The Global and International Studies in Social Science major provides students with breadth in social science foundational courses combined with in-depth knowledge in a world region or global topic. World region concentrations include African Studies, Asian Studies, Canadian Studies, European Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, and Russian and Eurasian Studies. Global topical concentrations include Gender and Global Change and International Development. Students enrolled in a concentration cannot complete a minor in the same concentration area.

In addition to academic focus on a region or theme, students must demonstrate second-year foreign language proficiency relevant to their course of study. Students develop understanding of the processes of continuity and change in various world regions through multidisciplinary theory and practice and use of methodologies, theories, and literatures of various disciplines and fields.

Students are strongly encouraged to have at least one international experience through study abroad, internships, or independent study. The major helps prepare students for jobs in government, business, and non-governmental organizations that are engaged with the world outside the United States and for graduate study in international or area studies and other fields.

Upon completion of the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Global and International Studies in Social Science, students will be able to 1) summarize the most important topics relevant to the global or thematic area under study; (2) draw on theories from at least two social science disciplines to explain the social issues present in the area or theme of study; (3) use social science research methods to assess the impact of relevant topics on the global or thematic area of study; and (4) explain how social science intersects with other disciplines to enhance understanding of global or thematic topics.

Students must select one of the following concentrations:

African Studies. The African Studies concentration provides an interdisciplinary education focused on African history, language, culture and society.

Asian Studies. The Asian Studies concentration offers students an interdisciplinary education on Asia, particularly South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia. Courses focus on the culture, politics, languages and economy of Asian countries.

Canadian Studies. The Canadian Studies concentration focuses studies on Canada, including modern and aboriginal Canadian issues. A special focus on the interrelationship between Canada and the United States is included.

European Studies. The European Studies concentration provides students with specialized education in Europe, with a focus on Western European countries. Courses include discussion on the politics, language history and culture of Europe.

Gender and Global Change. The Gender and Global Change concentration will provide students with important, foundational content in women and gender studies in global and international perspectives.

International Development. The International Development concentration is an enhanced integrative learning program of study designed to provide students with a basic understanding of: 1) how social scientists approach the topic of international development; 2) how to integrate multiple disciplinary approaches to the interrelationships of topics in international development; and 3) how to facilitate both broad and in-depth understanding of the social context in which international development occurs.

Latin American and Caribbean Studies. The Latin American and Caribbean Studies concentration in Latin American and Caribbean studies contains focused coursework on countries in the Caribbean and Central and South America, and the cultures, languages, and societies of that region.

Middle Eastern Studies. The Middle Eastern Studies concentration contains focused course work on the Middle East, with an emphasis on regional culture, language, religion, and geography.

Russian and Eurasian Studies. The Russian and Eurasian Studies concentration is designed to enhance the student's understanding of the cultures and societies of Russia, and nearby countries at the intersection of Europe and Asia. The concentration offers an interdisciplinary, comparative and cross–cultural approach to the study of Russia and Eurasia.

In addition to meeting the requirements of the university and of the College of Social Science, students must meet the requirements specified below.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Global and International Studies in Social Science

1. The graduation requirements of the University as described in the Undergraduate Education section of this catalog; 120 credits, including general elective credits, are required for the Bachelor of Arts degree in Global and International Studies in Social Science.
   
   The University’s Tier II writing requirement for the Global and International Studies in Social Science major is met by completing Social Science 499. That course is referenced in item 3. below.
2. The requirements of the College of Social Science for the Bachelor of Arts degree.
3. The following requirements for the major:

   a.	Three of the following foundational courses. No more than one course can be from a single discipline (9 to 12 credits):
   	ANP	201	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology						3
   	EC	201	Introduction to Microeconomics						3
   	EC	202	Introduction to Macroeconomics						3
   	GEO	151	Introduction to Human Geography						3
   	GEO	204	World Regional Geography						3
   	HST	140	World History to 1500						4
   	HST	150	World History since 1500						4
   	PLS	140	Introduction to Comparative Politics						3
   	PLS	160	Introduction to International Relations						3
   	PSY	101	Introductory Psychology						4
   	SOC	161	International Development and Change						3
   	UP	100	The City						3
   	With advisor approval, qualified students may substitute Economics 251H for Economics 201.
   b.	The following courses (4 credits):
   	SSC	299	Integration of Social Science Perspectives						1
   	SSC	499	Capstone in Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Science (W)						3
   c.	Complete a minimum of 15 credits in one of the following concentrations with no more than two courses form a single discipline. At least 9 credits must be from the College of Social Science.
   	African Studies
   	College of Social Science courses:
   	ANP	416	Anthropology of Southern Africa						3
   	EC	414	Economic Analysis of Sub-Saharan Africa (W)						3
   	GEO	338	Geography of Africa						3
   	HST	208	Introduction to African History, Culture and Society						4
   	HST	360	African History to 1800						3
   	HST	361	African History since 1800						3
   	HST	364	South Africa: From Shaka Zulu to Mandela						3
   	HST	421	Women and Gender in Africa						3
   	HST	450	Special Topics in African History						3
   	HST	484	Seminar in African History (W)						3
   	PLS	351	African Politics						3
   	SOC	161	International Development and Change						3
   	Courses outside of the College of Social Science:
   	ENG	317	Readings in African and Caribbean Literatures						3
   	ENG	350	Readings in African, African-American, or African Diaspora Literature						3
   	HA	271	African Art						3
   	HA	471	Selected Topics in African Art						4
   	JRN	375	International Journalism and Media						3
   	JRN	475	International News and Government Dynamics						3
   	MC	441	Islam and World Politics						4
   	PHL	351	African Philosophy						3
   	RCAH	203	Transcultural Relations through the Ages						4
   	REL	360	African Religion						3
   	Asian Studies
   	College of Social Science courses:
   	ANP	414	Anthropology of South Asia						3
   	ANP	415	China: Culture and Society						3
   	EC	413	Economic Analysis of Asia (W)						3
   	GEO	337	Geography of Asia-Pacific						3
   	HST	209	Traditional East Asia						4
   	HST	210	Modern East Asia						4
   	HST	261	The First Imperial Age, 1600-1750						3
   	HST	365	The Vietnam War						3
   	HST	366	Southeast Asia in the Age of Empire						3
   	HST	367	Imperial China						3
   	HST	368	China since 1900						3
   	HST	369	Japan to 1800						3
   	HST	370	Japan since 1800						3
   	HST	451	Special Topics in Asian History						3
   	HST	485	Seminar in Asian History (W)						3
   	PLS	354	Politics of Asia						3
   	Courses outside of the College of Social Science:
   	CHS	360	Cinematic Studies of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan						3
   	ENG	352	Readings in Asian or Asian American Literature						3
   	HA	260	Asian Art						3
   	HA	261	Modern Asia Art						3
   	JRN	475	International News and Government Dynamics						3
   	LL	250B	Topics in National Cinemas: East Asian Cinema						3
   	MC	319	Asian American History						4
   	MC	324D	Regional Politics, Cooperation, and Conflict in Asia						4
   	REL	335	East Asian Religions						3
   	REL	355	Southeast Asian Religions						3
   	Canadian Studies
   	College of Social Science courses:
   	ANP	411	North American Indian Ethnography						3
   	ANP	432	American Indian Women						3
   	CJ	439	Homeland Security						3
   	GEO	113	Introduction to Economic Geography						3
   	GEO	330	Geography of the United States and Canada						3
   	HST	301	Colonial America: Three Worlds Meet						3
   	SOC	310	Global Migration						3
   	Courses outside of the College of Social Science:
   	ENG	204	Topics in North American Literatures						3
   	FW	207	Great Lakes: Biology and Management						3
   	REL	306	Native American Religions						3
   	The content in FW 207 must be approved by the student’s academic advisor.
   	European Studies
   	College of Social Science courses:
   	ANP	416	Anthropology of Southern Africa						3
   	GEO	336	Environmental Geomorphology						3
   	HST	335	Europe in the Age of Revolution, 1700-1870						3
   	HST	336	Contemporary Europe, 1870 to Present						3
   	HST	337	European Power, Culture, and Thought: Renaissance to the Enlightenment						3
   	HST	338	European Power, Culture and Thought: The Modern Era						3
   	HST	341	Modern Britain since 1688						3
   	HST	347	Modern France						3
   	HST	348	Modern Germany						3
