International Studies - A.A. Degree (Transfer)
An Arts and Sciences Area of Study
Application Code 146
For curriculum information, contact the Social Sciences and Teacher Education Division—Room ST-149—443-518-1620.
This curriculum is designed as a guide for students planning to transfer to a four-year institution to complete a bachelor’s degree in the social sciences, emphasizing international studies. This curriculum prepares students for a variety of careers which may include government, foreign service, and international business. Geography, history, political science, pre-law, etc. students are advised to check the requirements of the institution to which they intend to transfer.
General Education Core
Students enrolled in transfer patterns must take a minimum of 30 credits in General Education. Each student’s total of general education and required courses must equal at least 60 semester hours of credit.
Composition
Humanities, Arts and Literature
One Humanities Core Course (3 credits), plus one Arts Core Course (3 credits), plus one Literature Core Course (3 credits) satisfies the Humanities, Arts and Literature Core requirement, OR a World Language Sequence (8 credits), plus another Humanities, Arts, and Literature Core (3 credits) in a second discipline other than a world language satisfies the Humanities, Arts and Literature Core requirement.
Social Sciences
One History Core Course is required and may be taken as either a Social and Behavioral Sciences Core or a Humanities Core. No more than 6 credits may be taken in History to meet Humanities Core and Social and Behavioral Sciences Core requirements.
Science
must include one course with lab
Mathematics
Interdisciplinary
Required Courses Related to Major
Required Courses
Humanities Electives – Select 3 credits from the following (3 credits each):
| ARTT-104 | Art History I | 3 credits |
| ARTT-105 | Art History II | 3 credits |
| FILM-172 | Introduction to World Cinema | 3 credits |
| PHIL-201 | Religions of the World | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Social Sciences Electives – Select 12 credits from the following (3 credits each):
| ANTH-105 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 3 credits |
| ECON-205 | Fundamentals of International Economics | 3 credits |
| GEOG-201 | Economic Geography | 3 |
| HIST-121 | The Ancient World: Prehistory to the Middle Ages | 3 credits |
| HIST-122 | Western Civilization & Pre-Modern World World | 3 credits |
| HIST-123 | Western Civilization and the Modern World | 3 credits |
| HIST-201 | Europe in the Twentieth Century | 3 credits |
| HIST-208 | History of Africa | 3 credits |
| HIST-209 | History of the Middle East | 3 credits |
| HIST-210 | History of Latin America | 3 credits |
| HIST-211 | East Asian Civ. -China, Japan, Korea | 3 credits |
| HIST-213 | History of Modern Russia | 3 credits |
| HIST-215 | Celtic Ireland | 3 credits |
| HIST-228 | Women in European History: 1750-Present | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Total Credit Hours: 60-66