Department of International Studies
Integrated Bachelor of Arts/Master of Arts in International Studies
Students on Summer 2018, Fall 2018, or Spring 2019 requirements INTSBAMABA
Requirements
The major requires at least 35 credit hours (for the B.A. portion), including the requirements listed below.
- Introduction to International Studies.
- Core Courses. Two (2) courses:
- INTL-I 202 Global Health and Environment
- INTL-I 203 Global Development
- INTL-I 204 Human Rights and International Law
- INTL-I 205 Culture and Politics
- INTL-I 206 Peace and Conflict
- INTL-I 210 Diplomacy, Security, Governance
INTL-I 202 Global Health and Environment
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of pressing health and environmental challenges around the world, such as deforestation, climate change and the spread of infectious diseases. Focuses on the interaction of health and environmental problems that cross national borders and require a multinational or global effort to solve.
- Spring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
INTL-I 203 Global Development
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focuses on the interaction between social, political, and economic forces and human development at global, national, and subnational scales; introduces theoretical perspectives on economic development and the function of markets.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
INTL-I 204 Human Rights and International Law
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focuses on human rights discourse and the role international law, treaties and conventions play in addressing these rights globally. Course is interdisciplinary in theory and method.
- Spring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
INTL-I 205 Culture and Politics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines culture and governance on an international scale, considering how governments, markets, and international organizations deploy or use culture, and how people turn to cultural resources to resist attempts to govern them and/or to assert their own political aims.
- Spring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
INTL-I 206 Peace and Conflict
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines concepts of nationalism and state ideology that shape the world's collective identities and contribute to conflicts nationally and internationally.
- Spring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
INTL-I 210 Diplomacy, Security, Governance
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the development of the modern state and the role of international organizations in maintaining global security and promoting global governance. Addresses issues of political and cultural diplomacy and their effect in international disputes.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Introductory Elective. One (1) course:
- Any INTL-I 100–199 except INTL-I 100
- Any INTL-I 200–299
- INTL-L 250 Introduction to International Law and Legal Institutions
INTL-L 250 Introduction to International Law and Legal Institutions
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduces the central instruments and methodological tools of international law through study of international law cases, major treaties, and key institutions such as the United Nations and the International Criminal Court.
- Core Courses. Two (2) courses:
- Research Design. One (1) course:
- INTL-I 315 Research Design in International Studies
- INTL-I 515 Research Methods in International Studies (If this option is used, student must take 3 additional credit hours in International Studies at the 300-499 level)
INTL-I 315 Research Design in International Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- International Studies major or minor; and at least sophomore standing
- Notes
- Completion before the major's overseas/international experience is strongly recommended. This course is required for all International Studies majors.
- Description
- Introduction to research design and methodology used in international studies in preparation for undertaking research abroad and completing the INTL-I 400/INTL-I 406 Capstone Seminar.
INTL-I 515 Research Methods in International Studies
- Description
- Advanced seminar on research methodology used in international studies. Completion before the student's international experience/internship is strongly recommended.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
- Advanced Electives.
- INTL-I 300 Topics in International Studies
- INTL-I 302 Advanced Topics in Global Health and Environment
- INTL-I 303 Advanced Topics in Global Development
- INTL-I 304 Advanced Topics in Human Rights and International Law
- INTL-I 305 Advanced Topics in Culture and Politics
- INTL-I 306 Advanced Topics in Peace and Conflict
- INTL-I 310 Advanced Topics in Diplomacy, Security, Governance
- INTL-I 340 Ethics and Decision-Making in International Politics
- INTL-I 341 Challenges of Modern Conflict
- INTL-I 343 Global Migration and Race
- INTL-L 351 Law and Authoritarianism
- INTL-L 352 Law and Global Development
- INTL-L 353 Laws and Institutions in International Investment
- INTL-L 354 Immigration Law, International Policy, and Migration
- INTL-L 355 Gender and International Human Rights
- INTL-L 356 Intervention and Sovereignty
- INTL-L 357 The International Criminal Court
- INTL-L 360
- INTL-X 370 Topics with Service Learning in International Studies
- INTL-I 420 Global Sustainability Studies
- INTL-I 421 Human Rights and the Arts
- INTL-I 422 Contested Territories/Conflicted Identities
- INTL-I 423 Postcolonial/Postcommunist Discourses
- INTL-I 424 War and Peace
- INTL-I 425 Gender: International Perspectives
- INTL-I 426 Advanced Topics in International Studies
- INTL-I 427 Issues in Global Development and Political Economy
- INTL-I 428 Social Justice and the Environment
- INTL-I 429 Global Health Politics
- INTL-I 431 Statistics for International Studies
- INTL-I 432 Models of Social and Political Processes
- INTL-I 433 Violence Against Civilians in War
- INTL-I 434 International Climate Governance
- INTL-I 499 Seminar in Conflict Studies
- INTL-L 445 Human Rights Law and International Organizations
INTL-I 300 Topics in International Studies
