Undergraduate Program

Undergraduate Advisor
Farah Nousheen
Humanities Building, Room 415A
nousheen@unm.edu 

Faculty Advisor
Humanities Building, Room 418


College of Arts and Sciences and International Studies Major Undergraduate Admission Requirements

A minimum of 26 credit hours; 23 credit hours must be in courses acceptable toward graduation.

A cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00 on all work.

  • Transfer students must have a 2.00 transfer GPA.
  • Continuing UNM students must have a 2.00 institutional GPA.

Demonstrated academic achievement by satisfying the following:

  • Completion of the University Writing and Speaking Core.
  • Completion of the University Mathematics Core.
  • Completion of the University Foreign Language Core.

Completion of International Studies major admission course work with a grade of "C" or better:

  • One course at any level (excluding 101 and 111) from ARAB, CHIN, FREN, GREK, GRMN, ITAL, JAPN, LATN, PORT, RUSS, SPAN.

Major Study Requirements

The major in International Studies requires 39 credit hours of which at least 21 credit hours (7 courses) must be at the upper-division level. The requirements include a foreign language, core introductory courses, thematic and area studies concentration courses, and the capstone seminar. No more than 12 credit hours may be selected in any one department. Students work closely with the academic advisors for International Studies in planning their program of study and must receive approval for all course work in fulfillment of the major.

Foreign Language

Six credit hours beyond the 100-level of a foreign language or demonstrated proficiency through the second year of any language other than English or Signed Language (i.e. Foreign Language 201 and 202 or above).

Core Courses

Twelve credit hours from the following:

Credit
Hours
INTS 101 Introduction to International Studies 3
POLS 240 International Politics 3
Select 6 credit hours (3 of which must introduce the student's chosen thematic concentration) from the following:
Humanities 3
Select from: ARTH 201 or 202; COMP 224; ENGL 264, (292 or 293); HIST 181 or 182; MLNG 101; RELG 107, (263 or 264).
Social and Natural Sciences 3
Select from: ANTH 130; CJ 115; CRP 181; ECON 203; ENVS 101; GEOG 140 or 195; PCST 102; POLS 220; SOC 221; WMST 109.
Total 12


Thematic Concentration

Nine credit hours in approved upper-division courses. Select one concentration from the following:

  • Conflict, Peace and Diplomacy
  • Culture and Arts in Global Perspective
  • Environment and Society/Sustainability
  • Global Markets, International Institutions and Global Governance
  • Indigenous, National, Transnational Identities
  • Rituals and Belief Systems
  • Women and Gender in the Contemporary World

Area Studies Concentration

Nine credit hours in approved upper-division courses. Select one concentration from the following:

  • Africa
  • Asia and Middle East
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • Russia and Eurasia

Capstone Seminar in International Studies

INTS 400 is open to majors who have recently completed an approved international (i.e. study abroad) or intercultural academic experience related to their thematic and/or area studies concentration. Two options are available to gain the required international or intercultural experience prior to taking the capstone seminar:

Option 1: Study Abroad (preferred)
Students must meet with the INTS faculty advisor to discuss and plan their study abroad experience. The study abroad experience may consist of a traditional semester or year spent at a university abroad, a short-term program (2-4 weeks) during intercession, or a summer language program. An appointment with UNM's Global Education Office (GEO) is required to begin the study abroad process. Once a study abroad program has been chosen, students must consult with the INTS advisor to ensure department requirements are met.

Students may also design their own international experience in consultation with the INTS advisor. A formal proposal must be submitted for approval well in advance of the planned international experience. A meeting with the GEO office is also required to begin the independent study abroad process.

Option 2: Intercultural Experience
There are diverse opportunities on the UNM campus, in the community, and throughout the United States for majors to gain intercultural understanding and experience. This option allows students to find and explore these opportunities in consultation with the INTS advisor. A formal proposal must be submitted to the INTS faculty advisor for approval well in advance of the planned intercultural experience.


