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International Studies Minor MIN

Degree Type: Minor

Required Courses		Credit Hours
Required Courses (12 Credits *)
GEOG 100	Geography of World Regions	3
HIST 152	Western Civil 1500 to Present	3
PLSC 341	International Politics	3
SOCY 344	World Urban Sociology	3
* Nine credits of the minor must be at 300-400 level. One course in category coverage must be at 300-400 level.
Electives (Choose one category and 6 credits in that category)
World Area Coverage
ANTH 371	Medical Anthropology	3
ECON 451	International Economics	3
GEOG 372	World Medical Geography	3
GEOG 424	Current Global Problems	3
HIST 341	US Foreign Policy-20th Century	3
RELG 215	Comparative Religions	3
RELG 325	Eastern Religions	3
RELG 326	Western Religions	3
INTB 420	Comparative International Law	3
PLSC 323	International Organizations	3
PLSC 331	Comparative World Governments	3
Third World Coverage
ANTH 122	Intro Cultural Anthropology	3
GEOG 202	Geog-Latin America-Africa-Asia	3
HIST 370	Modern Africa	3
HIST 372	Middle East in Modern Era	3
HIST 375	Latin American History	3
LITR 203	Intro-African Literature	3
LITR 300		3
LITR 301		3
LITR 305		3
SPAN 332		3
SPAN 333	Contemp Cult-Soc Hispan Americ	3
PLSC 301	Perspective - Developing World	3
European Coverage
HIST 360	Contemporary European History	3
LITR 302		3
SPAN 331	Contemp Culture-Soc of Spain	3
Asia and Russia Coverage
ANTH 385	Japanese Culture and Society	3
ANTH 386	Japanese Culture and Society 2	3
HIST 371	East Asia in the 20th Century	3
HIST 373	20th Century Russia	3
LITR 303		3
LITR 304		3
SOCY 410		3

Why Choose the International Studies Minor?

The International Studies minor will enable students to better understand the global economy, international influences, and political events that shape the world we live in today. This interdisciplinary minor includes a core of required courses in geography, history, political science, and sociology. Students then select additional course work dealing with a particular topic or region they want to learn more about. This would be an excellent minor for students with a major in business or in the arts and sciences fields.

Admission Requirements

This International Studies minor is open to any student admitted to Ferris State and pursuing a baccalaureate degree. The minor is designed to complement any Ferris major program. Students may use only one-third of the credits in a minor that overlap with the student's major. For example: If a minor is 18 credits, 6 credits may be applied to the minor that are also used in the major. Students may apply 6 credit hours of overlap between minors.

Graduation Requirements

An academic minor may only be awarded upon completion of a baccalaureate degree at Ferris State. This minor requires a minimum of 18 credits with a minimum 2.0 grade average in these courses.

Also, 50 percent of the credits for a minor must be taught by Ferris State University.

More Information

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