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This course focuses on the intensive study and analysis of selected international problems and issues within an interdisciplinary format. Topics will vary but will cut across fields, regions, and periods.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 302 Advanced Topics in Global Health and Environment
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Advanced topics examining pressing health and environmental challenges around the world. Focuses on the interaction of health and environmental problems that cross national borders and require a multinational or global effort to solve.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 303 Advanced Topics in Global Development
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Advanced topics examining the interaction between social, political, and economic forces and human development at global, national, and subnational scales; in-depth analysis of theoretical perspectives on economic development and the function of markets.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 304 Advanced Topics in Human Rights and International Law
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Advanced topics focusing on human rights discourse and the role international law, treaties and conventions play in addressing these rights globally. Topics are interdisciplinary in theory and method.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 305 Advanced Topics in Culture and Politics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Advanced topics in the study of culture and governance. The focus is on relationships of power and authority, including how governments, markets, and international organizations deploy or use culture, and how people turn to cultural resources to resist attempts to govern them and/or to assert their own political aims.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 306 Advanced Topics in Peace and Conflict
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Advanced topics examining concepts of nationalism and state ideology that shape the world's collective identities and contribute to conflicts nationally and internationally.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 310 Advanced Topics in Diplomacy, Security, Governance
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Advanced topics focusing on the development of the modern state and the role of international organizations in maintaining global security and promoting global governance. Addresses issues of political and cultural diplomacy and their effect in international disputes.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 340 Ethics and Decision-Making in International Politics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Addresses the role of ethics and morality in the international system as applied to states, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals. Explores dilemmas policymakers face as they weigh alternatives, try to reconcile competing demands, and search for acceptable trade-offs. Focuses on problems such as mass atrocities, forms of slavery, poverty, and the challenges of dealing with illiberal governments.
INTL-I 341 Challenges of Modern Conflict
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Overview of the theoretical and policy debates regarding core issues of security and conflict in the modern era, with a particular focus on conflict involving state and nonstate actors. Explores historical contexts and future trajectories of key issues of security, conflict, human rights, law, and technology.
INTL-I 343 Global Migration and Race
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the causes and consequences of global migration through the lens of race and racism. Focuses on how people move across state borders while simultaneously crossing cultural, racial, and civilizational boundaries. Highlights theories of mobility and development, race and ethnicity, and migration across specific corridors.
INTL-L 351 Law and Authoritarianism
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores functions and behavior of legal systems in various authoritarian contexts. Examines conceptual distinction between, and defining characteristics of, rule of law and rule by law systems and general mechanisms of political control and interference in judicial decision-making.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
INTL-L 352 Law and Global Development
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the role of law and legal systems in economic and social development. Studies the causes of and ways to address critical development issues such as global poverty and inequality.
INTL-L 353 Laws and Institutions in International Investment
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of the economic, historical, cultural, and political forces that shape and influence international investments; and the roles that international laws and institutions play in cross-border business transactions.
INTL-L 354 Immigration Law, International Policy, and Migration
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of immigration law from multiple perspectives: legal, political, international, public policy, social, moral, and ethical. Addresses issues such as citizenship, migration, marriage, and asylum.
INTL-L 355 Gender and International Human Rights
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the historical, political and philosophical foundations of the international human rights legal system and examines how and why the current system addresses, or fails to address, gender-based rights violations and claims.
INTL-L 356 Intervention and Sovereignty
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Discussion of the origins and evolution of international laws on genocide, atrocity, and crimes against humanity; exploration of the philosophical and legal bases for international laws on conflict.
INTL-L 357 The International Criminal Court
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of the origins and evolution of the International Criminal Court and its efforts to investigate and prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and aggression.
