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International Affairs
An introduction to the field of international
affairs. The course explores the relationships among the disciplines within
international affairs. Examines key concepts that describe and explain
international relationships and issues, explores the diversity of perceptions
of international issues across national and cultural boundaries, and engages
students in in-class global problem-solving
exercises. International Affairs
Topically organized courses focused on selected
problems, areas, and issues of special interest in international affairs at the
intermediate level. Topics vary depending upon specialization and research
interests of visiting and/or Skidmore faculty.
- Courses designated "A" fulfill IA Knowledge Cluster I: The Political World.
- Courses designated "B" fulfill IA Knowledge Cluster II: the Economic World.
- Courses designated "C" fulfill IA Knowledge Cluster III: The Cultural World.
- Courses designated "D" fulfill IA Knowledge Cluster IV: The Physical World.
- Prerequisite: IA101. May be repeated with a different topic for credit.
IA 371,
372. INDEPENDENT STUDY 1-4
An opportunity for qualified majors to pursue
independent study in International Affairs under the supervision of an
appropriate faculty member. The written study proposal must be approved by the
International Affairs Director, in consultation with the faculty member.
IA 375. SENIOR
SEMINAR 1
A seminar required of all international affairs
majors in the spring term, when they make final oral and written presentations
of their senior capstone project to the International Affairs Committee. This
course is designed to enhance students' research, written, and oral
communication skills relating to international affairs, and to strengthen their
awareness of international issues and professional opportunities. The course includes
presentations and discussions by students and guest lecturers, instruction on
library research, writing, and oral presentation skills. Students present their
capstone project ideas at the preliminary meeting and are evaluated on their
research process, participation, and oral presentation. The course culminates
in the presentation of senior capstone projects to international affairs
faculty, students, and the community. Letter grade only.
FOUNDATION COURSES
IA majors must complete one course in three of the four
foundation categories listed below:
- Political Foundation: GO103 or HI 223
- Economic Foundation: EC 103 or EC 104 (Note: Does not fulfill IA requirement for Cluster II)
- Cultural Foundation: AN 101 or GO 241
- Physical Foundation: ES 100 or ES 105
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT
FC 206 Chinese Language and Culture
FC 208 Advanced Chinese Conversation and Composition
FF 206 French Cultural Conversations
FF 208 Writing in French
FF 301 Business French
FF 304 Advanced French Conversation and Pronunciation
FF 306 French Translation and Stylistics
FG 206 German Language and Culture
FG 208 German Conversation and Composition
FG 301 Business German
FG 304 Advanced German Conversation and Composition
FI 206 Italian Language and Culture
FI 208 Italian Conversation and Composition
FI 301 Business Italian
FI 304 Advanced Italian Conversation and Composition
FJ 206 Japanese Language and Culture
FJ 207 Advanced Intermediate Japanese I
FJ 208 Advanced Intermediate Japanese II
FS 206 Spanish Conversation
FS 208 Spanish Composition
FS 301 Business Spanish
FS 304 Advanced Spanish Conversation and Composition
INTERNATIONAL KNOWLEDGE CATEGORIES
CLUSTER I: The Political World
GO 103 Critical Issues in World Politics
GO 201 Principles of International Politics
GO 209 The Latin American Puzzle
GO 213 Comparative Constitutional Systems
GO 225 Military and Political Lessons from World War II
GO 228 U.S. Foreign Policy in a Changing World
GO 229 International Law
GO 251B Topics in Political Science: International Relations
GO 301 Contemporary International Politics
GO 309 Latin America and the United States
GO 319 What the U.S. Does Wrong in the World: Views from India, Answers from Washington
GO 327 Politics in Russia and the Soviet Successor States
GO 328 Nationalism, Communism, and Democracy: Politics in East Europe
GO 338 International Diplomatic Negotiations
GO 340 The International Human Rights Regime: Promise and Peril
GO 344 Comparative Politics and Culture: India and Japan
GO 356 Africa in International Affairs
GO 357 Sexing Global Politics: Gender and International Relations
GO 358 Caribbean Politics
HI 103 Medieval Europe
HI 104 Early Modern European History
HI 105 Nineteenth-Century Europe: Ideology and Revolution
HI 106 Twentieth-Century Europe: Age of Conflict
HI 111 Latin American History: An Introduction
HI 203 The Rise of Athens
HI 204 Athens, Alexander the Great, and Cleopatra
HI 205 The Rise of Rome
HI 206 The Decline of Rome
HI 211 Deconstructing Britain
HI 223 America and the World: A History of U.S. Foreign Policy
HI 229 War and Peace in 20th Century Latin America
HI 247 The Rise of Japan
HI 249 The Vietnam War
HI 259 Communism and Anticommunism in America
HI 306 The French Revolution and Napoleon, 1789–1815
HI 316 Empires in India
HI 317 The Common Law and its Colonial Contexts
HI 330A-E Politics and Society in Latin America
HI 335 German History Since 1814
IA251A Topics in International Affairs
ID 320 Global Media
CLUSTER II: The Economic World
EC 314 International Economics
EC 316 Economics of Development
EC 317 Economics of European Integration
EC 319 Economics of Income Distribution and Poverty
EC 334 International Political Economy
EC 343 Environmental and Resource Economics
