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.

IST200. Introduction to International Studies. (S) (NW) Every Spring

Interdisciplinary course required for students with an International Studies minor or concentration. Through coordinated lectures by F&M faculty and guest speakers, students will consider issues of development, security and terrorism, human rights, food and resource management and public health in the light of various international institutions. Grading will be based on regular quizzes and short memos on readings, a final exam and a research paper. Anthony, Cable, Callari, Fluck, Gasbarrone, Kibbe, Pepino, Pike, Zorach

IST489. 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 2009, Global Citizenship. Students will define an individualized research program, building on their previous course work in International Studies, share readings and findings with fellow seminar students and produce a final paper and oral presentation. Prerequisite: IST 200. Gasbarrone Travel Courses

FRANCE TRAVEL COURSE

IST273. Cross-perceptions: Europe-U.S.A. Fall 2010, offered only at “F&M in Paris”

This seminar examines how Europeans and American view each other—and how those differing perceptions reveal contrasting values regarding such matters as the place of competition and security in life, the development of aesthetic judgment and the nature of individualism. Whiteside

JAPAN TRAVEL COURSE

IST210. TRAVEL: Japanese Studies at Tohoku Gakuin University.

(Summer Travel Course) (NW) Every Summer Franklin & Marshall College offers a May–June Pr ogram 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. Staff

TOPICS COURSE EXPECTED TO BE OFFERED IN 2009–2010

Two Sacred Languages, One Holy Land.
Global Issues, Global Change.
Comparative Women’s Rights.

INTERNSHIP-FOR-CREDIT

The Internship-for-Credit rubric is used for internship experiences meeting the criteria listed under “Special Educational Opportunities” on page 210 of the Catalog.

IFC 299. Internship-for-Credit at the 200 level.
IFC 399. Internship-for-Credit at the 300 level.
IFC 499. Internship-for-Credit at the 400 level.

Students interested in Internships-for-Credit experiences should the Office of Career Services.