INTL-X 370 Topics with Service Learning in International Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines issues of international scope through service learning projects. Content varies with instructor.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in INTL-I 435 and INTL-X 370.
INTL-I 420 Global Sustainability Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary study of comparative environmental issues around the world.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 421 Human Rights and the Arts
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of human rights through the arts. Exploration of artistic expressions in various sociopolitical contexts and the global trends from which they emerge.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 422 Contested Territories/Conflicted Identities
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of nationalism to explore how history, politics and culture conflict and converge in shaping multiple identities.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 423 Postcolonial/Postcommunist Discourses
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of emergence and use of postcolonial and postcommunist theories to analyze colonial and communist discourses as well as their political and cultural legacies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 424 War and Peace
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Exploration of war and peace with regard to their political, moral and legal consequences. Study of structures that adjudicate disputes and the role of international organizations in regulating war and initiating peace.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 425 Gender: International Perspectives
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of gender issues from international and interdisciplinary perspectives.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 426 Advanced Topics in International Studies
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- In-depth study and analysis of an international problem, culminating in a research project. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics up to four times.
INTL-I 427 Issues in Global Development and Political Economy
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary study of issues of global development and political economy. Includes both analytical and methodological approaches.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 428 Social Justice and the Environment
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary study of comparative environmental justice issues around the world.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 429 Global Health Politics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of global health policies and their relationships to social movements. Focuses on the effect of global governance institutions and NGOs on global health policy and action.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 431 Statistics for International Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to statistics and quantitative measures in international studies. Provides practical experience with descriptive and inferential statistics as well as international indicators. No previous knowledge or coursework in statistics is required.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
INTL-I 432 Models of Social and Political Processes
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Surveys quantitative frameworks for evaluating global and international phenomena, events, and processes to assess political and social obstacles to achieving collective goals. A basic knowledge of algebra is necessary to succeed in this course.
INTL-I 433 Violence Against Civilians in War
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the content and origins of normative, ethical, and legal prohibitions against harming noncombatants during conflict; reviews major social science theories explaining the occurrence and effectiveness of large-scale violence against civilians in wartime; and analyzes policy debates related to limiting wartime victimization of noncombatants.
INTL-I 434 International Climate Governance
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of climate issues with a focus on the effect of global governance institutions and NGOs on climate policy and action. May include attendance at national and/or international climate conferences as part of official IU delegation.
INTL-I 499 Seminar in Conflict Studies
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study and analysis of conflicts and conflict resolution around the world through selected case studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 3 credit hours.
INTL-L 445 Human Rights Law and International Organizations
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the development, structure, and potential of international human rights laws and the institutions designed to protect them, focusing on the theoretical and practical tools needed to effectively engage with the international human rights legal system.
- 400 Level Course. One (1) course:
- INTL-I 420 Global Sustainability Studies
- INTL-I 421 Human Rights and the Arts
- INTL-I 422 Contested Territories/Conflicted Identities
- INTL-I 423 Postcolonial/Postcommunist Discourses
- INTL-I 424 War and Peace
- INTL-I 425 Gender: International Perspectives
- INTL-I 426 Advanced Topics in International Studies
- INTL-I 427 Issues in Global Development and Political Economy
- INTL-I 428 Social Justice and the Environment
- INTL-I 429 Global Health Politics
- INTL-I 431 Statistics for International Studies
- INTL-I 432 Models of Social and Political Processes
- INTL-I 433 Violence Against Civilians in War
- INTL-I 434 International Climate Governance
- INTL-I 499 Seminar in Conflict Studies
- INTL-L 445 Human Rights Law and International Organizations
INTL-I 420 Global Sustainability Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary study of comparative environmental issues around the world.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 421 Human Rights and the Arts
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of human rights through the arts. Exploration of artistic expressions in various sociopolitical contexts and the global trends from which they emerge.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 422 Contested Territories/Conflicted Identities
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of nationalism to explore how history, politics and culture conflict and converge in shaping multiple identities.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 423 Postcolonial/Postcommunist Discourses
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of emergence and use of postcolonial and postcommunist theories to analyze colonial and communist discourses as well as their political and cultural legacies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 424 War and Peace
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Exploration of war and peace with regard to their political, moral and legal consequences. Study of structures that adjudicate disputes and the role of international organizations in regulating war and initiating peace.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 425 Gender: International Perspectives
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of gender issues from international and interdisciplinary perspectives.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 426 Advanced Topics in International Studies
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- In-depth study and analysis of an international problem, culminating in a research project. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics up to four times.
