International Studies Course Offerings

INTS/ECON 100* Principles of Economics (Zhao)
INTS/ECON 100* Principles of Economics (Liu)
INTS 111 Introduction to International Relations (Ogata)
INTS 130 Introduction to Latin American Studies (Jones)
INTS 150 Introduction to Southeast Asian Studies (Barter)
INTS 190 Latin American Food Origins (Jones)

INTS 290 Introduction to Contemporary Africa (Esiobu)
INTS 290 Approaches to Indigenous Knowledge (Esiobu)
INTS 290 Refugeehood (Farhang)

INTS/HIST 326 Women in East Asia (Hwang)
INTS 361/ECON 330 Economic Development (Liu)
INTS/HIST 371W The Emergence of Modern Japan (Weiner)
INTS 382 Political Buddhism (Barter)
INTS 390 Education About East Asia (Hwang)
INTS 390 Politics of China (Allen)

INTS/ANTH 404 Violence and Oppression in Latin America (England)
INTS 410W Plagues and Peoples (Read)
 

INTS 290: Latin American Food and Society (Owen Jones)
Foodways transformed significantly with the inclusion of the Americas in a truly global system of exchange. Environmental historian, Alfred Crosby, dubbed this the Columbian Exchange – the circulation of agricultural items, pathogens, and livestock between diverse regions of the globe. Foodstuffs from the Americas, such as tomatoes, potatoes, chilis, and corn, made their way into world cuisines and significantly transformed and hybridized culinary traditions. Global foodstuffs introduced into the Americas, such as wheat, coffee, bananas, cinnamon, and sugarcane, also initiated new foodways and agricultural development. This course examines the origins of foodways and agriculture with a focus on Latin American cuisine. Cultural hybridization that reflects the connections of world populations in Latin American gastronomy will be examined. International demographic expansion resulting from the exchange of foods and traditional medicine will be explored. We will consider the sustainability of new foodways in Latin America and the association of those foodways with the globalized food system. We will investigate problems with the use of detrimental cancer-causing pesticides and herbicides in industrial farming in Latin America, the importance of agricultural commodities from Latin America in the world system, agroecosystems, and a consideration of traditional medicine and its distribution.

INTS 290: Refugeehood: Politics of mobility and border regimes (Foroogh Farhang)
This course begins with a central question: how does one come to be recognized as a refugee, not simply by crossing a border, but through the frameworks of law, policy, and international governance? We examine refugeehood as a political and historical construct that has emerged through the development of post-WWII international law, Cold War geopolitics, and contemporary border enforcement regimes. To understand the broader politics of mobility and state control, we also engage related categories such as asylum seekers, stateless persons, undocumented migrants, and other displaced populations. Rather than treating displacement as a neutral or self-evident status, we explore how refugee designation functions as both a mechanism of protection and a mode of regulation, often producing new forms of dependency, exclusion, and vulnerability. Refugeehood is not only a condition of loss, but also a site of endurance, negotiation, and political life. We will study how displaced people forge new forms of community, belonging, and resistance within and beyond the spaces to which they are confined. This course has relevance for students interested in international legal frameworks, public policy, national laws and citizenship status, climate migration, and border studies. Our approach is interdisciplinary and global, grounded in ethnographic insight, historical analysis, and critical policy study.

INTS 290: Introduction to Contemporary Africa (Chika Esiobu)
Africa’s role in modern geopolitics is undergoing rapid transformation. Various countries, including the United States, China, Russia, France, and European nations, are increasingly recognizing the importance of fostering mutually beneficial relationships with the continent to bolster their global influence. For students of international relations, understanding Africa’s evolving realities has become indispensable. The course “Introduction to Contemporary Africa” offers a comprehensive and in-depth survey of present-day Africa, delving into topics encompassing politics, geopolitics, international relations, economics, society, and culture. By the end of the course, students will gain a pragmatic and multi-faceted understanding of Africa across diverse areas of interest.

INTS 290: Approaches to Indigenous Knowledge (Chika Esiobu)
From providing solutions to long-standing global health challenges to reversing environmental degradation, Indigenous knowledge is becoming more widely recognized as an essential component of sustainability. Approaches to Indigenous Knowledge course provides a comprehensive overview of Indigenous knowledge within a broad conceptualization of knowledge production.

INTS 390: Education About East Asia (Dongyoun Hwang)
Scholars have agreed that there are many good reasons to learn and teach about ‘East Asia,’ when the world has become globalized since the 1980s under one economic system and all the conventional boundaries (regional, national, cultural, economic, ideological, etc.) seem somehow increasingly meaningless. If so, what social, cultural, political, and historical aspects of East Asia would still be of importance in the learning and teaching? What kind of activities and materials could be helpful, for example, to avoid the enduring stereotypes about Asia, in general, and East Asia, in particular, to understand the region’s place and roles in the globalizing world today, and to call public attention to the importance of East Asian experiences in an age of neoliberal globalization? This course will examine some important East Asia-related curricular, historical, and cultural issues, and will attempt to answer, but not limited to, the above-mentioned questions. In this course, students will examine the questions through readings, class discussions, independent research, and viewing films, and are expected to come up with their own conclusions as to the above-mentioned questions.

INTS 390: Politics of Contemporary China (Yang Allen)
This course offers a broad exploration of China’s politics since 1949, with an emphasis on recent decades. It welcomes students who have no prior background in China. The main goal of this course is to provide a basic understanding of China’s political foundations and to enable students to make informed use of China as a case study, to make general arguments, and to connect it to their country of interest. China is ruled under a unique authoritarian political system, which presents a striking contrast to the liberal democracies. With a focus on the post-1978 era and a priority of the contemporary era, this course addresses the dominating ideologies behind the governance of China, the political system, the priorities for the party-state, the key institutions, the policy and decision-making process, the Chinese civil society, urban/rural comparisons, the occurring social issues, etc. This course will also explore China’s foreign policy and its global influence in recent years.

