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Minor in International and Global Studies
Minor Description: The Minor in International and Global Studies is an interdisciplinary minor offered under the auspices of the Geography Department in the School of Arts and Sciences
(SAS), but is open to ALL Rutgers University Students . The Minor promotes an interdisciplinary understanding of global processes and relationships between places, while fostering specialization in a particular world region and its language(s). The purpose of the
Minor is to prepare our students to meet the challenges of the 21 st
Century, including appreciating human difference from multiple disciplinary perspectives and grappling with questions of social justice. Specifically, students in the program will: 1) gain an understanding of the degree to which forms of human difference shape a person’s experiences of and perspectives on the world; 2) apply this understanding to a specific world region and situate this region in broader human and societal processes across time and space; and 3) achieve an intermediate level of language proficiency as both a mode of communication and vehicle for cultural understanding.
The Minor consists of eighteen (18) credits, which must be earned with a C or higher. Nine (9) of these must be at the 300-level or above. Course selections for the Minor not listed in the attached appendix must be approved by the Director.
Minor Requirements (see attached course listings)
A.
General Core (6 credits)
B.
Track Core (6 credits)
C.
Regional Specialization (6 credits)
D.
Language Proficiency Requirement (intermediate college-level proficiency in a language relevant to the chosen country or world region is required.)
Track Descriptions:
Three specified tracks offer students an opportunity to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to compete in the global age.
1. A focus on International Politics, Economics and Business will enable students to address issues relating to the management of global political and economic relationships and systems.
2. A focus on Global Cultures and Social Systems will enable students to better understand forms of human difference and their relation to social justice in diverse cultural settings.
3. A focus on Environment and Development will enable students to address pressing global issues of the 21 st
century, including environmental change, human health and well being.
Each student will receive personal advising as they move through this interdisciplinary program.

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Minor in International and Global Studies
A. General Core . Two courses from the following:
Global and International Perspectives (6 credits)
01:070:101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
01:070:216 Anthropology and Modern Problems
01:070:302 Environment and Cultural Behavior
01:070:303 Wealth and Culture
01:070:305 Anthropology of Development
01:450:103 Human Geography: Space, Place, and Location
01:450:205 World Cultural Regions
01:450:222 Cultural Geography
01:450:262 Geographic Background to Current World Affairs
01:506:364 Colonialism to Globalization
01:790:102 Introduction to International Relations
01:790:210 Comparative Politics
01:920:270 Sociology of the Third World
01:988:101 Women, Culture, and Society
01:988:160 Women/Global Economy
01:988:480 Ethics and Leadership: Global Human Rights
B. Track Core . Two courses from one of the three tracks:
1. International Politics, Economics and Business (6 credits)
01:070:304 Political Anthropology
01:220:300 International Economics
01:220:335 International Trade
01:220:336 International Balance of Payments
01:220:339 Economic Development
01:220:349 Economics of Transition
01:220:362 Comparative Economic Systems
01:220:377 Economics of Population
01:360:290 Politics and Social Policy: Lessons From Europe
01:450:309 Economic Geography
01:450:405 Political Geography
01:790:290 Sane as 360:290 [SAS Signature Course]
01:790:311 European Politics
01:790:321 Theories of World Politics
01:790:322 Strategies of International Relations
01:790:327 International Political Economy
01:790:350 Environmental Politics – U.S. and International
01:790:357 Comparative Political Economy
01:790:361 International Organization
01:790:362 International Law
01:790:363 Conflict Resolution in World Politics
01:790:369 Topics in World Politics
01:920:375 Economic Sociology
01:988:270 War: Critical Perspectives [SAS Signature Course]
33:011:220 International Aspects of Business
37:575:309 Comparative Labor Movements
Open to Business Majors Only:
33:390:320 Global Capital Markets
33:390:375 Global Money Markets and Instruments
33:620:369 International Business
33:630:371 International Marketing
2. Global Cultures and Social Systems (6 credits)
01:070:323 Women Writing Culture
01:070:324 Global, Sex & Family
01:070:378 Anthropology of Gender (same as 01:988:378)
01:450:361 Gender Geographies
01:508:369 Gender in Latin America
01:590:150 Latin American Women
01:685:396 Gender and Sexuality in Islam
01:790:365 Gender and Political Theory
01:790:423 Feminist Political Theory
01:790:424 Women and Political Development
01:920:216 Sociology of Women
01:920:324 Sociology of Gender (same as 01:988:324)
01:920:354 Third-World Women
01:988:235 Dynamics of Class, Race and Sex
01:988:301 Feminist Theories: Historical Perspectives
01:988:302 Feminist Theories: Contemporary Engagement
01:988:303 Comparative Feminisms
01:988:312 African Feminisms
01:988:329 Race, Gender, Nation
01:988:337 Globalization: Sex and Family
01:988:396 Gender and Development
01:988:405 Gender and Human Rights
01:988:429 Engendering Development
01:988:491 Women’s Studies Seminar
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* This course should receive prior approval by the Certificate in
International Studies advisor to ensure that this course will be applicable.
3. Environment and Development (6 credits)
01:070:302 Environment and Cultural Behavior
01:220:339 Economic Development
01:220:377 Economics of Population
11:374:102 Global Environmental Processes and Institutions
11:374:315 International Environmental Policy
11:374:331 Culture and Environment
01:450:102 Transforming the Global Environment
01:450:360 Cultural and Political Ecology
01:450:363 Geography of Development
10:762:101 Intro to Policy, Planning and Health
10:762:233 Urban World
10:762:303 Poverty in Developing Nations
10:762:417 Population Tools and Policies
10:762:420 Global Health and Planning
10:762:462 Human Rights and Health
10:762:471 Globalization and Sustainability
10:762:474 Tourism Planning
10:762:476 Immigration Policy and Health
10:762:482 Gender and Development Planning
10:762:485 Gender and Development Planning
01:790:355 Women and Public Policy
01:790:424 Women and Political Development
10:832:414 Culture and Health
10:832:440 International Public Health
11:790:350 Environmental Politics-U.S. and International

C. Regional Specialization.
6 credits
01:070:244 Anthropology of South Asia
01:070:246 Anthropology of Southeast Asia
01:070:318 Anthropology of China
01:098:245 Global East Asia
01:420:405 Modern France
01:450:332 Newly Independent States and Eastern Europe
01:450:334 Western Europe
01:450:335 Caribbean Borderlands
01:450:336 Latin America
01:450:338 Africa
01:450:341 South Asia
01:450:342 East Asia
01:470:299 Contemporary German Media &Society
01:508:205 Modern Middle East
01:508:222 Modern Africa
01:560:232 Italian Culture
01:508:242 Modern East Asia
01:595:297 Caribbean Societies
01:590:330 Religion in Latin America
01:685:330 Contemporary Iranian Cinema
01:810:330 Literature and Culture of Brazil
01:098:444 Seminar in Asian Societies
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D. Language Proficiency.
Intermediate college-level proficiency in a language relevant to the chosen country or world region is required.
Contact
Trevor Birkenholtz
Director, International Studies Certificate Program
Assistant Professor of Geography
B-255 Lucy Stone Hall trevbirk@rci.rutgers.edu
Ph: 848-445-2445