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Block B Professional Concentration Areas

All professional concentration areas require 4 courses unless noted otherwise.

Note: Lists of electives are not exhaustive, but simply list courses which are known to teach material relevant to the professional concentrations. If student find other courses which may be appropriate electives in a given concentration area, they may consult with an ISP ug advisor for approval.

Comparative International Development

Required:

INTL 422	Aid to Developing Countries
INTL 420	International Community Development

Electives:

EC 390	Problems and Issues in the Developing Economies
EC 490	Economic Growth and Development
EC 491	Issues in Economic Growth & Development
GEOG 342	Geography World Economy
GEOG 341	Population and Environment
GEOG 465	Environment and Development
INTL 345	Africa Today
INTL 407	Southeast Asia: Development & Social Change
INTL 407	Development & Social Change in Latin America
INTL 421	Gender and International Development
INTL 423	Development and the Muslim World
INTL 431	Cross-cultural Communication
INTL 442	South Asia: Development & Social Change
INTL 444	Development and Social Change in Southeast Asia
INTL 445	Development and Social Change in Sub-Saharan Africa
INTL 447	Comparative "Tribalisms"
J455	Third World Development Communication
J492	International Journalism
PS 420	International Organizations
PPPM 422	Grant Writing
PPPM 448	Community Development
PPPM 480	Managing Non‑profit Organizations
SOC 303	World Population and Social Structure
SOC 420	Political Economy
SOC 450	Sociology of Developing Areas

Cross‑cultural Communication, Indigenous Cultural Studies & Ethnic Identity

Required -- two of the following courses:

INTL 431	Cross‑cultural Communication
INTL 432	Indigenous Cultural Survival
INTL 447	Comparative "Tribalisms"

Electives:

ANTH 423	Nationalism/Transnationalism
GEOG 343	Society, Culture, and Place
GEOG 441	Political Geography
GEOG 444	Geography of Languages
GEOG 445	Culture, Ethnicity and Nationalism
GEOG 446	Geography of Religions
GEOG 470	Advanced Geography of European‑American Regions
HUM 350	Multicultural Studies in the Humanities
INTL 407	Indigenous Human Rights
INTL 421	Gender and International Development
INTL 431	Cross‑cultural Communication
INTL 432	Indigenous Cultural Survival
INTL 447	Comparative "Tribalisms"
LING 211	Languages of the World
LING 399	Language Issues in International Studies
SOC 303	World Population and Social Structure
SOC 461	Sociology of Religion
SOC 464	Systems of War and Peace

Culture and Art

One of the following two:

AAD 250	Art and Human Values
MUS 358	Music in World Cultures

Electives:

AAAP 411	Introduction to Historic Preservation
AAD 250	Art and Human Values
AAD 251	The Arts and Visual Literacy
AAD 450	Art in Society
AAD 460	Arts Administration
ANTH 419	Anthropology and Folklore
ANTH 449	Cultural Resource Management
ANTH 450	The Anthropology Museum
ARH 300	Critical Approaches to Art Historical Study
ARH 411	Museology
DAN 301	Dance and Folk Culture
ENG 482	Studies in Mythology
FLR 411	Folklore and Religion
FLR 413	Folk Art and Material Culture
FLR485	Film and Folklore
INTL 431	Cross‑Cultural Communication
LING 399	Language Issues in International Studies
MUS 358	Music in World Cultures
MUS 451	Introduction to Ethnomusicology
MUS 452	Musical Instruments of the World
PPPM 480	Managing Nonprofit Organizations
PS 301	Art and the State
TA 472	Multicultural Theater

Diplomacy, Law and International Relations

Required:

INTL 422

Aid to Developing Countries

And one of the following:

INTL 420	International Community Development
PS 205	International Relations
PS 340	International Political Economy

Electives:

ANTH 423	Nationalism/Transnationalism
EC 380	International Economic Issues
ENVS 435	Environmental Justice
GEOG 441	Political Geography
GEOG 445	Culture, Ethnicity and Nationalism
GEOG 463	Geography, Law and the Environment
HIST 451	American Foreign Relations
INTL 407	Development & Social Change in Latin America
INTL 420	International Community Development
INTL 345	Africa Today
INTL 423	Development and the Muslim World
INTL 431	Cross‑Cultural Communication
INTL 442	South Asia Development and Social Change
INTL 444	Development and Social Change in Southeast Asia
INTL 445	Development and Social Change in Sub-Saharan Africa
INTL 447	Comparative "Tribalisms"
PS 205	International Relations
PS 326	US Foreign Policy I
PS 340	International Political Economy
PS 347	Political Power/Influence/Control
PS 410	Asian Environmental Issues
PS 420	International Organization
PS 426	US Foreign Policy II
PS 455	Theories of International Politics
PS 459	US‑China Relations
PS 477	International Environmental Politics
PS 480	Intro to Rational Choice
PS 495	Political Economy
PS 496	International Security
SOC 303	World Population and Social Structure
SOC 420	Political Economy
SOC 464	Systems of War and Peace
SOC 465	Political Sociology

International Business
Note: Requires early planning to complete pre-requisites

Required:

MGMT 420	Managing Across Borders (pre-req for non-Business Majors: BA 101 and BA 316; pre-req for ISP & Business double majors MGMT 321)
MKTG 470	International Marketing (pre-req for non-Business majors: BA 101 and BA 317; pre-req for ISP & Business double majors MKTG 311)

Electives:

BA 361	Cross‑cultural Communication
BA 365	Cross‑Cultural Negotiation
EC 370	Money and Banking
EC 380	International Economic Issues
EC 410	Multinational Corporations
EC 480	International Finance
EC 481	International Trade
EC 490	Issues in Economic Growth and Development
INTL 345	Africa Today
INTL 407	Development & Social Change in Latin America
INTL 422	Aid to Developing Countries
INTL 423	Development and the Muslim World
INTL 431	Cross‑Cultural Communication
INTL 442	South Asia: Development and Social Change
INTL 444	Development and Social Change in Southeast Asia
INTL 445	Development and Social Change in Sub-Saharan Africa
INTL 447	Comparative "Tribalisms"
MGMT 321	Managing Organizations (open only to ISP & Business double majors)
MGMT 417	Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (open only to ISP & Business double majors)

International Economics
Note:
ECON 201 & 202 are pre-requisites for all 300-level Economics courses
ECON 311 & 313 are pre-requisites or all 400-level Economics courses

Required:

EC 480	International Finance
EC 481	International Trade

Electives:

EC 360	Issues in Industrial Organization
EC 380	International Economic Issues
	(only if taken prior to EC 480, 481 & 490)
EC 420	Intro Econometrics
EC 421	Intro Econometrics
EC 440	Public Economics
EC 461	Industrial Organization and Public Policy
EC 490	Economic Growth/Development
EC 491	Issues in Economic Growth/Development
GEOG 342	Geography of the World Economy
INTL 422	Aid to Developing Countries

International Education

Required:

INTL 431	Cross‑Cultural Communication
INTL 433	Childhood in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Electives:

EDST 211	Historical Foundation of Education
EDLD 441	History of American Education
INTL 407	Cross‑cultural Education
INTL 407	Cross‑cultural Childhood
INTL 421	Gender and International Development
INTL 432	Indigenous Cultural Survival
J 455	Third World Development Communication
J 396	International Communications
LING 399	Language Issues in International Studies
PPPM 422	Grant Writing
PPPM 480	Managing Non‑Profit Organizations
PS 420	International Organizations
SOC 491	Sociology of Education

International Environment

Required:

INTL 420

International Community Development

Electives:

EC 333	Resource and Environmental Economic Issues
EC 433	Resource and Environmental Economics
ENVS 420	Perspectives on Nature and Society
ENVS 435	Environmental Justice
ENVS 450	Political Ecology
GEOG 430	Long‑Term Environmental Change
GEOG 461	Environmental Alterations
GEOG 462	Historical & Contemporary Views of the Environment
GEOG 463	Geography, Law and the Environment
GEOG 465	Environment and Development
GEOG 466	Geography of Water Policy and Politics
INTL 422	Aid to Developing Countries
INTL 432	Indigenous Cultural Survival
PPPM 443	Natural Resource Policy
PPPM 448	Community Development
PS317	Coastal Resource Management
PS 421	Science, Technology, and International Relations
PS 434	Feminism and Ecology
PS 477	International Environmental Politics
PS 497	Environmental Politics

International Gender Issues

Required:

INTL 421	Gender and International Development
INTL 433	Childhood in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Electives:

ANTH 314	Women and Culture 1
ANTH 315	Women and Culture II
ANTH 421	Anthropology of Gender
ANTH 430	Feminism and Ethnography
ANTH 465	Gender Issues in Nutritional Anthropology
GEOG 410	Gender & Geography
INTL 407	Women's Movements around the World
J 455	Third World Development Communication
PS 348	Women and Politics
SOC 355	Sociology of Women
SOC 455	Issues in Sociology of Gender
SOC 456	Feminist Theory
WGS 315	History & Development of Feminist Theory
WGS 431	Global Feminisms

International Nonprofit Management
Required:

PPPM 480

Nonprofit Management

And one of the following two

INTL 420	International Community Development
INTL 422	Aid to Developing Countries

Electives:

INTL 431	Cross-cultural communication
PPPM 280	Intro to the Nonprofit Sector
PPPM 422	Grant writing
PPPM 424	Public and Nonprofit Financial Management
PPPM 481	Resource Development for Nonprofit Organizations
PPPM 325	Community Leadership & Change (Fall)
PPPM 455	Social Planning & Policy
PPPM 494	Practice of Leadership & Change (Winter)
AAD 420	Event Management
AAD 460	Arts Administration
AAD 483	Information Design and Presentation
BA 316	Management: Creating Value through People (Prereq: BA 101)
BA 317	Marketing: Creating Value for Customers (Prereq: BA 101)
BA 318	Finance: Creating Value through Capital (Prereq: BA 101,BA 215)
EC 330	Urban & Regional Economic Problems (Prereq: EC 201,EC202)
EC 340	Issues in Public Economics (Prereq: EC 201, EC202)
EC 333	Resource & Environmental Economic Issues (Prereq: EC 201)
EC 390	Problems & Issues in Developing Economies (Prereq: EC 201, EC202)
INTL 420	International Community Development
INTL 422	Aid to Developing Countries
J 340	Principles of Advertising
J 350	Principles of public relations

International Tourism

Required:

GEOG 441

Political Geography

INTL 431

Cross-Cultural Communication

Electives:

GEOG 342	Geography of the World Economy
GEOG 465	Environment and Development
HDEV 410	Exploring Leisure
HDEV 410	Festival Management: Commitment to Culture
HDEV 410	International Tourism or PPPM 410 International Tourism
HDEV 410	Sustainable Eco‑tourism or PPPM 410 Sustainable Eco‑tourism
INTL 420	International Community Development
INTL 421	Gender and International Development
INTL 422	Aid to Developing Countries
INTL 431	Cross-cultural Communication
J455	Third World Development Communication
LA 260	Understanding Landscapes
LA 482	National Parks
MKTG 311	Marketing Management
MKTG 470	International Marketing
PPPM 410	International Tourism or HDEV 410 International Tourism
PPPM 410	Sustainable Eco‑tourism or HDEV 410 Sustainable Eco‑tourism
PPPM 422	Grant Writing
PPPM 480	Managing Non‑Profit Organizations
PS 297	Introduction to Environmental Politics
PS 477	International Environmental Politics
SOC 304	Community, Environment and Society
SOC 420	Political Economy

Media, Journalism and Communications

Required:

J 396

International Communications

And one of the following two:

LING 399	Language Issues in International Studies
INTL 431	Cross‑cultural Communication

Electives:

COLT 450	Cinematic Representations: Comparative Film Imperialisms
INTL 345	Africa Today
INTL 407	Development & Social Change in Latin America
INTL 430	World Values Systems
INTL 431	Cross-Cultural Communication
INTL 442	South Asia: Development and Social Change
INTL 444	Development and Social Change in Southeast Asia
INTL 445	Development and Social Change in Sub-Saharan Africa
INTL 447	Comparative "Tribalisms"
J 201	Mass Media and Society
J 312	Introduction to Media Systems
J 351	Public Relations Writing
J 350	Principles of Public Relations
J 394	Journalism and Public Opinion
J 415	Telecommunications Policy
J 455	Third World Development Communication
J 492	International Journalism
LING 399	Language Issues in International Studies
MKTG420	Marketing Communications (pre-reqs: BA 101 & BA 317, or MKTG 311 for ISP and Business double majors)
SOC 317	Sociology of the Mass Media

Peace Studies, Human Rights & Conflict Resolution

Required – two of the following:

INTL 431	Cross Cultural Communication
INTL 447	Comparative "Tribalisms"
PS 420	International Organization

Electives:

ENVS 435	Environmental Justice
GEOG 441	Political Geography
GEOG 445	Culture, Ethnicity, and Nationalism
HIST 240	War and the Modern World
HIST 307	The Study of History
HIST 478	Revolutions in Modern Latin America
INTL 407	Indigenous Human Rights
INTL 420	International Community Development
INTL 421	Gender and International Development
INTL422	Aid to Developing Countries
INTL 423	Development and the Muslim World
INTL 431	Cross Cultural Communication
INTL 447	Comparative "Tribalisms"
LING 399	Language Issues in International Studies
PPPM 445	Communities and Regional Development
PS 297	Introductions to Environmental Politics
PS 399	International Peacekeeping
PS 420	International Organization
PS 443	Politics of Multi‑Ethnic Societies
PS 496	International Security
SOC 464	Systems of War and Peace

Second Language Acquisition and Teaching

Students must complete the requirements of the Certificate in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching in order to fulfill this concentration. You may choose your language specialization from the following target languages:
English, French, Japanese, Russian, or Spanish.

Required:

One of the following two:

LING 440	Linguistic Principles and Second Language Learning
LING 444	Second Language Acquisition (prerequisite: LING 290)

And both of the following two:

LING 445	Second Language Teaching
LING 446	Second Language Teaching Practice

For other electives see an ISP undergraduate advisor for your linguistic area’s options.

Urbanization, Migration, and Refugees

Required:

INTL 420	International Community Development
INTL 422	Aid to Developing Countries

Electives:

ANTH 423	Nationalism/ Transnationalism
EC 430	Urban and Regional Economics
EC 431	Issues in Urban and Regional Economics
ENVS 435	Environmental Justice
GEOG 343	Society, Culture and Place
GEOG 410	Gender and Geography
GEOG 445	Culture, Ethnicity, and Nationalism
HIST 240	Wars and the Modern World
HIST 478	Revolutions in Modern Latin America
INTL 345	Africa Today
INTL 407	Indigenous Cultural Survival
INTL 407	Development & Social Change in Latin America
INTL 420	International Community Development
INTL 431	Cross-cultural Communication
INTL 433	Childhood in Cross-Cultural Perspective
INTL 444	Development and Social Change in Southeast Asia
INTL 445	Development and Social Change in Sub-Saharan Africa
INTL 447	Comparative "Tribalisms"
PPPM 407	Transportation and Social Planning
PPPM 445	Communities and Regional Development
PPPM 448	Community Development
PPPM 480	Managing Nonprofit Organizations
PS 230	Introductions to Urban Politics
SOC 303	World Population and Social Structure
SOC 416	Issues of the Sociology of the Environment
SOC 442	Urbanization and the City
SOC 450	Sociology of Developing Areas