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15-Hour Focus Area:
   
Students must complete 15 hours in one focus area from among the following courses, including courses with at least four different codes (prerequisite requirements are noted in parentheses after the course title; exceptions or course substitutions may be made by the administrator/advisor):


Language and Culture
   
ANT     226 (Cultural Anthropology; S)
ANT     280 (Linguistic Anthropology; F)
ANT     310 (Ethnographic Field Methods; D) (ANT 226/permission)
ANT     320 (Ethnography; D) (ANT 100/226)
ANT     380 (Language and Culture; S) (ANT 280/ENG 396)
ANT     490 (Field Experience in Anthropology; D)*
COM    360 (Introduction to Intercultural Communication; D) (COM 115, 209 & MED120)
ENG     283 (Folklore; F) (ENG 110)
GRY     320 (Cultural Geography; F)
IDS       397 (International Culture and Study Abroad; F, S, Su)*
MCL     550 (Advanced Study Abroad; D)*
MUS     239 (Introduction to World Music; F, S)
PHI       115 (Ethics and Contemporary Issues; F, S)
REL      210 (Paths of World Religions; F, S)

Business and Economics

AGB     514 (International Agricultural Trade; D) (AGB 334/MKT 350)
AGR     100 (Technology’s Impact on Society; F, S)
ECO     346 (Economic Development; F) (ECO 155 & 165)
ECO     456 (Comparative Economic Systems; F, S) (ECO 155 & 165)
ECO     565 (International Economics; S) (ECO 155 & 165)
FGB      584 (International Financial Management; F, S) (FGB 380/500/req)
GRY     308 (Geography of World Tourism; S)
GRY     321 (Economic Geography; S) (30 hours/permission)
HST      340 (Business and Society: U.S., Britain, and Japan; D) (HST 122 recd)
IDS       397 (International Culture and Study Abroad; F, S, Su)*
MCL     550 (Advanced Study Abroad; D)*
MGT     447 (International Management; D) (MGT 340)
MKT     474 (International Marketing; F, S) (MKT 350)

Politics, Society and Environmental Issues

CRM     420 (Comparative Criminal Justice Systems; D) (CAS 210/permission)
ECO     540 (Economics of the Environment; F) (ECO 165/permission)
GRY     108 (Ecology and Society; F, S)
GRY     316 (Geography of Global Health and Disease; F)
GRY     322 (Urban Geography; F)
GRY     323 (World Political Geography; S)
GRY     351 (Conservation of Natural Resources; F, S)
GRY     535 (Climatology and Global Climate; D)
HST      328 (The American Approach to Foreign Policy; D)
IDS       397 (International Culture and Study Abroad; F, S, Su)*
MCL     550 (Advanced Study Abroad; D)*
PHI       302 (Environmental Ethics; D)
PLS      205 (Introduction to Comparative Government; F, S)
PLS      232 (International Relations; F, S)
PLS      330 (1) (Modern United Nations; F)
PLS      437 (International Organizations and Law; S)
PLS      535 (American Foreign Policy; F)
PLS      546 (Political Violence and Terrorism; D)
PLS      555 (Public Policy for a Global Environment; D)
PLS      561 (Introduction to Political Theory; FO)
PLS      565 (Contemporary Political Ideologies; SE)
SOC     336 (Race and Ethnic Group Relations; S)
SOC     505 (Population Analysis; S) (SOC 150/360/permission)

*If Applicable

(Index:  F—Fall; S—Spring; Su—Summer; D—Demand)