 3 of the following courses — 9 credits minimum:
Latin American Concentration
Choose 3 of the following courses — 9 credits minimum:
| GEOG 333 | Environment and Society in Latin America | 3 |
| GEOG 392 | Field Course in Geography | 1- 6 |
| HIST 118 | History of MexicoLAH1LAIS | 3 |
| HIST 312 | History of Brazil | 3 |
| HIST 314 | History of Colonial Latin America | 3 |
| HIST 315 | Latin America Since Independence | 3 |
| HIST 316 | History of the Caribbean | 3 |
| HIST 395 | Topics in History | 3 |
| PSCI 316 | Latin American Politics | 3 |
| SPAN 331 | Latin American Civilization and Culture | 3 |
| SPAN 341 | Mexican and Mexican American Civilization and Culture | 3 |
3. University-Wide Credits — 53 credits
Complete additional credits to achieve the minimum credits needed for this degree at UNC; for this degree, that will typically be 53 credits.