THE UNDERGRADUATE MAJOR IN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

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Caesar D. Sereseres, Acting Director

Minor in Conflict Resolution

Core Faculty

Tom Boellstorff, Ph.D. Stanford University, Associate Professor of Anthropology

Alison Brysk, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of Political Science

Michael L. Burton, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of Anthropology and Social Ecology

Teresa P. Caldeira, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Anthropology

Vinayak Chaturvedi, Ph.D. University of Cambridge, Assistant Professor of History

Susan Bibler Coutin, Ph.D. Stanford University, Associate Professor of Criminology, Law and Society

Russell J. Dalton, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Professor of Political Science

Paula Garb, Ph.D. U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Associate Director of International Studies and Associate Adjunct Professor of Anthropology

Michelle Garfinkel, Ph.D. Brown University, Professor of Economics

Susan Greenhalgh, Ph.D. Columbia University, Professor of Anthropology

Inderpal Grewal, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Women's Studies

Mark A. LeVine, Ph.D. New York University, Professor of History

Cecelia Lynch, Ph.D. Columbia University, Director of the Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies and Associate Professor of Political Science

William M. Maurer, Ph.D. Stanford University, Department Chair and Professor of Anthropology

Robert G. Moeller, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of History

Patrick Morgan, Ph.D. Yale University, Professor of Political Science and Thomas T. and Elizabeth C. Tierney Chair in Global Peace and Conflict Studies

Keith L. Nelson, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor Emeritus of History

Kenneth L. Pomeranz, Ph.D. Yale University, UCI Chancellor's Professor of History and of East Asian Languages and Literatures

Gary Richardson, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Associate Professor of Economics

Kamal Sadiq, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Assistant Professor of Political Science

Wayne Sandholtz, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Political Science

William Schonfeld, Ph.D. Princeton University, Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy and Professor of Political Science

Caesar D. Sereseres, Ph.D. University of California, Riverside, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, School of Social Sciences, Acting Director of International Studies, and Associate Professor of Political Science

Stergios Skaperdas, Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University, Professor of Economics

David A. Smith, Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Professor of Sociology and of Planning, Policy, and Design

David A. Snow, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Sociology

Etel Solingen, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Steering Committee of the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC)

Dorothy J. Solinger, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of Political Science

Steven C. Topik, Ph.D. University of Texas, Professor of History

Robert Uriu, Ph.D. Columbia University, Professor of Political Science

Feng Wang, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Professor of Sociology

Charles J. Wheeler, Ph.D. Yale University, Assistant Professor of History

Affiliated Faculty

Nurudeen Alao, Ph.D. Northwestern University, Lecturer in Geography

Marigee Bacolod, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Assistant Professor of Economics

Nina Bandelj, Ph.D. Princeton University, Assistant Professor of Sociology

Victoria Bernal, Ph.D. Northwestern University, Associate Professor of Anthropology

Scott A. Bollens, Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Professor of Planning, Policy, and Design

Carolyn P. Boyd, Ph.D. University of Washington, Dean of Graduate Studies and Professor of History

Susan K. Brown, Ph.D. University of Washington, Assistant Professor of Sociology

Leo R. Chávez, Ph.D. Stanford University, Director of the Center for the Study of Latinos in a Global Society and Professor of Anthropology

Yong Chen, Ph.D. Cornell University, Associate Professor of History and Asian American Studies

Joseph F. DiMento, Ph.D., J.D. University of Michigan, Professor of Social Ecology and Management

Raúl Fernández, Ph.D. Claremont Graduate School, Director of the UC-Cuba Academic Initiative and Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies and Social Sciences

David John Frank, Ph.D. Stanford University, Associate Professor of Sociology

John Graham, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Management

James B. Given, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of History

Douglas M. Haynes, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Associate Professor of History

Lamar M. Hill, Ph.D. University of London, Professor of History

Helen Ingram, Ph.D. Columbia University, Professor of Social Ecology and Political Science, and Drew, Chace, and Erin Warmington Chair in the Social Ecology of Peace and International Cooperation

Lina Kreidie, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Associate Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality and Lecturer in Political Science

Karen Leonard, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Director of the Center for Asian Studies and Professor of Anthropology

