Program Overview

Knowledge of the interdependent world in which we live and work is essential to all citizens.  Through pursuit of the Bachelor of Arts in International Studies degree students develop international competence which involves understanding other peoples and societies well enough to work effectively with them on a broad range of common problems.  The degree calls for the education and training of persons who are proficient in a language other than their own and who understand the history, culture, goals, aspirations, and world view of a people utlizing that language.

The interdisciplinary nature of the European Studies major is designed to provide you with a broad understanding of Europe.

Admissions Information

Any student admitted to the College of Arts and Sciences is eligible to enter this program.  Potential OU students should contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions for complete information about admission procedures and requirements.

Opportunities Upon Graduation

International Studies alumni find meaningful post baccalaureate opportunities in their chosen fields of education, the non-profit world, public policy, the business sector, and more.

Universitywide Graduation Requirements

To complete this program, students must complete all Universitywide graduation requirements .

College-Level Requirements

Please see the College of Arts and Sciences  for college-level requirements.

Program Requirements

The international studies major requires the completion of at least 61 quarter hours.

Core International Studies Courses

• ANTH 101 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Credit Hours: 5
• POLS 250 - International Relations Credit Hours: 4

Comparative/International Studies

Complete 12 hours from the following:

• AAS 364 - Comparative Study of Injustice Credit Hours: 4
• ANTH 340 - Applied Anthropology Credit Hours: 4
• ANTH 345 - Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective Credit Hours: 4
• ANTH 350 - Economic Anthropology Credit Hours: 4
• ANTH 351 - Political Anthropology Credit Hours: 4
• ANTH 353 - Anthropology of Violence and Peace Credit Hours: 4
• ANTH 355 - Medical Anthropology Credit Hours: 4
• ANTH 357 - Anthropology of Religion Credit Hours: 4
• ANTH 376 - Culture Contact and Change Credit Hours: 4
• B A 329 - Current Global Issues in Business Credit Hours: 4
• B A 385 - Multinational Business Credit Hours: 4
• BUSL 385 - International Business Law Credit Hours: 4
• CLWR 181 - Introduction to Religion Credit Hours: 4
• ECON 312 - Economics of Poverty Credit Hours: 4
• ECON 340 - International Trade Credit Hours: 4
• ECON 350 - Economic Development Credit Hours: 4
• EDCS 205 - Learning from Non-Western Cultures Credit Hours: 4
• ENG 355 - Studies in World Literature Credit Hours: 4
• ENG 453 - Studies in World Literature Credit Hours: 4
• FILM 421 - International Film I Credit Hours: 4
• GEOG 131 - Globalization and the Developing World Credit Hours: 4
• GEOG 326 - Urban Geography Credit Hours: 4
• GEOG 329 - World Economic Geography Credit Hours: 4
• GEOG 336 - Geography of Religious Space and Place Credit Hours: 4
• GEOG 348 - Gender, Environment, and Development Credit Hours: 4
• GEOG 428 - Migration and Development Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 327 - Slavery in the Americas Credit Hours: 4
• MGT 484 - International Comparative Management Credit Hours: 4
• MUS 121 - Introduction to World Music Credit Hours: 4
• PHIL 440 - Contemporary Social Philosophy Credit Hours: 5
• POLS 230 - Comparative Politics Credit Hours: 4
• POLS 340 - The Politics of Developing Areas Credit Hours: 4
• POLS 429 - Comparative Public Administration Credit Hours: 4
• POLS 449 - Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict Credit Hours: 4
• POLS 455 - International Law Credit Hours: 4
• POLS 456 - International Organizations Credit Hours: 4
• POLS 457 - National Security in the Post-Cold War World Credit Hours: 4
• POLS 458 - War And Its Causes Credit Hours: 4
• POLS 460 - International Political Economy Credit Hours: 4
• POLS 490C - Causes Of War Credit Hours: 4
• POLS 490N - Terrorism Credit Hours: 4
• POLS 490P - Intn’l Human Rights Org Credit Hours: 4
• POLS 490Q - Nationalism & Ethnic Conf Credit Hours: 4
• SOC 230 - Sociology of Poverty Credit Hours: 4
• SOC 414 - Contemporary Social Movements Credit Hours: 4
• SOC 421 - Comparative Studies of Family Credit Hours: 4

Environmental Literacy

Complete 12 hours from the following:

• ANTH 378 - Human Ecology Credit Hours: 4
• BIOS 220 - Conservation and Biodiversity Credit Hours: 4
• BIOS 275 - Ecology in the 21st Century Credit Hours: 4
• ECON 313 - Economics of the Environment Credit Hours: 4
• GEOG 201 - Environmental Geography Credit Hours: 4
• GEOG 241 - Global Issues in Environmental Geography Credit Hours: 4
• GEOG 315 - Landforms and Landscapes Credit Hours: 5
• GEOG 321 - Population Geography Credit Hours: 4
• GEOG 348 - Gender, Environment, and Development Credit Hours: 4
• GEOG 353 - Environmental Planning Credit Hours: 4
• GEOG 417 - Landscape Ecology Credit Hours: 4
• GEOL 211 - Introductory Oceanography Credit Hours: 4
• GEOL 215 - Environmental Geology Credit Hours: 4
• GEOL 231 - Water and Pollution Credit Hours: 4
• GEOL 330 - Principles of Geomorphology Credit Hours: 5
• PBIO 209 - Plant Ecology Credit Hours: 4
• PBIO 322 - Tropical Plant Ecology Credit Hours: 4
• SOC 481 - Environmental Sociology Credit Hours: 4

European Area Studies

• INST 118 - European Studies Credit Hours: 4

• in addition to 24 more hours of European Area Studies courses out of 3 departments from the list below:

European Area Studies Courses

• A H 327 - Art of the 19th Century Credit Hours: 4
• ECON 353 - European Economic History Credit Hours: 4
• FR 345 - French for Business Credit Hours: 4
• FR 348 - French Civilization and Culture Credit Hours: 4
• FR 349 - French Civilization and Culture Credit Hours: 4
• FR 354 - Introduction to Reading French Literature Credit Hours: 4
• FR 355 - Introduction to Prose Credit Hours: 4
• FR 356 - Introduction to Drama and Poetry Credit Hours: 4
• FR 433 - 20th-Century French Literature III Credit Hours: 4
• FR 434 - French Through Film Credit Hours: 4
• FR 435 - Proseminar Credit Hours: 1 - 4
• FR 439 - Modern French Usage Credit Hours: 4
• FR 441 - Stylistics and Criticism Credit Hours: 4
• GEOG 330 - Geography of Western Europe Credit Hours: 4
• GER 348 - German Culture and Civilization Credit Hours: 4
• GER 355 - Introduction to German Literature Credit Hours: 4
• GER 356 - Introduction to German Literature Credit Hours: 4
• GER 429 - 20th-Century German Literature Credit Hours: 4
• GER 433 - German Lyric Poetry Credit Hours: 4
• GER 441 - Stylistics Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 265A - Nazi Germany Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 360A - Women in Early Modern European History, 1400-1800 Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 360B - Women in Modern European History, 1800-present Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 360C - Women Warriors:Women and War in Europe Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 362A - Europe, 1814-1871 Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 362B - Europe, 1871-1914 Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 364A - Europe Between World Wars Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 364B - Contemporary Europe Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 366A - Modern France in the 19th Century Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 366B - Modern France in the 20th Century Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 368A - Modern Germany in the 19th Century Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 368B - Modern Germany in the 20th Century Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 374A - Balance of Power: Napoleon to the Kaiser Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 374B - Origins of World War II, 1914-1941 Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 375 - World War I Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 377 - Jewish Holocaust Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 382A - History of Russia Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 382B - Russia: Road to Revolution 1825-1917 Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 382C - Soviet Union Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 382D - The USSR in World War II Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 383B - Modern Poland from 1905 to the Present Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 392C - 20th Century Britain Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 393B - Fall of the British Empire Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 396A - European Intellectual and Cultural, 18th-20th Century Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 396B - European Intellectual and Cultural, 20th Century Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 463 - Studies in 19th-Century Europe Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 467 - Studies in Modern France Credit Hours: 4
• HIST 483 - Studies in Russian and Soviet History Credit Hours: 4
• ILML 334(A-Z) - Portuguese and Brazilian Literature in English Credit Hours: 4
• ILML 335A - Italian Literature in English Credit Hours: 4
• ILML 336B - Spanish Literature in English Credit Hours: 4
• ILML 337(A-Z) - French Literature in English Credit Hours: 4
• ILML 338A - German Literature in English Credit Hours: 4
• ILML 338B - German Novel in English Credit Hours: 4
• ILML 338C - German Film & Culture Credit Hours: 4
• ILML 339A - Russian Literature in English Credit Hours: 4
• ILML 339B - 20th Century Russian Literature in English Credit Hours: 4
• INST 495 - Internship Credit Hours: 1 - 15

• Students must find their own placement and have it approved by the instructor of record.  A maximum of eight credit hours will count towards the major or certificate.

• ITAL 341 - Advanced Conversation and Composition Credit Hours: 4
• ITAL 342 - Advanced Conversation and Composition Credit Hours: 4
• ITAL 348 - Italian Civilization and Culture Credit Hours: 4
• POLS 331 - Politics in Western Europe Credit Hours: 4
• POLS 431 - Politics of Eastern Europe Credit Hours: 4
• RUS 348 - The Cultural History of Russia Credit Hours: 4
• RUS 349 - The Cultural History of Russia Credit Hours: 4
• RUS 355 - Introduction to Russian Literature Credit Hours: 4
• RUS 356 - Introduction to Russian Literature Credit Hours: 4
• RUS 429 - Russian Literature in the Soviet Era Credit Hours: 4
• RUS 441 - Stylistics Credit Hours: 4
• SPAN 345 - Business Spanish Credit Hours: 4
• SPAN 354 - Dramatizations of the Hispanic World Credit Hours: 4
• SPAN 355 - Fictions of the Hispanic World Credit Hours: 4
• SPAN 356 - Poetic Images of the Hispanic World Credit Hours: 4
• SPAN 348 - Spanish Civilization and Culture Credit Hours: 4
• SPAN 425 - 19th-Century Spanish Literature - 1800-1850 Credit Hours: 4
• SPAN 427 - 19th-Century Spanish Literature - 1850-1900 Credit Hours: 4
• SPAN 432 - 20th Century Spanish Literature Credit Hours: 4
• SPAN 438 - Hispanic Dialectology and Sociolinguistics Credit Hours: 4
• SPAN 439 - Modern Spanish Usage Credit Hours: 4
• SPAN 441 - Stylistics Credit Hours: 4
• SPAN 453 - Drama of the Golden Age Credit Hours: 4
• SPAN 455 - Novel of the Golden Age Credit Hours: 4
• SPAN 458 - Don Quijote de la Mancha Credit Hours: 4

Education Abroad/Internship

Complete at least one quarter-length, advisor-approved education abroad or internship experience which complements area and language of study.

Language

With advisor’s approval, complete either three years of coursework in a single language, two years of each of two different languages, or demonstration of equivalency.  At least one of the languages studied must match area of study and education abroad destination/internship focus.  Students may petition their advisor to have a language they take elsewhere fulfill the requirement.

European Language Courses Taught at OU

French, German, Italian, Portugeuse, Russian, Spanish