{"id":188,"date":"2020-07-30T21:45:14","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T21:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/international-studies\/?page_id=188"},"modified":"2020-10-29T15:32:43","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T15:32:43","slug":"program-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/international-studies\/program-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"

The International \u200b\u200bStudies (INTS) Program houses six interdisciplinary majors: five \u201carea studies\u201d majors, which focus on a single world region, broadly and flexibly defined (African Studies<\/a>; Asian Studies<\/a>; Caribbean and Latin American Studies<\/a>; Middle East Studies<\/a>; and Russian and Eurasian Studies<\/a>), a\u200bnd the Global Studies<\/a> major, which approaches global interrelations from a comparative, disciplinary, or thematic perspective.<\/p>\n

All INTS majors choose at least one course from the Global Core. Examples include:\u200b<\/p>\n

INTS210: Theories of Globalization
\nINTS212: Global Politics
\nINTS250: Global Migration
\nINTS302: Global Cities
\nINTS314: Black Internationalism<\/p>\n

\u200b\u200b\u200bINTS majors also choose from a wide range of \u201carea courses\u201d and electives, including courses originating in INTS and those originating in other departments, such as Anthropology, Art History, Economics, English, History, Language and Culture Studies, Political Science, Religion, Urban Studies, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Examples of INTS-originating area courses include:<\/p>\n

INTS121: Modern South Asia
\nINTS131: Modern Iran
\nINTS202: Pacific Asia, Fall and Resurgence
\nINTS237: 20th-Century Chinese Literature
\nINTS238: Continental Africa: Resource Wars and Human Rights
\nINTS240: Theories of Race and Modernity in Latin America
\nINTS262: Peoples and Cultures of the Caribbean
\nINTS301: Arab Politics
\nINTS306: Gender and Sexuality in the Modern Middle East
\nINTS309: Development in Africa<\/p>\n

Because of the great number of courses involved and the different guidelines for each of the six INTS majors, students are encouraged to consult with the director or another INTS faculty member even before declaring the major. The following Advising Worksheets should be used to plan and document students\u2019 progress through the major:<\/p>\n