INTL-I 427 Issues in Global Development and Political Economy
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary study of issues of global development and political economy. Includes both analytical and methodological approaches.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 428 Social Justice and the Environment
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary study of comparative environmental justice issues around the world.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 429 Global Health Politics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of global health policies and their relationships to social movements. Focuses on the effect of global governance institutions and NGOs on global health policy and action.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 431 Statistics for International Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to statistics and quantitative measures in international studies. Provides practical experience with descriptive and inferential statistics as well as international indicators. No previous knowledge or coursework in statistics is required.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
INTL-I 432 Models of Social and Political Processes
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Surveys quantitative frameworks for evaluating global and international phenomena, events, and processes to assess political and social obstacles to achieving collective goals. A basic knowledge of algebra is necessary to succeed in this course.
INTL-I 433 Violence Against Civilians in War
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the content and origins of normative, ethical, and legal prohibitions against harming noncombatants during conflict; reviews major social science theories explaining the occurrence and effectiveness of large-scale violence against civilians in wartime; and analyzes policy debates related to limiting wartime victimization of noncombatants.
INTL-I 434 International Climate Governance
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of climate issues with a focus on the effect of global governance institutions and NGOs on climate policy and action. May include attendance at national and/or international climate conferences as part of official IU delegation.
INTL-I 499 Seminar in Conflict Studies
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study and analysis of conflicts and conflict resolution around the world through selected case studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 3 credit hours.
INTL-L 445 Human Rights Law and International Organizations
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the development, structure, and potential of international human rights laws and the institutions designed to protect them, focusing on the theoretical and practical tools needed to effectively engage with the international human rights legal system.
- 300–400 Level Course. Three (3) courses:
- Additional course from the 400-499 Level Course list.
- INTL-I 300 Topics in International Studies
- INTL-I 302 Advanced Topics in Global Health and Environment
- INTL-I 303 Advanced Topics in Global Development
- INTL-I 304 Advanced Topics in Human Rights and International Law
- INTL-I 305 Advanced Topics in Culture and Politics
- INTL-I 306 Advanced Topics in Peace and Conflict
- INTL-I 310 Advanced Topics in Diplomacy, Security, Governance
- INTL-I 340 Ethics and Decision-Making in International Politics
- INTL-I 341 Challenges of Modern Conflict
- INTL-I 343 Global Migration and Race
- INTL-L 351 Law and Authoritarianism
- INTL-L 352 Law and Global Development
- INTL-L 353 Laws and Institutions in International Investment
- INTL-L 354 Immigration Law, International Policy, and Migration
- INTL-L 355 Gender and International Human Rights
- INTL-L 356 Intervention and Sovereignty
- INTL-L 357 The International Criminal Court
- INTL-L 360
- INTL-X 370 Topics with Service Learning in International Studies
INTL-I 300 Topics in International Studies
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This course focuses on the intensive study and analysis of selected international problems and issues within an interdisciplinary format. Topics will vary but will cut across fields, regions, and periods.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 302 Advanced Topics in Global Health and Environment
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Advanced topics examining pressing health and environmental challenges around the world. Focuses on the interaction of health and environmental problems that cross national borders and require a multinational or global effort to solve.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 303 Advanced Topics in Global Development
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Advanced topics examining the interaction between social, political, and economic forces and human development at global, national, and subnational scales; in-depth analysis of theoretical perspectives on economic development and the function of markets.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 304 Advanced Topics in Human Rights and International Law
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Advanced topics focusing on human rights discourse and the role international law, treaties and conventions play in addressing these rights globally. Topics are interdisciplinary in theory and method.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 305 Advanced Topics in Culture and Politics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Advanced topics in the study of culture and governance. The focus is on relationships of power and authority, including how governments, markets, and international organizations deploy or use culture, and how people turn to cultural resources to resist attempts to govern them and/or to assert their own political aims.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 306 Advanced Topics in Peace and Conflict
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Advanced topics examining concepts of nationalism and state ideology that shape the world's collective identities and contribute to conflicts nationally and internationally.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 310 Advanced Topics in Diplomacy, Security, Governance
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Advanced topics focusing on the development of the modern state and the role of international organizations in maintaining global security and promoting global governance. Addresses issues of political and cultural diplomacy and their effect in international disputes.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 340 Ethics and Decision-Making in International Politics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Addresses the role of ethics and morality in the international system as applied to states, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals. Explores dilemmas policymakers face as they weigh alternatives, try to reconcile competing demands, and search for acceptable trade-offs. Focuses on problems such as mass atrocities, forms of slavery, poverty, and the challenges of dealing with illiberal governments.
