¹Resident director, Colby-Bates-Bowdoin in London, second semester.
²On leave full year.

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 must change majors or, after consulting with the director of the program, enroll in a summer foreign study program for at least nine credits.

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.

Latin America:
Anthropology
235 Latin American Culture and Society

Economics
214 Economic Policy and Performance in Contemporary Latin America

Government
253 Latin American Politics
254 Latin American Politics in Film
335 United States-Latin American Relations
450 Democratization in Latin America

History
171 Colonial Latin America
172 Modern Latin America
271 Introduction to Latin American Culture

Spanish
261 Spanish-American Literature I
262 Spanish-American Literature II
273 Contemporary Spanish-American Short Story
332 Contemporary Spanish-American Novel
371 The Conquest and Colonization of America

Europe and Russia:
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
358 19th-Century Narratives
374 Film and Culture

German
232 Survey of German Culture
234 Introduction to Contemporary German Culture
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: Process and Outcomes
263 The Balkan Crisis
298 NATO and European Security
355 Transforming the Communist System
359 Political Ideologies

History
112 A Survey of Modern Europe
220 Yugoslavia: Emergence, History, and Dissolution
221 Europe in Conflict, 1914-1945
222 Western Europe Since 1945
223 European Politics, Culture, and Thought, 1789-1914
224 Germany and Europe, 1871-1945
225 The History of Childhood in Europe
227 History of Russia, 862-1855
228 History of Russia, 1855-1991
229 Shaping Minds: Propaganda and Persuasion in the 20th Century
320 The Crisis of European Civilization, 1900-1925
329 Stalin and Stalinism
421 Seminar: Debating the Nazi Past
426 Seminar: Tyrants and Rebels in Russian History

Russian
231 Topics in Russian Literature, 19th Century
232 Topics in Russian Literature, 20th Century
233 Russian Women's Writings
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
255 19th-Century Spanish Literature
256 The Generation of 1898
271 Questions of Identity, Space 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 Conquest and Colonization of America
493 Seminar (if topic is appropriate)

Africa:
Anthropology
237 Ethnographies of Africa
254 Women of the African Diaspora
298 Religions of Africa and the African Diaspora

History
161 Introduction to African History
162 History of Modern Africa
360 The Western Sahel
362 African Voices/African History
363 Debating the African Past
364 Economic Change in 20th-Century Africa

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
251 Imaging Chinese Women: Ideas and Ideals in China
252 Hell on Earth? Chinese Writers on Modern Chinese Society
271 Women in Japanese Cinema and Literature
352 Masterpieces: Modern Japanese Novels
431 Collecting the Past in China and Japan
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
452 Seminar: Chinese Foreign Policy

History
254 The World of Ming China, 1368-1644
256 Japan from Early Times to the 20th Century
452 The Rise of Modern East Asia

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.

Anthropology
213 Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples
217 Race and Ethnicity: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
252 Hunger, Poverty, and Population: The Anthropology of Development
256 Land, Food, Culture, and Power
373 The Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality

Economics
214 Economic Policy and Performance in Contemporary Latin America
231 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
239 Seminar in Economic History: 20th-Century Western Europe
277 International Finance
278 International Trade
293 Economic Development of the Third World
373 Open-Economy Macroeconomics

Government
231 United States Foreign Policy (I) The Cold War
232 United States Foreign Policy (II) After the Cold War
233 International Relations in East Asia
235 Sustainable Development
237 Justice and War
251 Israelis and Palestinians: Conflict and Accommodation
298 NATO and European Security
331 Business and American Foreign Policy
332 International Organization
334 International Environmental Law
335 United States-Latin American Relations
339 Ethics and Realpolitik: Dilemmas of Justice and Power in
International Relations
351 United States Policy Toward the Middle East
398 Democracy, Peace, and War
432 Seminar: United States Foreign Policy
451 Seminar: Political Violence, Revolutions, and Ethnic Conflict
452 Seminar: Chinese Foreign Policy
History
221 Europe in Conflict, 1914-1945
347 America in Vietnam
364 Economic Change in 20th-Century Africa
447 Seminar: The Cold War
481 Seminar: Ecological Change in World History

Science, Technology, and Society
281 History of Global Environmental Change
393 Technology, War, and Society

Sociology
251 Population Problems in International Perspective
333 Globalization
336 The Sociology of Food

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.

