International Studies
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Director of undergraduate studies: Thad Dunning, 210 LUCE, 432-3418, thad.dunning@yale.edu
FACULTY ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROGRAM OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Professors
Paul Bracken (Political Science), Daphna Canetti-Nisim (Political Science) (Visiting), Deborah Davis (Sociology), Robert Evenson (Economics), John Gaddis (Chair) (History), Stathis Kalyvas (Political Science), Boris Kapustin (Political Science) (Visiting), Paul Kennedy (History), Daniel Kevles (History), Farhad Khosrokhavar (Sociology) (Visiting), Ilona Kickbusch (School of Medicine, Political Science), Benedict Kiernan (History), Shaul Mishal (Political Science) (Visiting), William Odom (Adjunct) (Political Science), Patricia Pessar (Adjunct) (American Studies, Anthropology), Gustav Ranis (Emeritus) (Economics), Frances Rosenbluth (Political Science), Bruce Russett (Political Science), Nicholas Sambanis (Political Science), Norman Schofield (International Affairs) (Visiting), T. Paul Schultz (Economics), Ian Shapiro (Political Science), Gaddis Smith (Emeritus) (History), Frank Snowden (History), Susan Stokes (Political Science), Alec Stone Sweet (Political Science, Law School), Elisabeth Wood (Political Science)
Associate Professors
Pierre Landry (Political Science), James Vreeland (Political Science)
Assistant Professors
Keith Darden (Political Science), Thad Dunning (Political Science), Seth Fein (History), Beverly Gage (History), Susan Hyde (Political Science), Nikolay Marinov (Political Science), Ole Molvig (History), Vivek Sharma (Political Science)
Lecturers
Jasmina Beširevic-Regan, Theodore Bromund (History), Nandini Deo (Political Science), Faisal Devji (History), Cheryl Doss (Associate Chair) (Economics), Keller Easterling (School of Architecture), Stuart Gottlieb (Political Science), Charles Hill (Political Science), Sigrun Kahl (Political Science), Allison Kingsley (Political Science), Matthew Kocher (International Affairs), Jean Krasno (Political Science), Mark Lawrence (History), Michael Oren (History), Nathalie Peutz (Anthropology), Nancy Ruther (Political Science), Jonathan Schell (International Affairs), James Silk (Law School), James Sutterlin (Political Science), Robin Theurkauf (Political Science), John Varty (International Affairs)
The program in International Studies is designed for students who seek to combine the discipline-based requirements of a first major with an understanding drawn from several disciplines of the transformations occurring on this planet in their interconnected socioeconomic, environmental, political, and cultural dimensions. No student may major in International Studies by itself; it must be a second major. The number of students accepted into this major is limited.
The International Studies major requires mastery at an advanced level in one modern foreign language or intermediate-level proficiency in two foreign languages; courses in introductory economics (both macro- and microeconomics); and familiarity with the history, society, or politics of at least one country or region other than the United States. Students are also required to take one 300-level course in each of five areas that provide alternative lenses for analyzing international affairs: analytic and research methods, statecraft and power, ethnicity and culture, political economy, and science and technology. The capstone of the International Studies major is the two-term senior seminar course, in which a group of students and a faculty member study topics connected to a single broad theme and/or a region of the world.
Students contemplating applying to the International Studies major should elect courses during the freshman and sophomore years with an awareness of the foreign language and economics requirements of the major. Admission to the major takes place during the sophomore year. Application forms are available in the office of the undergraduate registrar, 210 LUCE, and on the International Affairs Council Web site.
International Studies and the student's first major should have a coherent relationship expressive of well-conceived concentrations of interest. Close and continuous consultation between the student, the director of undergraduate studies, and appropriate faculty members is extremely important. Students should note that, in accordance with the academic regulations concerning two majors (see "Two Majors" in chapter III under the heading "Special Arrangements"), each major must be completed independently of the other, with no more than two term courses overlapping. Although senior essays or projects may, with permission of both directors of undergraduate studies, be coordinated, they may not overlap in course credits earned.
Permission to complete two majors must be secured from the Committee on Honors and Academic Standing. Application forms are available from the residential college deans. Forms must be submitted prior to the student's final term.
Requirements of the major. In addition to fulfilling the requirements of the primary major, a student choosing International Studies as a second major must complete eleven term courses, including the senior seminar, and meet the major's language requirement. Up to two courses in the major may be taken on a Credit/D/Fail basis. Students are expected to choose their courses from the following categories:
1. One term course chosen from either INTS 171b, International Ideas and Institutions: Foundations, or 172a, International Ideas and Institutions: Contemporary Challenges.
2. Five 300-level term courses, one in each of the following lens areas: analytic and research methods, statecraft and power, ethnicity and culture, political economy, and science and technology. A list of preapproved courses is available from the International Studies office or on the program Web site. Additional courses, including those not listed below, may meet a lens requirement with approval from the director of undergraduate studies.
3. One term course in microeconomics and one in macroeconomics.
4. One term course in the history, culture, or politics of a region or country other than the United States.
5. One two-term senior seminar course (the senior requirement).
Language requirement. Majors in International Studies must demonstrate advanced ability in one, or intermediate-level ability in two, modern languages other than English. This requirement is normally met by the completion of two terms of advanced courses in one language or courses in two languages at the intermediate level. Grades in language courses do not count toward Distinction in the Major.
Senior requirement. Each student takes a two-term senior seminar course (INTS 400–499). Senior seminars are yearlong working groups of about fifteen students directed by a faculty member and organized around a unifying theme or topic selected to reflect student and faculty interests. Each group produces a set of closely related, article-length research papers, with each student's paper comprising the senior essay. Senior essays should draw on foreign language as well as English sources.
Senior seminars vary from year to year. The topics for 2007–2008 are indicated in the titles of the senior seminars in the course listings.
REQUIREMENTS OF THE MAJOR
International Studies can be taken only as a second major. Specific course selection and choices of linked majors should be made in consultation with the DUS.
Prerequisites: None
Number of courses: 11 (incl senior sem; excluding lang req)
Distribution of courses: 1 term course each in micro- and macroeconomics; either INTS 171b or 172a; 1 course in hist, culture, or politics of a country or region other than the U.S.; 1 course in each of 5 lens areas
Language requirement: Advanced ability in one, or intermediate-level ability in two, modern langs other than English
Senior requirement: Two-term senior sem