GO 219 Political Economy of European Integration
GO 339 International Political Economy and the Environment
IA251B Topics in International Affairs
MB 306 Foundations of Business in the International Environment
MB 344 International Marketing
MB 345 Global Financial Management
MB 346 Global Sales and Merchandising Management
MB 349 Business Strategy
MB 359 Global Financial Institutions
MB 364 Manufacturing Strategy and International Competitiveness
SO 331 Women in the Global Economy
CLUSTER III: The Cultural World
AH 100 Survey of Western Art
AH 103 The Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
AH 105 Survey of Asian Art: South and Southeast Asian and Himalayan
AH 106 Survey of Asian Art: East Asia
AH 253 Seventeenth-Century European Art
AH 254 Eighteenth-Century European Art
AH 257 Nineteenth-Century European Art
AH 261 Twentieth-Century Art
AH 265 History of Modern Design
AH 268 Ad/dressing the Body: European Fashion, Renaissance to the Present
AH 355 Visual Culture of the French Revolution
AM 332 Global Perspectives of the United States
AN 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
AN 101W Honors Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
AN 205 Mesoamerican Archaeology
AN 227 Sub-Saharan African Cultures
AN 229 Mexican Cultures
AN 244 Indigenous Cultures of Latin America
AN 325 Applied Anthropology
AN 344 Anthropology and Environmental Health
AN 345 Ecological Anthropology
AN 349 Medical Anthropology
FC 363 Special Studies in Chinese
FF 209 Culture and Literature of Quebec
FF 210 Introduction to French Literature
FF 221 French Literature—Twentieth Century
FF 223 Introduction to Issues in the Francophone World
FF 224 French Civilization: Gaul to 1815
FF 225 French Painters and Writers
FF 309 Fiction and Identity in Quebec
FF 363 Special Studies in French
FG 215 Introduction to German Literature
FG 216 Contemporary German Culture
FG 341 The Age of Goethe
FG 357 German Literature of the Twentieth Century
FG 363 Special Studies in German
FI 210 Introduction to Literary Analysis
FI 303 Studies in Modern Italian Literature
FI 363 Special Studies in Italian
FJ 363 Special Studies in Japanese
FL 243 The World of Japanese Animation
FL 244 Viewing China: Visual Cultural and Transnational Cinema
FL 245 China and the West: The Myth of the Other
FL 246 Fictional and Factual: History and the Novel in China
FL 250 An Outline of German Civilization
FL 252 Italian Cinema: From Fiction to Film
FL 253, 254 Italian Civilization in Translation
FL 258, 259 Chinese Civilization
FL 263 Special Topics in Foreign Language and Literature
FL 266 Images of Revolution and Social Upheaval: France 1789–1939
FL 267 Modern Japanese Culture and Society
FS 211 Survey of Spanish Literature
FS 212 Survey of Spanish American Literature
FS 313 Literature of the Golden Age
FS 314 Spanish Literature in the Nineteenth Century
FS 319 Spanish-American Narratives: Twentieth Century
FS 331, 332 Culture of Spanish America I, II
FS 363 Special Studies in Spanish
GO 203 Comparative European Politics
GO 227 From Genghis Khan to Gorbachev: Power and Politics in Russian History
GO 239 Nationalism and Politics in the Middle East
GO 240 Political Modernization: The Case of India
GO 241 Ethnic Conflict and the Global System
GO 304 Modern Political Thought
GO 308 Contemporary Political Thought
GO 355 African Politics
GO 365 Topics in Comparative Politics
GO 366 Topics in International Relations
HI 108 Colonial Latin America
HI 110 British Empire: An Introduction
HI 142 Introduction to Modern China
HI 210 The Four Kingdoms
HI 211 Deconstructing Britain
HI 228 Race, Class, and Ethnicity in Latin America
HI 230 History Through Travel; Latin America 1500–1900
HI 241 Introduction to Imperial China
HI 254 Intellectual History: Modern Europe
HI 301 Early Medieval Civilization
HI 302 The High Middle Ages
HI 303 Intellectual History: Medieval and Renaissance
HI 305 Science and the Church: Europe from Luther to Voltaire
HI 329 U.S. Since 1945
HI 343 The Chinese Revolution
HI 347 Japan's Modernizers: Samurai and Weavers
IA251C Topics in International Affairs
MB 314 Organizational Theory
MB 347 Comparative Management
PH 203 Greek Philosophy
PH 204 History of Philosophy: Early Modern
PH 215 Buddhist Philosophy
PH 306 Nineteenth-Century Continental Philosophy
PH 307 Twentieth-Century Continental Philosophy
PS 332 Seminar in Cross-cultural Psychology
RE 103 Religion and Culture
RE 213 Religious Traditions of India
RE 214 Religious Traditions of China and Japan
RE 215 Islam
SO 316 Women in Modern Society
SW 338 Social Policy and Social Justice
TH 229 Theater and Culture I
TH 230 Theater and Culture II
TH 333 The Director as Collaborative Artist
TH 334 Special Studies in Theater History and Theory
WS 212 Women in Italian Society: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
WS 227 Holding Up Half the Sky: Gender, Writing, and Nationhood in China
CLUSTER IV: The Physical World
BI 140 Marine Biology
BI 160 Conservation Biology
BI 180 Economic Botany
BI 240 Environmental Biology
BI 325 Tropical Ecology
ES 100 Environmental Concerns in Perspective
ES 105 Field Studies in Environmental Science
ES 221 Sustainable Development
ES 281 Disease and Environment
GE 101 Earth Systems Science
GE 112 Oceanography: Introduction to the Marine Environment
GE 207 Environmental Geology
GE 208 Origin and Distribution of Natural Resources
GE 211 Climatology
GE 311 Paleoclimatology
HI 312 Industry, Empire and the Environment
IA251D Topics in International Affairs
RE 225 Religion and Ecology
WS 210 Ecofeminism, Women and the Environment
Note: Special Topics are offered in many disciplines. They will be evaluated on a semester-by-semester basis for possible IA credit.