Thematic Concentrations

  • Conflict, Peace, and Diplomacy
  • Culture and Arts in Global Perspective
  • Environment and Society/Sustainability
  • Global Markets, International Institutions, and Global Governance
  • Indigenous, National, and Transnational Identities
  • Rituals and Belief Systems
  • Women and Gender in the Contemporary World

The courses below reflect current course offerings, but are not exhaustive. INTS faculty and students may suggest additional courses with at least 20% international and/or global content for approval by the INTS faculty advisor. Students must formally apply to request a course approval, including submission of a copy of the course syllabus and reading list.

Conflict, Peace, and Diplomacy

For this concentration, also consult the Peace Studies course schedule.

Credit
Hours
I. Core Course Requirement 3
  Select one:
  PCST 102 Introduction to Peace Studies
POLS 220 Politics Around the World
  SOC 221 Documenting Globalization and Human Rights
II.   Upper-Division Courses 9
  Select three: 
ANTH 339 Human Rights in Anthropology
ANTH 340 T: Children in Genocide
ANTH 340 T: Global Health and Human Rights
HIST 300 Studies in History
  HIST 311 World War I, 1914-1918
  HIST 313 World War II and Reconstruction in Europe
  HIST 341 U.S. Foreign Relations from 1900
  HIST 350 Modern U.S. Military History, 1900 to Present
  HIST 422 Modern European Imperialism
  HIST 426 History of the Holocaust
HIST 469 Inter-American Relations
PCST 340 T: Film as Social Transformation
  POLS *300 Political Topics
POLS *320 T: Gangs, Organized Crime and the State
  POLS 322 Human Rights and Political Violence
POLS *340 T: Insurgency
  POLS 341 International Conflict and Cooperation
  POLS *342 American Foreign Policy
POLS *400 Adv T: National Security and Defense Planning
  POLS 441 Civil Wars
  POLS 442 International Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution
SOC 306 Peace and Conflict
SOC 307 Nonviolent Alternatives
  SOC 331 Social Movements
SOC 398 ST: Introduction to Human Rights
  SOC 412 Sociology of Police and Social Control


Culture and Arts in Global Perspective

Credit
Hours
I. Core Course Requirement 3
    Select one: 
  ANTH 130 Cultures of the World
ARTH 201
-or-
ARTH 202
History of Art I

History of Art II
CJ 115 Communication Across Cultures
COMP 224 Literary Questions
  ENGL 292
-or-
ENGL 293
World Literatures: Ancient World through the 16th Century

World Literatures: 17th Century through the Present
  MLNG 101 Approaches to Languages and Cultures
II. Upper-Division Courses 9
  Select three: 
  ANTH 346 Expressive Culture
  ANTH/MUS 444 Anthropology of World Beat 
ANTH/MUS 448 The Anthropology of Music and Sound
ARTH 323
-or-
ARTH 324
World Architecture I: History of the Built Environment From Prehistory to 1800 CE

World Architecture II: History of the Built Environment from 1800 CE to the Present
COMP/ENGL 330 T: Comparative and World Literature **
  COMP *480 Seminar in Comparative Literature (course has specific area content and should be coordinated with the student's area studies concentration)
  CJ 314 Intercultural Communication
CJ 319 Language and Culture
  ENGL 479 Postcolonial Literatures
  MA 326 History of Film I: Silent
  MA 327 History of Film II: Sound
MA 335 International Horror Films
  RELG 350 Religion and Literature


Note: ** Requires permission of the INTS advisor to be used toward the degree, and must contain at least 20% international and/or global content.

Environment and Society/Sustainability

Credit
Hours
I.   Core Course Requirements 3
  Select one:
CRP 181 Introduction to Environmental Problems
ECON 203 Society and Environment
  ENVS 101 The Blue Planet
  GEOG 195 Introduction to Environmental Studies
II. Upper-Division Courses 9
  Select three:
CJ 313 EcoCultural Communication: Humans and "The Environment"
CJ 339 Rhetoric and the Environment 
  ECON 342 Environmental Economics
  ECON *343 Natural Resource Economics
  ECON *442 T: Environmental and Natural Resources
ENVS 330 Environmental Systems
EPS/GEOG 352 Global Climate Change
  GEOG *360 Land Use Management
  GEOG 461 Environmental Management
GEOG 464 Food and Natural Resources
GEOG 467 Governing the Global Environment
  PHIL 363 Environmental Ethics
POLS 443 International Politics of Climate Change
SOC 305 Environmental Sociology


