World Affairs Minor
The World Affairs minor consists of eighteen semester hours including nine hours of advanced work. The courses in Group I form the foundation for subsequent courses in the minor. Courses emphasize global concerns in the discipline and give attention to at least two of the following geographic areas: Europe, Asia, South America, the Middle East, and Africa.
Requirements for a Minor in World Affairs
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Eighteen semester hours, nine of which must be at the 3000-4000 level, including the following: | ||
| Required Courses | ||
| Six semester hours of foreign language at the 2000-4000 level | 6 | |
| Group I | ||
| Select three semester hours from the following: | 3 | |
| Cultural Geography | ||
| World Literature | ||
| World History to 1500 | ||
| World History since 1500 | ||
| World Geography | ||
| First-Year Global Community 1 | ||
| Global Community and Cross-Cultural Studies 1 | ||
| Group II | ||
| Select three semester hours from the following: | 3 | |
| World Food Problems | ||
| Human Catastrophe and Cultural Response | ||
| International Economics | ||
| Economic Systems of the World | ||
| World Food Problems | ||
| Textiles and Apparel in a Global Economy | ||
| World Nutrition | ||
| The Family: A Global Perspective | ||
| Global Business | ||
| Doing Business Across Cultures | ||
| Global Community and Cross-Cultural Studies 1 | ||
| World Political Systems | ||
| Ethnopolitical Conflicts | ||
| Population Geography | ||
| Group III | ||
| Select three semester hours from the following: | 3 | |
| Post-Colonial Literature | ||
| Great Books of the Western World | ||
| History of Motion Pictures | ||
| International Communication | ||
| Global Community and Cross-Cultural Studies 1 | ||
| Perspectives of Literature in Translation 1 | ||
| Music in World Cultures | ||
| Ethnographic and Analytical Methods in Ethnomusicology | ||
| Performance Practices in World Music | ||
| World Religions | ||
| History of Costume | ||
| Three additional semester hours selected from Groups II or III | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 18 | |
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Global Communities—No more than six hours of MLC will apply on the minor.