International Studies, BA
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Bachelor's DegreeAcademicCIP: 45.9999
The International Studies Program promotes a holistic appreciation of the different values and structures that characterize the world’s diverse societies, as well as an understanding of the institutions that produce economic, social, cultural, and political interdependence among nations. A major or minor in international studies provides students with the background necessary to pursue a variety of public and private-sector careers.
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120 credits
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In-Person
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142 courses in this program
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PSC 103Foundations of International Relations
PSC 403Seminar in International Relations
WLL 120World Cultures
ITS 482Internship in International Affairs
ANTH 245Peoples of the World:Mediterranean
ANTH 248Peoples of the World: Latin America
ANTH 330Nationalism, Ethnicity, and Religious Violence
ANTH 424Anthropology of Transitional Justice
ANTH 428Drugs and Culture
ANTH 438The Conquest of Mexico
ANTH 443Propaganda, Misinformation, and Hate Speech
ANTH 447Advanced Peace Studies
ANTH 459Peace in Latin American Drug Wars
CJ 115Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
HY 234The World Since 1945
HY 245Introduction to Latin American History
HY 247Indians, Spaniards & Creoles
HY 248Modern Latin America
HY 251Nineteenth-Century Europe
HY 258Britain and the Third World
HY 262Introduction to Early Modern Spanish History
HY 263History of the Russian Empire
HY 265History of the Soviet Union 1917-1991
HY 272Modern East Asia
HY 317History of Ancient Greece
HY 318History of the Roman Empire
HY 319Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages
HY 341The U.S. and Latin America
HY 342Sex & Latin American Society
HY 343Modern Latin America
HY 358British Origins of American Democracy
HY 360Scottish and Irish History, 1600-present
HY 372Modern East Asia
HY 375The Pacific War, 1931-1945
HY 379Women Rogues, Radicals and Reformers
HY 419The Second World War
HY 421The Vietnam Wars, 1945-1975
HY 446Nations of the Andes
HY 447Modern Mexico
HY 453Clash of Civilizations
HY 456Seventeenth-Century Europe: Absolutism, Revolution and Science
HY 457Nineteenth-Century Europe
HY 458Modern Europe
HY 460Ancient and Medieval Britain
HY 461English History: 1307-1660
HY 462Early Modern Britain
HY 463Victorian Britain
HY 464Modern Great Britain
HY 466The French Revolution
HY 467Modern France 1815 - Present
HY 468Modern German History
HY 469Stalin and Stalinism
HY 470The Soviet Union Since 1953
HY 471Russian Intellectual History
HY 472Terror and Terrorism from French Revolution to Present
HY 475Modern China
HY 476Japan to the 19th Century
HY 477Modern Japan
PSC 102Foundations of Comparative Politics
PSC 350African Politics
PSC 351European Political Systems
PSC 352Latin/South American Political Systems
PSC 353Asian Political Systems
PSC 360International Security
PSC 361North/South International Relations
PSC 362Diplomacy
PSC 363Nationalism in World Politics
PSC 367Politics of the Middle East and Northern Africa
PSC 383International Conflict & Conflict Management
PSC 395Special Topics in Political Science
PSC 456Revolution and Political Violence
PSC 458Human Trafficking
PSC 465International Law
SOC 200The Tipping Point: How Societies Change
SOC 278Global Lives: Sociology of Our Interconnected World
ANTH 445Medical Anthropology & Health Disparities
ANTH 450Advanced Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 483Intern in Peace, Justice and Environmental Study
ARH 101The Art Experience
ARH 203Ancient and Medieval Art
ARH 204Early Modern-Contemporary Art
ARH 206Survey of Asian Art
ARH 321Italian Renaissance Art
ARH 370Tomb Art in East Asia
ARH 372Buddhist & Hindu Art in India to 1200
ARH 374Landscape and Image in East Asia
ARH 377Piety and Power: Art in India after 1200
ARH 465Aspects of Contemporary Art
ARH 471Post-Partition Identity in South Asian Cinema
ARH 478Seminar: Buddhist Arts of East Asia
ARH 479Study Abroad: Art & Culture of South Asia
EH 217World Literature I: Before 1660
EH 218World Literature II: 1660-Present
EH 423African Women's Literature
EH 424African-American Special Topics
HY 218History of the Roman Empire
HY 230Middle East 550 BCE to 1453 CE
HY 235War in the Modern World
HY 285Mapping Our World
HY 314Roman Republic
HY 330Middle East 550 BCE to 1453 CE
HY 271Traditional East Asian History and Culture
HY 357Religion in Early Modern European History
HY 371Traditional East Asian History and Culture
HY 370End of the U.S.S.R.
HY 440The Holocaust on Film
HY 444Nazi Germany
HY 454Topics in Middle Eastern History
HY 459Spain and the Spanish Inquisition
HY 465French Enlightenment
HY 478Topics in European History
MU 366Music in World Cultures
MU 367Introduction to Ethnomusicology
PHL 232Classical Political Thought
PHL 233Modern Political Theory
PHL 239Eastern Philosophy
PHL 442History of Philosophy: From Kant to Nietzsche
PSC 104Foundations of Political Theory
PSC 341Classical Political Thought
PSC 342Modern Political Theory
WLL 121Songs of Social Change through World Cultures
WLL 220World Literatures in English Translation
WLL 303History of International Film
WLL 304Topics in International Cinema
ANTH 120Language and Culture
ANTH 200Applied Anthropology
ANTH 231Archaeology of the Origins of Civilization in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Mediterranean
ANTH 340Archaeology and History Bible Lands
ANTH 360Ecological Anthropology
ANTH 404Anthropology of Peace and Human Rights
ANTH 407Peace Ethology
ANTH 408Conflict Resolution in Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANTH 413Peace & Environmental Sustainability
CMST 415Intercultural & International Communication
HY 339The Holocaust in History and Literature
HY 422Ethnic Cleansing & Genocide 1912-2012
PUH 201Introduction to Public Health
PUH 202Introduction to Global Health
PUH 302Epidemiology
PSC 316Human Rights
SOC 370Population Problems
WLL 485World Language Capstone Seminar
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