Department of International Studies
Certificate in Global Service and Peace Corps Preparation
Students on Summer 2021, Fall 2021, or Spring 2022 requirements GLSPCPACRT
Requirements
The certificate requires at least 21 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
- Intercultural and International Competence.
- 300-499-Level Intercultural and International Competence. One (1) course:
- 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-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-X 370 Topics with Service Learning in International Studies
- ANTH-E 300 Culture Areas and Ethnic Groups
- EURO-W 301 Modern European Politics and Society
- HISP-S 324 Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Cultures
- HIST-E 332 African History from Colonial Rule to Independence
- HIST-F 336 Modern Central American History
- REEI-R 201 Current Issues in Eastern Europe
- REEI-R 300 Russian and East European Issues
- SGIS-S 300 Global Issues
- SOC-S 335 Race and Ethnic Relations
- BUS-D 312 Building Managerial Cross Cultural Competencies
- EDUC-E 300 Elementary Education for a Pluralistic Society
- EDUC-G 375 Multicultural Counseling-Related Skills and Communication
- EDUC-H 340 Education in American Culture
- EDUC-H 350 Schooling Around the World
- EDUC-M 300 Teaching in a Pluralistic Society
- SPH-B 310 Public Health in Diverse Communities
- SPH-F 417 African American and Latino Families
- SPH-H 319 Global Health Promotion
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-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-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.
ANTH-E 300 Culture Areas and Ethnic Groups
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An ethnographic survey of a selected culture area or ethnic group.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
EURO-W 301 Modern European Politics and Society
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The politics, economics, and social structures of West European countries. Examination of selected domestic and international issues, including the welfare states, the European community, and West-East European relations.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of EURO-W 301 or POLS-Y 335.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
HISP-S 324 Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Cultures
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-S 280 or HISP-S 310; or appropriate placement exam score
- Description
- Through the examination of a variety of texts, this course explores Spanish, Latin American, and U.S. Latino culture from historical, social, artistic, and political perspectives.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HISP-S 275 or HISP-S 324.
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Spring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
HIST-E 332 African History from Colonial Rule to Independence
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- 1750 to present. Slave trade, European imperialism; impact of Islam and Christianity, new state formations, reassertion of African culture and identity.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-E 332 or HIST-E 432.
- Spring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
HIST-F 336 Modern Central American History
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Studies social, economic, cultural, and political development from 1821-1990. Major topics include coffee and liberalism, the United States and Nicaragua, the era of reform, revolution, and counter-revolution.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-F 336 or HIST-F 436.
- Spring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
REEI-R 201 Current Issues in Eastern Europe
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary introduction to social, political, economic, demographic, and cultural issues currently facing the countries of Eastern Europe. Primarily addresses recent developments, while also considering historical roots of Eastern Europe, from 19th-century empires to 20th-century Marxist-Leninist regimes to post-1989 governance after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
- Spring 2025CASE GCCcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
REEI-R 300 Russian and East European Issues
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Brief examination of selected topics related to Russia and East Europe. Variable topics.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a total of 6 credit hours.
SGIS-S 300 Global Issues
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of a variety of global issues related to security, technology, media, law, global careers, global and local community awareness, global languages and policy making.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
SOC-S 335 Race and Ethnic Relations
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Relations between racial and ethnic minority and majority groups; psychological, cultural, and structural theories of prejudice and discrimination; comparative analysis of diverse systems of intergroup relations.
- Spring 2025CASE DUScourseFall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
BUS-D 312 Building Managerial Cross Cultural Competencies
- Description
- This course focuses on the development of global leadership skills. It will help students to: understand the major trends affecting work; have a sense of cultural diversity and the interconnectedness of the world; foster effective communication; build teams quickly across multiple cultural environments; proactively manage their career progress.
- 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.
EDUC-E 300 Elementary Education for a Pluralistic Society
- Description
- An overview of the principles of multicultural education. An introduction to major ethnic and minority groups in the United States. A historical review of the status of culturally different learners in elementary schools. A focus upon teaching strategies and curricular innovations for cultural diverse classrooms.
- 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.
EDUC-G 375 Multicultural Counseling-Related Skills and Communication
- Description
- The course serves as an introduction to multicultural counseling, skills, and communication. We will explore how culture influences behavior and how that knowledge can be applied in counseling-related skills. You will be asked to examine your own culture and how that has shaped your identity and world view as well as how that will impact you as a helping professional. We will also explore other cultures, understand the complexities related to intersectionality, and how this information can be utilized to best meet the needs of different groups.
