Director, Professor Patrice Franko

Advisory Committee: Professors Suellen Diaconoff (French), Priscilla Doel (Spanish), Franko (Economics and International Studies), and Kenneth Rodman (Government); Associate Professors Kimberly Besio (East Asian Studies), Catherine Besteman (Anthropology), Guilain Denoeux (Government), Mary Beth Mills (Anthropology), David Nugent (Anthropology), Ursula Reidel-Schrewe (German), Raffael Scheck (History), James Webb (History), and Suisheng Zhao (Government and East Asian Studies); Assistant Professors Kashif Mansori (Economics), John Talbot (Sociology), and Jennifer Yoder (International Studies and Government)

Requirements for the Major in International Studies
A total of 14 courses, including the five courses that constitute the core curriculum; three courses in area studies; three courses from policy studies; and one senior seminar or appropriate independent study (International Studies 494). At least one seminar or senior project must be completed during the senior year as the capstone experience. As of the Class of 2002, majors must complete a concentration within the major unless they have a double major or minor in anthropology, economics, government, history, French or French studies, Spanish, Latin American studies, environmental policy or studies, Russian, East Asian studies, or German. Majors also must complete the equivalent of two courses beyond the 127 level in a modern foreign language. Students are encouraged to develop language skills relevant to their regional specialization. At least one semester of foreign study is required, although under exceptional circumstances students with extensive overseas experience can petition the director and the advisory committee to be exempted. A student must receive a grade of C- or better for a course to count toward the major. No courses listed for the major may be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory.

Note: Students must have at least a 2.7 grade point average by the end of the sophomore year to be eligible for foreign study. Students who do not meet this minimum requirement will not be able to retain their international studies major.

Note to junior transfer students: The College requires that all students spend at least four semesters in residence at Colby. Therefore, to satisfy the semester abroad requirement for the major, junior transfer students must either stay for a fifth semester or enroll in a summer study abroad program for at least nine credits (unless the study abroad requirement has been met in some other way).

Courses Composing the Core Curriculum:
Anthropology 112, Economics 133 and 134, Government 131, and History 276.

Courses Approved to Fulfill the Area Studies Component:
Note that (a) at least two courses must be drawn from the same region and one course from a different region, and (b) courses must be drawn from at least two disciplines.

Europe and Russia:
Anthropology	297	Socialist and Post-Socialist Eurasia
Economics	239	Seminar in Economic History: 20th-Century Western Europe
French	232	Cultural History of France
	233	Contemporary France
	350	Francophone Literature
	351	French Canadian Literature and Society
	358	The Cultural Legacy of 19th-Century France
	374	Film and Culture
German	232	Survey of German Culture
	234	Post-War German Culture in Literature and Film
	331	Business German
	358	20th-Century German Literature
Government	257	Introduction to Politics and Government of Western Europe
	258	Introduction to Politics and Government of Eastern Europe
	262	German Unification and the Challenges of West-East Integration
	263	The Balkan Crisis
	355	Transforming the Communist System
	359	Political Ideologies
History	112	A Survey of Modern Europe
	220	Yugoslavia: Emergence to Dissolution
	221	Europe in Conflict, 1914-1945
	223	European Politics, Culture, and Thought, 1789-1914
	224	Germany and Europe, 1871-1945
	225	The History of Childhood in Europe
	227	The Russian Empire: Russia Looks to the West, 1613-1905
	228	The Russian Empire: Soviet History and 20th-Century Revolutions
	320	The Crisis of European Civilization, 1900-1925
	322	Europe and the Second World War
	421	Seminar: Debating the Nazi Past
Russian	231	Topics in Russian Literature, 19th Century
	232	Topics in Russian Literature, 20th Century
	237	19th-Century Russian Literature
	238	20th-Century Russian Literature
	346	20th-Century Russian Poetry
	425	The Russian Short Story
	426	The 19th-Century Russian Novel
	427	Contemporary Russian Studies
	428	The 20th-Century Russian Novel
Spanish	256	The Generation of 1898
	271	Questions of Identity, Spaces, and Power
	334	Women in Hispanic Texts
	351	Ideology and Ethics in Spanish Golden Age Literature
	352	Don Quixote
	358	The Contemporary Spanish Novel
	371	The Colonial Experience
	493	Seminar (if topic is appropriate)

Africa:
Anthropology	237	Ethnographies of Africa
	254	Women of the African Diaspora
French	398	France and Francophone Africa
History	261	African History
	364	African Economic History

The Middle East:
Government	251	Israelis and Palestinians: Conflict and Accommodation
	252	Politics of the Middle East
	351	United States Policy Toward the Middle East
	354	Comparative Politics of North Africa
Religious Studies	254	Islam and the Middle East

Asia:
Anthropology	233	Anthropology of a Region: China
	239	Southeast Asian Cultures and Societies
East Asian Studies	150	Introduction to East Asia
	231	The Chinese Novel: Vignettes of Life in Imperial China
	252	Hell on Earth? Chinese Writers on Modern Chinese Society
	271	Women in Japanese Cinema and Literature
	457	Seminar on Japanese Culture: Literature and Society
Government	233	International Relations in East Asia
	255	Introduction to Chinese Politics
	256	The Pacific Challenge
	261	Introduction to Japanese Politics
	297	Chinese Foreign Policy
	452	Seminar: Chinese Foreign Policy
	497	Seminar: Chinese Politics in the Post-Mao Era
History	254	The World of Ming China, 1368-1644
	256	Japan from Early Times to the 17th Century
	255	America and Asia: Attitudes and Relationships
	297A	Modern Japan
	298A	Premodern China
	299A	The World of Thought in Ancient China
	452	The Rise of Modern East Asia
	498	Culture and Change in 17th-Century China
Religious Studies	117	Passage to India: India and the Western Imagination
	211	Religions of India
	212	Religions of China and Japan
	312	South Asian Women at the Crossroads: Tradition and Modernity
	317	Sikhism: Scripture, Sacred Music, and Art

Courses Approved to Fulfill the Policy Studies Component:
Courses must be drawn from at least two different disciplines.