Global Markets, International Institutions, and Global Governance

Credit
Hours
I. Core Course Requirement 3
  Select one: 
  ECON 203 Society and Environment
  POLS 220 Politics Around the World
  SOC 221 Documenting Globalization and Human Rights
II.   Upper-Division Courses 9
  Select three: 
AMST 309 Topics in Social Movements **
  CJ 467 Mass Communication: International Perspectives
  ECON *321 Development Economics
  ECON *421 Latin American Economics
  ECON *423 T: Latin American Development
  ECON *424 International Trade
  ECON *429 International Finance
  POLS *320 Topics in Comparative Politics **
  POLS 322 Human Rights and Political Violence
  POLS *340 T: International Organizations
POLS *340 Topics in International Politics **
  POLS 346 International Political Economy
  POLS 377 Population Policy and Politics
  POLS 443 International Politics of Climate Change
  SOC 461 Visualizing Global Change


Note: ** Requires permission of the INTS advisor to be used toward the degree, and must contain at least 20% international and/or global content.

Indigenous, National, and Transnational Identities

For this concentration, also consult the American Studies course schedule.

Credit
Hours
I. Core Course Requirements 3
  Select one:
  ANTH 130 Cultures of the World
  GEOG 140 Introduction to World Regions
  ENGL 264 Survey of Native Literatures and Rhetorics
II.  Upper-Division Courses 9
  Select three: 
  ANTH 331 Indigenous Peoples of North America
  ANTH 332 Indigenous Peoples of South America
ANTH 340 T: Shamanism and Politics of Cosmology
  CRP 376 Human Settlements
  ENGL 464 Advanced Studies in Native Literatures and Rhetorics
  ENGL 479 Postcolonial Literatures
  HIST 346 Native America to 1850
  HIST 347 Native America 1850-1940
  HIST 348 Native America Post-1940
HIST 444 Native American and Celtic History Since 1700
HIST 466 Native American Southwest
  NATV 385 Indigenous Worldviews
PHIL 390 Latin American Thought


Rituals and Belief Systems

For this concentration, also consult the Religious Studies course schedule.

Credit
Hours
I.   Core Course Requirement 3
Select one:
  RELG 107 Living World Religions
RELG 263 Eastern Religions
RELG 264 Western Religions
II.   Upper-Division Courses 9
  Select three: 
  ANTH/RELG 333 Ritual Symbols and Behavior
ANTH 340 T: Christ and Culture
  ENGL 304 The Bible as Literature
HIST 306 Reformation Era, 1500-1600
  HIST 323 History of the Jewish People to 1492
  HIST 326 History of Christianity to 1517
  HIST 327 History of Christianity, 1517 to Present
  HIST 481 Intellectual History of Islam
PHIL 333 Buddhist Philosophy
PHIL 334 Indian Philosophy
PHIL 361 Modern Christian Thought
PHIL/RELG 365  Philosophy of Religion
PHIL *431 Ch'an and Zen
PHIL *434 South Asian Mystical Traditions
PHIL *438 Indian Buddhist Philosophy
  RELG 347 Topics in Religious Studies **
  RELG 350 Religion and Literature
RELG 355 Atheism: Trends and Critiques
RELG *457 Seminar in Islamic Tradition
  SOC 422 Sociology of Religion


Note: ** Requires permission of the INTS advisor to be used toward the degree, and must contain at least 20% international and/or global content.

Women and Gender in the Contemporary World

For this concentration, also consult the Women Studies course schedule.

