Program: International Studies: Disciplinary concentration in Culture and Global Development [IST/CGLO] - SUNY Cortland - Modern Campus Catalog™

2013-14 Undergraduate Catalog

Apr 11, 2025

In this International Studies Interdisciplinary Degree Program concentration, students will gain insight into the cultural institutions of global cultures in preparation to encounter the global issues facing present-day indigenous and migrant populations.

A. Required Courses: IST Core: 15 credit hours

ECO 105 - Political Economy and Social Thought (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 101 - The World Since 1500 (3 cr. hr.)
IST 200 - Foundations of the International System (3 cr. hr.)
IST 210 - The Making of the Modern World (3 cr. hr.)
IST 400 - Themes in International Studies (3 cr. hr.)
Select IST 400, or a topic-approved course selected in consultation with advisor

B. Development, diversity and discrimination elective courses

Nine credit hours chosen from the following:

ANT 230 - Prejudice and Discrimination (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 315 - Development Anthropology (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 318 - Medical Anthropology (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 322 - Sociocultural Study of AIDS (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 352 - U.S. Ethnic Identity and Conflict (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 406 - Contact and Culture Change (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 492 - Anthropological Theory (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 305 - Political Economy of Globalization (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 311 - Economic Development (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 240 - Economic Geography (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 315 - Ecotourism (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 470 - Resource Geography (3 cr. hr.)
IST 301 - Globalization, Culture and Society in the Modern World (3 cr. hr.)
PHI 271 - Philosophy of Human Nature (3 cr. hr.)
POL 450 - International Law (3 cr. hr.)

C. Culture and globalization elective courses

Six credit hours chosen from the following:

ANT 302 - Native American Cultures (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 304 - Peoples of Africa (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 310 - Peoples of South and Southeast Asia (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 311 - Peoples of East Asia (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 312 - Peoples of the Middle East (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 313 - Maya Culture (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 314 - Peoples of Latin America (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 327 - Latin American Revolutions in the 20th Century (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 385 - History of Japan (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 386 - Modern East Asia (3 cr. hr.)

D. Elective Courses

Six credit hours chosen from the following:

ANT 234 - Anthropology of Gender (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 318 - Medical Anthropology (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 350 - Language in Society and Culture (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 493 - Anthropological Methods (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 370 - Will the World Provide? A Research Experience for Students (3 cr. hr.)
PHI 320 - Environmental Ethics (3 cr. hr.)
POL 250 - International Relations (3 cr. hr.)
POL 362 - Politics of Developing Nation States (3 cr. hr.)

Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 124

Example of the B.A. in International Studies over four years

First Year

Fall Total credit hours: 16-17

Foreign language
GE course

COR 101 - The Cortland Experience: A First Year Seminar (1 cr. hr.)
CPN 100 - Writing Studies I (3 cr. hr.)
or
CPN 102 - Writing Studies in the Community I (4 cr. hr.)
ECO 105 - Political Economy and Social Thought (3 cr. hr.)
IST 200 - Foundations of the International System (3 cr. hr.)

Spring Total credit hours: 15 -16

Foreign language
GE course

CPN 101 - Writing Studies II (3 cr. hr.)
or
CPN 103 - Writing Studies in the Community II (4 cr. hr.)
HIS 101 - The World Since 1500 (3 cr. hr.)
IST 210 - The Making of the Modern World (3 cr. hr.)

Second Year

Fall Total credit hours: 18

Foreign language
IST concentration
GE course
GE course
GE course
Elective

Spring Total credit hours: 15

Foreign language
IST concentration
GE course
GE course
GE course

Third Year

Fall Total credit hours: 15

IST concentration
IST concentration
Foreign language/Elective
Elective
Elective

Spring Total credit hours: 15

Study Abroad

Fourth Year

Fall Total credit hours: 15

IST concentration
IST concentration
Foreign language/Elective
Elective
Elective

Spring Total credit hours: 15

IST concentration
Foreign language/Elective
Elective
Elective

IST 400 - Themes in International Studies (3 cr. hr.)