THE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE
FACULTY
SENATE
Senate
Document Number 7611S
Date
of Senate Approval 04/28/11
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Statement
of Faculty Senate Action:
Effective Date:
Fall 2011
The
International Studies program gives undergraduate students an opportunity to
explore the challenges and opportunities facing the contemporary world from
different disciplinary perspectives. This interdisciplinary approach is
designed to provide students with the broader range of ideas and skills
necessary to analyze and respond to the diverse mix of cultural, economic, and
political forces that shape the global community.
The program is valuable for
students with career aspirations in a number of fields, including law,
journalism, business, public service, and teaching. It is of particular value
to people interested in global inter-governmental agencies and non-governmental
organizations such as the United Nations and private religious and humanitarian
service organizations.
The concentration in International Studies
affords students an opportunity to gain an interdisciplinary understanding of
some of the most important trends and forces which cut across national borders
and regional boundaries. In addition to classroom work, students must engage in
participatory activities and earn at least 6 credit hours from study abroad
and/or experiential learning abroad.
Requirements
for Concentration in International Studies
I.
Required
Courses for the major —at least 20 hours including: HIST 152; INTS 495; POLS
380; one course from ANTH 100, ECON 250, POLS 281; 3 hours from a course that
produces original research on a topic related to international studies, as
determined by the International Studies director, and 6 hours of modern foreign
language at the 300-level or above. Individuals who demonstrate advanced
foreign language proficiency as determined by the International Studies
director are not required to take the 6 additional hours of modern foreign
language. These students must replace the exempted hours with the same number
of hours from courses approved by the International Studies director.
II.
Critical
components of the International Studies concentration are focused study on a
specific area of international affairs and international experience. To gain a
broader understanding of the contemporary world, students must complete 21
additional hours, with 15 hours from A., and 6 hours from B. Some courses may
have prerequisites that are not part of the International Studies major.
Appropriate courses may be substituted with the permission of the International
Studies director.
A. Areas of Emphasis:
Students are expected to pursue a focused plan of study in international
affairs by choosing at least 9 hours from one of the following emphasis areas.
The additional 6 credit hours can be chosen from the remaining courses listed,
or from other appropriate courses with a modern international focus, as
determined by the International Studies director. Students seeking a double
major may count only 6 credit hours from the first major toward the INTS
concentration.
1. Society and Culture
in the Global Community: ANTH 325, ANTH 350, ANTH 361, ANTH 365, ARTH 360, INTS
325, INTS 345; LIT 355; MCOM 482; SOC 359; SOC 364
2. International Law
and Human Rights: INTS 350, INTS 354, PHIL 214, POLS 331, POLS 384, POLS 387,
POLS 388, POLS 389, SOC 480
3. Trade and
Development: ECON 314, ECON 350, ECON 355, MGMT 398, POLS 363
B. International
experience represents a critical component of international studies. Thus students
must select one of the following options for six credit hours:
1. 6 hours earned in a
UNCA-approved study abroad experience. These credits must be earned in courses
appropriate to the theme of International Studies and must be approved by the INTS
director.
2. 6 credit hours from
INTS 365 - International Experiential Learning Project
III. Other concentration
requirements - Major and computer competency is demonstrated through successful
completion of 3 hours from a course that produces original research on a topic
related to international studies. Oral competency is demonstrated through
successful completion of INTS 495.
The International Studies
program provides students an opportunity to explore the challenges and
opportunities facing the contemporary world from different disciplinary
perspectives. This interdisciplinary approach is designed to provide students
with a broad range of ideas and skills to analyze and respond to the diverse
and complex mix of cultural, economic, and political forces that shape the
global community. The concentration in International Studies provides students
with an interdisciplinary understanding of the changing dynamics and forces
that transcend national and regional boundaries.
Requirements
for Concentration in International Studies
I.
Required
courses for the major— at least 25 hours including: INTS 495; one course from
AFST 130, ANTH 100, ECON 250, ESI 101, HIST 152, IST 290, POLS 281 or RELS 280;
and 3 hours from a course that produces original research on a topic related to
international studies, as determined by the International Studies director.
Students must also complete at least 18 hours of international studies related
coursework from the courses listed below. The courses must be chosen from at
least three disciplines, with at least 12 hours at the 300-level or above.
Other appropriate courses with an international focus may be used with the
approval of the International Studies director.
II.
Other
major requirements—students must select one of the following international
experience options:
a. 6 hours earned in a
UNC Asheville-approved study abroad experience. These credits can be from
foreign language courses or other culture-based courses and must be approved by
the International Studies director.
b. 6 hours from INTS
365 - International Experiential Learning Project.
III.
Other
concentration requirements–Major and computer competency is demonstrated
through successful completion of 3 hours from a course that produces original
research on a topic related to international studies as approved by the INTS
director. Oral competency is demonstrated through successful completion of INTS
495.
