Curriculum in International and Area Studies

ADAM VERSÉNYI, Chair

Jonathan Weiler, Director of Undergraduate Studies

Adjunct Professors

John Pickles, Earl N. Phillips, Liesbet Hooghe, Robert Jenkins, William Itoh, Robert Miles.

Adjunct Associate Professors

Sahar Amer, Chad Bryant, Christopher Nelson, Andrew Reynolds, Michael Tsin, Milada Vachudova.

Adjunct Assistant Professors

Mark Driscoll, Banu Gokariksel, Graeme Robertson, Eunice Sahle, Mark Sorensen, Niklaus Steiner, Jonathan Weiler.

Professor Emeritus

Steven I. Levine.

Introduction

Globalization of the economy, cross-cultural relations, international media, ecological crises, and political transformations are all making international studies more important today. The Curriculum in International and Area Studies offers an interdisciplinary program of study focusing on these and many other issues. It draws on courses throughout the social sciences, humanities, and professional schools and offers students the chance to concentrate on an area of the world and a theme of global significance.

Students prepare for careers in business, diplomacy, international aid, economic development, and other forms of public service. The international studies major is also excellent preparation for graduate school in one of the social sciences, in professions such as law, business, and journalism, or in international affairs and area studies. About 300 juniors and seniors major in international studies.

Program of Study

The degree offered is bachelor of arts in international and area studies.

Majoring in International and Area Studies: Bachelor of Arts

Students entering the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in fall 2008 or later:

International studies (INTS) majors must complete all requirements of the General College. They must also earn credit for six levels of modern language study. Students may choose six levels of one language or four levels of one language and two of another. The primary language must be relevant to the declared world area concentration (see below). Of the six required levels of language, at least three must be satisfied at UNC–Chapel Hill or as part of a University-approved study abroad program.

In addition to foreign language, international studies majors must take a total of 10 courses. All majors are required to take INTS 210 as the gateway core course. Of the remaining nine elective courses, two are core courses representing a variety of disciplinary approaches to international and global issues. The two core courses must not come from the same academic department. The other seven courses comprise the student’s concentrations in a theme and an area of the world. Of these seven courses, five must be above the survey level (courses numbered 200 and above). For the thematic requirement, students will select four courses that explore one of the four thematic concentrations: 1) international politics, nation-states, social movements; 2) global economics, trade, development; 3) global health and environment; and 4) transnational cultures, identities, arts. In addition, three courses are required that are substantially grounded in a world area, exemplifying the transnational issues explored in the chosen theme. The world areas are Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Western Europe and the European Union, and Russia and Eastern Europe. All courses counted toward the major must have a substantially contemporary focus.

Students entering the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill prior to fall 2008:

A. The student who concentrates in international studies will select four courses that explore one of the four thematic concentrations: 1) international politics, nation-states, social movements; 2) global economics, trade, development; 3) global health and environment (available only to students declaring the major fall 2007 or later); and 4) transnational cultures, identities, arts. In addition, two courses are required that are substantially grounded in a world area (see B, below), exemplifying the transnational issues explored in the international theme.

B. The student who concentrates in area studies will select four courses that focus on a single world area. The world areas are Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Western Europe and the European Union, and Russia and Eastern Europe. In addition, two courses are required in one of the four thematic concentrations (see A, above) in order to contextualize the student’s area-based knowledge. All courses counted toward the major must have a substantially contemporary focus.

The curriculum urges that in addition to fulfilling requirements, INTS students continue the study of a foreign language to a level as close as possible to fluency. All INTS students should also make every effort to include a study abroad program in their undergraduate education, preferably in their sophomore or junior year.

No courses fulfilling major requirements may be taken pass/fail.

Honors in International and Area Studies

Honors study involves the completion of a substantial piece of original research and the formal presentation of the results in an honors thesis and oral defense. Those who successfully complete the program are awarded their B.A. with either honors or highest honors in international studies. Students who wish to submit a thesis for honors in international studies must enroll in INTS 691H and 692H during their senior year. INTS 692H may count toward the major as a theme or area studies course. INTS 691H will count as elective credit only. Each prospective honors student must submit a two-to-three-page prospectus outlining his/her project in the spring of the junior year.

