International Studies Program
Course of Study Worksheet
Part I
To declare a major in International Studies:
1. Review this part of the two-part Worksheet with your advisor and, if necessary, with the chair of the program in
International Studies, and use it to help you decide on your final course of study.
2. Record your course choices on the Course of Study Worksheet: Part II and turn it and the usual major
declaration form in to the Registrar’s Office. Be sure to obtain the required signatures before submitting
the Worksheet to the Registrar’s Office.
Requirements for the International Studies Program Major (11-11.5 credits)
Core Courses (4 credits)
All majors are required to take the following four courses:
Course #
Title
Credits, Notes
ERTH 230
World Geography
1
ECON 353
International Economics
1
INST 499
Seminar in International Studies
1, W
POLI 214
International Politics
1, US
Courses with a foreign language prefix (3 credits)
All majors are required to complete three credits with a foreign language prefix (in the same language). Required courses
within each individual language group are as follows:
Chinese
CHNSE 252
Rites of Passage in Chinese Societies
1, US
CHNSE 331
Advanced Chinese: Reading the Media
1, IT
CHNSE 332
Advanced Chinese: Reading the Humanities
1, IT
FREN 331
French Composition and Discussion
1
FREN 333
History of French Civilization
1
FREN 430
Introduction to French Thought
1
French
OR
FREN 436
Francophone Literature
1
GERM 331
German Composition and Discussion
1, W
GERM 333
Contemporary German Culture
1
GERM
Any other 300 or 400 level German course (must be taught in German)
1
German
Japanese
JAPN 201
Modern Japanese Society and Culture
1, W
JAPN 314
Japanese Literature in Translation
1, IT, W, 4SLR
JAPN 331
Third Year Japanese I
1
JAPN 332
Third Year Japanese II
1
Russian
Students choose three courses from the following:
RUSS 320
Introduction to Russian Literature in Translation
1, IT, W, 4SLR
OR
RUSS 325
Topics in Russian Literature
1, IT
RUSS 331
Russian Composition and Discussion
1
RUSS 333
Russian Civilization and Culture
1
RUSS 490
Reading and Conference
.5 or 1
SPAN 331
Spanish Composition and Discussion
1, W
SPAN 333
Hispanic Civilization
1, TH
Spanish
OR
SPAN 335
Cultural Institutions of Spain
1, TH
SPAN
Any upper division Spanish course except SPAN 332
1
Topical Focus (4 credits)
All majors are required to prepare a course of study that focuses on a particular aspect of global affairs. Examples of topical
focuses might include (but are not limited to) subjects such as international economics and trade, international security, foreign
aid and development issues, globalization, international cultural institutions, religion in world affairs, European history and
politics, Latin American Society, or Asian culture and religion. Each student’s individual course of study is to be approved by
the student’s major advisor and Chair of the International Studies Program, and submitted to the Registrar’s Office to track
progress through the major. Substitute courses can be approved by student’s major advisor and Chair of the International
Studies Program if the courses chosen are not to be offered during the student’s tenure at Willamette or if the student attends
a Willamette-approved overseas study program.
Students will choose courses from the following in formulating their topical focus (one course from History, one course from
Politics, a maximum of three courses from the same department).
ANTH 233
Peoples and Cultures of Asia
1, US
ANTH 355
Warfare. Violence, and Peace
1
ARTH 213
History of the Art of China
1, IT, TH
ARTH 214
History of the Art of Japan
1, IT, TH
ECON 351
Comparative Economic Systems
1
ECON 352
The Economics of Developing Countries
1
HIST 116
Western Civilization Since 1650
1, TH
HIST 118
East Asia Civilization Since 1800
1
HIST 233
REL 233
History and Culture Along the Silk Road
1, TH
HIST 254
20th Century Europe
1
HIST 256
Colonial Latin America
1
HIST 258
Modern Latin America
1, 4SLR
HIST 282
20th Century China: The Search for Modernity
1, TH
HIST 372
History of Modern Russia
1
HIST 373
History of Modern France
1
HIST 376
POLI 376
Latin American Revolutions
1
HIST 381
History of Modern Japan
1, TH
HIST 383
Mao’s China 1949-1979
1
HIST 390
Germany from Bismark to Hitler
1, W, 4SLR
HIST 391
Germany Since 1945
1, 4SLR
HIST 445
Postwar Japan
1
JAPN 201
Modern Japanese Society and Culture
1, W
JAPN 240
Japanese Language and Culture (Intercultural Communication)
1
LAS 350
Mesoamerican Civilizations
1, IT, TH
POLI 216
Politics of Advanced Industrial Societies
1, US
POLI 218
Political Change in the Third World
1, US
POLI 326
Globalization and Equity
1, W
POLI 362
Latin American Politics
1
POLI 370
Europe and the International System
1
POLI 372
American Foreign Policy
1, W
POLI 373
International Security and Cooperation
1
POLI 374
Asia and the International System
1
POLI 376
Latin American Revolutions
1
POLI 378
Nations and the International System
1, W
POLI 380
Asian Politics and Development
1
REL 135
Religions of Asia
1
REL 233
History and Culture Along the Silk Road
1
REL 239
Introduction to Chinese Religions
1
REL 334
Liberation Theology and Social Change
1, AR
REL 344
Topics in Contemporary European Theology
1
REL 354
Topics in Asian Religions
1
RHET 360
Rhetoric of War and Peace
1
RUSS 233
Russian Culture: Russian Ways and Views of Russia
1, W, TH, 4SLR
RUSS 320
Introduction to Russian Literature in Translation
1, W, IT, 4SLR
RUSS 325
Topics in Russian Literature
1, IT
SOC 324
Gender and Ethnicity in a Developing, Globalizing World
1
SOC 330
World Population Problems
1
Key to Notes:
4SLR = 4th Semester Language Requirement
AR = Analyzing Arguments, Reasons and Values
IT = Interpreting Texts
TH = Thinking Historically
US = Understanding Society
W = Writing-Centered