Courses in Comparative International Studies
Courses in Comparative International Studies (CINTS) explore the cultures, movements, and global forces shaping today’s interconnected world. Through interdisciplinary study of topics such as globalization, migration, borderlands, activism, and cultural exchange, students develop critical perspectives on international and cross-cultural issues.
Lower Division Courses
Introduces students to key concepts in the discipline. Explores global citizenship and its relationship to local, national, and ethnic identities. Includes themes: cosmopolitanism, humanitarianism, migration, and human rights. Emphasizes interdisciplinary perspectives, methods and approaches to examining how globalization impacts cultural identities.
Upper Division Courses (Intended for Undergraduates)
Ways imperial legacies, migration, trade, ethnic conflicts, and geopolitical rivalries shape borderlands. Interdisciplinary understanding of borderlands as sites of negotiation, conflict, and identity formation.
Comparative, interdisciplinary and intersectional study of local and global youth cultures, examining their formation, creative use of and influence on style, taste, fashion, music, comics, sport, media, and their impact on the cultural, sociopolitical, and economic transformation of societies.
Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing and completion of minimum three weeks of study abroad.
Capstone course is a required course for all comparative international studies major.
Global activism and social movements from a comparative perspective. Diverse forms of collective action across cultures, exploring environmental, gender, labor, and human rights movements. Interdisciplinary approaches and practical application through case studies.
Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing
Comparative study of cultural representations of empires and global commodities through objects, stories, documents, and visual & decorative arts.
Courses Across Departments
Comparative International Studies is an interdisciplinary program that explores international and global issues through the perspectives of the humanities and social sciences.
In addition to CINTS courses, majors take approved courses from departments across the university, gaining a broad understanding of the forces shaping our interconnected world.
Explore the courses and requirements for the CINTS major.
Advising
Zamira Abman, Program Director/Advisor
Office: SH 222B
Email: [email protected]
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