Special Opportunities in International and Area Studies

Experiential Education

In conjunction with the Center for Global Initiatives, the Curriculum in International and Area Studies offers a one-credit APPLES service learning course (INTS 290) in intercultural education in K–12 classrooms. International studies majors may also pursue internships toward major credit through a variety of organizations. Check the curriculum’s Web site, www.global.unc.edu/ints, for procedures.

Study Abroad (recommended, but optional)

International studies majors are strongly urged to gain experiential knowledge of the countries and thematic concerns they are studying through participation in an approved study abroad program appropriate to their areas of concentration. Every effort will be made by the curriculum to integrate study abroad courses into the major. Students must receive course approval from the director of undergraduate studies of the CIAS major prior to departure for a program abroad. No credit will be given unless programs are pre-approved.

Undergraduate Awards

All majors in the Curriculum in International and Area Studies who study abroad are considered for two study abroad awards that are presented each year. These funds may be used to defray any expenses associated with studying abroad.

The Michael L. and Matthew L. Boyatt Award Fund provides several meritorious awards each year, of no more than $2,500 each. They are designated for majors who want to participate in a study abroad program pertinent to their area of concentration within international studies.

The Laura Hudson Richards Fund provides one award of $2,500 each year to a major in the Curriculum in International and Area Studies who demonstrates both academic excellence and financial need.

In addition, each spring the curriculum awards the Douglas Eyre Prize in International and Area Studies to the student writing the best honors thesis. The curriculum also selects an annual recipient of the Anne Scaff Award for service to the curriculum and internationalizing the College. Students chosen to receive the Eyre Prize and Scaff Award are recognized at the curriculum’s spring commencement ceremony.

Graduate School and Career Opportunities

International studies majors are prepared for careers in business, diplomacy, international aid and economic development, and other forms of public service. The INTS major is also excellent preparation for graduate school in one of the social sciences; in professions such as law, business, or journalism; or in international affairs and area studies. Career resources are available on the curriculum’s Web site, www.global.unc.edu/ints.

Contact Information

Questions should be directed to the FedEx Global Education Center, Room 2202, CB# 3263, (919) 962-5442, or to an international studies advisor in the College of Arts and Sciences and the General College.

INTS

191 [095] Peoples of Siberia (ANTH 191, ENST 191, RUES 191) (3). See ANTH 191 for description.

192 [046] Contemporary Middle East (ASIA 192, RELI 192) (3). See RELI 192 course description.

196 [099] Independent Study (1–12). Permission of the instructor and advisor. Reading and research on special topics in international studies.

210 [077] Global Issues in the 20th Century (ANTH 210, GEOG 210, HIST 210, POLI 210) (3). Survey of international social, political, and cultural patterns in selected societies of Africa, Asia, America, and Europe, stressing comparative analysis of 20th-century conflicts and change in different historical contexts. LAC recitation sections offered in French, German, and Spanish.

249 [083] New Immigration and the South: Immigration Policy in the 21st Century (PLCY 249) (3). See PLCY 249 for description.

252 [062] Popular Culture in Modern Southeast Asia (ASIA 252, CMPL 252) (3). See ASIA 252 for description.

258 [058] Musical Movements: Migration, Exile, and Diaspora (MUSC 258) (3). See MUSC 258 for description.

261 [061] Conservation of Biodiversity in Theory and Practice (ENST 261, GEOG 264) (3). See ENST 261 for description.

263 [072] Environmental Field Studies in Siberia (ENST 263, GEOG 263, RUES 263) (4). See GEOG 263 for description.

265 [082] Literature and Race, Literature and Ethnicity (ENGL 265) (3). Considers texts in a comparative ethnic/race studies framework and examines how these texts explore historical and contemporary connections between groups of people in the United States and the Americas. This course is not included on the list of approved courses for the major.

270 [279] Global Environmental Policy Analysis and Solutions (ENST 270, PLCY 270) (3). See ENST 270 for description.

281 [081] Gender and Global Change (WMST 281) (3). Prerequisite, WMST 101 or permission of the instructor. See WMST 281 for description.

283 [084] China in the World (HIST 282, ASIA 282) (3). See HIST 282 for description.

290 Current Topics in International and Area Studies (0.5–21). An interdisciplinary approach to the study of the background, current status, and future prospects for one of a series of global issues such as the nuclear age, the environment, technological transition.

300I [030] Advanced Expository Writing (Interdisciplinary) (3). See ENGL 300I for description.

