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2009-2010 CATALOG
International Studies (330.00) Minor Checklist
BGS Degree
This checklist is for advising purposes only. Consult your undergraduate catalog or
official degree audit for degree requirements.
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Twelve advanced hours in the minor coursework is required.
A 2.25 cumulative GPA must be maintained in all minor courses.
No grade lower than a “C” will be accepted as credit for the BGS degree.
21 Hours
_____ GEO 1310 - World Geography
_____ GEO 3303 - Economic Geography
_____ POSI 3322 (WI)- Introduction to International Studies
Choose 1 from:
_____ ECO 3317 - International Economics
(Prerequisite: ECO 2301 or both ECO 2314 & ECO 2315)
_____ POSI 4326 (WI) - Issues in World Politics
_____ POSI 4327 (WI) - Theories of International Politics
_____ POSI 4356 (WI) - International Law
_____ POSI 4357 (WI) - International Organizations
_____ POSI 4359 (WI) - Politics of International Economic Relations
(Prerequisite: POSI 3322)
_____ POSI 4367- International Conflict and Security
Choose 3 courses from: (No more than 3 hours in one discipline.)
_____ AG 3319 - International Food & Fiber Systems
_____ ANTH 3306 - World Prehistory
_____ ANTH 3314 - Latin American Cultures
_____ ANTH 3316 (WI) - Archaeology of Europe, Asia, and Africa
_____ ANTH 3323 (WI) - Cultures of the Middle East
_____ ANTH 3324 - Mexican American Culture
_____ ANTH 3326 - Maya History & Society
_____ ANTH 3332 - Myths & Moundbuilders
_____ ANTH 3335 - Intro to Yucatec/Lacandon Maya
_____ ANTH 3345 - Archaeology of Mexico
_____ ANTH 3347 - Archaeology of North America
_____ ANTH 3350 - Gender & Sexuality in Cross Cultural Perspective
_____ ANTH 3354 -Latin American Gender & Sexuality
_____ ANTH 3356 - Archaeology of Andean Civilization
_____ ANTH 3363 - The Art & Archaeology of the Olmec
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_____ ANTH 4320 (WI) - Rise of Civilization
_____ ARTH 2301 - Ancient to Medieval Art
_____ ARTH 2302 - Renaissance to Modern Art
_____ ARTH 4302 (WI) - Latin American Art
_____ ARTH 4303 (WI) - Pre-Columbian Art
_____ ARTH 4304 (WI) - History of Cinema
_____ ARTH 4306 (WI) - Renaissance Art
_____ ARTH 4307 (WI) - 19th Century Art
_____ ARTH 4308 (WI) - Asian Art
_____ ARTH 4321E (WI) - Matisse & Picasso
_____ ARTH 4321F (WI)- Dada & Duchamp
_____ ARTH 4321G (WI) - European Cinema
_____ ARTH 4321I (WI) - History of Italian Art
_____ ARTH 4321J - Hellenistic Art & Culture
_____ BLAW 3363 - International Business Law
(Prerequisites: Junior-standing, 2.0 GPA)
_____ CIS 3317 - E-Business
(Prerequisites: Junior-standing, 2.0 GPA)
_____ COMM 3318K - Diversity & Communication
_____ COMM 3318M - Intercultural Communication in the Americas
_____ COMM 3329 - Intercultural Communication
(Prerequisite: COMM 2315 or 2330 or 2338)
_____ DAN 4368 – World Dance and Culture
_____ DAN 4369 – Dance in the 20th and 21st Centuries
_____ ECO 3311 - Money & Banking
(Prerequisites: ECO 2314, ECO 2315, Junior-standing, 2.0 GPA)
_____ ECO 3315 - Intermediate Macroeconomics
(Prerequisite: ECO 2314 and 2315.)
