Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (B.A.I.S.) Major in International Studies (Global Security Studies Concentration)
Minimum required: 120 semester credit hours
General Requirements
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The general education core curriculum courses are listed in the degree plan below along with the statewide component code number. See the General Education Core Curriculum section of this catalog for the Texas State requirements and options in the core curriculum, including Honors courses.
- In addition to the general education core curriculum requirements, the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree requires three additional hours of English literature; 14 hours of the same language; and three hours of mathematics, science, logic, or computer science courses.
- Students are required to complete a global academic experience that can be fulfilled by IS 4387 if it entails international work, service, or group research. Students must consult with the academic program coordinator in the Center for International Studies for IS 4387 approval.
- Students must complete a minor. Students can choose any minor except International Studies.
- Students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).
- Nine hours of writing intensive (WI) courses are required for graduation.
- To satisfy graduation requirements, students must have at least a 2.75 Texas State GPA, a 3.00 GPA in the International Studies major, and a 2.00 GPA in their selected minor.
Course Requirements
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Communication Component Code 010 | 3 | Communication Component Code 010 | 3 |
| Mathematics Component Code 0202 | 3 | Creative Arts Component Code 050 | 3 |
| Government/Political Science Component Code 070 | 3 | American History Component Code 060 | 3 |
| GEO 1310 (Social and Behavioral Sciences Component Code 080 [TCCN GEOG 1303])3 | 3 | Government/Political Science Component Code 070 | 3 |
| ARAB, CHI, FR, RUSS, or SPAN 14101 | 4 | ARAB, CHI, FR, RUSS, or SPAN 14201 | 4 |
| US 1100 | 1 | ||
| 17 | 16 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component Code 0404 | 3 | Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 |
| American History Component Code 060 | 3 | ENG Literature (Component Area Option Code 090/094)5 | 3 |
| ARAB, CHI, FR, RUSS, or SPAN 23101 | 3 | ARAB, CHI, FR, RUSS, or SPAN 23201 | 3 |
| ANTH 1312 | 3 | Minor | 3 |
| PS 3351 | 3 | PS 3352 or 3353 | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Junior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 | BA English Literature | 3 |
| Component Area Option Code 090/091 | 3 | BA Science, Math, Computer Science, or Logic6 | 3 |
| ARAB, CHI, FR, RUSS, or SPAN Advanced1 | 3 | Minor | 6 |
| Minor | 6 | Policy and Security History | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Senior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| International Security Elective | 3 | Minor | 3 |
| Global Security Electives | 9 | Global Security Elective | 3 |
| Crime and Security Elective | 3 | IS 4380 | 3 |
| IS 4387 | 3 | ||
| 15 | 12 | ||
| Total Hours: 120 | |||
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All courses must be completed in the same language. Foreign language credit from high school will not count for the International Studies degree unless a student has earned sufficient credit via AP or IB exams.
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2 Students are encouraged to take MATH 1315, MATH 1317, or MATH 1319 as prerequisites to ECO and CS options in the major. One course from the following may be chosen to satisfy the Mathematics Component Code 020: MATH 1315 (TCCN 1314), MATH 1319 (TCCN 1324), MATH 1329 (TCCN 1325), MATH 2417 (TCCN 2412), or MATH 2471 (TCCN 2413).
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Students are encouraged to take GEO 1310 for Core Code 080 as it is a required course in the International Studies Core Requirements.
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Students are encouraged to take PHIL 1305 or PHIL 1320 as prerequisites to PHIL options in the major.
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An ENG Literature course may be selected from the following: ENG 2310 (TCCN ENGL 2322), ENG 2320 (TCCN ENGL 2323), ENG 2330 (TCCN ENGL 2332), ENG 2340 (TCCN ENGL 2333), ENG 2359 (TCCN ENGL 2327), ENG 2360 (TCCN ENGL 2328), ENG 2371
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Students are encouraged to take CS 1309 if they are interested in pursuing CS course options in the major.
