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. Required Courses: Six credit hours

• HLH 111 - International Health and Culture (3 cr. hr.)
• HLH 163 - The HIV Epidemic (3 cr. hr.)

C. Health and environment elective courses

Six credit hours chosen from the following:

• ECO 335 - Resource and Environmental Economics (3 cr. hr.)
• EST 100 - Introduction to Environmental Studies (3 cr. hr.)
• GRY 370 - Will the World Provide? A Research Experience for Students (3 cr. hr.)
• HIS 432 - World Environmental History (3 cr. hr.)
• HLH 220 - Safety Education and Emergency Response (3 cr. hr.)
• HLH 390 - Environmental Health and Ecology (3 cr. hr.)
• HLH 392 - Environmental Pollutants and Toxicology (3 cr. hr.)
• PHI 320 - Environmental Ethics (3 cr. hr.)
• POL 242 - Environmental Policy (3 cr. hr.)
• SOC 335 - Technology and Society (3 cr. hr.)
• SOC 340 - Environmental Sociology (3 cr. hr.)

D. Nutrition and global health elective courses

Six credit hours chosen from the following:

• ANT 318 - Medical Anthropology (3 cr. hr.)
• ANT 322 - Sociocultural Study of AIDS (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 305 - Political Economy of Globalization (3 cr. hr.)
• HLH 201 - Health Problems of the Underserved (3 cr. hr.)
• HLH 203 - Community Health (3 cr. hr.)
• HLH 323 - Foods and Nutrition (3 cr. hr.)
• HLH 360 - Health Care Administration and Planning (3 cr. hr.)
• HLH 391 - Epidemiology and Biostatistics (3 cr. hr.)
• IST 301 - Globalization, Culture and Society in the Modern World (3 cr. hr.)
• SOC 235 - Sociology of Globalization (3 cr. hr.)

E. Elective Course

Choose one course from those listed in sections B, C, and D or from the general College curriculum with approval of advisor.

Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 124

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