2024-2025 Catalog 
    
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2024-2025 Catalog

International Studies, Culture, Societies and Values Concentration, Major


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The Culture, Societies and Values concentration enables students to understand the complex interplay between religion and economic, political and cultural realities. The concentration explores the ways religion is experienced and/or imagined by individuals, groups, and institutions in the context of globalization.

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.

Regional Focus (12 units)


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

Middle East Region Focus


Degree Planner


First-Year


Fall Units
Core - E: BAIS 100 - Intro to International Studies     4
Core - A2: Rhetoric and Composition - Course 1 4
Language - Course 1 4
Core - A1: Public Speaking or Core: First Year Seminar 4
Total Semester Units 16
Spring Units
Core - E: BAIS 103 - The Global Economy   4
BAIS 201 - Research Methods  or Core - B1: Math or Quantitative Science 4
Core A2: Rhetoric & Composition - Course 2 4
Language - Course 2 4
Total Semester Units 16

Sophomore Year


Fall Units
Language - Course 3 4
Concentration Required Course: ANTH 200 - Intro to Anthropology   4
Core - B2: Applied or Laboratory Science 4
Core - C1: Literature 4
Total Semester Units 16
Spring Units
BAIS 201 - Research Methods  or Core - B1: Math or Quantitative Science 4
Regional Focus Required Course 4
Core - C2: History 4
Core - D1: Philosophy 4
Total Semester Units 16

Junior Year


Fall Units
Concentration Elective Course 4
Regional Specialization Elective Course 4
Core - D2: Theology & Religious Studies 4
Core - D3: Ethics 4
Total Semester Units 16
Spring Units
Concentration Elective Course 4
Regional Specialization Elective Course 4
Core - F: Visual & Performing Arts 4
Community - Engaged Learning (CEL) 4
Total Semester Units 16

Senior Year


Fall Units
Concentration Elective Course 4
Regional Specialization Elective Course 4
BAIS 495 - Honors Thesis Seminar  or BAIS 397 - International Studies Capstone   4
Cultural Diversity (CD) 4
Total Semester Units 16
Spring Units
Concentration Elective Course 4
Elective 4
Elective 4
Elective 4
Total Semester Units 16

*This information is subject to change, the degree planner is a sample, and students should consult with the department for any updated information. 

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