INTL-I 341 Challenges of Modern Conflict
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Overview of the theoretical and policy debates regarding core issues of security and conflict in the modern era, with a particular focus on conflict involving state and nonstate actors. Explores historical contexts and future trajectories of key issues of security, conflict, human rights, law, and technology.
INTL-I 343 Global Migration and Race
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the causes and consequences of global migration through the lens of race and racism. Focuses on how people move across state borders while simultaneously crossing cultural, racial, and civilizational boundaries. Highlights theories of mobility and development, race and ethnicity, and migration across specific corridors.
INTL-L 351 Law and Authoritarianism
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores functions and behavior of legal systems in various authoritarian contexts. Examines conceptual distinction between, and defining characteristics of, rule of law and rule by law systems and general mechanisms of political control and interference in judicial decision-making.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
INTL-L 352 Law and Global Development
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the role of law and legal systems in economic and social development. Studies the causes of and ways to address critical development issues such as global poverty and inequality.
INTL-L 353 Laws and Institutions in International Investment
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of the economic, historical, cultural, and political forces that shape and influence international investments; and the roles that international laws and institutions play in cross-border business transactions.
INTL-L 354 Immigration Law, International Policy, and Migration
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of immigration law from multiple perspectives: legal, political, international, public policy, social, moral, and ethical. Addresses issues such as citizenship, migration, marriage, and asylum.
INTL-L 355 Gender and International Human Rights
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the historical, political and philosophical foundations of the international human rights legal system and examines how and why the current system addresses, or fails to address, gender-based rights violations and claims.
INTL-L 356 Intervention and Sovereignty
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Discussion of the origins and evolution of international laws on genocide, atrocity, and crimes against humanity; exploration of the philosophical and legal bases for international laws on conflict.
INTL-L 357 The International Criminal Court
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of the origins and evolution of the International Criminal Court and its efforts to investigate and prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and aggression.
INTL-X 370 Topics with Service Learning in International Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines issues of international scope through service learning projects. Content varies with instructor.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in INTL-I 435 and INTL-X 370.
- Capstone. One (1) course:
- INTL-I 400 International Studies Capstone Seminar
- INTL-I 406 Honors International Studies Capstone Seminar
- INTL-I 408 Advanced Writing in International Studies
- INTL-I 680 International Studies Master's Capstone If this option is used, student must take 3 additional credit hours in International Studies at the 300-499 level and any CASE IW course
INTL-I 400 International Studies Capstone Seminar
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- INTL-I 315; International Studies major; and at least sophomore standing
- Description
- This required seminar is designed for senior majors who have completed all of the International Studies degree requirements to consolidate their studies. Students complete a project that addresses an issue appropriate to their concentration.
INTL-I 406 Honors International Studies Capstone Seminar
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- INTL-I 315; International Studies major; departmental honors student; and senior standing
- Description
- Required for departmental honors credit, this seminar is designed to consolidate the studies of honors-track seniors who have completed all International Studies degree requirements. Students must complete a project that addresses an issue appropriate to their concentration.
INTL-I 408 Advanced Writing in International Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- At least junior standing or consent of instructor
- Notes
- R: INTL-I 315
- Description
- Focuses on developing and refining advanced writing skills through the exploration of specific topics in International Studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of six credit hours.