_____ ECO 3317 - International Economics
(Prerequisites: ECO 2301or both ECO 2314 and ECO 2315, Junior-standing, 2.0 GPA)
_____ ECO 3320 (WI) - Latin American Economies
(Prerequisites: ECO 2301 or both ECO 2314 and ECO 2315, Junior-standing, 2.0 GPA)
_____ ECO 3322 (WI) - Economic Growth & Development
(Prerequisites: ECO 2301 or both ECO 2314 and ECO 2315, Junior-standing, 2.0 GPA)
_____ ECO 3344 (WI) - Economic History of the United States
(Prerequisites: ECO 2301 or both ECO 2314 and ECO 2315, Junior-standing, 2.0 GPA)
_____ ECO 3353 - Comparative Economic Systems
(Prerequisites: ECO 2301or both ECO 2314 and ECO 2315, Junior-standing, 2.0 GPA)
_____ ECO 4301 (WI) - History of Economic Thought
(Prerequisites: ECO 2301 or both ECO 2314 and ECO 2315, Junior-standing, 2.0 GPA)
_____ ENG 3311 (WI) - Advanced Writing & Reading (when emphasis is travel writing)
_____ ENG 3316 (WI) - Film & Prose Fiction
(Repeatable once, in special situations, when topic varies.)
_____ ENG 3322 (WI) - The European Novel
_____ ENG 3325 (WI) - Russian Literature in Translation
_____ ENG 3341 (WI) - Studies in World Literature
(Repeatable once, in special situations, when topic varies.)
_____ ENG 3350 (WI) - Medieval European Literature
_____ ENG 3351 (WI) - Anglo-Saxon Language, Literature, & Culture
_____ ENG 3393 (WI) - Introduction to Canadian Literature
_____ FIN 3312 - Business Finance
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(Prerequisites: ACC 2362, CIS 1323, MATH 1329, Co-Requisite or completion: QMST
2333, ECO 2314, ECO 2315, Junior-standing, 2.0 GPA)
_____ FR 3305 - Acting French
(Prerequisites: FR 1410-2320 with grades of “C” or higher)
_____ FR 3306 (WI) - Masterpieces of French Literature
(Prerequisites: FR 1410-2320 with grades of “C” or higher, Repeatable for credit with
different emphasis.)
_____ FR 3381 - Business French I
(Prerequisites: FR 1410-2320 with grades of “C” or higher)
_____ FR 3382 - Business French II
(Prerequisites: FR 1410-2320, FR 3381 with grades of “C” or higher)
_____ FR 4304 (WI) - Topics in French Literature & Culture
(Repeatable for credit with different emphasis.)
_____ FR 4370 (WI)- French Civilization
(Repeatable for credit with different emphasis.)
_____ GEO 3307 - Geography of Europe
_____ GEO 3308 - Latin America
_____ GEO 3309 (WI) - US & Canada
_____ GEO 3328 - Geography of North America & the Middle East
_____ GEO 3332 (WI) - Geography of South & Southeast Asia
_____ GEO 3333 - Geography of China & Japan
_____ GEO 3340 - Political Geography
_____ GEO 3349 - Population Geography
_____ GEO 4328 (WI) - Geography of the Russian Realm
_____ GER 3370 (WI) - German Civilization
(Prerequisites: GER 1410-2320 with grades of “C” or higher, May be repeated once for
credit.)
_____ GER 3380 - Business German in Global Economy
(Prerequisites: GER 1410-2320 with grades of “C” or higher)
_____ GER 4310 - Masterpieces of German Literature
(Prerequisites: GER 1410-2320 with grades of “C” or higher, completion of one 3000level GER course or departmental approval.)
_____ H ED 3301 - Environmental Health Issues
_____ H ED 3348 - Prevention of Disease
_____ HIST 3310 (WI) - History of Europe, 1815-1919
_____ HIST 3311 (WI) - History of Europe Since 1919
_____ HIST 3312 (WI) - Renaissance & Reformation
_____ HIST 3313 (WI) - Europe During the Old Regime, 1600-1760
_____ HIST 3314 (WI) - Revolutionary Europe, 1760-1815
_____ HIST 3315 (WI) - History of England to 1603
_____ HIST 3316 (WI) - History of England since 1603
_____ HIST 3319 (WI) - Colonial History of Brazil
_____ HIST 3320 (WI) - History of Mexico
_____ HIST 3322 (WI) - Colonial History of Latin America to 1828
_____ HIST 3324 (WI) - Latin America from Independence to Present
_____ HIST 3325 (WI) - Special Topics in Latin American History
(May be repeatable with different emphasis.)
