A. Required Courses: IST Core: 15 credit hours

• 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 330 - International Negotiation and Mediation (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 Course: Global Economic Systems: 3 credit hours

• ECO 105 - Political Economy and Social Thought (3 cr. hr.)

C. Macroeconomics and Microeconomics

Select three credit hours from the following:

• ECO 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 111 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 cr. hr.)

D. Public policy and global economy elective courses

Select six credit hours from the following:

• ECO 300 - Macroeconomic Theory (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 325 - Political Economy of Women (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 326 - Political Economy of Race and Class (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 335 - Resource and Environmental Economics (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 383 - Labor Economics (3 cr. hr.)
• POL 240 - Introduction to Public Administration and Public Policy (3 cr. hr.)
• POL 242 - Environmental Policy (3 cr. hr.)

E. Development and international political economy elective courses

Select nine credit hours from the following:

• ANT 315 - Development Anthropology (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 305 - Political Economy of Globalization (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 306 - Comparative Approaches in Political Economy (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 311 - Economic Development (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 312 - Economic Development of Latin America (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 313 - Economic Development of Asia (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 441 - International Trade (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 443 - International Finance (3 cr. hr.)
• POL 362 - Politics of Developing Nation States (3 cr. hr.)
• POL 441 - Comparative Public Policy (3 cr. hr.)

F. Elective Course

Select three credit hours from the following:

• Additionally, you may select from courses not taken in categories D and E.

• ECO 301 - Economics of the Firm (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 307 - Marxian Economics (3 cr. hr.)

Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 124

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