INTERNATIONAL STUDIES MAJOR

• Departmental General Education Requirements:
  HI 161-G World Civilizations II: 4 hours
  Three Units of High School Credit in One Language OR Two Semesters of College Credit in One Language OR Demonstrate Foreign Language Proficiency: 0-8 hours
  
• Core Courses:
  CO 201-G Intercultural Communication: 3 hours
  GEO 160-G World Geography: 3 hours
  PS/EC 340-G Political and Economic Ideologies: 4 hours
  PS 350 International Relations: 4 hours
  SO 115-G Cultural Anthropology: 3 hours
  TOTAL HOURS 21-29
  
• Electives:
  Choose two courses from the following:
  EN 316 World Literature: 3 hours
  HI 381 Modern Europe, 1914 to Present : 2 hours
  PS 345 Comparative Politics: 4 hours
  PS 360 Politics and the Developing World: 4 hours
  RS 330-G Religions of the World: 3 hours
  RS 348-G Christian Missiology: 3 hours
  SO 212 Family Life Across Cultures: 3 hours
  SO 340 Social Change and Development : 3 hours
  Approved ACCK or Transfer Credits: 0-8 hours
  TOTAL HOURS 5-8
  
• International Experience: 8 hours
  This requirement can be met in one of three ways:
  1. Two international interterm trips
  2. A summer assignment
  3. An academic semester assignment, coordinated with the Christian College Coalition, MBM/S, or some other study group.
  

TOTAL HOURS IN MAJOR: 31

• Upper-level hours in major: 16
  
• Minimum cumulative Tabor GPA: 2.0
  

Notes: Students are strongly urged to combine the International Studies Major with a second major that provides vocational skills or plan on acquiring a Master’s degree. General education courses required in the International Studies major can serve a dual purpose, counting for both general education credit and the major.