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Program checklist · Humanitarian Studies Major

Humanitarian Studies Major

Fordham University · Bronx, NY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Humanitarian Studies Major
CIP
24.0103
Credits (computed from items)
344
Catalog edition
2026
Checklist type
degree-program
SOC
25-1199
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
191241
CourseShelf checklist
CK_191241_afa0ccda
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Learning Goals

5 items
  1. As published: “The Humanitarian System: Past, Present, and Future”
    4
  2. As published: “Evolution of Development and Humanitarian Aid Systems”
    4
  3. As published: “Humanitarian Internship 1”
    4
  4. As published: “Senior Thesis Seminar 1”
    4
  5. Two required electives from each of the following subject areas:
    Not resolved to a course
    20 to 24

History, Philosophy, and Anthropology Area Studies (see below)

0 items

    Humanitarian Affairs, Political Science, Sociology, and Economics (see below)

    0 items

      Communications, Women’s Studies and Literary Studies (see below)

      0 items

        History, Philosophy, and Anthropology Area Studies

        31 items
        1. As published: “African Politics”
          4
        2. As published: “Civil Wars in Africa”
          4
        3. As published: “Hazards, Disasters, and Human Experience”
          4
        4. As published: “Latin American Social Movements”
          4
        5. As published: “Anthropological Theory”
          4
        6. As published: “Climate Change and Culture”
          4
        7. As published: “Environment and Human Survival”
          4
        8. As published: “Anthropology of Political Violence”
          4
        9. As published: “Genocide”
          4
        10. As published: “The Modern Middle East”
          4
        11. As published: “History of Modern Israel”
          4
        12. As published: “U.S. and East Asia”
          4
        13. As published: “African Economies and Humanitarianism”
          4
        14. As published: “Latin America and the U.S.”
          4
        15. As published: “Apocalypticism and Messianism in Islamic Thought and History”
          4
        16. As published: “Why America Fights”
          4
        17. As published: “US in the Middle East: 1945-Present”
          4
        18. As published: “Seminar: US in the Mid East: 1945-Pres”
          4
        19. As published: “Seminar: Genocide”
          4
        20. As published: “Philosophical Ethics”
          3
        21. As published: “Humanitarianism and Philosophy”
          4
        22. As published: “Global Environment and Justice”
          4
        23. As published: “Human Rights and Global Justice”
          4
        24. As published: “Seminar: Justice and Social Identity”
          4
        25. As published: “Issues of Life and Death”
          4
        26. As published: “Catholic Social Teaching”
          3
        27. As published: “Sacred Texts of the Middle East”
          3
        28. As published: “Classic Islamic Texts”
          3
        29. As published: “Hindu Literature and Ethics”
          3
        30. As published: “Classic Buddhist Texts”
          3
        31. As published: “Topics in Islam: Texts and Traditions”
          3

        Humanitarian Affairs, Political Science, Sociology, and Economics

        39 items
        1. As published: “Introduction to Community and Global Public Health”
          4
        2. As published: “Development Economics”
          4
        3. As published: “Economy of Latin America”
          4
        4. As published: “World Poverty”
          4
        5. As published: “International Economic Policy”
          4
        6. As published: “Migration and Development: A Social Justice Perspective”
          4
        7. As published: “International Trade”
          4
        8. As published: “Catastrophe and Human Survival”
          4
        9. As published: “Climate Change and Sustainable Development in the Francophone World”
          4
        10. As published: “Climate Change and Migration: Global and Local Perspective”
          4
        11. As published: “Fundamentals of Disaster Emergency Management”
          4
        12. As published: “Refugee and Asylum Law”
          4
        13. As published: “Forced Migration and Humanitarian Action”
          4
        14. As published: “Humanitarianism and Global Health: Unequal Access for the Displaced and Marginalized”
          4
        15. As published: “U.S. Foreign Policy”
          4
        16. As published: “Climate Change and Sustainable Development in the Francophone World”
          4
        17. As published: “Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking”
          4
        18. As published: “Politics, Urban Health, and Environment”
          4
        19. As published: “Islamic Political Thought”
          4
        20. As published: “International Human Rights”
          4
        21. As published: “Conflict Analysis/Resolution”
          4
        22. As published: “Global Governance”
          4
        23. As published: “United Nations”
          4
        24. As published: “United Nations Peace Operations”
          4
        25. As published: “U.S. Foreign Policy”
          4
        26. As published: “Political Economy of Development”
          4
        27. As published: “Political Economy of Poverty”
          4
        28. As published: “Politics of Immigration”
          4
        29. As published: “Comparative Politics of the Middle East”
          4
        30. As published: “Seminar: Global Justice”
          4
        31. As published: “Seminar: International Politics of Peace”
          4
        32. As published: “Seminar: The Politics of Humanitarian Intervention”
          4
        33. As published: “International Sociology”
          4
        34. As published: “Global Conflict: Wars/Religion”
          4
        35. As published: “Population and Economic Development Issues”
          4
        36. As published: “Gender, Crime, and Justice”
          4
        37. As published: “Migration/Globalization”
          4
        38. As published: “Contemporary Immigration in Global Perspective”
          4
        39. As published: “Terrorism and Society”
          4

        Communications, Women’s Studies, and Literary Studies

        14 items
        1. As published: “Data Mining”
          4
        2. As published: “Cyberspace: Issues and Ethics”
          4
        3. As published: “Race and Gender in Media”
          4
        4. As published: “Peace, Justice, and the Media”
          4
        5. As published: “International Communication”
          4
        6. As published: “Contemporary Issues in the Public Sphere”
          4
        7. As published: “Creating Dangerously: Writing Across Conflict Zones”
          4
        8. As published: “Captives, Cannibals, and Rebels”
          4
        9. As published: “Literature Beyond Borders”
          4
        10. As published: “Africa: Society and Culture Through Film”
          4
        11. As published: “Accountability for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Settings”
          3
        12. As published: “Trauma and Family Violence”
          4
        13. As published: “Art, Design, and Politics”
          4
        14. As published: “Transnational Feminisms”
          4
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