BA in International Studies
Greensboro, USA
BA
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Jan 2026
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
The International Studies Department expands students’ global awareness as they seek to create a more peaceful world.
Majors prepare themselves for challenges in an increasingly complex 21st century through in-depth interdisciplinary study of their chosen region. Students also learn a foreign language, study abroad for a semester and grow to appreciate the many ways humankind organizes itself.
Broad knowledge of global affairs as well as expertise in Europe, Latin America, East Asia, or Africa are hallmarks of the program. The major pairs well with a second major in Political Science, Foreign Language, or History, for example, making each student’s experience and knowledge unique. Double majoring and having an adviser for each major is a requirement.
The International Studies major prepares students for employment in business, journalism, government, non-governmental organizations and more.
International Studies is an interdisciplinary, stand-alone major that includes four Specialty Tracks:
- Asian Studies
- European Studies
- Latin American Studies
- International Affairs
Specific Course Requirements
I. Core Common Courses (INTR 230 & 65) (8 credits)
II. Specialty Track Courses (16 credits )
III. Study Abroad
IV. Modern Language (0-8 credits ), or International Electives or Additional Language Work (0-8 credits)
I. Core Common Courses: ( credits x 2 = 8 credits), which must include:
- Theories & Methods in International Studies
- International Research Colloquium
II. Four Specialty Track Courses : ( credits x = 16 credits), which must include: One designated core survey course
- Asia Pacific in Modern Times
- History of East Asia to 1800
- Modern China in Film
- Gender and Sexuality in Chinese History
- Silk & Silver: Imperial China
- China in Revolution
- Samurai in Word and Image
- Gender and Sexuality in Chinese History
- Women in Modern Japan
- Contemporary Japanese Society
- Media, Gender and Nation in Japan
- East Asian Politics
- Asia and the World
- Chinese Politics
- China and the World
- Hinduism
- HP:Religions of the Minorities of Southwest China
- Women in Tibetan Buddhism
- Tibetan & Himalayan Religions
- Buddhist Emptiness
- Shamanism
European Studies Specialty Track (16 credits)
- Art History: Renaissance in Florence (HIST 235)
- The Renaissance in Florence (ART 235)
- British Literature I
- British Literature II
- Shakespeare
- Medieval Literature
- Early Modern Literature
- British Romantic Literature
- Victorian Literature
- French and Francophone Cinema
- Literature and Culture: Period
- Literature and Culture: Theme
- Literature and Culture: Genre
- Contemporary German Culture
- German Youth Culture
- Culture and Society: The Weimar Republic
- Seminar
- Medieval Lives in Love and War
- The Web of Europe since 1 00
- The Age of Dictators: Europe, 1920s-30s
- Medieval Civilization: Crusades and Chivalry
- Reformation: Luther to Fox (REL 236)
- Reformation: Luther to Fox (HIST 236)
- Europe in Revolution, 1789-191
- The Second World War
- The French Revolution and Napoleon
- Immigration & a Multicultural Europe, 1800-Present
- The Elizabethan Age (ENGL 336)
- The Elizabethan Age (HIST 336)
- Homer to Socrates: Cultures of Classical Greece (HIST 335)
- Early Music and Culture
- Ancient Western Philosophy
- Modern Western Philosophy
- Contemporary Theolgy:Holocaust
- HP:The Anthropology of Colonialism
- Contemporary Spain
- Culture and Society: Golden Age of Spain
- Culture and Society: Beginnings of a Nation (The Integration of Three Cultures)
- Senior Seminar: Spain
- Theatre and Culture I
- Theatre and Culture II
Latin American Studies Specialty Track (16 credits)
- Modern Latin America
- Race and Ethnicity in Latin America
- Economic and Social Development: “‘Beneath’ the United States.”
- Colonial Latin America
- Latinx Migration Patterns
- Contemporary Latin America
- Culture and Society: Mexico, Central America and Caribbean
- Culture and Society: South America
- Film, Life and Literature of Latin America
- Senior Seminar: Latin America
- Inequality in Latin America
International Affairs Specialty Track (16 credits)
- Microeconomic Principles: Public Policy
- International Business
- International Relations
- HP: The Anthropology of Colonialism
- Arts:Afr,Asia & the Americas
- International Experience
- Money and Capital Markets (ECON 333)
- Macroeconomic Principles: “Global Vision: the U.S. in the World Economy”
- Money and Capital Markets (BUS 333)
- Comparative Economic Systems: “The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire”
- Economic and Social Development: “‘Beneath’ the United States.”
- Poverty, Power and Policy
- Environmental and Resource Economics
- International Economics: “‘Beside’ the United States”
- World Literature
- World Cinema
- Environment and Society
- HP:Climate and History
- Business Ethics (BUS 02)
- Agricultural Revolutions
- Understanding Poverty
- International Development
- Islam and Modernization
- Voices of Liberation
- Introduction to Peace & Conflict Studies
- Challenges of Global Democratization (PSCI 206)
- War and Peace in the Middle East
- Conflict Transformation for Peacebuilding and Justice (JPS 236)
- Peacebuilding in Divided Societies
- Mediation & Conflict Intervention
- Human Rights
- Globalization: Economics & Social Justice
- Nonviolence: Theories and Practice
- Social Change: Promoting Peace
- Culture, Conflict, Negotiation
- Reconciliation and Justice
- Religion, Spirituality and Social Change
- Ethics In a Digital World
- Environmental Ethics
- Pacifism and Just War Theory
- Comparative Politics
- Comparing Countries
- Challenges of Global Democratization (PECS 206)
- Global Terrorism
- Modern Environmental Problems
- Global Power and Wealth
- Avoiding War, Making Peace
- Globalization and Its Discontents
- Comparative Religious Ethics
- Cultural Anthropology
- Development Anthropology
- Environmental Anthropology