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Program checklist · International Studies: Area Concentration in Africa [IST_AFRI]

International Studies: Area Concentration in Africa [IST_AFRI]

State University of New York at Cortland · Cortland, NY

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Program
Award
International Studies: Area Concentration in Africa [IST_AFRI]
Total credits (published)
120
Catalog edition
2026-27 Undergraduate Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
This International Studies Interdisciplinary Degree Program concentration provides an understanding of how African peoples and cultures have been affected, over time, by contacts with a much wider world.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196149
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196149_8a781b96
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

Bachelor’s Degree Requirements

0 items

    A. Required Courses: IST Core: 15 credit hours

    6 items
    1. HIS 101
      The World Since 1500 (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    2. IST 200
      Foundations of the International System (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    3. IST 210
      The Making of the Modern World (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    4. IST 330
      International Negotiation and Mediation (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    5. IST 400
      Themes in International Studies (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    6. Select IST 400, or a topic-approved course selected in consultation with advisor
      Not resolved to a course

    B. Africa area studies electives: 9 credit hours

    9 items
    1. ANT 304
      Peoples of Africa (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    2. ANT 315
      Development Anthropology (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    3. ATH 300
      Arts of Africa, the Americas, and Oceania (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    4. FRE 311
      Francophone Literatures (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    5. FRE 319
      Francophone Civilization (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    6. GRY 485
      Africa, South of the Sahara (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    7. HIS 321
      Africa, Human Origins to 1800 (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    8. HIS 322
      Modern Africa, 1800-Present (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    9. HIS 323
      History of African Development (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course

    C. African issues electives: 9 credit hours

    12 items
    1. ANT 312
      Peoples of the Middle East (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    2. ECO 305
      Political Economy of Globalization (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    3. ECO 310
      Economic Development (3 cr. hr.) or
      Not resolved to a course
    4. ECO 311
      Economic Development (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    5. ECO 315
      African Economic Development (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    6. ECO 440
      International Trade (3 cr. hr.) or
      Not resolved to a course
    7. ECO 441
      International Trade (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    8. GRY 370
      Will the World Provide? A Research Experience for Students (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    9. HIS 432
      World Environmental History (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    10. HIS 433
      Slavery in World History (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    11. POL 362
      Politics of the Global South: Lessons for the United States (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    12. SOC 335
      Technology and Society (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course

    D. Electives: 3 credit hours

    5 items
    1. GRY 240
      Economic Geography (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    2. HLH 111
      International Health and Culture (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    3. HLH 163
      The HIV Epidemic (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    4. POL 250
      International Relations (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course
    5. POL 290
      Introduction to African Politics and Society (3 cr. hr.)
      Not resolved to a course

    E. Upper-Division Electives: 21 credit hours

    0 items

      Example of the B.A. in International Studies over four years

      0 items

        First Year

        0 items

          Fall Total credit hours: 16

          7 items
          1. Foreign language
            Not resolved to a course
          2. GE course
            Not resolved to a course
          3. COR 101
            The Cortland Experience: A First Year Seminar (1 cr. hr.)
            Not resolved to a course
          4. CPN 100
            As published: “Writing Studies I (3 cr. hr.) or”
          5. CPN 102
            Writing Studies in the Community I (4 cr. hr.)
            Not resolved to a course
          6. HIS 101
            The World Since 1500 (3 cr. hr.)
            Not resolved to a course
          7. IST 100
            Culture through Film (3 cr. hr.)
            Not resolved to a course

          Spring Total credit hours: 15

          6 items
          1. Foreign language
            Not resolved to a course
          2. GE course
            Not resolved to a course
          3. GE course
            Not resolved to a course
          4. IST concentration
            Not resolved to a course
          5. CPN 101
            Writing Studies II (3 cr. hr.) or
            Not resolved to a course
          6. CPN 103
            Writing Studies in the Community II (4 cr. hr.)
            Not resolved to a course

          Second Year

          0 items

            Fall Total credit hours: 15

            5 items
            1. Foreign language
              Not resolved to a course
            2. GE course
              Not resolved to a course
            3. GE course
              Not resolved to a course
            4. Elective
              Not resolved to a course
            5. IST 200
              Foundations of the International System (3 cr. hr.)
              Not resolved to a course

            Spring Total credit hours: 15

            5 items
            1. Foreign language
              Not resolved to a course
            2. IST concentration
              Not resolved to a course
            3. GE course
              Not resolved to a course
            4. GE course
              Not resolved to a course
            5. IST 210
              The Making of the Modern World (3 cr. hr.)
              Not resolved to a course

            Third Year

            0 items

              Fall Total credit hours: 15

              5 items
              1. IST concentration
                Not resolved to a course
              2. IST concentration
                Not resolved to a course
              3. IST concentration
                Not resolved to a course
              4. Upper-division elective
                Not resolved to a course
              5. IST 330
                International Negotiation and Mediation (3 cr. hr.)
                Not resolved to a course

              Spring Total credit hours: 15

              1 item
              1. Study Abroad
                Not resolved to a course

              Fourth Year

              0 items

                Fall Total credit hours: 15

                5 items
                1. IST concentration
                  Not resolved to a course
                2. IST concentration
                  Not resolved to a course
                3. Upper-division elective
                  Not resolved to a course
                4. Upper-division elective
                  Not resolved to a course
                5. Upper-division elective
                  Not resolved to a course

                Spring Total credit hours: 15

                5 items
                1. IST concentration
                  Not resolved to a course
                2. Upper-division elective
                  Not resolved to a course
                3. Upper-division elective
                  Not resolved to a course
                4. Upper-division elective
                  Not resolved to a course
                5. IST 400
                  Themes in International Studies (3 cr. hr.)
                  Not resolved to a course
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