Courses Offered

International Studies

A list of regularly offered courses follows. The indication of when a course will be offered is based on the best projection of the home department and can be subject to change.

Please note the key for the following abbreviations: (A) Arts; (H) Humanities; (S) Social Sciences; (N) Natural Sciences with Laboratory; (LS) Language Studies requirement; (NSP) Natural Science in Perspective; (NW) Non-Western Cultures requirement.

200. Introduction to International Studies. (S) (NW) Every Spring

Interdisciplinary course required for students with an International Studies minor or concentration. Through coordinated lectures by a team of 5-6 F&M faculty and guest speakers, students will cosider issues of development, security and terrorism, human rights, food and resource management and public health in the light of various disciplines. Staff

350. International Business. (S) Every Semester

Students in this course will learn about the history of international business, investigate the political and economic institutions that structure the global economy, and explore the impact oaf international environments on firm-level decisions. Same as BOS 350. McCaffrey

426. Political Asylum Practicum. (S) (NW) Fall 2011

This course is a community-based learning internship for credit (CBL-IFC). Students, with the help of our community partner, PIRC (Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center), will have the opportunity to work on a real asylum, Withholding of Removal, or Convention Against Torture (CAT) case. Students will work in teams of two. GOV 425 Human Rights-Human Wrongs must be taken in conjunction with this course. Each student-team will meet bi-weekly with the instructor and managing attorney to discuss the individual cases. Dicklitch

489. International Studies Seminar. (S) (NW) Every Fall

This capstone seminar for International Studies seniors is also open to other seniors with permission of the instructor. The course will be organized around a core set of readings on one broad international topic: in Fall 2011, Global Governance in a Globalized World. Students will define an individualized research program, building on their previous coursework in International Studies, share readings and findings with fellow seminar students and produce a final paper and oral presentation. Prerequisite: IST 200. Hodos

Travel Courses

France Travel Course

210. Cross-perceptions: Europe-U.S.A. (H) Fall 2011, offered only at “F&M in Paris”

This seminar examines the origins and effects of European and American perceptions of each other, with attention to heritage of the Roman Empire, medieval Christianity, the Enlightenment and 20th- century international conflict and cooperation. Whiteside

Japan Travel Course

210. Travel: Japanese Studies at Tohoku Gakuin University. (Summer Travel Course) (NW)

Every summer Franklin & Marshall College offers a May – June Program which includes pre-departure sessions on the Franklin & Marshall campus; three weeks of classes at Tohoku Gakuin University, during which students live with Japanese families; field trips.