Lynn Mally, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of History

Richard Matthew, Ph.D. Princeton University, Director of the Center for Unconventional Security Affairs and Associate Professor of Social Ecology and Political Science

Michael McBride, Ph.D. Yale University, Assistant Professor of Economics

Martin C. McGuire, Ph.D. Harvard University, Professor Emeritus of Economics

Kristen R. Monroe, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality and Professor of Political Science

Riley Newman, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Physics

Eugene Y. Park, Ph.D. Harvard University, Assistant Professor of History

Priya Ranjan, Ph.D. Columbia University, Associate Professor of Economics

Yang Su, Ph.D. Stanford University, Assistant Professor of Sociology

Kaushik Sunder Rajan, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Timothy Tackett, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of History

Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Director of the International Center for Writing and Translation and UCI Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Anne Walthall, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Co-Director of the Minor in Asian Studies and Professor of History and of East Asian Languages and Literatures

Mei Zhan, Ph.D. Stanford University, Assistant Professor of Anthropology

The major in International Studies provides an interdisciplinary perspective on contemporary global issues, societies, and cultures. International Studies majors acquire twenty-first-century analytical skills and knowledge that will enable them to understand and contribute to shaping the rapidly evolving global community. The degree in International Studies prepares students for graduate study and professional careers in a variety of fields in the national and international job markets such as international affairs and public policy, international business and finance, international organizations, and academic research and teaching.

Requirements for the major include: a three-course core sequence (Origins of Global Interdependence, Global Issues and Institutions, and Global Economy), three additional lower-division courses, four upper-division courses on a region, five upper-division courses on a theme, and foreign language competence. Faculty advising is an essential part of the major.

International Studies majors are also required to pursue an international experience, as explained in detail in requirement F below.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE

University Requirements: See pages 57-62.

School Requirements: See page 452.

Requirements for the Major

A.   International Studies 11, 12, and 13.

B.   Three additional lower-division courses from the following list; students are encouraged to take Anthropology 30A, Political Science 41A, or Sociology 2: Anthropology 2A, 2D, 20A, 30A; Economics 20A, 20B; History 11, 21B, 21C; Linguistics 1; Political Science 41A, 42A, 43D, 51A; Social Science 12A; Social Science (Geography) 5A, 5B, or 5D (one course only to count toward major); Sociology 2, 3, 44, 75, 77; Environmental Analysis and Design E8. (Students should be advised that these courses provide critical "stepping stones" to advanced study. Please consult with the Academic Counseling Office concerning appropriate course work for your chosen upper-division module and educational and career objectives.)

C.   Five upper-division module courses, at least three of which must be from one module. Students are encouraged to take Political Science 144A and History 101. The four modules are: Global Issues and Institutions, Global Conflict and Negotiation, Global Role of U.S. and California, and Global Society and Culture. The approved courses are:

   Global Issues and Institutions: Anthropology 125A, 125B, 126N, 136M; Economics 148A, 148D, 152A, 161B, 161C; International Studies 111A, 112A; Political Science 141B, 141D, 143E, 144A, 147A, 147B, 148B, 151G, 154C, 154E, 155E, 156A, 157A, 172A, 173A; Sociology 173; Criminology, Law and Society C129; Environmental Analysis and Design E127; History 135D, 190 (approval required as topics vary); Management 190 (when title is International Business); Planning, Policy, and Design 136, 137, 139.

   Global Conflict and Negotiation: Anthropology 136D; International Studies 121; Political Science 141D, 142G, 143B, 143C, 143F, 146A, 147A, 148B, 154G, 155E; Social Science 183B, 183C; Sociology 178, 179 (when title is Ethnicity in World Perspective); Environmental Analysis and Design E113; History 126A, 126B, 126C; Psychology and Social Behavior P175P.

   Global Role of United States and California: Anthropology 125X, 161T; Economics 148A; Political Science 126C, 141E, 142D, 142E, 142F, 142G, 145A, 145B, 147B; Social Science 173I; Criminology, Law and Society C128; History 158A, 158B, 158C, 166.

   Global Society and Culture: Anthropology 121D, 121G, 121H, 121J, 125A, 125B, 125M, 129, 132A, 132B, 134E, 135A, 136A, 136G, 174A; Political Science 138A, 157A, 158A; Sociology 144, 146, 147A, 165A, 173, 178, 179 (when title is Ethnicity in World Perspective); Criminology, Law and Society C102; Planning, Policy, and Design 102, 152; Psychology and Social Behavior P124D.

