The International Systems Requirement

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Common to the customized programs of all IDS/IS majors is work in international systems. An understanding of global economic, political, security and development systems underlies specialized work both regional and in your functional track. The gateway course to the major, Introduction to International Studies (INTS 250), falls into the “systems” category, as do the other required introductory courses for the major: Political Science 202 (Introduction to International Relations) and Economics 200.

Additionally, the Proseminar in International Studies (the one-credit course to prepare you to write a thesis) is counted in the systems category, as is the thesis itself.

As with the other components of the major – language/regional study and functional track – the number of academic units in the systems category must be, at a minimum, 21 units. A minimum of twelve of those units must be upper-division (course number 300 or greater) units.

Since the proseminar and thesis normally account for a total of four upper-division units, you will probably need another three upper-division courses to complete the systems component of the degree.

A listing of courses appropriate to the systems component of the IDS/IS degree follows. Should you have sound reasons to take a course not on this list, you will need permission of the Director of International Studies.

International Systems Courses:

AGRICULTURAL AND BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING
ABE 120 Micro computing Application (see also MIS 111 and RNR 271)

AGRICULTURE
AREC 242 World Food Economy
AREC 350 Economics, Ethics, Environmental Policies
AREC 512 Economic Policy in Developing Countries

AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY MANAGMENT
AGTM 380 Global Agricultural and International Relations

ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTH 102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology and Linguistic Anthropology
ANTH 200 Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 202 Applying Anthropology in a Global Context
ANTH 315 World Ethnography
ANTH 331 Anthropology and Development
ANTH 403 Anthropology of Conflict Resolution
ANTH 465 Women in International Development

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
B AD 301 Global and Financial Economics and Strategies
B AD 302 Human Side of Organizations

ECONOMICS
ECON 200 Basic Economic Issues - Approved as Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
ECON 201A Principles of Economics - Approved as Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
ECON 201B Principles of Economics
ECON 210 Survey of Economics - Approved as Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
ECON 300 Microeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions
ECON 303 History of Economic Thought
ECON 330 Macroeconomic Institutions and Policy
ECON 332 Intermediate Macro Economics
ECON 340 International Economics and Policy
ECON 371 Economic Development
ECON 442 International Macroeconomics
ECON 443 International Trade Theory
ECON 444 International Financial Management
ECON 449 International Business Environments
ECON 450 International Business Practices

ENGINEERING AND MINES
ENGR 102 Introduction to Engineering
ENGR 249 Technology and The Growth of Civilizations

GEOGRAPHY
GEOG 210 The Political & Cultural Geography of Globalization
GEOG 220 Our Diverse Biosphere
GEOG 230 Our Changing Climate
GEOG 240 Our Dynamic Landscape
GEOG 256 Sustainable Cities and Societies
GEOG 305 Economic Geography
GEOG 330 Introduction to Remote Sensing
GEOG 367 Population Geography
GEOG 373 Political Geography
GEOG 374 Geography and Social Justice
GEOG 446 Health and the Global Economy

GEOSCIENCES
GEOS 218 Geological Disasters and Society

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
MIS 450 International Dimensions of Information Technologies

MUSIC
MUS 334 Music in World Cultures

PHILOSOPHY
PHIL 264 20th Century Philosophy
PHIL 410a,b History of Moral and Political Philosophy

POLITICAL SCIENCE
POL 202 International Relations Approved as Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
POL 204 Comparative Politics Approved as Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
POL 250 Contemporary International Politics
POL 321 Ancient and Medieval Political Theory
POL 322 Early Modern Political Theory
POL 323 Late Modern Political Theory
POL 335 Gender and Politics
POL 340 Politics in Advanced Industrialized States
POL 341 Comparative Public Policy
POL 360 International Political Economy
POL 361 International Organizations
POL 425 Liberalism and Its Critics
POL 427 The Marxist Legacy
POL 428 Problems in Contemporary Political Theory
POL 433 Feminist Political Theory
POL 437 Democracies, Emerging and Evolving
POL 445 Comparative Political Revolution
POL 446 Comparative Political Elites
POL 449 The Politics of Cultural Conflict
POL 450 Religion and Politics
POL 454 Theories of International Relations
POL 455 American Foreign Policy
POL 456 International Law (3)
POL 461 Feminist and IR Theories
POL 485 National Security Policy

SOCIOLOGY
SOC 189 World Population
SOC 315 Political Sociology

WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
WS M 330 Introduction to Remote Sensing (3) I (Identical with GEOG 330, which is home).

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If you have any additional questions please email:

Dr. Wayne Decker - wdecker@email.arizona.edu
or
Dr. Karna Walter. - karna@email.arizona.edu