INTERNATIONAL STUDIES DEGREE
10. Transfer Documentation
Four-year institutions generally recommend that prospective transfer students majoring in International Studies
include study of a second language and incorporate classes in international relations, comparative politics, western
and non-western history, politics and government, gender studies, macroeconomics, microeconomics and
communications.
Cuesta College has chosen pertinent courses which will not only prepare students adequately for a major in
International Studies at four-year colleges but which will also satisfy lower-division transfer requirements for five
majors at four specific transfer institutions. While the courses which transfer institutions require at the lower
division frequently overlap, the packaging varies from institution to institution. Therefore it is impossible to design a
degree course package which is a perfect match for more than one four-year institution.
The following chart illustrates Cuesta College's methodology of selection. The degree courses were chosen based
on the high frequency with which they articulate with lower division requirements. The subsequent documentation
shows the exact line-up of the same five majors.
Cuesta College
Courses
#1
CSU
Long Beach
International
Relations
X
#2
San Diego
State
International
Security and
Conflict
Resolution
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
International
Studies
Anthropology 3
Art 105
Economics 1A
Economics 1B
Geography 1
Geography 2
Government 2
Government 4
Government 6
History 4A
History 4B
History 7B
History 8A
History 8B
History 19
History35
History 39
Mathematics 49
Philosophy 6
Psychology 6
Sociology 1A
Modern Foreign
Language
Requirement
#3
UC Davis
#4
UC
Santa Barbara
#5
UC
Santa Barbara
International
Relations
Global Studies
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
3 years
(college level)
3rd college
semester in
one language
4th semester
of college
level
4th semester of
college level
X
College level 3
in single
language
The following five charts juxtapose Cuesta College's proposed degree courses with the lower-division transfer
requirements for the five majors. Transfer students should be advised to check the specific requirements at the fouryear institution of their choice and supplement their curriculum accordingly.
1
Articulation Summary 1
CUESTA COLLEGE:
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Articulation Status
Required Courses for Major
Anthropology 3
Geography 2
Government 6
Government 4
CSU, LONG BEACH
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Lower Division (12 units)
Articulated
No equivalent
No equivalent
Articulated
Articulated
Articulated
Anthropology 120
History 212
Geography 100 or
Geography 160
Political Science 215 or
Political Science 220
Economic Literacy
(Units not included in total for major)
(Note: Econ 100 and 101 are strongly
recommended, and may be required as
prerequisites for some upper division courses in
the program)
Economics 1A
Economics1B
Articulated
Articulated
Econ 100
Econ 101
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
French, German,
Spanish,
Level 1,2,3,4
Articulated
Three years of college level study
2
Articulation Summary 2
CUESTA COLLEGE:
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Articulation
Status
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Required Courses for Major
Economics 1A
Economics 1B
Government 6
Anthropology 3
Geography 2
Government 4
French, German,
Spanish,
Level 1,2,3,4
Articulated
Articulated
No equivalent
Articulated
No equivalent
Articulated
Articulated
No equivalent
No equivalent
No equivalent in
degree program
No equivalent
No equivalent
No equivalent
No equivalent
No equivalent
in degree program
not required at
UCSD
Articulated
3
Preparation for Major (24 units):
Economics 101
Economics 102
History 101
Political Science 103
Religious Studies 101
3 units from each of the following
groups
a) Anthropology 102
Geography 102
b) Comparative Literature 270
History 100 or
Philosophy 101
c) Economics 201
Political Science 201
Psychology 270
Sociology 201
Statistics 119 or 250
FOREIGN LANGUAGE:
Strongly recommended: Minor or second
major in a foreign language.
A minimum competency is required in
one foreign language.
Minimum competency:
Successfully completing the 3rd college
semester or 5th college quarter)
Articulation Summary 3
CUESTA COLLEGE:
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Articulation Status
Required Courses for Major
Preparatory Subject Matter
Economics 1A
Economics1B
Articulated
Articulated
No equivalent
No equivalent
in degree program
No equivalent
No equivalent
Anthropology 3
Articulated
No equivalent
No equivalent
Articulated
Articulated
No equivalent
No equivalent
not required
at UC Davis
Government 4
Government 6
Geography 2
French 1, 2, 3 & 4
German 1, 2
Spanish 1 & 2
Spanish 3
Spanish 4
UC, DAVIS:
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Articulated
Articulated
Articulated
Articulated
Articulated
4
Economics 1A
Economics 1B
Geography 10
History 4C
or
History 10 C
International Relations 1
One Course selected from:
Anthropology 2
Environmental Science and Policy 10
International Agricultural Development 10
Political Science 2
Political Science 3
Sociology 4
Sociology 5
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
French 1, 2, 3, 21, 22
German 1, 2, 3, 20, 21
Spanish 1, 2, 3, 21, 22
French 1, 2, 3
German 1, 2
Spanish 1, 2 & 3
Spanish 21
Spanish 22
Articulation Summary 4
CUESTA COLLEGE:
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Articulation Status
UC, SANTA BARBARA:
POLITICAL SCIENCE, International
Relations Emphasis
Required Courses for Major
Government 4
Government 6
Economics 1A
Economics1B
No equivalent
Articulated
Articulated
No equivalent in
degree program
Articulated
Articulated
No equivalent in
degree program
No equivalent
(upper division)
No equivalent in
degree program
Geography 2
Articulated
No equivalent
(by definition: upper
division)
Anthropology 3
Not required at
UCSB
French, German,
Spanish,
Level 1,2,3,4
Articulated
5
Preparation for major
Political Science Major:
Political Science 1
Political Science 7
Political Science 6
Political Science 12
Additional Courses:
Economics 1 or
Economics 2
History 4A-B-C
Relevant disciplines:
Psychology 102 or
Sociology 2
Two courses from:
Geography 5
Upper division courses:
Anthropology, Economics,
Psychology, Sociology, History, Asian,
Latin America, European or African
History
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Language Requirement: Completion
of the fifth quarter or its equivalent
Articulation Summary 5
CUESTA COLLEGE:
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Articulation Status
Required Courses for Major
No equivalent
No equivalent
Anthropology 3
Geography 2
Government 4
Government 6
Economics 1A
Economics1B
Articulated
Articulated
Articulated
Articulated
Articulated
Articulated
No equivalent
No equivalent
No equivalent in
degree program
No equivalent in
degree program
No equivalent
No equivalent in
degree program
No equivalent
No equivalent in
degree program
No equivalent
No equivalent in
degree program
No equivalent
No equivalent
French, German,
Spanish,
Level 1,2,3,4
Articulated
6
UC, SANTA BARBARA:
GLOBAL STUDIES
Preparation for major
Global Studies 1
Global Studies 2
One course from:
Anthropology 2
Geography 5
Political Science 7
Political Science 6
Economics 1 or
Economics 2
Environmental Studies 1 or 3
Religious Studies 1
Sociology 1
Women's Studies 20
or
Women's Studies 30 or 70
One course from:
Art History 6C
Art History 6D, 6E, 6I, 6K
East Asian Cultural Studies 2
East Asian Cultural Studies 3
History 4C, 8, 17C, 49
History 46
Latin American and Iberian Studies 10
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Completion of quarter six (or equivalent) of
a modern foreign language