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International Studies BA

University at Buffalo · Buffalo, NY

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Program
Award
BA
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
“How do cultural boundaries and identities shape the world that we live in? How do global politics, economics, and history intersect to create both challenges and opportunities for our evolving global community? And how do we address the global problems and possibilities we all face as human beings?” These are just a few of the questions that International Studies majors seek to answer.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196088
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196088_e66fd48d
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

Admission Criteria

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    Major Requirements

    0 items

      Required Courses (6 credits)*

      2 items
      1. PSC 102LEC
        Introduction to International Politics
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. HIS 142LR
        World History since 1500
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Two Introductory Courses (6-7 credits)

      14 items
      1. APY 106LEC
        Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. COL 112LEC
        Cross-Cultural Explorations
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. COM 202SEM
        Intercultural Communication
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. ECO 181LD
        Introduction to Macroeconomics
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      5. ECO 182LD
        Introduction to Microeconomics
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      6. GEO 100LEC
        World Regions & Issues
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      7. GEO 102LEC
        Introduction to Human Geography
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      8. GEO 103LEC
        Global Economic Geographies
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      9. GGS 205LEC
        Gender and Global Change
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      10. GGS 241SEM
        Gender, Race, and Class in the Global South
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      11. HIS 143LR
        Global Inequality and Power
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      12. LIN 106LEC
        Languages of the World
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      13. PSC 103LEC
        Introduction to Comparative Politics
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      14. SOC 229LEC
        Population Problems
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Four Issues and Themes (12 credits)

      30 items
      1. APY 312LEC
        Culture and Reproduction
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. APY 319LEC
        Environmental Anthropology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. APY 323LEC
        Anthropology and Education
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. APY 347LEC
        Understanding Human Variation
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. COM 460LEC
        World Media Systems
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      6. ENG 383LEC
        Studies in World Literature
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      7. ENG 386LEC
        Postcolonial Literature
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      8. ENG 446SEM
        Studies in World Literature
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      9. GEO 330LEC
        Dynamics of International Business
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      10. GEO 333LEC
        International Trade
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      11. GEO 334LEC
        International Business Cultures
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      12. GEO 460LEC
        Geography of Development
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      13. GGS 325SEM
        Violence in a Gendered World
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      14. GGS 330SEM
        Global Women’s Voices
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      15. GGS 360SEM
        Women’s Health: Problems and Practices
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      16. GGS 414SEM
        Sexualities and Genders in a Global Context
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      17. GGS 421SEM
        Democracy and Gender
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      18. GGS 425SEM
        Transnational Feminisms and Women’s Movements
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      19. HIS 390LEC
        Plagues and Pandemics
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      20. HIS 492SEM
        Poisons, Drugs, and Panaceas
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      21. PSC 326LEC
        War and International Security
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      22. PSC 328LEC
        International Political Economy
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      23. PSC 330LEC
        International Relations Problems
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      24. PSC 333LEC
        International Relations Theory
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      25. PSC 339LEC
        International Law
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      26. PSC 341LEC
        Political Regime Change
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      27. PSC 373LEC
        International Futures
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      28. PSC 350LEC
        Human Rights
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      29. RSP 313LEC
        World Religions
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      30. SOC 396LEC
        Global Criminology
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Four Regions and Cultures (12 credits)

      0 items

        Modern Europe

        30 items
        1. APY 402SEM
          Contemporary Europe
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        2. ENG 318LEC
          Eighteenth-Century Fiction
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        3. ENG 319LEC
          Eighteenth Century Literature
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        4. ENG 324LEC
          Nineteenth-Century British Novel
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        5. FR 301LEC
          Survey of French Literature I
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        6. FR 302LEC
          Survey of French Literature II
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        7. FR 341LEC
          Topics in French Film
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        8. HIS 307LEC
          History of Paris
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        9. HIS 315LEC
          German Culture and Society, 1789-1989
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        10. HIS 316LEC
          Early Modern Europe
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        11. HIS 317LEC
          History of Early Modern Britain
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        12. HIS 318LEC
          History of Ireland
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        13. HIS 319LEC
          The Interwar Crisis, 1919-1939
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        14. HIS 321LEC
          Victorian History, 1832-1901
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        15. HIS 337LEC
          Intellectual History of Europe
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        16. HIS 344LEC
          Spain, Portugal, and the Iberian World
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        17. HIS 346LEC
          19th Century Europe
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        18. HIS 378LEC
          Nazi Germany, 1933-1945
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        19. HIS 400SEM
          Varieties of Fascism
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        20. HIS 403SEM
          Special Topics
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        21. HIS 421SEM
          Topics in British History
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        22. HIS 440SEM
          Stalinism
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        23. ITA 422LEC
          Modern Italian Literature
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        24. ITA 429LEC
          Italian Cinema I
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        25. PSC 340LEC
          Politics in Western Europe
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        26. SPA 302LEC
          Survey of Spanish Literature: Eighteenth Century to Present
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        27. SPA 304LEC
          Early Spanish American Literature
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        28. SPA 327LEC
          Spanish Culture and Civilization
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        29. SPA 407LEC
          Contemporary Literature of Spain
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        30. SPA 410LEC
          Spanish Women Writers
          Not resolved to a course
          3