Policy and Security History
Pick 3 hours from the following
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| HIST 3325G | Modern Revolutions in Latin American History | 3 |
| HIST 3328 | Militarism in Latin America | 3 |
| HIST 3337 | History of U.S. Foreign Policy Making in the Middle East | 3 |
| HIST 3357 | ||
| HIST 4364 | Military History of the United States | 3 |
| HIST 4368 | War and Society | 3 |
International Security
Pick 3 hours from the following
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 3351 | Anthropology of Peace and Violence | 3 |
| GEO 3340 | Political Geography | 3 |
| PS 3348 | Revolution and Nationalism | 3 |
| PS 4340B | Authoritarian Regimes | 3 |
| PS 4341 | 3 | |
| PS 4351 | International Conflict and Security | 3 |
| PS 4354 | Politics of International Economic Relations | 3 |
Crime and Security
Pick 3 hours from the following
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CJ 4309K | Intelligence Analysis | 3 |
| CJ 4314 | Terrorism | 3 |
| CJ 4329 | Organized Crime | 3 |
| CS 4371 | Computer System Security | 3 |
| PS 4321 | American Foreign Policy | 3 |
| PS 4350A | 3 | |
| PS 4355 | US National Security Strategy | 3 |
Global Security Electives*
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Choose 12 hours of coursework from the following. No more than 6 hours may come from the same subject/discipline. Departmental prerequisites and restrictions may apply. | ||
| ANTH 3351 | Anthropology of Peace and Violence | 3 |
| ARAB 3302 | Media Arabic | 3 |
| ARAB 4390 | Studies in Arabic Language and Culture | 3 |
| CHI 3301 | Conversational Chinese | 3 |
| CHI 4390 | Studies in Chinese Language and Culture | 3 |
| CJ 4309K | Intelligence Analysis 7, 8 | 3 |
| CJ 4314 | Terrorism 8 | 3 |
| CJ 4329 | Organized Crime 7, 8 | 3 |
| CJ 4335 | The Psychology of Antisocial Behavior | 3 |
| COMM 3325 | Communication and Conflict Management | 3 |
| COMM 3329 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| COMM 3332 | The Dark Side of Communication | 3 |
| COMM 4325 | Communication and Technology | 3 |
| COMM 4327 | Social Media in Organizations | 3 |
| CS 4315 | Introduction to Data Mining and Information Retrieval 7 | 3 |
| CS 4371 | Computer System Security 7, 8 | 3 |
| DVST 3320 | Introduction to Global Social and Cultural Diversity | 3 |
| GEO 3303 | Economic Geography | 3 |
| GEO 3307 | Geography of Europe | 3 |
| GEO 3308 | Geography of Latin America | 3 |
| GEO 3333 | Geography of East Asia | 3 |
| GEO 3340 | Political Geography 8 | 3 |
| GEO 3349 | World Population | 3 |
| GEO 4309 | Cultural and Political Ecology | 3 |
| GEO 4355 | 3 | |
| GEO 4393F | 3 | |
| HIST 3310 | History of Europe, 1815-1919 | 3 |
| HIST 3311 | History of Europe Since 1919 | 3 |
| HIST 3319 | History of Brazil | 3 |
| HIST 3324 | Latin America from Independence to Present | 3 |
| HIST 3325G | Modern Revolutions in Latin American History 8 | 3 |
| HIST 3328 | Militarism in Latin America 8 | 3 |
| HIST 3333 | Dictatorships and Democracy in Modern Spain, 1808 to Present | 3 |
| HIST 3337 | History of U.S. Foreign Policy Making in the Middle East 8 | 3 |
| HIST 3357 | 8 | 3 |
| HIST 3368U | U.S. - Cuban Relations | 3 |
| HIST 3368X | 3 | |
| HIST 3368Z | 3 | |
| HIST 3384 | History and Culture of Modern India | 3 |
| HIST 4318S | 3 | |
| HIST 4323 | 3 | |
| HIST 4326 | The History of the Modern Middle East | 3 |
| HIST 4327 | History of Palestine, 1800–Present | 3 |
| HIST 4332 | European Colonialism | 3 |
| HIST 4334 | The Soviet Union and After: Histories of Eurasia Since 1917 | 3 |
| HIST 4335 | 3 | |
| HIST 4336 | Germany from 1815 to Present | 3 |
| HIST 4337 | Germany and National Socialism, 1918-1945 | 3 |
