International Studies, Sustainable Development and Environmental Justice Concentration, Major

Program Learning Outcomes

Please see the International Studies Major . 

Major Requirements (48 units)

International Studies Required Core Courses (12 units)

International Studies majors all take three foundational courses. Majors choose one of the five functional concentrations(each with its own requirements) and one of the five regional focus areas (each with its own requirements). Students cannot double-count any course for both a functional concentration and a regional focus. All majors finish with a capstone course.

• BAIS 100 - Intro to International Studies
• BAIS 103 - The Global Economy
• BAIS 201 - Research Methods

Sustainable Development and Environmental Justice (SDE) Concentration (20 units)

• POLS 382 - Pols of Intl Aid & Development

• Required:

• Select four electives from the following list:

• BAIS 310 - Global Environmental Politics

• or

• POLS 360 - Global Environmental Politics
• BAIS 311 - Global Food Security
• BAIS 312 - Comparative Environmental Law
• COMS 344 - Environmental Communication

• or

• ENVA 344 - Environmental Communication
• ECON 230 - Environmental Economics
• ECON 473 - Development Microeconomics

• Note: ECON 473 requires ECON 311 as prerequisite.

• ECON 476 - Nat Resource Econ & Dev Policy

• Note: ECON 476 requires ECON 311 as prerequisite.

• ECON 477 - International Political Econ

• Note: ECON 477 requires ECON 312 as prerequisite.

• ENVS 100 - Understand our Environ w/Lab
• ENVS 366 - Environmental Policy

• or

• POLS 366 - Intro to Environmental Policy
• ENVA 367 - Environmental Justice
• HIST 341 - Feast and Famine
• PHIL 244 - Environmental Ethics
• SOC 233 - Gender,Dev & Globalization

Regional Focus (12 units)

Choose one of the five Regional Focus areas. Note that each has its own requirements.

Capstone (4 units)

All majors must complete:

• BAIS 397 - International Studies Capstone

• Note: BAIS 495 can be substituted for BAIS 397 .