_____ HIST 3326 (WI)- The Southern Cone of Latin America
_____ HIST 3327 (WI) - History of Mexico to 1848
_____ HIST 3329 (WI) - Spanish Borderlands, 1521-1821
_____ HIST 3344 (WI) - Economic History of the United States
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_____ HIST 3357 (WI) - History of U.S. Foreign Relations
_____ HIST 3358 (WI) - The Military History of the Western World
_____ HIST 3361 (WI) - The Napoleonic Wars
_____ HIST 4303 (WI) - Ancient Greece & the Mediterranean World, 1600 B.C-30 B.C.
_____ HIST 4304 (WI) - Ancient Rome & the Mediterranean 500 B.C-500 A.D.
_____ HIST 4307 (WI) - Medieval European History, 300-1400
_____ HIST 4317 (WI) - Tudor-Stuart England, 1485-1689
_____ HIST 4318 (WI) - Special topics in Interpretations of Modern European History
_____ HIST 4318A (WI) - Daily Life in the Roman Empire
_____ HIST 4318G (WI) - Western Europe & Development of Modern Africa
_____ HIST 4318H (WI) - Everyday Life in Europe from the Reformation through WWII
_____ HIST 4318J (WI) - The Arab-Israeli Wars, 1948-1996
_____ HIST 4318O (WI) - History of Modern Spain
_____ HIST 4320 (WI) - Origins of Christianity
_____ HIST 4325 (WI) - Islamic History to 1798
_____ HIST 4326 (WI) - The Modern Middle East
_____ HIST 4327 (WI) - The Problem of Palestine
_____ HIST 4333 (WI) - The History of Russia & Eurasia to 1917
_____ HIST 4334 (WI) - The History of Russia & Eurasia from 1917-Present
_____ HIST 4335 (WI) - Topics in 20th Century East European History
_____ HIST 4336 (WI) - Germany from 1815-Present
_____ HIST 4337 (WI) - Germany & National Socialism, 1918-1945
_____ HIST 4343 (WI) - Modern China, 1600-Present
_____ HIST 4344 (WI) - Modern Japan, 1600-Present
_____ HIST 4350A (WI) - Slavery & Emancipation in the Americas
_____ HIST 4350B (WI) - Origins of the Modern Global Economic System
_____ HIST 4350D (WI) - Empire & Identity in Central Asia
_____ HIST 4350E (WI) - Gender in Latin American History
_____ HIST 4350F (WI) - Postwar Japan
_____ HIST 4361 (WI) - History of the United States, 1968-Present
_____ HIST 4368 (WI) - War & Society
_____ HIST 4373 (WI) - Economic & Social History of the Americas
_____ HP 3350 - Introduction to Public Health
_____ JAPA 3308 - Advanced Japanese for Business
(Prerequisites: JAPA 1410-2320 with grades of “C” or higher, May be repeated once with
different emphasis for additional credit.)
_____ MC 3343 - Introduction to Public Relations
_____ MC 3367 – Advertising
_____ MC 4303 - International Advertising
_____ MC 4310 - International Communication
_____ MGT 3303 - Management of Organizations
(Prerequisites: Junior-standing, 2.0 GPA)
_____ MGT 3375 (WI) - International Business-Latin America
(Prerequisites: Junior-standing, 2.0 GPA)
_____ MGT 4375 - Organizational Behavior & Human Relations
(Prerequisites: MGT 3303, Junior-standing, 2.0 GPA)
_____ MKT 3343 - Principles of Marketing
(Prerequisites: Junior-standing, 2.0 GPA)
_____ MKT 4310 - International Marketing
(Prerequisites: MKT 3343, Junior-standing, 2.0 GPA)
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_____ MU 3318 (WI) - World Music’s
_____ NHT 4301 - Planning & Development of Nature & Heritage Tourism
_____ PHIL 3322 (WI) - Professional Ethics
(Prerequisite: 3 hrs. of lower division PHIL, PHIL 3301, or instructor consent)
_____ PHIL 3326 (WI) - Philosophy & Sport
(Prerequisite: 3 hrs. of lower division PHIL, PHIL 3301, or instructor consent)
_____ PHIL 3332 (WI) - Social & Political Philosophy
(Prerequisite: 3 hrs. of lower division PHIL, PHIL 3301, or instructor consent)
_____ PHIL 4371 (WI) - Asian Philosophy
(May be repeated for credit.)