INTS/ECON 100* Principles of Economics (Liu)
INTS/ECON 100* Principles of Economics (Mazumder)
INTS 111 Introduction to International Relations (TBD)
INTS 114 Introduction to Peace Studies (Ogata)
INTS 170 Introduction to African Studies (TBD)
INTS 190 Introduction to the Middle East (Farhang)

INTS 205 Introduction to Human Rights (MacLeod)
INTS 208 Introduction to Global Health (Mills)
INTS/SBS 215 Introduction to Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (Caldwell)

INTS/POLISCI 305W* Democracy and Democratization (Barter)
INTS 355W Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (Ogata)
INTS 3xx* Sino-Japanese Relations (Hwang)
(Upper-Division Latin America) (TBD)
(Upper-Division African Studies) (TBD)
INTS 390 Humanitarianism (Farhang)

INTS 408 Epidemiology and Global Health Policy (Mills)

INTS/ECON 100 Principles of Economics (TBD)
INTS 111 Introduction to International Relations (TBD)
INTS 114 Introduction to Peace Studies (Ogata)
INTS 125 Introduction to East Asian Studies (TBD)
INTS 130 Introduction to Latin American Studies (TBD)
INTS 140 Introduction to European Studies (Barter)

INTS 240 Peace & Conflict in the Middle East (Farhang)
INTS 283/HIST 234 The Third World and the West (Hwang)

INTS 304W/POLISCI 350W The United Nations & World Politics (MacLeod)
INTS 333/HIST 335 China since 1949: The People’s Republic (Hwang)
INTS 320 Politics and Governance in Asia (Barter)
INTS 325/ANTH 313 Inequality, Repression & Resistance in Central America (England)
INTS 345W Cinema and Society in the Asia Pacific (Weiner)
INTS 355W Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (Ogata)
INTS 361/ECON 330 Economic Development (Liu)
TBD African Studies (TBD)

INTS/ECON 100 Principles of Economics (Mazumder) 
INTS 111 Introduction to International Relations (MacLeod) 
INTS 114 Introduction to Peace Studies (Ogata) 
INTS 170 Introduction to African Studies (TBD)

INTS 208 Introduction to Global Health (Mills)
INTS 210 (or INTS 130) US-Latin American Relations (or Intro to LA) (TBD) 
INTS 2xx Refugeehood (Farhang)

INTS 3xx Education About East Asia (Hwang)
INTS/ANTH 348W Gender & Sexuality in Cross-Cultural Perspective (England)
INTS 362/ECON 340 International Economics (Liu)
INTS/POLISCI 365W State – Society Relations in Comparative Context (Barter)
INTS 381 Political Islam (Farhang)

INTS/HIST 489 Culture and Imperialism (Spady) 
TBD African Studies (TBD) 
TBD (TBD)

INTS/ECON 100 Principles of Economics (TBD)
INTS 111 Introduction to International Relations (TBD)
INTS 150 Introduction to Southeast Asian Studies (Barter)

INTS 240 Peace & Conflict in the Middle East (Farhang)

INTS 310W International Conflict Resolution (Ogata)
INTS/ANTH 313 Latin American Immigration to US (England)
INTS/HIST 316 Ideas of East and West (Hwang)
INTS/HIST 326 Women in East Asia (Hwang)
INTS/HUM 350 Gandhi and Modern India (Rao)
INTS 361/ ECON 330 Economic Development (Liu)
INTS/HIST 371W The Emergence of Modern Japan (Weiner)
INTS 3xx TBD (Autocracy?) (Barter)

INTS 410W Plagues & Peoples (Read)
TBD African Studies (TBD)
INTS 422 International Law (MacLeod)
 

INTS/ECON 100* Principles of Economics (TBD)
INTS/ECON 100* Principles of Economics (TBD)
INTS 111 Introduction to International Relations (MacLeod)
INTS 114 Introduction to Peace Studies (Ogata)
INTS 130 Introduction to Latin American Studies (TBD)
INTS 160 Introduction to Middle East Studies (Farhang)
INTS 170 Introduction to African Studies (TBD)

INTS 208 Introduction to Global Health (Mills)

INTS/POLISCI 305W Democracy and Democratization (Barter)
INTS 3xx* Sino-Japanese Relations (Hwang)
TBD Upper Division LA Studies (TBD)
TBD Upper Division African Studies (TBD)
INTS 390 Humanitarianism (Farhang)
 

INTS/ECON 100 Principles of Economics (TBD)
INTS 111 Introduction to International Relations (TBD)
INTS 125 Introduction to East Asian Studies (TBD)
INTS 140 Introduction to European Studies (Barter)

INTS 283 The Third World and the West (Hwang)
INTS 240 Peace & Conflict in the Middle East (Farhang)

INTS 304W/POLISCI 350W The United Nations & World Politics (MacLeod)
INTS/HIST 330 Modern China in Literature and Film (Hwang)
INTS 355W Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (Ogata)
INTS 361/ECON 330 Economic Development (Liu)

INTS/ANTH 404 Violence and Oppression in Latin America (England)
INTS 406 Human Rights and Civil Society in East Asia (Weiner)
INTS/HIST 489 Culture and Imperialism (Spady)
TBD African Studies (TBD)