        Latin America

        15 items
        1. APY 394LEC
          Shamans and Healers in South America
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        2. GGS 347SEM
          Gender and Sexuality in Latin America
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        3. HIS 302LEC
          Latin American Colonial History
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        4. HIS 322LEC
          Latin America: Culture and History
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        5. HIS 328LEC
          History of Brazil
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        6. HIS 410SEM
          Women in Latin America
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        7. HIS 433SEM
          Latin American Native Peoples
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        8. LLS 308SEM
          Black Presnc Lat Am Cult
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        9. LLS 325SEM
          Contemporary Afro-Caribbean Religion
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        10. PSC 342LEC
          Politics of Developing Nations
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        11. PSC 438LEC
          Civil-Military Relations
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        12. SPA 304LEC
          Early Spanish American Literature
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        13. SPA 311LEC
          Survey of Spanish American Literature
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        14. SPA 328LEC
          Spanish American Culture and Civilization
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        15. SPA 435LEC
          Latin American Film
          Not resolved to a course
          3

        Asia

        20 items
        1. AS 323LEC
          Gender in Asian Literature
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        2. AS 333LEC
          South Asian Cinema: Bollywood and Beyond
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        3. AS 338LEC
          Islam and Literature
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        4. AS 345LEC
          Contemporary Korean Popular Culture and the Korean Wave
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        5. AS 347LEC
          The Fantastical World of Japanese Anime
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        6. AS 364LEC
          Chinese Film and Visual Culture
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        7. AS 367LEC
          Food In Asia
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        8. AS 369LEC
          Korean History Up to 1800
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        9. AS 374LEC
          History of the Spread of Christianity in Asia
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        10. AS 375LEC
          The U.S. and Asia
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        11. AS 390LEC
          Chinese Medicine in the World
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        12. AS 410LEC
          Communication and Society in Asia
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        13. AS 423LEC
          Korean Language and Culture
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        14. AS 492SEM
          Poisons, Drugs, and Panaceas
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        15. ECO 418SEM
          Economics of East Asia
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        16. HIS 368LEC
          Modern Japan Since 1600
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        17. HIS 391LEC
          China and the World
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        18. HIS 485SEM
          Twentieth-Century China Politics
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        19. JPN 421LEC
          Japanese Language and Culture
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        20. PSC 355LEC
          Asian Politics
          Not resolved to a course
          3

        Africa and the Middle East

        15 items
        1. AAS 312SEM
          Gender Issues Cont Africa
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        2. AAS 327SEM
          Current African Affairs
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        3. AAS 358SEM
          African Diaspora
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        4. AAS 425SEM
          Liberation Struggles of the African Diaspora
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        5. AS 338LEC
          Islam and Literature
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        6. FR 453SEM
          African and Caribbean Literature
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        7. GGS 334LEC
          Gender and Sexuality in the Middle East and North Africa
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        8. GGS 350SEM
          Women, Gender and Sexuality in Africa
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        9. HIS 418SEM
          Comparative Slavery: Africa, America, and the Caribbean
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        10. HIS 419SEM
          Special Topics
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        11. HIS 314LEC
          Modern Africa: Globalization and Imperialism Since 1800
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        12. PSC 342LEC
          Politics of Developing Nations
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        13. PSC 370LEC
          African Politics
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        14. PSC 371LEC
          Middle Eastern Politics
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        15. PSC 438LEC
          Civil-Military Relations
          Not resolved to a course
          3

        Language Requirement (3-17 credits)**

        0 items

          Arabic: First Year

          2 items
          1. ARI 111DIS
            First-Year Arabic 1st
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          2. ARI 112DIS
            First-Year Arabic 2nd
            Not resolved to a course
            3

          Arabic: Second Year

          2 items
          1. ARI 201LEC
            Arabic Second Year-First
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          2. ARI 202LEC
            Arabic Second Year-Second
            Not resolved to a course
            3

          Chinese: First Year

          3 items
          1. CHI 111DIS
            First-Year Chinese 1st
            Not resolved to a course
            6
          2. CHI 112DIS
            First-Year Chinese 2nd
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          3. CHI 114DIS
            First-Year Chinese for Heritage Learners
            Not resolved to a course
            6

          Chinese: Second Year

          2 items
          1. CHI 201LEC
            Second-Year Chinese
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          2. CHI 202LEC
            Second-Year Chinese
            Not resolved to a course
            4

          French: First Year

          2 items
          1. FR 111DIS
            Elementary French I
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          2. FR 112DIS
            Elementary French II
            Not resolved to a course
            3

          French: Second Year

          2 items
          1. FR 201DIS
            Intermediate French I
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          2. FR 202DIS
            Intermediate French II
            Not resolved to a course
            3

          German: First Year

          2 items
          1. GER 111DIS
            Elementary German 1st
            Not resolved to a course
            6
          2. GER 112DIS
            Elementary German 2nd
            Not resolved to a course
            3

