Liberal Studies B.A., Third World Studies Concentration

Areas A- E (see Core section of this Catalog) (42 semester hours)

Area F

INTERDISCIPLINARY METHODS

• Interdisciplinary Exploration
• Amer Diverse Cultural Heritage

THEORY FOCUSED COURSES

• Intro to African Studies
• Introduction to Anthropology
• Introduction to Black Studies
• World Regional Geography
• Fine & Applied Arts in Civ
• Intro to World Religion

FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT

Students must demonstrate minimum proficiency at the level of the fourth university course (2002) in one foreign language, but only the fourth (2002) university course can count in Area F. Any hours not applied to Area F may be applied toward elective hours.

• Interm Fren Lang & Culture II
• Inter German Lang & Culture II
• Interm Ital Lang & Culture II
• Interm Span Lang & Culture II

Major Requirements

MAJOR AREAS

Take 24 semester hours distributed as follows, with at least 1 course addressing issues in each of the following regions: South and Central America; Africa; and Asia.

[Note: Student may take courses not listed below with the approval of the advisor.]

Humanities (9 semester hours)

• African Literature
• African Women Writers
• Lit of the Islamic World
• Asia to 1500
• Asia since 1500
• Colonia Latin America
• Modern Latin America
• Hist US/Latin Amer Relations
• Conquest of Latin America
• Modern Middle East
• Modern China
• Modern Mexico
• Modern Caribbean
• Philosophy of Religion
• Confucianism & Daoism
• Special Topics
• Survey of Latin American Lit I
• Survey of Latin Amer Lit II
• RELI - Any 3000-4000 level courses

Note: PHIL 4950 is a Special Topics course; topic must be chosen in consultation with advisor.

Social Science (9 semester hours)

• Law and Social Change in Africa
  Special Topics
• Special Topics
• Geography of Latin America
• Geography of the Middle East
• Geography of Africa
• Geography of Southern World
• Geography of Asia
• Politics of the Middle East
• Politics of Modern Africa
• Politics of Latin America

Note: AFST 4950 is a Special Topics course; only the following section/title is approved for use in the Social Science area: AFST 4950 African Technology and Society.

Fine Arts (6 semester hours)

• African Art History
• Asian Art History: Chinese Art
• Asian Art History: Indian Art
• Asian Art History: SE Asia