- 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.
EDUC-H 340 Education in American Culture
- Description
- The present educational system, its social and future implications viewed in historical, sociological, and philosophical perspectives. Special attention is given to ethnic, minority, cultural, pluralistic, and legal dimensions of the educational system.
- 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.
EDUC-H 350 Schooling Around the World
- Description
- Introduces students to the rise of schooling as a historical phenomenon, compares different national and sub-national educational policies and schooling systems, examines educational globalization, and explores the varied purposes of school systems and their consequences for human learning and development.
- 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.
EDUC-M 300 Teaching in a Pluralistic Society
- Description
- None
- 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.
SPH-B 310 Public Health in Diverse Communities
- Description
- Provides the analytical tools to understand different health outcomes across diverse communities in the US. Explores how issues of culture, race, gender, and class influence health status and health behaviors. Uses case studies to examine the cultural, social, and economic aspects of health inequalities in the United States.
- 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.
SPH-F 417 African American and Latino Families
- Description
- Enacts a strength-based approach in the examination of African American and Latino family structure in a socio-historical context with emphasis on cultural resiliency. Current statistics, scholarly literature, and American media segments will be used to illustrate aspects of cultural perception.
- 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.
SPH-H 319 Global Health Promotion
- Description
- This course examines the combination of behavioral, social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health and enables students to develop knowledge and skills they can use throughout their lives to protect and improve their own health, the health of their families, and health of communities in which they will live.
- 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.
- Intercultural and International Competence Electives. Two (2) courses:
- Additional courses from the 300-499-Level Intercultural and International Competence list.
- 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 220 Global Connections
- INTL-I 222 Global Health Connections
- AAAD-A 154 History of Race in the Americas
- AAST-A 101 Introduction to Asian American Studies
- AFRI-L 231 African Civilization
- AFRI-L 232 Contemporary Africa
- AMST-A 150 Introduction to Native American and Indigenous Studies
- AMST-A 275 Indigenous Worldviews in the Americas
- CEUS-R 290 Introduction to Central Asia, Mongolia, and Tibet
- CEUS-R 292 Introduction to Turkic and Iranian Civilization
- EALC-E 110 Popular Culture in East Asia
- EALC-E 111 War and Violence in East Asia
- EALC-E 190 The Rise of China: Challenges and Opportunities for East Asia
- GEOG-G 110 Human Geography in a Changing World
- HIST-H 101
- INST-I 100
- LATS-L 102 Introduction to Latino History
- LATS-L 250 Blacks, Latinos, and Afro-Latinos: Constructing Difference and Identity
- LTAM-L 211 Contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean
- POLS-Y 107 Introduction to Comparative Politics
- SEAS-S 240 Introduction to Southeast Asian and ASEAN Studies
- SLAV-T 241 Central and East European Immigration and Ethnic Identity in the U.S.
- BUS-C 272 Global Business Immersion-Business Communications
- BUS-D 272 Global Business Immersion-International Business Management
- SPEA-E 183 Environment and People
- SPEA-V 160 National and International Policy
- SPEA-V 182 Policy-Making Around the World: Comparative and International Approaches
- SPH-H 172 Intl Health & Social Issues
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
INTL-I 220 Global Connections
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focuses on globalization as manifested in the shaping of intercultural communication, artistic expressions, collective identities and human rights discourses from comparative and international perspectives.
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Spring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
INTL-I 222 Global Health Connections
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focuses on the non-medical determinants of health in communities and societies around the world, as well as on the most important health challenges the world faces. One of the main goals is to understand and evaluate the importance of local contexts and global processes in addressing health issues today, while also engaging in discussions about human rights, ethics, inequalities, and pragmatic and global solidarity.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
AAAD-A 154 History of Race in the Americas
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Exploration of the development of racism and racial ideologies in the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America, and South America from colonial times to the present. Emphasizes the interaction among cultural, political, and economic factors in shaping patterns of conflict and collaboration, domination and resistance.
- Spring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
AAST-A 101 Introduction to Asian American Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the histories, experiences, and cultures that shape the Asian American community. Through articles, books, and film, this course explores the commonalities and the diversity of experiences among Asians in the United States, with particular focus on such issues as immigration, education, community, and identity.
- Spring 2025CASE DUScourseFall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
AFRI-L 231 African Civilization
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A historical introduction to Africa.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AFRI-L 231 or HIST-H 227.
