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. Health Elective: 3 credit hours

Select three credit hours from the following:

• HLH 111 - International Health and Culture (3 cr. hr.)
• HLH 163 - The HIV Epidemic (3 cr. hr.)

C. Health and environment electives: 9 credit hours

Select nine credit hours from the following:

• ECO 334 - Resource and Environmental Economics (3 cr. hr.) or
• ECO 335 - Resource and Environmental Economics (3 cr. hr.)
• EXS 427 - Globalization and Sport (3 cr. hr.)
• GRY 370 - Will the World Provide? A Research Experience for Students (3 cr. hr.)
• HIS 432 - World Environmental History (3 cr. hr.)
• HLH 390 - Environmental Health and Ecology (3 cr. hr.)
• HLH 392 - Environmental Pollutants and Toxicology (3 cr. hr.)
• PHI 320 - Environmental Ethics (3 cr. hr.)
• SOC 335 - Technology and Society (3 cr. hr.)
• SOC 340 - Environmental Sociology (3 cr. hr.)

D. Nutrition and global health electives: 6 credit hours

Select six credit hours from the following:

• ANT 318 - Cross-Cultural Study of Health and Illness (3 cr. hr.)
• ANT 322 - Sociocultural Study of AIDS (3 cr. hr.)
• CRM 345 - Drugs and Society (3 cr. hr.)

•   also listed as SOC 345

• ECO 305 - Political Economy of Globalization (3 cr. hr.)
• HLH 323 - Foods and Nutrition (3 cr. hr.)
• HLH 367 - Drug Problems: Intervention and Prevention (3 cr. hr.)
• HLH 391 - Epidemiology and Biostatistics (3 cr. hr.)
• HLH 394 - Health-Related Behavior: Formation and Change (3 cr. hr.)

E. Elective Course: 3 credit hours

Select three credit hours from Sections C or D.

Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 120

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

F. 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.