2008-2009 Catalog - Virginia Wesleyan College

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES119of fields, including international business, internationalpolicy, and cultural studies. The flexible academic programoffers students the opportunity to customize theireducation to suit their own interests. Classroomexperience is supplemented by both long-term and shorttermstudy abroad, as well as internship opportunities,bridging classroom knowledge with real-life internationalexperiences.The major consists of a minimum of 54 semester hours,of which at least 18 must be at the 300 or 400 level.Major RequirementsCOURSE NUMBER AND TITLESEM.HRS.POLS 1033Global RealitiesPOLS 2103International RelationsPOLS 4343Political Theory: ModernHIST 1123World History: The Modern EraOne of the following:PHIL 372Beyond the Western Tradition 3PHIL 392Alternative FuturesOne of the following:MBE 100Introduction to EconomicsMBE 201Introduction to Macroeconomics3MBE 202Introduction to Microeconomics(Note: Students selecting the InternationalBusiness track must take either MBE 201or MBE 202.)One of the following:SOC 110Cultural Anthropology 3-4RELST 116World ReligionsTwo foreign language courses at the6300 level in the same language.Number of credit hours at the lower level 15-16Number of credit hours at the upper level 12Complete one of the following tracks:International BusinessInternational PoliticsInternational Cultural Studies15Individualized International Studies(either Internship or Study Abroad)TOTAL HOURSwithout Internship/Study Abroad1242-43TOTAL HOURSwith Internship/Study Abroad 54-55International Business TrackCOURSE NUMBER AND TITLEOne of the following (in additionto core requirement):MBE 201MBE 202SEM.HRS.MBE 332 3MBE 333 3Two of the following:FR 333GER 333HIST 212, 219, 224, 235, 237, 250, 262,305, 328, 347, 348, 433 6INST 315MBE 101, 305, 311POLS 206, 220, 250, 302, 315, 316, 317,318, 320, 321, 328, 329, 338, 353SPAN 3333TOTAL 15Number of semester hours at the lower level 3-9Number of semester hours at the upper level 6-12International Cultural Studies TrackCOURSE NUMBER AND TITLESEM.HRS.SOC 230 3PSY 245 3One 300-level French, German, or Spanishliterature course (Note: requires FR, GER, 3PSY 245 or SPAN 306, or consent)Two of the following (Note: must includeat least one 300-level course)ARTH 232, 233, 351ENG 265, 280, 281, 314, 357FR 313, 314, 315, 316, 327, 329, 400GER 307, 313, 314, 315, 316, 325,326, 329, 340, 430HIST 219, 231, 235, 237, 246, 262, 305, 6347, 348, 353, 415, 433, 451PHIL 353, 372MUS 200, 313, 314See continuation of choices next page