Bachelor's Degree Requirements

All relevant degree requirements  must be completed, in addition to the major requirements listed below.

A. Required Courses: IST Core: 15 credit hours

• HIS 101 - The World Since 1500 (3 cr. hr.)
• IST 200 - Foundations of the International System (3 cr. hr.)
• IST 210 - The Making of the Modern World (3 cr. hr.)
• IST 330 - International Negotiation and Mediation (3 cr. hr.)
• IST 400 - Themes in International Studies (3 cr. hr.)

• Select IST 400, or a topic-approved course selected in consultation with advisor

B. Global Economic Systems Electives: 3 credit hours

Select three credit hours from the following:

• ECO 105 - Political Economy and Social Thought (3 cr. hr.)
• POL 240 - Introduction to Public Administration and Public Policy (3 cr. hr.)
• POL 242 - Environmental Policy (3 cr. hr.)
• SOC 235 - Sociology of Globalization (3 cr. hr.)
• SPM 240 - International Sport Management (3 cr. hr.)

C. Macroeconomics and Microeconomics: 3credit hours

Select three credit hours from the following:

• ECO 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 111 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 cr. hr.)

D. Public policy and global economy electives: 6 credit hours

Select six credit hours from the following:

• ECO 300 - Intermediate Macroeconomics (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 323 - Political Economy of Women (3 cr. hr.)  or
• ECO 325 - Political Economy of Women (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 326 - Political Economy of Race and Class (3 cr. hr.) or
• ECO 327 - Political Economy of Race and Class (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 334 - Resource and Environmental Economics (3 cr. hr.) or
• ECO 335 - Resource and Environmental Economics (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 383 - Labor Economics (3 cr. hr.)
• HIS 450 - Tourism in World History (3 cr. hr.)
• IST 320 - Introduction to the European Union (3 cr. hr.)

E. Development and international political economy electives: 9 credit hours

Select nine credit hours from the following:

• ANT 315 - Development Anthropology (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 305 - Political Economy of Globalization (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 302 - Comparative Approaches in Political Economy (3 cr. hr.) or
• ECO 306 - Comparative Approaches in Political Economy (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 310 - Economic Development (3 cr. hr.) or
• ECO 311 - Economic Development (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 312 - Economic Development of Latin America (3 cr. hr.)  or
• ECO 320 - Economic Development of Latin America (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 313 - Economic Development of Asia (3 cr. hr.)  or
• ECO 321 - Economic Development of Asia (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 314 - Asian Development and Emerging Markets (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 315 - African Economic Development (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 440 - International Trade (3 cr. hr.)  or
• ECO 441 - International Trade (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 442 - International Finance (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 443 - International Finance (3 cr. hr.)
• HIS 323 - History of African Development (3 cr. hr.)
• POL 350 - American Foreign Policy (3 cr. hr.)
• POL 362 - Politics of Developing Nation States (3 cr. hr.)
• POL 441 - Comparative Public Policy (3 cr. hr.) or  or
• POL 442 - Comparative Public Policy (3 cr. hr.)

F. Elective Course: 3 credit hours

Select three credit hours from the following courses or any courses not taken in Categories D and E.

• ECO 301 - Intermediate Microeconomics (3 cr. hr.)
• ECO 307 - Marxian Economics (3 cr. hr.)
• REC 315 - Ecotourism (3 cr. hr.)
• SPM 355 - Sport Tourism and Mega-Events (3 cr. hr.)
• SPM 440 - International Sport Enterprise (3 cr. hr.)

G. Upper-Division Electives: 21 credit hours

Select 21 credit hours in ATH, ESL, HIS, SPA or general electives at the 300 level or above to reach the SUNY mandate of 45 credits at the upper level (300 level or above). Those electives could include study abroad or build toward a minor or a second major in another department.

Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 120

Example of the B.A. in International Studies over four years