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6.00 Credits
This seminar, offered in one of the traditional disciplines, seeks to cultivate the skills of critical thinking, cogent argumentation, and effective writing, all by attending to a particular subject matter.Honors students earn six credits in HR 202 by completing one version of the seminar in their second year of honors coursework and another version of the seminar in their third year of honors coursework.A complete title, reflecting the seminar's particular subject matter, appears on the student's transcript.Students may not enroll in any section of HR 202 offered in a discipline in which they major or minor.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This team-taught course stresses the value of interdisciplinary approaches to scholarly inquiry by investigating a wide-ranging theme from the perspective of at least two disciplines.Possible themes treated in a given year are progress and its critics, genius and creativity, and the city in the American imagination.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
The senior honors project provides an opportunity for students to engage in mature research under the supervision of a faculty mentor.The senior honors project is not a course in its own right but an independent study of three credits, typically conducted in the student's major field of study, which is recognized toward the completion of honors requirements.In the humanities, the project should be a paper of at least 25 to 50 pages in length.In studio art and creative writing, the project should take the form of a significant portfolio.In the natural sciences, mathematics, social sciences, nursing, and in the various areas of business, the finished project should conform to the discipline's acceptable format and length for publication.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This course gives students a hands-on learning experience in world diversity by simulating a United Nations Security Council crisis in international peace and security.The objective is to introduce students to the challenges of global governance in light of the different perspectives they encounter representing different constituencies of the UN Security Council who come from diverse cultural, historical, and geo-political regions of the world.A key goal of the course is to bring to light whether and how power disparities limit the global south's effective representation, and the stakes in reform of the Security Council.While the topic of the simulation will vary, the focus is on a crisis in a non-Western region of the world .This course meets the world diversity requirement. Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
Using topical, geographic, and critical approaches, this course examines the interaction of the United States and Western Europe with the rest of the world in the 20th century, giving considerable attention to non-Western perspectives such as those of Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Arab world, Russia, and Eastern Europe.The course includes an introduction to the history of U.S.foreign relations, international organizations, social change in the developing world, and world systems theory.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines, using topical, geographic, and critical approaches, the interaction of the United States and western Europe with the rest of the world in the 20th century, giving considerable attention to non-Western perspectives such as those of Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Arab world, Russia, and Eastern Europe.The course also includes an introduction to the history of U.S.foreign relations, international organizations, social change in the developing world, and world systems theory.(Prerequisite: HI 30) Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
The course examines special topics in international studies.The specific topic for a given semester is announced at the time of registration.The course may be repeated with permission of the program director.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
Students accept placements with local organizations, government agencies, or non-profit organizations in positions with an international component.Interns learn to apply knowledge acquired in their course of study to real-world situations.Completion of the internship requires regular meetings with the supervising faculty member, submission of a work log, and one paper.Note: Students complete the internship in addition to the basic requirements for the major or minor.(Prerequisites: junior or senior status and a 2.8 GPA.) Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
Students pursue an independent research project on international issues under the supervision of a faculty member.Open to juniors and seniors with the director's permission.Three credits. Students completing the pre-2008-2009 curricular requirements for a major or minor in International Studies, are advised to consult with the director or the associate director of International Studies.
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3.00 Credits
This course requires students to theorize and analyze emerging trends in the political, socio-cultural, economic, and business dimensions of global affairs, and develop the implications in a particular context or setting.Students undertake a major research project as a central activity in this course drawing on the expertise and research methodologies they have developed in International Studies.This course is offered the senior year after students have completed all core courses in international studies.Three credits.
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