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International Studies - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

An Arts and Sciences Area of Study

Application Code 146

For curriculum information, contact the Social Sciences and Teacher Education Division—Room ST-149—443-518-1620.

This curriculum is designed as a guide for students planning to transfer to a four-year institution to complete a bachelor’s degree in the social sciences, emphasizing international studies. This curriculum prepares students for a variety of careers which may include government, foreign service, and international business. Geography, history, political science, pre-law, etc. students are advised to check the requirements of the institution to which they intend to transfer.

General Education Core

Students enrolled in transfer patterns must take a minimum of 30 credits in General Education. Each student’s total of general education and required courses must equal at least 60 semester hours of credit.

Composition

Course NumberTitleCredits
ENGL-121College Composition

3 credits

Humanities, Arts and Literature

Course NumberTitleCredits
-Humanities Core Course

-Arts Core Course

-Literature Core Course

9-11

One Humanities Core Course (3 credits), plus one Arts Core Course (3 credits), plus one Literature Core Course (3 credits) satisfies the Humanities, Arts and Literature Core requirement, OR a World Language Sequence (8 credits), plus another Humanities, Arts, and Literature Core (3 credits) in a second discipline other than a world language satisfies the Humanities, Arts and Literature Core requirement.

Social Sciences

Course NumberTitleCredits
-Social and Behavioral Sciences Core Courses

6

One History Core Course is required and may be taken as either a Social and Behavioral Sciences Core or a Humanities Core. No more than 6 credits may be taken in History to meet Humanities Core and Social and Behavioral Sciences Core requirements.

Science

Course NumberTitleCredits
-Science Core Courses

7-8

must include one course with lab

Mathematics

Course NumberTitleCredits
-Mathematics Core Course

3-5

Interdisciplinary

Course NumberTitleCredits
Interdisciplinary -Interdisciplinary and Emerging Issues Core Course

2-3

Required Courses Related to Major

Required Courses

Course NumberTitleCredits
ANTH-120Comparative World Cultures

3 credits

ENGL-226World Literature I

3 credits

-or

ENGL-227World Literature II

3 credits

GEOG-101Introduction to World Geography

3 credits

POLI-201Comparative Government

3 credits

SOCI-102Social Problems

3 credits

Humanities Electives – Select 3 credits from the following (3 credits each):

Course NumberTitleCredits
ARTT-104Art History I

3 credits

ARTT-105Art History II

3 credits

FILM-172Introduction to World Cinema

3 credits

PHIL-201Religions of the World

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:3

Social Sciences Electives – Select 12 credits from the following (3 credits each):

Course NumberTitleCredits
ANTH-105Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

3 credits

ECON-205Fundamentals of International Economics

3 credits

GEOG-201Economic Geography

3

HIST-121The Ancient World: Prehistory to the Middle Ages

3 credits

HIST-122Western Civilization & Pre-Modern World World

3 credits

HIST-123Western Civilization and the Modern World

3 credits

HIST-201Europe in the Twentieth Century

3 credits

HIST-208History of Africa

3 credits

HIST-209History of the Middle East

3 credits

HIST-210History of Latin America

3 credits

HIST-211East Asian Civ. -China, Japan, Korea

3 credits

HIST-213History of Modern Russia

3 credits

HIST-215Celtic Ireland

3 credits

HIST-228Women in European History: 1750-Present

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:12

Total Credit Hours: 60-66