The University of Waterloo is committed to International Studies through overseas study programs in a number of departments, through research associations with overseas universities, and through the personal commitments and associations of many faculty members. This Option capitalizes on this experience. It will lead students to an understanding of the world's diverse communities and of the cultural and political implications of achieving closer relations. The International Studies Option is expected to prove useful to those planning a career in the public service or in those parts of the private sector which have international interests. It should prove attractive also to those intending to teach in those disciplines in which new curricula are increasing the international component. Further, it will provide a background from which students might apply for admission to graduate programs in International Studies.
Requirements The International Studies Option is available to any student registered at the University in any three-year or four-year academic plan. The International Studies Option requires successful completion of a minimum of 3.5 academic course units (seven courses) with a minimum cumulative average of 70%, including:
- INTST 101
- six courses from the Elective Courses list, of which:
- only two can be from the student's own major
- four must be at the 200-level or higher.
Core Course
INTST 101 Introduction to International Studies
Elective Courses
ANTH 102 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 229 Peoples of Africa
ANTH 233 Inuit and Eskimo Cultures
ANTH 330 Cultural Ecology
ANTH 351 Comparative Policies on Native Minorities
EARTH 121 & 121L Introductory Earth Sciences & Introductory Earth Sciences Laboratory
EARTH 122 & 122L Introductory Environmental Sciences & Introductory Environmental Sciences Laboratory
ECON 231 Introduction to International Economics
ECON 304 Monetary Economics
ECON 332 International Finance
ECON 334/INTTS 301 Institutions of International Trade and Finance
ECON 335 Economic Development
ECON 355 Economics of Energy and Natural Resources
ECON 365 Economic Development of Modern Europe
ECON 436 International Trade
ECON 461 Comparative Economic Systems
ENVS 220 Environmental Economics
ERS 360 Nature: Art, Myth and Folklore
ERS 404/PSCI 432 Global Environmental Governance
FR 291 French Civilization 1
FR 292 French Civilization 2
GEOG 221 The United States
GEOG 323/REC 383 Perspectives on International Tourism
GEOG 426 Geographics of Development
GEOG 459 Energy and Sustainability
GER 272 German Thought and Culture
HIST 102 War and Society in Europe, 1914-1945
HIST 104 An Introduction to Western Intellectual History Since the Renaissance
HIST 111 A History of the Western World II
HIST 130 The Modern World in Historical Perspective
HIST 200 History and Film
HIST 220 The Vietnam War and American Society
HIST 221 Race Relations in Canada: An Historical Perspective
HIST 223 The Holocaust in History
HIST 239 History of Modern China, 1911 to the Present
HIST 258 United States Since 1877
HIST 263 Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
HIST 264 Western Europe Since 1945
HIST 358 Nazi Germany
HIST 389 Canada in World Affairs
ITALST 292 Italian Culture and Civilization 2
MUSIC 245 World Music
MUSIC 256 Music Since 1900
MUSIC 334 Women, Music and Gender
PACS 201 Roots of Conflict, Violence and Peace
PACS 202 Conflict Resolution
PACS 301 Special Topics in Peace and Conflict Studies 1
PACS 302 Special Topics in Peace and Conflict Studies 2
PHIL 220 Moral Issues
PHIL 224 Environmental Ethics
PLAN 432/GEOG 432/HLTH 420 Health, Environment and Planning
PSCI 252 Global South: Introduction to International Development
PSCI 255 The Politics of Advanced Industrial Nations
PSCI 264 American Government and Politics
PSCI 281 World Politics
PSCI 282 Foreign Policy
PSCI 350 Political Economy of Development
PSCI 351 Power Sharing in Divided Societies
PSCI 355 Politics in the Soviet Successor States
PSCI 381 Foreign Policies of South Asian States
PSCI 382 Politics of Canadian Foreign Policy
PSCI 387 Globalization
PSCI 434 Comparative Public Administration
PSCI 451 Comparative Political Systems: Eastern Europe
PSCI 453 Democracy and Development
PSCI 454 Advanced Topics in Third World Politics and Development
PSCI 481 Interstate War
PSCI 483 Power Politics and World Order Studies
PSCI 484 Contemporary Strategies: Theories and Policies
PSCI 485 Selected Topics in International Political Economy
REES 272 Russian Thought and Culture
RS 100 Religions of the East
RS 110 Religions of the West
RS 201/EASIA 205R Religion in East Asia
RS 202 Sikhism
RS 203 Hinduism
RS 204 Buddhism
RS 205 Buddhism in Tibet
RS 210/JS 217 Judaism
RS 216 Islam
RS 222 Sacred Places
RS 252 Religious Responses to Political Oppression
RS 284/WS 261 Women and the Great Religions
RS 353 War and Peace in Christian Theology
SCI 250 Environmental Geology
SCI 270 Nuclear Science
SCI 462 Biology of Food Production
SOC 232 Technology and Social Change
SOC 250 Contemporary Japanese Society
SOC 256 Ethnic and Racial Relations
SOC 286 Environment and Behaviour
SOC 346 Social Movements
SPAN 217 Latin American Civilization 1
SPAN 218 Latin American Civilization 2
SPAN 221 The Civilization of Mexico
Notes:
- Students taking the International Studies Option are advised to contact the Director at their earliest opportunity, although formal registration in the option may be postponed until, but not later than, entry into third year.
- Students are also urged to contact the Director with regard to their course selection as the list is subject to change.
- Students should also know that it is possible to have a course not currently listed count towards their Elective Course requirements, provided that the desired course has substantial international content. In this case, however, students must have the prior written approval of the Director.
- With respect to the total number of courses permitted at any given level, students remain subject to the limitations imposed by the faculty and department in which they are registered.
Further Information
For further information, please go to the International Studies website: www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/InterDis/international/index.htm.