Credit
Hours
I.   Core Course Requirement 3
  WMST 109 Introduction to Comparative Global and Ethnic Societies
II.   Upper-Division Courses 9
  Select three: 
  CJ/WMST 326 Gender and Communication
  CJ/WMST 469 Multiculturalism, Gender and Media
  CRP 428 Gender and Economic Development
  ECON 239 Economics of Race and Gender
HIST 415 The History of Reproduction
HIST 429 History of Beauty, Body, and Power
HIST 472 Women in Modern Latin America
  LING/WMST 334 Language and Gender
  MA 336/*436 Images of (Wo)men
POLS 377 Population Policy and Politics
  PSY/WMST 375 Psychology of Women
  SOC 308 Sociology of Gender
SOC 415 Inequality and Power
  SOC 423 Gender and Crime
  WMST 325 Race, Class and Feminism
  WMST 331 Transnational Feminisms

Area Studies Concentrations

  • Africa
  • Asia and Middle East
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • Russia and Eurasia

The courses in the area studies concentrations reflect current course offerings but are not exhaustive. INTS faculty and students may suggest additional courses with at least 50% area content to the INTS advisor for approval. Students must formally apply to request a course approval, including submission of a copy of the course syllabus and reading list. Lists of courses that satisfy the area studies concentrations are available from the INTS advisor. The lists are not necessarily complete since new courses are added each year, and students are therefore encouraged to ask about courses not found on the lists that may satisfy the requirements.

Majors are required to take 9 credit hours (3 upper-division courses) in their chosen area studies concentration. Courses must have at least 50% of their content in the area and come from at least two of the four general areas below. Courses are offered by the Departments/Programs listed in parentheses:

  1. Fine Arts (Architecture, Art, Cinematic Arts, Music, Theatre and Dance).
  2. History (History).
  3. Literature and Philosophy (Africana Studies, Comparative Literature, English, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Spanish and Portuguese). Does not include language courses.
  4. Social and Natural Sciences (Anthropology, Biology, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Economics, Geography and Environmental Studies, Peace Studies, Political Science, Sociology, Women Studies).

Minor Study Requirements

The minor in International Studies requires 27 credit hours of which at least 12 credit hours (4 courses) must be at the upper-division level. The requirements include a foreign language, core introductory courses, and thematic and area studies concentration courses. No more than 9 credit hours may be selected in any one department. Students work closely with the academic advisors of International Studies in planning their program of study and must receive approval for all course work in fulfillment of the minor.

Foreign Language

Six credit hours beyond the 100-level of a foreign language or demonstrated proficiency through the second year of any language other than English or Signed Language (i.e. Foreign Language 201 and 202 or above). 

Core Courses

Nine credit hours from the following:

Credit
Hours
INTS 101 Introduction to International Studies 3
POLS 240 International Politics 3
Select 3 credit hours (which must introduce the student's chosen thematic concentration) from the following:
Humanities 3
Select from: ARTH (201 or 202); COMP 224; ENGL 264, (292 or 293); HIST 181 or 182; MLNG 101; RELG 107, (263 or 264).
-or-
Social and Natural Sciences
Select from: ANTH 130; CJ 115; CRP 181; ECON 203; ENVS 101; GEOG 140, 195; PCST 102; POLS 220; SOC 221; WMST 109.


Thematic Concentration

6 credit hours in upper-division courses. Select one concentration from the list under Major Study Requirements, and choose courses from the corresponding list of approved courses.

Area Studies Concentration

6 credit hours in upper-division courses. Select one concentration from the list under Major Study Requirements, and choose courses from the corresponding list of approved courses.


Departmental Honors 

(INTS 402, 3 credit hours)

Majors interested in departmental honors in International Studies should contact the faculty advisor of the International Studies program during their junior year. Honors students must register for two consecutive semesters of course work on the thesis.

The first semester consists of a readings course/independent study in the home department of their thesis advisor. This course is the preliminary work and research for the honors thesis, and it may count as one of the student's electives in either the thematic or area studies concentration. During the second semester, the student must enroll in INTS 402 while completing the research and writing the thesis under the direction of their thesis committee. The committee should consist of at least two ISI-affiliated faculty members, including the student's thesis advisor and one ISI team member (i.e., ISI Director, Associate ISI Director, or ISI Instructor).

Note: This option adds 3 credit hours to the International Studies major.


Courses

INTS 101. Introduction to International Studies. (3)



INTS 400. Capstone Seminar in International Studies. (3)



INTS 402. Honors in International Studies. (3)



INTS 499. Topics in International Studies. (1-3 to a maximum of 9 Δ)



Course Search:




Keyword Search:

Office of the Registrar

MSC 11 6325
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131

Phone: (505) 277-8900
Fax: (505) 277-6809