   	HST	392	History of the Holocaust						3
   	HST	412	Women in Modern European History						3
   	HST	414	World War II: Causes, Conduct and Consequences						3
   	HST	415	The First World War						3
   	HST	452	Special Topics in European History						3
   	HST	483	Seminar in Modern European History (W)						3
   	PLS	356	Politics of Europe and the European Union						3
   	PLS	357	Politics of English-Speaking Democracies						3
   	Courses outside of the College of Social Science:
   	AL	431	European Fairy Tale Tradition						3
   	HA	210	Medieval Art						3
   	HA	230	Renaissance and Baroque Art						3
   	JRN	475	International News and Government Dynamics						3
   	MC	324E	Regional Politics, Cooperation and Conflict in Europe						4
   	MC	329	European Security: Challenges and Strategies						4
   	MC	331	Encounters with Post-Communism						4
   	MC	387	Jews and Anti-Semitism						4
   	REL	275	Magic and Mysticism: Western Esoteric Traditions and Practices						3
   	REL	310	Judaism						3
   	ROM	355	French, Italian, and Spanish Cinema since 1930						4
   	Gender and Global Change
   	Both of the following courses:
   	WS	201	Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies						3
   	WS	202	Introduction to Contemporary Feminisms and Gender Theories						3
   	College of Social Science courses:
   	ANP	220	Gender Relations in Comparative Perspective						3
   	ANP	270	Women and Health: Anthropological and International Perspectives						3
   	ANP	432	American Indian Women						3
   	CJ	425	Women and Criminal Justice						3
   	HST	312	African American Women						3
   	HST	313	Women in the U.S. to 1869						3
   	HST	314	Women in the U.S. since 1869						3
   	HST	412	Women in Modern European History						3
   	HST	420	History of Sexuality since the 18th Century						3
   	HST	421	Women and Gender in Africa						3
   	PSY	339	Psychology of Women						3
   	SOC	216	Sex and Gender						3
   	International Development
   	College of Social Science courses:
   	ANP	201	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology						3
   	EC	310	Economics of Developing Countries						3
   	EC	410	Issues in Economics of Developing Countries (W)						3
   	HST	260	Navigations and Encounters in an Age of Discovery						3
   	HST	261	The First Imperial Age, 1600 – 1750						3
   	HST	326	United States Foreign Relations since 1914						3
   	HST	390	History of International Relations						3
   	PLS	342	Comparative Political Economy						3
   	PLS	344	Politics of Developing Areas						3
   	PLS	363	International and Domestic Political Conflict						3
   	Courses outside of the College of Social Science:
   	ANR	250	Global Issues in Agriculture and Natural Resources						3
   	EEP	260	World Food, Population and Poverty						3
   	GSAH	220	Global Interactions and Identities						3
   	PHL	358	Philosophy, Gender and Global Development						3
   	PHL	452	Ethics and Development						3
   	WS	403	Women and Change in Developing Countries						3
   	Latin American and Caribbean Studies
   	College of Social Science courses:
   	ANP	410	Anthropology of Latin America						3
   	EC	412	Economic Analysis of Latin America (W)						3
   	GEO	335	Geography of Latin America						3
   	HST	211	Colonial Latin America						4
   	HST	212	National Latin America						4
   	HST	382	Modern Brazil						3
   	HST	383	The Caribbean						3
   	HST	384	Modern Mexico						3
   	HST	453	Special Topics in Latin American History						3
   	HST	486	Seminar in Latin American History (W)						3
   	PLS	352	Latin American Politics						3
   	Courses outside of the College of Social Science:
   	ENG	351	Readings in Chicano and Latino Literatures						3
   	JRN	475	International News and Government Dynamics						3
   	MC	324C	Regional Politics, Cooperation, and Conflict in Latin America and the Caribbean						4
   	Middle Eastern Studies
   	College of Social Science courses:
   	ANP	419	Anthropology of the Middle East						3
   	GEO	339	Geography of the Middle East and North Africa						3
   	HST	205	The Ancient Mediterrean and the Medieval World						4
   	HST	372	The Middle East: Islam and Empires						3
   	HST	373	The Modern Middle East: From Empires to Nation States						3
   	HST	487	Seminar in Comparative History (W)						3
   	The content in HST 487 must be approved by the student’s academic advisor.
   	Courses outside of the College of Social Science:
   	JRN	375	International Journalism and Media						3
   	MC	324A	Regional Politics, Cooperation, and Conflict in the Middle East						4
   	MC	335	Israeli Politics, Cultures and Society						4
   	MC	441	Islam and World Politics						4
   	REL	310	Judaism						3
   	REL	330	Islam						3
   	Russian and Eurasian Studies
   	College of Social Science courses:
   	EC	406	Economic Analysis of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (W)						3
   	HA	271	African Art						3
   	HST	326	United States Foreign Relations since 1914						3
   	HST	342	Modern Eastern Europe						3
