IECA Curriculum

International Economics and Cultural Affairs Concentration (Minimum 21 Cr.)

Courses with an asterisk (*) have prerequisites

In addition to completing the Global Studies Core and specific concentration requirements, all majors are required to complete a major or minor in French, German, or Spanish, or a minimum of 16 credits of Chinese or Japanese language.

Global Studies Core (6 credits):

WLC 150	Global Perspectives	3 Cr.
WLC 493	Senior Seminar	3 Cr.

Economics Core (12 credits):

ECON 221	Principles of Microeconomics	3 Cr.
ECON 222	Principles of Macroeconomics	3 Cr.

Select two courses from:

ECON 236*	Contending Economic Theories	3 Cr.
ECON 326*	International Economics	3 Cr.
ECON 336*	Economics of Developing Nations	3 Cr.
ECON 337*	Public Economics	3 Cr.

Support Core (9 credits):

Choose 9 credits from this list of electives, selected from at least two different disciplines, in consultation with the IECA advisor; two of the three courses must be at the 300-level or higher.

GEO 101	World Human Geography	3 Cr.
GEO 102	Globalization and Development	3 Cr.
GEO 201*	Economic Geography	3 Cr.
GEO 265	Sustainability: Environment, Economy, Society	3 Cr.
GEO 301*	Regional Geographies of the World	3 Cr.
GEO 470	Political Geography	3 Cr.
HIST 100	European History	3 Cr.
HIST 110	The World in the Twentieth Century	3 Cr.
HIST 140	Introduction to East Asian Culture	3 Cr.
HIST 232	Latin American History and Society	3 Cr.
HIST 235	Modern Mexico: Competing Visions of the Nation	3 Cr.
HIST 250	African History and Society	3 Cr.
HIST 304*	European Imperialism and the Colonial Experience	3 Cr.
HIST 313*	History of Modern Britain	3 Cr.
HIST 315*	Contemporary Europe: Century of Violence	3 Cr.
HIST 317*	Hitler and the Third Reich	3 Cr.
HIST 329*	Revolution! Insurgence in Latin America	3 Cr.
HIST 333*	Latin America in the Cold War Era	3 Cr.
HIST 341*	Revolution and its Roots: The Making of Modern China	3 Cr.
HIST 342*	Tragedy and Triumph: The Making of Modern Japan	3 Cr.
HIST 350*	Colonialism and Independence: Understanding Modern Africa	3 Cr.
HIST 355*	Modern Middle Eastern History	3 Cr.
HIST 390*	Topics in History (when topic is contemporary, non-US)	3 Cr.
HIST 393*	History through Film (when topic is contemporary, non-US)	3 Cr.
POLS 130	Comparative Politics	3 Cr.
POLS 150	International Relations	3 Cr.
POLS 210*	Research Methods in Political Science	3 Cr.
POLS 231*	Politics of Developing States	3 Cr.
POLS 291	Topics in International Relations	3 Cr.
POLS 330*	Politics of Industrialized States	3 Cr.
POLS 332*	Politics of China and East Asia	3 Cr.
POLS 333*	Politics of Africa	3 Cr.
POLS 334*	Politics of the Middle East	3 Cr.
POLS 336*	Politics of Latin America	3 Cr.
POLS 343*	Principles of Peace and Social Justice	3 Cr.
POLS 351*	American Foreign Policy	3 Cr.
POLS 352*	Model United Nations	3 Cr.
POLS 391*	Advanced Topics in International Relations I	3 Cr.
POLS 437*	Comparative Public Policy	3 Cr.
POLS 438*	Gender and Public Policy in Global Perspective	3 Cr.
POLS 450*	International Regimes and Global Governance	3 Cr.
POLS 454*	International Political Economy	3 Cr.
POLS 456*	War and Conflict	3 Cr.
THEO 363*	Religions of China and Japan	3 Cr.
WLC 280*	Experiential Learning in World Languages and Cultures	1-3 Cr.
WLC 290	Topics in World Languages and Cultures	3 Cr.
WLC 320*	Global Humanitarianism Examined	3 Cr.
WLC 390*	Seminar in World Languages and Cultures	3 Cr.
WLC 486*	World Languages and Cultures Internship	1-3 Cr.