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International Studies Component

International Studies courses provide a societal perspective for Huntsman students to do comparative work. Comparative Capitalist Systems - History 107, the one course all Huntsman freshmen are currently required to take together, introduces Huntsman students to comparative thinking and fulfills the International Studies Requirement.

The following list of Penn courses is intended for illustrative purposes only and gives a limited number of examples. International Studies courses can also be taken during study abroad.

 

African Studies

AFST 018   African Worlds
AFST 076   Africa since 1800
AFST 190   Introduction to Africa
AFST 204   African Medicine
AFST 205   Law and Social Policy
AFST 230   Law in Africa
AFST 257   Contemporary African Studies
AFST 355   Women and Ritual in Africa
AFST 390   Debates in African Studies/ Postcolonial Cities
AFST 442   West Africa: State, Society & Culture
AFST 507   Modern African History
AFST 511   African Cultural History
AFST 514   Anthropology of Africa
 

Anthropology

ANTH 002   Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 018   African Worlds
ANTH 115   Culture Clash
ANTH 121   Origin and Cultures of Cities
ANTH 123   Communication and Culture
ANTH 136   Culture and Conflict in International Relations
ANTH 150   Women's Health and Development
ANTH 190   Introduction to Africa
ANTH 221   Native Indian Peoples
ANTH 233   Anthropology and History in South Asia
ANTH 242   World Ethnography
ANTH 505   Anthropology of Religion

 

Comparative Literature

COML 294   Reading Global Feminist Theory
COML 360   Critical Issues in Globalization & Transnationalism

 

Demography

DEMG 541   Gender, Labor Force and Markets
DEMG 677   International Migration
 

East Asian Languages and Civilizations

EALC 105   East Asian Diplomacy

 

Economics

ECON 020   Economic History and Development
ECON 023   Topics in Economic Development: India & China
ECON 050   International Economics
ECON 053   International Trade
ECON 054   International Monetary Economics
ECON 061   Economics of Eastern Europe
ECON 062   Soviet Economy
ECON 123   Topics in Development
ECON 150   International Economics
ECON 160   Comparative Economic Systems
ECON 242   Topics in Macro: Political Stability & Growth
ECON 251   International Trade

 

English

ENGL 394   Critical Issues in Globalization & Transnationalism
ENGL 395   Globalization Theory (B. Franklin Seminar)

 

Gender, Culture and Society

GSOC 118   Iran Cinema: Gender, politics, Religion
GSOC 013   Male and Female Communication in the East and West
GSOC 258   International Women, War and Peace
GSOC 213   Indian Cinema and Society
GSOC 280   Feminist Political Thought
GSOC 294   Readings in Global Feminist Theory
GSOC 307   Gender in Latin America
GSOC 358   History of Women and the Family in Europe
GSOC 470   Women in Modern Europe
GSOC 486   Gender and Nationalism in the Third World
GSOC 508   Migration, Women and Families

 

Geology

GEOL 404   International Mineral Resources

 

Government Administration

GAFL 560   Women Leaders and Emerging Democracies

 

History

HIST 011   The World: History and Modernity
HIST 012   Globalization
HIST 081   History of the Middle East Since 1800
HIST 084   The Middle East in the 20th Century
HIST 107   Comparative Capitalist Systems
HIST 146   Comparative Medicine
HIST 147   Islamic History to 1517
HIST 160   Strategy, Policy, and War
HIST 344   Twentieth Century European Intellectual History
HIST 358   History of Women and the Family in Europe
HIST 386   South Asia: Religion and Politics
HIST 390   Palestine and the Arab Israeli Conflict
HIST 407   Gender in Latin America
HIST 420   History of International Politics: 1815-1914
HIST 421   History of International Politics: 1914-Present
HIST 431   A World at War: WWII in Europe and Asia

 

History and Sociology of Science

HSSC 145   Comparative Medicine
HSSC 206   Health and Disease in the Developing World
HSSC 414   Medicine and the Body
HSSC 545   Health and Medicine in the Non-Western World

 

International Relations

INTR 101   International Relations in Theory and Practice

 

Latin American Studies

LTAM 213   Latin American Politics

 

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

NELC 032   The Middle East in the 20th Century
NELC 101   Introduction to the Middle East
NELC 132   Origins of the Islamic Political Thought

 

Philosophy

PHIL 234   Philosophy of Religion
PHIL 434   Philosophy of Religion

 