- Spring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
AFRI-L 232 Contemporary Africa
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introduction to current social, economic, and political issues in Africa.
- Spring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
AMST-A 150 Introduction to Native American and Indigenous Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to Native American and Indigenous cultures, literature, history, arts, values, lifeways, spirituality, and social and political institutions. Focuses on global and hemispheric elements including North America.
- Spring 2025CASE DUScourseFall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
AMST-A 275 Indigenous Worldviews in the Americas
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A survey of some basic aspects of indigenous lifeways in the Americas, this course introduces comparative cultural analysis, providing a foundational course for those interested in thinking about how others think and how we think about otherness. Students will examine mythology, ritual, health, art, and philosophy within the context of colonialism and globalization.
- Spring 2025CASE DUScourseFall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 290 Introduction to Central Asia, Mongolia, and Tibet
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Central Asia, Mongolia, and Tibet have a unique legacy in the world today: nomads, Silk Road, Islam, Buddhism, Russo-Chinese rivalry, Communism, and resistance. This course will provide a broad overview of trends and issues in this crossroads of cultures and civilizations through a combination of lectures, discussions, and guest presentations.
- Spring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 292 Introduction to Turkic and Iranian Civilization
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the Turkic and Iranian peoples of Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Central Asia. Introduces languages, literatures, and cultures; covers history, society, and economy with a focus on Islam and socio-political movements today. Includes guest lectures, films, museum visits, and musical and dance performances.
- Spring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
EALC-E 110 Popular Culture in East Asia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Surveys East Asian popular culture by examining the evolution and contemporary forms of mass culture in the region. Students will study the structure and political, social, and cultural implications of transnational cultural flows between East Asia and the West.
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Spring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
EALC-E 111 War and Violence in East Asia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the history of physical violence in China, Japan, and Korea, with a special emphasis on state-sanctioned conflict. Examines the forms that war and violence took in the lives and minds of the residents of East Asia before the nineteenth century.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
EALC-E 190 The Rise of China: Challenges and Opportunities for East Asia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to issues relating to China's rise in the context of East Asia. Covers the regional implications of China's rise and the myriad drivers of China's domestic political, economic, and foreign policy trajectory in comparison to other East Asian nations.
- Spring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
GEOG-G 110 Human Geography in a Changing World
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- How do languages, religions, customs, and politics change from local to global scales? Learn how humans shape geographic patterns of migration, agriculture, industry, and urbanization.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
LATS-L 102 Introduction to Latino History
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introduction and overview of Latino issues beginning with a brief examination of the histories of the major Latino national groups of origin in the United States. Most of the course will examine a number of topics and issues that are key to understanding contemporary Latinos, e.g., immigration, language, education and employment.
- Spring 2025CASE DUScourseFall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
LATS-L 250 Blacks, Latinos, and Afro-Latinos: Constructing Difference and Identity
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Challenges dominant frameworks through which Americans see blacks and Latinos as either naturally unified as "people of color" or irreconcilably at odds as two competing minorities. Examines constructions of blackness and latinidad through the history of European elites' construction of the racial "Other" and the re-claiming of identities by the racially marginalized through liberation movements.
LTAM-L 211 Contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores social issues, cultural identities, political movements, and lived experience of the diverse communities of contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean in historical perspective, including sexualities, multiculturalism, the rise of capitalism, US imperialism, tourism, heritage, religious beliefs and practices, legacies of slavery, struggles for democracy, and structures of domination.
- Spring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
POLS-Y 107 Introduction to Comparative Politics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines countries around the world to investigate fundamental questions about politics. Topics include democratic development, promotion of economic prosperity, maintenance of security, and management of ethnic and religious conflict. Critical thinking skills encouraged. Cases for comparison include advanced industrialized democracies, communist and former communist countries, and developing countries.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of POLS-Y 107 and POLS-Y 217.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
SEAS-S 240 Introduction to Southeast Asian and ASEAN Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the people, societies, cultures, and institutions of Southeast Asia and to their regional forms of association, with a focus on contemporary Southeast Asia.
- Spring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
SLAV-T 241 Central and East European Immigration and Ethnic Identity in the U.S.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An area studies exploration of the ways in which people of Central and East European heritage express and adapt their ethnic identities in a United States context.