319 [119] Global Health (ANTH 319) (3). See ANTH 319 for description.

320 [120] Anthropology of Development (ANTH 320) (3). Critical exploration of current debates in the anthropology of Third World development, the production of global inequality, and the construction of parts of the world as underdeveloped through discourses and practices of development.

360 [096] Survey of International and Development Economics (ECON 360) (3). See ECON 360 for description.

364 [079] Introduction to Latina/o Studies (3). See ENGL 364 for description.

376 [076] Colonial East Asia/Postcolonial Japan (JAPN 376, JMOC 826) (3). Focusing on literary, philosophical, and media works, this course will first examine Japanese colonialism from 1895 to 1940 and then the postcolonial effects of that colonialism within Japan after 1945.

380 [080] Social Theory and Cultural Diversity (3). Introduction to basic paradigms of thinking about cultural difference (race, gender, nationality, religion, etc.), encouraging students to examine how those paradigms shape how we act, think, and imagine as members of diverse cultures.

388 [088] The International Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health (WMST 388) (3). See WMST 388 for description.

390 [199] Current Topics in International and Area Studies (3). Topics vary from semester to semester.

393 [93] Great Decisions (1). Eight evening guest lectures, with a discussion session after each, on eight issues in current foreign policy. May be repeated for credit.

394 [094] Great Decisions and International Relations (3). Pre- or corequisite, INTS 393. This course links the Great Decisions lecture series with readings and analyses of international relations. Its purpose is to provide the students on the Great Decisions coordinating committee with a practical and intellectual engagement with United States foreign policy and global issues.

405 [103] Comparative Political Economics of Development (3). Political, economic dynamics of selected countries in Asia, Latin America, Caribbean, and Africa.

406 [104] Transitions to Democracy (3). Transitions to liberal democratic political structures in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the former Soviet bloc.

410 [102] Comparative Queer Politics (WMST 410) (3). See WMST 410 for description.

433 [115] Politics of the European Union (POLI 433) (3). See POLI 433 for description.

438 [116] Undivided Europe (POLI 438) (3). See POLI 438 for description.

447 [147] Gender, Space, and Place in the Middle East (ASIA 447, GEOG 447) (3). See GEOG 447 for description.

448 [148] Transnational Geographies of Muslim Societies (GEOG 448) (3). See GEOG 448 for description.

451 [140] Orientalist Fantasies and Discourses on the Other (ASIA 451) (3). See ASIA 451 for description.

452 [141] Muslim Women in France and the U.S. (ASIA 452) (3). See ASIA 452 for description.

453 [143] Global Shangri-la (ASIA 453) (3). See ASIA 453 for description.

455 [142] Arabs in America (ASIA 455) (3). See ASIA 455 for description.

457 Globalization in East Asia/East Asianized Globalization (ASIA 457) (3). Prerequisites, INTS 210 for international studies majors and one content course in either Japanese or Chinese for Asian studies majors. Through a focus on East Asia, this course will treat globalization as a truly global phenomenon and not one centered in the United States or even EuroAmerica. Here, the emphasis will be on the often overlooked impact of Japanese and Chinese pop culture, film, technology, and finance on the different fields of globalization.

463 [164] International Economics from the Participant’s Perspective (ECON 463) (3). See ECON 463 for description.

464 [126] Europe Today: Transnationalism, Globalism, and the Geographies of Pan-Europe (GEOG 464) (3). See GEOG 464 for description.

512 [139] Technology, Imperialism, and Popular Culture: Global History, 1840–1939 (3). Comparative cultural history of Euro-American empire building in the 19th and 20th centuries focusing on technological change, public display, popular entertainment, and encounters between colonizer and colonized.

514 [132] Monuments and Memory (ART 514, HIST 514) (3). Since the emergence of the idea of “public,” museums and monuments have played a key role in the formation of cultural memory and identity, both nationally and globally. This course explores the relation between museums and monuments historically and theoretically, and relates them to national and international developments in the 19th and 20th centuries.

520 [184] International Environmental Politics (ENST 520, PLCY 520) (3). See ENST 520 for description.

691H [090] Honors in International Studies (3). Permission of the advisor. Preparation for writing the honors thesis.

692H [091] Honors in International Studies (3). Permission of the advisor. Completion of the honors thesis and an oral examination of the thesis.