Certificate in Global Service and Peace Corps Preparation

Students on Summer 2021, Fall 2021, or Spring 2022 requirements GLSPCPACRT

The Certificate in Global Service and Peace Corps Preparation creates a portfolio of knowledge and skills essential for careers in international development, government, the Foreign Service, NGOs, and the academic world. Additionally, the certificate prepares students to be competitive applicants to the Peace Corps.

Requirements

The certificate requires at least 21 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.

Intercultural and International Competence.
1. 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
  - SGIS-S 300 Global Issues
  - 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 300 Russian and East European Issues
  - REEI-R 303
  - 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 HLTH CARE 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.
  Fall 2024CASE NMcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE NMcourse
  
  Spring 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.
  
  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.
  
  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.
  Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 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.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 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.
  Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 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.
  Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 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.
  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.
  Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE DUScourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE DUScourse
  
  Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE SHcourse
  BUS-D 312 BUILDING MANAGERIAL CROSS CULTURAL COMPETENCIES
  
  Credits
  3–3 credit hours
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  None
  
  EDUC-E 300 ELEMENTARY EDUCATION FOR A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY
  
  Credits
  3–3 credit hours
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  None
  
  EDUC-G 375 MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING-RELATED SKILLS AND COMMUNICATION
  
  Credits
  3–3 credit hours
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  None
  
  EDUC-H 340 EDUCATION IN AMERICAN CULTURE
  
  Credits
  3–3 credit hours
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  None
  
  EDUC-H 350 SCHOOLING AROUND THE WORLD
  
  Credits
  3–3 credit hours
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  None
  
  EDUC-M 300 TEACHING IN A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY
  
  Credits
  3–3 credit hours
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  None
  
  SPH-B 310 HLTH CARE IN DIVERSE COMMUNITIES
  
  Credits
  3–3 credit hours
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  None
  
  SPH-F 417 AFRICAN AMERICAN AND LATINO FAMILIES
  
  Credits
  3–3 credit hours
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  None
  
  SPH-H 319 GLOBAL HEALTH PROMOTION
  
  Credits
  3–3 credit hours
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  None
2. 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 The World in the Twentieth Century I
  - INST-I 100 Introduction to India
  - LATS-L 102 Introduction to Latino History
  - LATS-L 250 Blacks, Latinos, and Afro-Latinos: Constructing Difference and Identity
  - LTAM-L 210 Latin America & Caribbean: Cultures, Histories, and Politics
  - 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.
  Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 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.
  Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 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.
  Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 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.
  Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 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.
  Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 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.
  Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 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.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 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.
  Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 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.
  Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 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.
  Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE DUScourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE DUScourse
  
  Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 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.
  Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE SHcourse
  AFRI-L 232 Contemporary Africa
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  An introduction to current social, economic, and political issues in Africa.
  Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 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.
  Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE DUScourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE DUScourse
  
  Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 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.
  Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE DUScourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE DUScourse
  
  Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 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.
  Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 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.
  Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 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.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 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.
  Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 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.
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  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.
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  HIST-H 101 The World in the Twentieth Century I
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Principal world developments in the twentieth century, stressing Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe; global and regional problems; political revolutions; social and cultural diversity.
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  INST-I 100 Introduction to India
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Basic cultural literacy in India Studies through critical reading/lectures from India Studies faculty/film/discussion to discover what makes India the world power it is today, and why we need to know more about it, from its bloody birth in Partition to her ancient history and back to contemporary India.
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  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.
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  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 210 Latin America & Caribbean: Cultures, Histories, and Politics
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Explores the politics and histories of the peoples and cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean, including the Indigenous, African, and European roots and heritages of the Americas. Topics include pre-Columbian civilizations, colonialism, nations and nationalism, multiculturalism, decolonization, slavery, race, empire, sexualities, new religions, emergent cultural communities and identities.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  BUS-C 272 GLOBAL BUSINESS IMMERSION-BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS
  
  Credits
  3–3 credit hours
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  None
  
  BUS-D 272 GLOBAL BUSINESS IMMERSION-INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
  
  Credits
  3–3 credit hours
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  None
  
  SPEA-E 183 ENVIRONMENT AND PEOPLE
  
  Credits
  3–3 credit hours
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  None
  
  SPEA-V 160 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY
  
  Credits
  3–3 credit hours
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  None
  
  SPEA-V 182 POLICY-MAKING AROUND THE WORLD: COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL APPROACHES
  
  Credits
  3–3 credit hours
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  None
  
  SPH-H 172 INTL HEALTH & SOCIAL ISSUES
  
  Credits
  3–3 credit hours
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  None
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.
1. 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 up to a maximum of 6 credit hours in ASCS-Q 398, ASCS-X 373, and ASCS-X 375. S/F grading.
  Grading
  S/F grading.
  
  BUS-X 498 BUSINESS INTERNSHIP FOR CREDIT
  
  Credits
  2–2 credit hours
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  None
  
  SPEA-V 381 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  
  Credits
  1–6 credit hours
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  None
2. 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.
  1. At least one (1) of the above elective courses must be at the 300–499 level.
  2. One (1) elective course should be designated a Service Learning course or include significant field experience.
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.
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Certificate Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed at the 300–499 level.
4. 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

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.

Certificate in Global Service and Peace Corps Preparation

Requirements

Certificate hours and GPA

Certificate Area Courses

Certificate requirement exceptions and substitutions