          German: Second Year

          2 items
          1. GER 151LEC
            Intermediate German I
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          2. GER 152LEC
            Intermediate German II
            Not resolved to a course
            3

          Italian: First Year

          2 items
          1. ITA 111DIS
            Elementary Italian I
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          2. ITA 112DIS
            Elementary Italian II
            Not resolved to a course
            3

          Italian: Second Year

          2 items
          1. ITA 201DIS
            Intermediate Italian I
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          2. ITA 202DIS
            Intermediate Italian II
            Not resolved to a course
            3

          Japanese: First Year

          2 items
          1. JPN 111DIS
            First-Year Japanese 1st
            Not resolved to a course
            6
          2. JPN 112DIS
            First-Year Japanese 2nd
            Not resolved to a course
            3

          Japanese: Second Year

          2 items
          1. JPN 201LEC
            Second-Year Japanese
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          2. JPN 202LEC
            Second-Year Japanese
            Not resolved to a course
            4

          Korean: First Year

          2 items
          1. KOR 111DIS
            First-Year Korean 1st
            Not resolved to a course
            6
          2. KOR 112DIS
            First-Year Korean 2nd
            Not resolved to a course
            3

          Korean: Second Year

          2 items
          1. KOR 201LEC
            Second-Year Korean
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          2. KOR 202LEC
            Second-Year Korean
            Not resolved to a course
            4

          Polish: First Year

          2 items
          1. POL 111DIS
            Elementary Polish 1st
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          2. POL 112DIS
            Elementary Polish 2nd
            Not resolved to a course
            3

          Polish: Second Year

          2 items
          1. POL 203LEC
            Intermediate Polish 1st
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          2. POL 204LEC
            Intermediate Polish 2nd
            Not resolved to a course
            3

          Portuguese: First Year

          2 items
          1. POR 101LEC
            Elementary Portuguese 1st
            Not resolved to a course
            5
          2. POR 102LEC
            Elementary Portuguese 2nd
            Not resolved to a course
            5

          Portuguese: Second Year

          2 items
          1. POR 207LEC
            Portuguese Composition, Conversation, and Grammar I
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          2. POR 208LEC
            Portuguese Composition, Conversation, and Grammar II
            Not resolved to a course
            3

          Russian: First Year

          2 items
          1. RUS 111DIS
            First-Year Russian 1st
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          2. RUS 112DIS
            First-Year Russian 2nd
            Not resolved to a course
            3

          Russian: Second Year

          2 items
          1. RUS 223LEC
            Intermediate Russian 1st
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          2. RUS 224LEC
            Intermediate Russian 2nd
            Not resolved to a course
            3

          Spanish: First Year

          2 items
          1. SPA 111DIS
            Elementary Spanish I
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          2. SPA 112DIS
            Elementary Spanish II
            Not resolved to a course
            3

          Spanish: Second Year

          2 items
          1. SPA 201DIS
            Intermediate Spanish I
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          2. SPA 202DIS
            Intermediate Spanish II
            Not resolved to a course
            3

          Notes

          0 items

            Additional Degree Requirements Include

            2 items
            1. Additional coursework to fulfill UB Curriculum requirements
              Not resolved to a course
            2. Elective courses as needed to complete the 120 credit hour total
              Not resolved to a course

            Academic Requirements

            0 items

              Program Distinction

              0 items

                Curricular Plan

                39 items
                1. UB Seminar
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                2. ENG 105LEC
                  Writing and Rhetoric
                  Not resolved to a course
                  4
                3. PSC 102LEC
                  Introduction to International Politics
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                4. Foreign Language 1
                  Not resolved to a course
                  5
                5. HIS 142LR
                  World History since 1500
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                6. Pathway
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                7. Foreign Language 2
                  Not resolved to a course
                  5
                8. Elective
                  Not resolved to a course
                  2
                9. ENG 105LEC
                  Writing and Rhetoric
                  Not resolved to a course
                  4
                10. Scientific Literacy and Inquiry 1
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                11. Scientific Literacy and Inquiry Lab
                  Not resolved to a course
                  1
                12. Pathway
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                13. Foreign Language 3
                  Not resolved to a course
                  4
                14. Introductory Course
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                15. Introductory Course
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                16. Scientific Literacy and Inquiry 2
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                17. Elective
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                18. Foreign Language 4
                  Not resolved to a course
                  4
                19. Issues and Themes 1
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                20. Math & Quantitative Reasoning
                  Not resolved to a course
                  4
                21. Communication Literacy 2
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                22. Elective
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                23. Issues and Themes 2
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                24. Issues and Themes 3
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                25. UBC 399MNT
                  UB Curriculum Capstone
                  Not resolved to a course
                  1
                26. Elective
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                27. Elective
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                28. Elective
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                29. Regions and Cultures 1
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                30. Issues and Themes 4
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                31. Regions and Cultures 2
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                32. Regions and Cultures 3
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                33. Elective
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                34. Elective
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                35. Elective
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                36. Regions and Cultures 4
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                37. Elective
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                38. Elective
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                39. Elective
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
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