- Repeatability
- With departmental approval, may be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
BUS-C 272 Global Business Immersion-Business Communications
- Description
- The Global Business Immersion course includes international travel. It extends the knowledge gained in Global Business Environment, D270 and concentrates directly on the management of multinational firms.
- 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.
BUS-D 272 Global Business Immersion-International Business Management
- Description
- The Global Business Immersion course includes international travel. It extends the knowledge gained in Global Business Environment, D270 and concentrates directly on the management of multinational firms.
- 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.
SPEA-E 183 Environment and People
- Description
- Environment and people is an introductory course that examines how humans interact with their environment. This course covers multiple topics, centered-around human-environment dimensions of environmental change. The overarching objective is to develop an understanding of our impact on the planet and possible solutions to environmental degradation.
- 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.
SPEA-V 160 National and International Policy
- Description
- This course will discuss current debates about U.S. Public Policy on the national and international levels. Some policy issues covered are economic, crime, security, health and energy.
- 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.
SPEA-V 182 Policy-Making Around the World: Comparative and International Approaches
- Description
- This course introduces students to the fields of comparative and international policy. The first part explores how and why governments around the world make policy choices and how these choices affect their citizens. The second part introduces students to how governments work together with other actors to solve global problems.
- 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.
SPH-H 172 Intl Health & Social Issues
- Description
- Covers world health problems and efforts being made to achieve optimal health for all. Exposes students to health concerns of non-Western and nondominant cultures. Population dynamics, vital statistics, global disease patterns, and analysis of variations among nations will be considered in analyzing health status of people and communities around the world.
- 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.
- 300-499-Level Intercultural and International Competence. One (1) course:
- Foreign Language. One (1) foreign language course at the 200–499 level
- Global Work Sector Competence. At least eight (8) credits hours in the following areas.
- Internship. One (1) course with a minimum of 50 hours of experience. Must be related to one of the designated Peace Corps Prep work sectors and be approved by the certificate coordinator:
- SGIS-X 373 Internship in Global and International Studies
- ASCS-X 373 Internship: Theory into Practice
- BUS-X 498 Business Internship for Credit
- SPEA-V 381 Professional Experience
SGIS-X 373 Internship in Global and International Studies
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Provides academic structure to undergraduate students who wish to engage in a work experience through participation in internships domestically or internationally.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
ASCS-X 373 Internship: Theory into Practice
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Approval of the College of Arts and Sciences Walter Center for Career Achievement
- Description
- Provides opportunity to receive academic credit for a part-time or full-time internship experience that applies classroom concepts to the world of work. Requires a learning contract, employer evaluations, weekly journal, reflective paper, and evaluation of internship site. Offered spring, summer, and fall.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
BUS-X 498 Business Internship for Credit
- Description
- None
- 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.
SPEA-V 381 Professional Experience
- Description
- Students will be required to fulfill a minimum of 120 hours of professional relevant work.
- 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.
- Electives. At least two (2) elective courses related to the certificate's goals and Peace Corps Work Sectors from appropriate academic units, determined in consultation with the certificate coordinator.
- At least one (1) of the above elective courses must be at the 300–499 level.
- One (1) elective course should be designated a Service Learning course or include significant field experience.
- Internship. One (1) course with a minimum of 50 hours of experience. Must be related to one of the designated Peace Corps Prep work sectors and be approved by the certificate coordinator:
- Capstone. One (1) course:
- INTL-I 401 Global Service Capstone
INTL-I 401 Global Service Capstone
- Credits
- 1
- Prerequisites
- Global Service and Peace Corps Prep student; and at least junior standing
- Description
- Project or two workshops that captures the student's accumulated knowledge of global service.
- College Disciplines. At least twelve (12) credit hours must be earned within disciplines in the College of Arts and Sciences.
- One (1) of the courses used to fulfill requirements 1–7 above must be officially designated a Service Learning course or be an approved experiential-learning course as determined by the certificate coordinator.
- Certificate GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
- Certificate GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the certificate—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
- Certificate Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the certificate.
- Certificate Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed at the 300–499 level.
- Certificate Residency. At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
Certificate Area Courses
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Unless otherwise noted below, the following courses are considered in the academic program and will count toward academic program requirements as appropriate:
- Any course contained on the course lists for the academic program requirements at the time the course is taken—as well as any other courses that are deemed functionally equivalent—except for those listed only under Addenda Requirements
- Any course directed to a non-Addenda requirement through an approved exception
Exceptions to and substitutions for certificate requirements may be made with the approval of the unit's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.