   	HST	343	Russian from Peter the Great to Lenin						3
   	HST	344	Russia in the Twentieth Century						3
   	HST	414	World War II: Causes, Conduct and Consequences						3
   	HST	415	The First World War						3
   	MC	441	Islam and World Politics						4
   	PLS	358	Politics of the U.S.S.R. and Its Successor States						3
   	Courses outside of the College of Social Science:
   	LL	250D	Topics in National Cinemas: Russian and Soviet Cinema						3
   	MC	321	The Cold War: Culture, Politics and Foreign Policy						4
   	MC	324E	Regional Politics, Cooperation and Conflict in Europe						4
   	MC	328	Russian Foreign Policy						4
   	MC	329	European Security: Challenges and Strategies						4
   	MC	331	Encounters with Post-Communism						4
   	MC	387	Jews and Anti-Semitism						4
   	RUS	231	19th-Century Russian Literature in Translation						3
   	RUS	232	20th-Century Russian Literature in Translation						3
   d.	One of the following research methodology courses (3 or 4 credits):
   	ANP	429	Ethnographic Field Methods						4
   	ANP	461	Method and Theory in Historical Archaeology						3
   	ANP	464	Field Methods in Archaeology						2 to 6
   	CJ	292	Methods of Criminal Justice Research						3
   	EC	420	Introduction to Econometric Methods						3
   	GEO	221	Introduction to Geographic Information						3
   	GEO	324	Remote Sensing of the Environment						4
   	GEO	363	Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Geographers						3
   	HST	201	Historical Methods and Skills						3
   	PLS	201	Introduction to Methods of Political Analysis						4
   	PSY	295	Data Analysis in Psychological Research						3
   	SOC	281	Methods of Social Research I						4
   	WS	203	Introduction to Methods for Women’s and Gender Studies Research						3
   e.	Foreign Language Competency
   	Students must demonstrate competency in a language relevant to the region of study. This is achieved through the completion of the second year of study or equivalent language placement scores. Students are strongly encouraged to complete language minors or other relevant minors.
   	This requirement may be satisfied by placing into a 300-level foreign language course based on a Michigan State University placement test. Students who come from other countries or cultures where a language other than English is spoken, should contact their academic advisor to discuss placement.
   	The following languages are pre-approved for each concentration. Students who wish to use a language other than those listed must receive approval from their academic advisor. Second-year proficiency is demonstrated through the completion of one course from any of the following languages:
   	African Studies
   	AFR	202A	Second-Year Swahili II						4
   	AFR	202B	Second-Year African Language II						4
   	AFR	252	Intermediate Individualized African Language II						4
   	ARB	202	Second-Year Arabic II						5
   	Asian Studies
   	ARB	202	Second-Year Arabic II						5
   	CHS	202	Second-Year Chinese II						5
   	JPN	202	Second-Year Japanese II						5
   	LL	252	Second-Year Less Commonly Taught Language II						4
   	RUS	202	Second-Year Russian II						4
   	Students who choose LL 252 must have a language in Tamil, Hindi, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Malay, Persian, Turkish, Uzbek, Tagalog/Filipino, Nepali, Bahasa/Indonesia, Telegu, Bengali, or Khmer.
   	Canadian Studies
   	FRN	202	Second-Year French II						4
   	LL	252	Second-Year Less Commonly Taught Language II						4
   	Students who choose LL 252 must have the language Ojibwe.
   	European Studies
   	FRN	202	Second-Year French II						4
   	GRM	202	Second-Year German II						4
   	ITL	202	Second-Year Italian II						4
   	LL	252	Second-Year Less Commonly Taught Language II						4
   	PRT	202	Second-Year Portuguese II						4
   	PRT	250	Portuguese for Speakers of Other Romance Languages II						4
   	RUS	202	Second-Year Russian II						4
   	SPN	202	Second-Year Spanish II						4
   	Students who choose LL 252 must have a language in Polish, Turkish, or Dutch.
   	Gender and Global Change
   	Second year proficiency in any language other than English.
   	International Development
   	Second year proficiency in any language other than English.
   	Latin American and Caribbean Studies
   	FRN	202	Second-Year French II						4
   	PRT	202	Second-Year Portuguese II						4
   	PRT	250	Portuguese for Speakers of Other Romance Languages II						4
   	SPN	202	Second-Year Spanish II						4
   	Middle Eastern Studies
   	ARB	202	Second-Year Arabic II						4
   	HEB	202	Second-Year Hebrew II						4
   	LL	252	Second-Year Less Commonly Taught Language II						4
   	Students who choose LL 252 must have a language in Persian/Farsi, or Turkish.
   	Russian and Eurasian Studies
   	LL	252	Second-Year Less Commonly Taught Language II						4
   	RUS	202	Second-Year Russian II						4
   	Students who choose LL 252 must have a language in Turkish, Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Polish, Tajik, Kazak, Kyrgyz, Persian/Farsi.