INTL-I 680 International Studies Master's Capstone
- Description
- This seminar is designed to consolidate the studies of master's students who have completed all International Studies graduate degree requirements. Students must complete a project that addresses an issue appropriate to international studies.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
- Career Preparation. One (1) course:
- ASCS-Q 296 College to Career II: Navigate Your Arts and Sciences Experience
ASCS-Q 296 College to Career II: Navigate Your Arts and Sciences Experience
- Credits
- 2
- Prerequisites
- At least sophomore standing
- Description
- Explores the relationship between academic and extracurricular choices and life after graduation. Students assess their skills, develop a portfolio to highlight them, and create a plan to address gaps. Focuses on a paradigm of job searching that emphasizes research and highly customized, focused application materials.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of the following: ASCS-Q 296, BUS-T 275, or SPEA-V 252.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Foreign Language1. One (1) of the following:
- Proficiency in a single foreign language through the second semester of the third year of college-level coursework (6 semesters)
- Proficiency in a single foreign language through the second semester of the second year of college-level coursework and another foreign language through the second semester of the first year (4 + 2 semesters)
- Proficiency in a single foreign language through the second semester of the second year of college-level coursework (4 semesters) and the first semester of a second foreign language and the first semester of a third foreign language (4 + 1 + 1 semesters)
- Proficiency in a single foreign language through the first semester of the third year of college-level coursework and the first semester of a second foreign language (5 + 1 semesters)
- Electives. Additional INTL courses, as needed to complete all major requirements.
- Additional Requirements2.
- International Experience. Overseas experience (study or internship) of at least 6 weeks duration, approved in advance by the Department of International Studies.
- Minor. Complete a minor related to international studies approved in advance by the Department of International Studies.
- Graduate Requirements. Students must also complete the requirements for the Master of Arts in International Studies as listed in the University Graduate School Bulletin.
- Major GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
- At least 18 credit hours in the major must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
- At least 18 credit hours in the major must be completed at the 300–499 level.
- Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the major.
- A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the major—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
- Exceptions to major requirements may be made with the approval of the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.
Notes
The Bachelor of Arts degree requires at least 120 credit hours, to include the following:
- College of Arts and Sciences Credit Hours. At least 100 credit hours must come from College of Arts and Sciences disciplines.
- Upper Division Courses. At least 42 credit hours (of the 120) must be at the 300–499 level.
- College Residency. Following completion of the 60th credit hour toward degree, at least 36 credit hours of College of Arts and Sciences coursework must be completed through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
- College GPA. A cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.000 is required for all courses taken at Indiana University.
- CASE Requirements. The following College of Arts and Sciences Education (CASE) requirements must be completed:
- CASE Foundations
- CASE Breadth of Inquiry
- CASE Culture Studies
- CASE Critical Approaches: 1 course
- CASE Foreign Language: Proficiency in a single foreign language through the second semester of the second year of college-level coursework
- CASE Intensive Writing: 1 course
- CASE Public Oral Communication: 1 course
- Major. Completion of the major as outlined in the Major Requirements section above.
Most students must also successfully complete the Indiana University Bloomington General Education program.
The Integrated B.A./M.A. program is open to International Studies majors who have:
- Demonstrated strong academic performance (College GPA of 3.500 or higher and International Studies Major GPA of 3.600 or higher)
- Demonstrated a high level of maturity and clear intent to pursue a Master's degree
- Completed 12 credits in the International Studies major (2 core courses and 2 thematic courses)
- Will complete the campus's General Education requirements in the semester of application
Application deadlines are November 1 for Spring admission, or March 1 for Fall admission. See the Department of International Studies website for more information.
- No credit hours earned at the graduate level may be counted toward the B.A. degree and no credit hours earned at the undergraduate level may be counted towards the M.A. degree.
- Students in the program are normally classified as undergraduates until the end of the first semester in which 120 or more credit hours toward graduation have been earned. At that point, students will submit an application to the University Graduate School to initiate the transition to graduate status.
- If the transition to graduate status is delayed beyond this time, Master's status will normally revert to undergraduate status.
- Students not in good standing at this time are dropped from the program and reclassified as undergraduate B.A. students.
- Students are advised to check with the Office of Financial Aid (through Student Central on Union) on the effect that the transition to graduate status may have on existing undergraduate funding.
- In the case that students decide, or are forced by circumstances (see point bullet above) to not continue towards M.A. degree, they should complete INTL-I 400 in order to graduate with a B.A. degree in International Studies. If INTL-I 515, the required Methods course for the graduate degree, was taken prior to the 5th year, it will count as the equivalent of INTL-I 315. Otherwise, INTL-I 315 may also need to be completed.
- Students in the B.A./M.A. program must complete at least 15 hours of coursework while registered in graduate status. Normally, this would encompass no fewer than two semesters.
- Students who successfully complete all requirements for the Integrated B.A./M.A. in International Studies will have the B.A. and M.A. degrees awarded simultaneously.