Anthropology
452 Anthropology of Power

East Asian Studies
457 Seminar on Japanese Culture: Literature and Society

Economics
493 Senior Seminar (if topic is appropriate*)

Environmental Studies
493 Environmental Policy Seminar (if topic is appropriate*)

Government
432 Seminar: United States Foreign Policy
450 Seminar: Democratization in Latin America
451 Seminar: Political Violence, Revolutions, and Ethnic Conflict
452 Seminar: Chinese Foreign Policy
455 Seminar: Democratization Theories and Applications

History
421 Seminar: Debating the Nazi Past
426 Seminar: Tyrants and Rebels in Russian History
447 Seminar: The Cold War
481 Seminar: Ecological Change in World History

Languages
Senior level seminar (if topic is appropriate*)

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. For both the two- and four-credit options, approval from the instructor must be sought prior to registration.

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
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 classes of 2000 and 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 specializations, 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 (Government 111) is strongly encouraged as an additional course)

Economics
277 International Finance
278 International Trade
293 Economic Development of the Third World

Government
231 United States Foreign Policy (I) The Cold War
232 United States Foreign Policy (II) After the Cold War
233 International Relations in East Asia
331 Business and American Foreign Policy
332 International Organization
334 International Environmental Law
335 United States-Latin American Relations
339 Ethics and Realpolitik: Dilemmas of Justice and Power in International Relations
351 United States Policy Toward the Middle East
432 Seminar: United States Foreign Policy
452 Seminar: Chinese Foreign Policy

History
221 Europe in Conflict, 1914-1945
347 America in Vietnam
447 Seminar: The Cold War

Science, Technology, and Society
393 Technology, War, and Society

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 (International Finance), 278 (International Trade), 293 (Economic Development of the Third World), or 373 (Open-Economy Macroeconomics) and one from outside economics:

Anthropology
252 Hunger, Poverty, and Population: The Anthropology of Development
256 Land, Food, Culture, and Power

Economics
214 Economic Policy and Performance in Contemporary Latin America
239 Seminar in Economic History: 20th-Century Western Europe
277 International Finance
278 International Trade
293 Economic Development of the Third World
373 Open-Economy Macroeconomics

Government
331 Business and American Foreign Policy
332 International Organization

History
364 Economic Change in 20th-Century Africa

Sociology
333 Globalization

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 (Hunger, Poverty, and Population) or 256 (Land, Food, Culture, and Power), one from Economics 214 (Economic Policy and Performance in Contemporary Latin America) or 293 (Economic Development of the Third World), and one from outside of anthropology and economics:

Anthropology
213 Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples
252 Hunger, Poverty, and Population: The Anthropology of Development
256 Land, Food, Culture, and Power

Economics
214 Economic Policy and Performance in Contemporary Latin America
277 International Finance
278 International Trade
293 Economic Development of the Third World

Government
235 Sustainable Development
252 Politics of the Middle East
253 Latin American Politics
256 The Pacific Challenge
353 Promoting Democracy in Transitional Countries
354 Comparative Politics of North Africa
451 Seminar: Political Violence, Revolutions, and Ethnic Conflict

History
364 Economic Change in 20th-Century Africa
481 Seminar: Ecological Change in World History

Sociology
251 Population Problems in International Perspective
333 Globalization
336 Sociology of Food

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

Anthropology
252 Hunger, Poverty, and Population: The Anthropology of Development
256 Land, Food, Culture, and Power

Economics
231 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
493 Economic Seminar (if topic is appropriate)

Environmental Studies
493 Environmental Policy Seminar

Government
235 Sustainable Development
334 International Environmental Law

History
481 Ecological Change in World History

Sociology
251 Population Problems in International Perspective
336 Sociology of Food

Science, Technology, and Society
281 Global Environmental Change

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

Economics
214 Economic Policy and Performance in Contemporary Latin America
293 Economic Development of the Third World

Government
332 International Organization

History
364 Economic Change in 20th-Century Africa

Sociology
333 Globalization

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 (Hunger, Poverty, and Population), Anthropology 256 (Land, Food, Culture, and Power), Anthropology 452 (Anthropology of Power), Sociology 274 (Social Inequality and Power), or Sociology 333 (Globalization). Of the remaining two courses, only one non-international course (noted by a *) may be taken. Anthropology of Power cannot count as both the required seminar and one of the four courses.

Anthropology
213 Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples
217 Race and Ethnicity: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
252 Hunger, Poverty, and Population
256 Land, Food, Culture, and Power
452 Anthropology of Power

Government
272* Modern Political Theory
451 Seminar: Political Violence, Revolutions, and Ethnic Conflict
455 Democratization Theories and Applications

History
481 Seminar: Ecological Change in World History

Philosophy
236* Social and Political Philosophy
312* Philosophical Topics
378* Contemporary Continental Philosophy

Sociology
251 Population Problems in International Perspective
274* Social Inequality and Power
333 Globalization
336 Sociology of Food

Women's Studies
311* Seminar in Feminist Theory

Course Offerings

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

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

494fs 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 or four credits. FACULTY