D.   Four upper-division Regional Studies courses, at least three of which must cover one geographic region. Students are encouraged to select a portion of these courses that cover the period of the nineteenth-twenty-first centuries. Students may obtain credit for one of these three courses through participation in a study abroad program within the particular region. These regions are: Europe, Middle East/Africa, Asia/Pacific Rim, and the Americas (excluding United States of America). Approved courses are: Anthropology 121E, 135H, 135I, 138O, 138P, 138Q, 138S, 138T, 141A, 160-169 (excluding 161T and 162B); Economics 162A; International Studies 179; Political Science 141C, 141D, 141E, 142C, 145A, 151A-151F, 152A-152F, 153A-153F, 154F, 155F, 155G, 156C; Social Science 172F, 172G, 176A; Sociology 175A, 175B, 175C; History 110-129, 130A-B, 132, 133, 161-169, 170.

   The list of approved Regional Studies courses is available on the World Wide Web at http://hypatia.ss.uci.edu/ssrc/instud.htm.

E.   Competency in an approved modern international language other than English. Competency is established by completion of one course beyond the 2A level. The language requirement may be met through: (1) language courses at UCI, (2) language courses taken during study abroad, (3) a proficiency examination, or (4) courses taken at another college-level institution when the language is not offered at UCI. The following languages will automatically be approved: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Other languages will be considered on a case-by-case basis by petition. (Students are strongly encouraged to go beyond these minimal requirements with additional work in the language, literature, and culture courses taught in the language.)

F.   International Studies majors are also required to pursue some form of international experience for a minimum of one quarter. Majors are encouraged to study abroad through the Education Abroad Program (EAP) or the International Opportunities Program (IOP), which are available for periods of a quarter, year, or summer. When this is not possible, work overseas (through IOP) or a domestic internship with the UCI Washington D.C. Academic Internship Program, or the Social Science Internship Program (Social Science 197) with an international focus may be substituted.

HONORS PROGRAM IN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

The Honors Program allows International Studies majors to engage in research leading to the completion of an honors thesis. The topic for the honors thesis is selected by the student, in consultation with a faculty advisor, and should reflect a theme consistent with the student's module in the International Studies major. The Honors Program is open to all junior and senior International Studies majors with an overall GPA of 3.0 and a 3.5 GPA in the major who have taken all three core courses (International Studies 11, 12, and 13) and at least two upper-division courses that count toward the International Studies major. Successful completion of a written senior thesis in the International Studies 190 course satisfies the upper-division writing breadth requirement.

During the spring quarter of the junior year or during the summer before the senior year, students formally apply to the Honors Program. Students will be notified of their selection to the Honors Program by September 1. In the fall quarter of the senior year, students enroll in International Studies H180, Honors Research Seminar. In this course, each student formulates a written research plan (i.e., prospectus) for the honors thesis. Students also select a faculty member who agrees to supervise the research, evaluate the written work, and approve the honors thesis. In the winter quarter of the senior year, students enroll in International Studies H190, Senior Thesis, with their faculty advisor. The faculty advisor supervises and evaluates data collection and analysis and reads and edits chapter drafts. In the spring quarter of the senior year, students enroll in a second quarter of Senior Thesis, with their faculty advisor. The thesis is to be completed by the student and approved by the advisor prior to the end of the quarter.

Honors students must also demonstrate a high level of language proficiency by completing two courses beyond the 2A level in language, literature, or culture taught in their chosen international language.

International Studies majors are also required to pursue some form of international experience, as explained in detail in major requirement F.

SIGMA IOTA RHO: NATIONAL HONORS SOCIETY

The National Honor Society in International Studies was established in 1985, and welcomed the University of California, Irvine, designated Gamma Gamma, as its newest chapter on November 30, 2006. The Gamma Gamma Chapter was established primarily as a means by which to honor those students who have excelled academically and to foster integrity and creative performance in the understanding of world affairs.

For more information call the International Studies program office at (949) 824-9229.

Courses in International Studies

Minor in Conflict Resolution