Degree Requirements

International Studies is an interdisciplinary program designed to prepare students for careers in the contemporary world. The program strives to recognize and understand the complexities and problems of our world, and to offer meaningful, just solutions consonant with the Christian values espoused by Thomas More College.

Thomas More offers both a bachelor's and associate's degree in International Studies. Candidates for either degree are required to choose one area of concentration from among the following: European, Developing World, or Latin American and Caribbean Studies. The choice of concentration determines the foreign language to be studied.

International Studies majors can fulfill the College's computer literacy requirement in accordance with the standards established by their second major. The Director of International Studies can advise students in this regard.

Students intending to pursue graduate work in International Studies or International Relations are encouraged to take the following courses in addition to the requirements listed: a language at the advanced (3rd year) level, ECO 215, ECO 216 and a quantitative analysis course.

B.A. International Studies
Required Courses for all concentrations (34 cr.)

• 3 cr. chosen from among the following:
• ART 251 History of Art I
• ART 252 History of Art II
• MUS 260 Music in World Cultures
• THR 301 History of Theatre I
• THR 302 History of Theatre II
• COM 370 Multi-Cultural Communication (3 cr.)
• ECO 105 Principles of Economics (3 cr.)
• GEO 201 Introductory Geography (3 cr.)
• INT 400 Senior Seminar in International Studies: The Contemporary World(3 cr.)
• NSC 214 Environmental Science (4 cr.)
• POS 105 Introduction to Political Science (3 cr.)
• POS 230 World Politics (3 cr.)
• POS 335 Global Political Issues (3 cr.)
• SOC 105 Principles of Sociology (3 cr.)
• Study abroad (300-level; any length, but geographically appropriate to one's chosen concentration) in one of the college's affiliated programs (3 cr.).

B.A. European Concentration

• 6 cr. at or above the Intermediate Level in a European language.
• 6 cr. chosen from among the following:
• HIS 326 The Renaissance and the Reformation
• HIS 327 The Enlightenment
• HIS 328 The French Revolution and Napoleon
• HIS 329 Germany and the European Union
• HIS 340 Hapsburg Monarchy
• HIS 349 World Economic History
• HIS 431 England to 1689
• HIS 432 Tudor and Stuart England
• HIS 433 Modern Britain
• HIS 434 History and Literature of Ireland, 1798-1926
• HIS 442 Recent Russia
• HIS 455 European Studies

BA, Developing World Concentration

• 6 cr, at or above the Intermediate Level in any foreign language.
• 6 cr. chosen from among the following
• HIS 349 World Economic History
• HIS 435 History of Latin America
• HIS 452 Modern China
• HIS 461 Traditional East Asia
• HIS 462 Modern East Asia
• HIS 465 Asian Studies
• HIS 475 Historical Topics: History of Africa
• SOC 381 Mexican-U.S. Border Studies
• BUA 252 Global Business (Jamaica)
• HIS 255 Latin American Philosophy

BA. Latin American and Caribbean Studies Concentration

• 6 cr, at or above the Intermediate Level in Spanish.
• 6 cr. chosen from among the following:
• BUA 252 Global Business (Jamaica)
• HIS 435 History of Latin America
• PHI 255 Special Topics: Latin American Philosophy
• SOC 381 Mexican-U.S. Border Studies

A.A. International Studies Required Courses for All Concentrations (18 cr.)

• Required Courses (18 credit hours): ECO 105; GEO 201; POS 105, 230; SOC 105; 3 hours chosen from ART 251, 252, MUS 260, THR 301, 302
• Study Abroad through one of the college's affiliated programs in a geographically appropriate region

AA, European Concentration

• 6 cr. chosen from among the following:
• HIS 326 The Renaissance and the Reformation
• HIS 327 The Enlightenment
• HIS 328 The French Revolution and Napoleon
• HIS 329 Germany and the European Union
• HIS 340 Hapsburg Monarchy
• HIS 349 World Economic History
• HIS 431 England to 1689
• HIS 432 Tudor and Stuart England
• HIS 433 Modern Britain
• HIS 434 History and Literature of Ireland, 1798-1926
• HIS 442 Recent Russia
• HIS 455 European Studies

AA, Developing World Concentration

• 6 cr. chosen from among the following:
• BUA 252 Global Business (Jamaica)
• HIS 349 World Economic History
• HIS 435 History of Latin America
• HIS 452 Modern China
• HIS 461 Traditional East Asia
• HIS 462 Modern East Asia
• HIS 465 Asian Studies
• HIS 475 Historical Topics: History of Africa
• PHI 255 Special Topics: Latin American Philosophy
• SOC 381 Mexican-U.S. Border Studies

AA, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Concentration

• 6 cr. chosen from among the following
• BUA 252 Global Business (Jamaica)
• HIS 435 History of Latin America to 1810
• PHI 255 Special Topics: Latin American Philosophy
• SOC 381 Mexican-U.S. Border Studies