| HIST 4342 | Modern Africa | 3 |
| HIST 4343 | Modern China, 1600 to the Present | 3 |
| HIST 4345 | Postwar Japan | 3 |
| HIST 4346 | Modern Korea | 3 |
| HIST 4347 | History of Hong Kong | 3 |
| HIST 4348 | Gandhi and the History of Nonviolent Resistance | 3 |
| HIST 4353 | 3 | |
| HIST 4362 | Peace and Nonviolence Movements | 3 |
| HIST 4364 | Military History of the United States 8 | 3 |
| HIST 4368 | War and Society 8 | 3 |
| HON 2304C | Nonviolence and Sustainable Social Change 7 | 3 |
| HON 2309C | Great Ideas: Humanities I 7 | 3 |
| HON 2309E | War Stories: Conflict, Narrative, and Human Experience 7 | 3 |
| HON 3390H | The Problem of Evil 7 | 3 |
| HON 3395S | 7 | 3 |
| HON 3396U | Historical Discourses on Sex Trafficking: From ‘White Slavery’ to the Present 7 | 3 |
| HON 3398F | 7 | 3 |
| HON 3398N | 7 | 3 |
| IS 4387 | International Studies Internship | 3 |
| IS 43687 | ||
| ISAN 3350 | Information Systems Security | 3 |
| ISAN 4348 | ||
| ISAN 4350 | Ethical Hacking | 3 |
| MC 4310 | International Communication | 3 |
| MC 4382Q | 3 | |
| PHIL 3321 | Contemporary Moral Problems | 3 |
| PHIL 4303 | Philosophy of Technology 7 | 3 |
| PHIL 4360C | Philosophy, Nonviolence, Sustainability, and Social Change 7 | 3 |
| PHIL 4360D | 7 | 3 |
| PHIL 4360F | Biopolitics, Governmentality, and Ungovernability 7 | 3 |
| PHIL 4361F | 7 | 3 |
| PHIL 4371 | Asian Philosophy 7 | 3 |
| PHIL 4372 | Latin American Philosophy 7 | 3 |
| PHIL 4373 | Themes in Africana Philosophy 4 | 3 |
| PS 3343 | Government and Politics of Latin America | 3 |
| PS 3344 | Government and Politics of Europe | 3 |
| PS 3345 | Government and Politics of Russia | 3 |
| PS 3347 | Politics of Modern Southeast Asia | 3 |
| PS 3348 | Revolution and Nationalism 8 | 3 |
| PS 3352 | Theories of International Politics | 3 |
| PS 3353 | Issues in World Politics | 3 |
| PS 3355 | Global Frameworks for Human Rights: Legal and Political Perspectives | 3 |
| PS 3354 | United States-Latin America Relations | 3 |
| PS 4313 | The Holocaust | 3 |
| PS 4315 | The Politics of Dystopia | 3 |
| PS 4321 | American Foreign Policy 8 | 3 |
| PS 4331 | Islamic Law and Politics | 3 |
| PS 4340B | Authoritarian Regimes 8 | 3 |
| PS 4340E | 3 | |
| PS 4341 | 8 | 3 |
| PS 4342 | Economic Development in Latin America | 3 |
| PS 4344 | The Politics of Extremism 8 | 3 |
| PS 4345 | Model International Institution Competition | 3 |
| PS 4351 | International Conflict and Security 8 | 3 |
| PS 4353 | International Organizations | 3 |
| PS 4354 | Politics of International Economic Relations 8 | 3 |
| PS 4355 | US National Security Strategy 8 | 3 |
| PSY 3315 | Psychopathology 7 | 3 |
| PSY 3325 | 4 | 3 |
| PSY 3337 | Psychology of Prejudice, Discrimination, and Hate 7 | 3 |
| REL 4388 | Issues in Religion | 3 |
| RUSS 4390 | Studies in Russian Language and Culture | 3 |
| SOCI 3320 | Population Dynamics | 3 |
| SOCI 3322 | Sociology of Latinos & Immigration | 3 |
| SOCI 3325 | Social Deviance | 3 |
| SOCI 3327 | Sociology of Race and Ethnicity | 3 |
| SOCI 3330 | Globalization and Development | 3 |
| SOCI 3343 | Criminology | 3 |
| SOCI 3375P | 3 | |
| SOWK 3332 | Military Service, Family Adjustment, and Community Support Systems | 3 |
| SOWK 4300F | International Social Work | 3 |
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Honors courses by approval.
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Pre-requisites or departmental restrictions may apply
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May count towards electives if taken in excess of the requirements for the International Studies Core, Policy and Security History, International Security, and Crime and Security requirements.
