International Studies
This award is not eligible for Financial Aid
The Academic Certificate (AC) in International Studies program will provide students the opportunity to broaden their horizons and their understanding of our increasingly interdependent global society. The Certificate approaches broad cultural issues and includes a strong emphasis on world politics and religions. It also includes developing proficiency in cross-cultural communications and the capacity to navigate world cultures. Proficiency in a modern language is also an integral part of the Certificate.
Details
Field of Interest
Culture and Society
Degree Type
Academic Certificate (AC)
Academic Plan
International Studies (CER)
Academic Plan Code
6213N
Total credits required
12-13
Catalog Year
2024-2025
Effective Term
Fall 2014
Admission criteria
None
Notes
This program is not eligible for Title IV Federal Financial Aid.
Students must earn a grade of C or better in all courses within the program.
Study abroad credit may replace courses identified as electives with the approval of the Program Director or Department Chairperson.
What You'll Learn
- Describe the influence of world religions on social, economic, and political developments.
- Describe similarities and differences among the beliefs, traditions, and practices of major world religions.
- Delineate the historical development of interstate relations and the place of the nation-state in that development while describing relevant issues such as national security, war, economic integration, trade, etc.
- Distinguish, define, and depict the chief characteristics of the three levels of analysis--individual, state, and international systems--and the method of arriving at policy choice decisions.
- Describe the differences between policy-making framework and motives inherent in the approaches of realism versus idealism.
- Differentiate and make connections between economic and political issues and questions that affect world politics, and list the various analytical and theoretical positions used to explain world politics.
- Describe the issue of change in the international environment and those forces that may initiate their change, including the distinction between an international current event and a current international issue.
- Describe the differences in political economic terms among neomercantilism, liberalism, and socialism.
- Distinguish comparative methodologies developed to compare various political systems of government, including unitary, federal, and confederal government models.
- Compare the election practices in a selected democratic or open society with those of a non-democratic or closed society.
- Compare and contrast open and closed nations relative to the organization of their executive systems and relative to the operational characteristics of their representative assemblies.
- List major components of justice found in open societies, and state how they differ from practices of justice in closed societies.
| Course # | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Credits: | 3-6 | |
| First-Year Composition (3) OR | ||
| First-Year Composition for ESL (3) | 3 | |
| College Critical Reading and Critical Thinking (3) OR | ||
| Equivalent as indicated by assessment | 0-3 | |
| Course # | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Credits: | 9 | |
| World Religions | 3 | |
| World Politics | 3 | |
| Comparative Government (3) OR | ||
| Political Ideologies (3) | 3 | |
| Course # | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Credits: | 3-4 | |
| Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 3 | |
| History of Western Civilization 1789 to Present | 3 | |
| Hispanic Heritage in the Southwest | 3 | |
| Any of the following Foreign Language courses: | ||
| FRE+++ Any FRE/French course (101, 201) (4) OR | ||
| ITA+++ Any ITA/Italian course (101, 201) (4) OR | ||
| JPN+++ Any JPN/Japanese course (101, 201) (4) OR | ||
| NAV+++ Any NAV/Navajo course (101, 201) (4) OR | ||
| SPA+++ Any SPA/Spanish course (101, 201) (4) | 4 | |
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