_____ PHIL 4372 (WI) - Latin American Philosophy
(Prerequisite: PHIL 1305 or instructor consent)
_____ PHIL 4388 - Problems in Philosophy (when emphasis is Asian)
(Prerequisite: 3 hrs. of lower division PHIL, PHIL 3301, or instructor consent; May be
repeated once for additional credit)
_____ POSI 3320 (WI) - Comparative Public Administration
_____ POSI 3328 (WI) - Public Finance Administration
(Prerequisites: Math 1315 or equiv. with a grade of “C” or higher, POSI 3301 and 3316
with grades of “C” or higher )
_____ POSI 3332 (WI) - Ancient & Medieval Political Thought (Greeks to 1600)
_____ POSI 3333 (WI) - Modern Political Theory (1600-1900)
_____ POSI 4313 (WI) - Islamic Law & Politics
_____ POSI 4314 (WI) - Revolution & Nationalism
(This course is repeatable for credit twice with different emphasis)
_____ POSI 4315 (WI) - The Arab-Israeli Conflict
_____ POSI 4326 (WI) - Issues in World Politics
_____ POSI 4327 (WI) - Theories of International Politics
_____ POSI 4328 (WI) - The Holocaust
_____ POSI 4338 (WI) - Government & Politics of Latin America
_____ POSI 4339 - Canadian Government & Politics
_____ POSI 4340 (WI) - Government & Politics of Europe
_____ POSI 4341 (WI) - Government & Politics of Russia
_____ POSI 4345 (WI) - American Foreign Policy
_____ POSI 4349A (WI) - Spanish Democracy in Comparative Context
_____ POSI 4350 (WI) - Government & Politics of Asia
_____ POSI 4351 (WI) - African Politics
_____ POSI 4354 (WI) - The Politics of Extremism
_____ POSI 4356 (WI) - International Law
_____ POSI 4357 (WI) - International Organization
_____ POSI 4358 (WI) - Unites States-Latin American Relations
_____ POSI 4359 (WI) - Politics of International Economic Relations
(Prerequisite: PSOI 3322)
_____ POSI 4367 - International Conflict & Security
_____ PSY 3333 - Industrial Psychology
_____ PSY 4390J - International Psychology
_____ RDG 4320 - Literacy Education for Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Children
(Prerequisites: Junior standing, 2.50 TX ST GPA)
_____ REL 3360 – Asian Religious Traditions
_____ REL 3364 – Abrahamic Religious Traditions
_____ REL 3366 - Topics in Western Religion
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_____ SOCI 3320 - Population Dynamics
_____ SOCI 3328 - Complex Organizations
_____ SOWK 3339 - Selected Topics in Social Work (when emphasis is international)
_____ SPAN 3301 (WI) - Survey of Spanish Literature pt.1
(Prerequisite: SPAN 3309 with a grade of “C” or higher)
_____ SPAN 3302 (WI) - Survey of Spanish Literature pt.2
(Prerequisite: SPAN 3309 with a grade of “C” or higher)
_____ SPAN 3311 - Business Spanish I
(Prerequisites: SPAN 3308)
_____ SPAN 3312 - Business Spanish II
(Prerequisites: SPAN 3311)
_____ SPAN 3370 (WI) - Spanish Civilization
(Prerequisite: SPAN 3308 with a grade of “C” or higher)
_____ SPAN 4302 (WI) - The Spanish Novel
(Prerequisite: SPAN 3309 with a grade of “C” or higher)
_____ SPAN 4311 - Historical Aspects of Hispanic Linguistics
(Prerequisite: SPAN 3308)
_____ SPAN 4350- Latin American Novel and Film
(Prerequisite: SPAN 3309 with a grade of “C” or higher)
_____ SPAN 4361 (WI) - Masterpieces of Hispanic Poetry
(Prerequisite: SPAN 3309 with a grade of “C” or higher)
_____ SPAN 4362 (WI) - Masterpieces of Hispanic Drama
(Prerequisite: SPAN 3309 with a grade of “C” or higher)
_____ SPAN 4380A (WI) - Hispanic Nobel Prizes in Literature
(Prerequisite: SPAN 3309 with a grade of “C” or higher)
_____ SPAN 4380B - Don Quijote
(Prerequisite: SPAN 3309 with a grade of “C” or higher)
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