Electives for International Studies
Concentration
ANTH
325 Culture and Mind (3)
ANTH 350 Body, Disability and Culture (3)
ANTH 361 Writing
Gender (3)
ANTH 365 Death and Dying (3)
ARTH 360 Modern
Art and Modernism (3)
ARTH 380 Art
and Architecture in Asia (3)
ARTH 381 Art
in Latin America (3)
ARTH 385 African
Art (3)
ARTH 386 Arts
of the African Diaspora (3)
ARTH 410 Modern
Art of Brazil and Mexico (3)
ECON
314 Economic
Growth
and Development (3)
ECON
350 International
Trade
and Finance (3)
ECON
355 Open
Economy Macroeconomics (3)
ENVR 324 Environmental
Ethics (3)
HWP 250 Health
Parity: Domestic and Global Contexts (3)
HIST 311 Foreign
Relations of the United States (3)
HIST 330 World
War II (3)
HIST 350 Britain
Since 1688 (3)
HIST 357 Women
and Imperalism (3)
HIST 358 European
Feminism (3)
HIST 362 The French Revolution: History and Historiography (3)
HIST 364 Europe:
1848-1918 (3)
HIST 367 Tsarist
Russia (3)
HIST 368 20th-Century
Russia (3)
HIST 380 Imperial
China (3)
HIST 381 Revolutionary
China (3)
HIST 383 Women
in China (3)
HIST 384 History
of Japan (3)
HIST 388 Introduction
to Islam (RELS 388) (3)
HIST 389 The Modern Middle East (3)
INTS 325 Indigenous
Rights and Social Justice (3)
INTS 345 Negotiating
Peace: The Practice of Local and Global Peacebuilding (3)
INTS 350 Refugees,
Gender and Human Rights (3)
INTS 354 The Nuclear Dilemma (3)
LIT 349 Studies in Contemporary Literature: Intro to Postcolonial
Literature (3)
LIT 355 Modern
Drama (3)
LIT 358 Black Literature (3)
MCOM
482 International
Mass Communication
(3)
MGMT
398 International
Management (3)
MGMT 401 International
Marketing (3)
MMAS 342 History
of New Media (3)
MMAS 344 History
of Design (3)
MUSC 357 Jazz
History (3)
MUSC 360 Music and the Human
Organism (3)
PHIL
214 Philosophy of Human Rights (3)
POLS 331 Immigration
and Refugee Law and Policy (3)
POLS 363 The Political Economy of Development (4)
POLS 380 Globalization
and its Critics (4)
POLS 384 Liberal
Universalism and its Critics (4)
POLS 387 International
Organizations (4)
POLS 388 Human
Rights and International Politics (3)
POLS 389 International
Law (3)
RELS 381 Religions
of South Asia (3)
RELS 386 Buddhism
(3)
RELS 387 Judaism
(3)
SOC 359 Women
of Color and Feminism (3)
SOC
364 Population and the Environment: An International
Perspective (3)
SOC 480 Sociology
of Law (3)
Impact Statement:
There
will be no added faculty resources needed for this change. The courses in the
concentration are already being offered in the fall and spring. The impact is
in streamlining the requirements for the concentration. By streamlining the
overall requirements for the concentration, the total credit hour load for this
concentration will be reduced from 47 to 31 credit hours.
Rationale:
These
changes streamline and refocus the international studies concentration to
respond to increased student interest and demand in the major, while
simultaneously delivering the curriculum more effectively and efficiently.
The changes, in overview, are as follows:
1. Reducing the total credit hour load by refocusing
the course offerings and including as electives courses that are currently
being taught across campus that were not previously listed in the
concentration.
2. Refocusing requirements in the concentration to
respond to growing student interest in new areas of interdisciplinary study.
The new list of electives increases the
level of interdisciplinarity of the INTS
concentration. Students majoring in INTS will now have the opportunity to take
courses with international content from sixteen different disciplines across
the university curriculum, with fifty-eight courses from which to select six
elective courses. The choices of elective courses cut across the natural
sciences, social sciences, and the humanities. Students who are interested in
focusing their electives in foreign languages and/or cultures can now have foreign
language courses not used to satisfy the university foreign language
requirement count toward elective hours in the INTS major. Students in this
concentration are strongly encouraged to acquire international experience
through UNC Asheville-approved study abroad opportunities. INTS 365 is
available as an option for students who are unable to study abroad either
because of economic reasons (e.g. first generation college students or students
from difficult socio-economic backgrounds) or family circumstances (e.g.
non-traditional students who have families and are unable to spend a semester
away).
The overall outcome of these changes is to
provide a curriculum that can be delivered more effectively and efficiently,
while at the same time, providing significant new choices for students
interested in majoring in the international studies concentration. Under this
new curriculum, students should be able to complete the major in a timely
manner, making this concentration in the interdisciplinary studies program more
sustainable into the future.