Political Science

PSCI 050   Contemporary International Politics
PSCI 110   Introduction to Comparative Politics
PSCI 115   Comparative Western European Politics
PSCI 116   Political Change in the Third World
PSCI 117   Nationalism & Politics of Ethnicity
PSCI 118   The Military and Politics in the Third World
PSCI 130   Introduction to American Politics
PSCI 131   American Foreign Policy
PSCI 150   International Relations Theory & Practice
PSCI 151   International Security
PSCI 154   The Politics of the Global Environment
PSCI 186   Money and Markets
PSCI 210   Contemporary African Politics
PSCI 211   Politics in the Contemporary Middle East
PSCI 212   Japanese Politics
PSCI 213   Latin American Politics
PSCI 216   Government and Politics of East Asia
PSCI 217   Russian Politics
PSCI 218   Politics of Post War Western Europe
PSCI 219   Contemporary Chinese Politics
PSCI 231   Business, Government and Public Policy
PSCI 250   International Political Economy
PSCI 252   Evolution of the International System
PSCI 253   International Politics of the Middle East
PSCI 254   Moscow and the Middle East
PSCI 255   East Asian International Relations
PSCI 256   International Relations of the US and South Asia
PSCI 257   Contemporary African Politics
PSCI 258   Human Rights
PSCI 259   Russian Foreign Policy
PSCI 275   Muslim Political Thought
PSCI 298   Selected Topics in Political Science (by approval)
PSCI 312   Democracy in Africa
PSCI 314   Transitions to Democracy
PSCI 358   International Law
PSCI 395   Power Sharing
PSCI 397   Topics in International Politics
PSCI 411   Comparative Politics: Federalism and Decentralization
PSCI 412   Comparative Politics
PSCI 413   Latin American Politics
PSCI 415   Contemporary African Politics
PSCI 416   Nationalism & Politics of Ethnicity
PSCI 453   Moscow and the Middle East
PSCI 458   International Relations of U.S. and South Asia
PSCI 459   Russian Foreign Policy
PSCI 498   European Union
PSCI 521   Comparative Business-State Relations
PSCI 532   The Political Economy of North-South Relations
PSCI 560   The Organization of World Politics
PSCI 566   Government and Politics of East Asia
PSCI 598   Globalization and International Institutions

 

Religious Studies

RELS 106   Modern Religious Thought
RELS 201   Sociology of Religion
RELS 202   Topics in Religion and Science
RELS 204   Philosophy of Religion
RELS 401   Philosophy of Religion
RELS 500   Theories of Religion
RELS 502   Science and the Sacred
RELS 506   Anthropology of Religion

 

Social Policy and Practice

FRSM 106   Dilemmas in International Development

 

Sociology

SOCI 002   Social Problems and Public Policy
SOCI 003   Deviance and Social Control
SOCI 004   The Family
SOCI 006   Race and Ethnic Relations/American Society
SOCI 007   Population and Society
SOCI 008   Introduction to Political Sociology
SOCI 010   Social Stratification
SOCI 011   Urban Sociology
SOCI 012   Globalization
SOCI 052   War and Peace
SOCI 100   Introduction to Sociological Research
SOCI 101   Bioethics
SOCI 102   The City in Social Theory
SOCI 104   Sociology of Sex: Comparative Study
SOCI 112   Discrimination: Sexual and Racial Conflict
SOCI 115   Social Movements
SOCI 117   Sociology of Work
SOCI 118   Sociology of Bioethics
SOCI 120   Social Statistics
SOCI 122   The Sociology of Gender
SOCI 125   Classical Sociological Thought
SOCI 126   Contemporary Sociological Theory
SOCI 128   Introduction to Demographic Methods
SOCI 135   Law and Society
SOCI 140   Social Conflict
SOCI 220   Analyzing Quantitative Social Science Data
SOCI 222   Field Methods of Sociological Research
SOCI 231   Culture and Globalization
SOCI 235   Law and Social Change
SOCI 239   Sociology of Religion
SOCI 275   Medical Sociology
SOCI 425   Women and Political Activism
SOCI 501*   Contemporary Sociological Theory
SOCI 535*   Quantitative Methods in Sociology I
SOCI 536*   Quantitative Methods in Sociology II
SOCI 540*   Introduction to Economic and Network Analysis

 

South Asia Regional Studies

SAST 088   South Asia Since Ashoka
SAST 335   Health and Society in South Asia
SAST 404   Topics in Economic Development: India & China
SAST 486   Gender and Nationalism in the Third World

 

Urban Studies

URBS 101   The Origins and Cultures of Cities
URBS 110   Crime and Punishment
URBS 112   Urban Sociology
URBS 114   Discrimination: Sexual and Racial Conflict
URBS 137   Politics of Poverty and Development
URBS 200*   Introduction to Urban Research
URBS 230*   Applications in Social Science
URBS 244   Metropolis: Culture and the City
URBS 255   Urban Neighborhoods
URBS 270   Ethnicity
URBS 290   Metropolitan Nature

* these courses will not count toward the International Studies requirement, but are recommended for social science research.


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