Courses Approved to Fulfill the Seminar Requirement:
*Note: the student must submit a copy of the title page of the seminar paper signed by the instructor to demonstrate appropriateness.

Note: Students can petition the director of the program to count a seminar-style 200- or 300-level course toward the seminar requirement. In such cases, students will also be expected to enroll in International Studies 494 (for two credits) to complete an original research paper. Approval of this option is at the discretion of the instructor and the advisory committee. Students may also pursue a four-credit independent research project (International Studies 494) to fulfill the senior requirement.

Note: Some courses are listed under two or three categories; no single course can be used to satisfy more than one requirement. Students may petition to include other courses if the course has a substantial international component and is approved by the director and advisory committee.

Honors Program in International Studies
An honors program is available in which the student can pursue a year-long independent research project that also fulfills the seminar requirement; successful completion of this project may entitle the student to graduate "With Honors in International Studies." To be eligible, a student must have a grade point average of 3.25 or better and should petition the program for permission to pursue honors by May 1 of the junior year.

Requirements for Concentrations
Students in the Class of 2001 who wish to develop a greater degree of specialization in their elective courses may choose a concentration with either a regional or a policy focus. As of the Class of 2002, majors are required to complete either a regional or policy concentration unless they have a double major or minor in anthropology, East Asian studies, economics, environmental policy or studies, French or French studies, German, government, history, Latin American studies, Russian, or Spanish. Students may propose an independent concentration. Concentrations must be declared by the spring of the sophomore year.

Regional Concentrations:
A regional concentration requires completion of the following:
- four courses dealing with a specific region. Courses appropriate to each region are listed above under the area studies component. At least two of those courses should be taken at Colby. At least one of the four courses must be drawn from the social sciences and at least one other from the humanities.

- a coordination of area specialization with study abroad. For European concentrators, study abroad would normally take place in a non-English speaking country.

- a coordination of the language requirement with foreign study where Colby offers an appropriate program.

- a seminar project or independent study in the senior year that addresses issues in the chosen area.

Policy or Functional Concentrations
Five tracks have been established for policy concentrations:
- International Relations/Foreign Policy
- International Economic Policy
- Development Studies
- Global Environmental Studies
- Power and Inequality

Each track requires at least four courses designated as relevant to the respective field plus a seminar or an independent senior project relevant to the chosen specialization. Note that some of the courses appropriate for these concentrations are not designated as international studies courses. While they are relevant to their respective specialization, they do not count toward the requirements for the major or the grade point average in the major. These courses are designated by an asterisk (*).

International Relations/Foreign Policy
Students must take a relevant senior seminar (or senior paper) and take four of the courses listed below, two of which should be from the Government Department and one from Economics. Introduction to American Government is strongly encouraged as an additional course.

International Economic Policy
Students must take a relevant senior seminar (or senior paper) and take four of the courses listed below, two of which are drawn from a core of Economics 277, 278, 293, or 373, and one outside economics:

Development Studies
Students must take a relevant senior seminar (or senior paper) and take four of the courses listed below, one of which is drawn from Anthropology 252 or 256, one from Economics 214 or 293, and one outside of anthropology and economics:

Global Environmental Studies
Four courses (plus a relevant senior seminar or independent paper), at least three of which must be drawn from the following:

The fourth course can be taken from the above or from one of the courses listed below:

Power and Inequality
Students must take a relevant senior seminar (or senior paper) and take four of the courses listed below, two of which are drawn from a core of Anthropology 252, 256, 452, Sociology 274, 333. Of the remaining two courses, only one non-international course (noted by a *) may be taken. Anthropology 452 cannot count as both the required seminar and one of the four courses.

COURSE OFFERINGS

111f    Human Rights in Global Perspective     One credit hour.    MILLS, MONDRAGON BAEZ

483f, 484s    Honors in International Studies    A year-long research project for senior majors, resulting in a written thesis to be publicly presented and defended. Prerequisite: A 3.25 grade point average and permission of the advisory committee. Four credit hours.    FACULTY

[485]    Senior Project     Four credit hours.    

[486]    Senior Project     Four credit hours.    

491f, 492s    Independent Study    An independent study project devoted to a topic chosen by the student with the approval of an advisor. One to four credit hours.    FACULTY

[494]    Senior Project    An independent study taken in the senior year that can be substituted for the senior seminar requirement. It can either be taken freestanding for four credits or in association with a seminar-style 200- or 300-level class for two credits. The former option requires prior course work in the chosen field and the approval of an appropriate supervisor. Permission to take the latter option is at the discretion of the instructor and the program director. Two to four credit hours.