How do Summer Courses Fit with the Major Requirements?

Zero Week • Weekends • 8 week session • 1st 4 weeks • 2nd 4 weeks

Pre-Session (zero week, 6/16 to 6/20)

INTL 199 Introduction to International Issues (4) June 16–20. Survey of major political, economic, and cultural themes in international studies through in-class debates on key contemporary issues. Introduces students to the tools needed for later courses in international studies. Required for the major. Wooten

INTL 407/507 Southeast Asian Society through Film (4) June 16–20. Films by SE Asian filmmakers and films about SE Asia made elsewhere. Discussion emphasizes social issues and local societies, contextualization of the films with sociohistorical and cultural background information. Carpenter.

International Weekends
(Sat and Sunday classes, 2 credits each: sign up for 1 cr INTL 399 AND required 1 cr INTL 405 of same name)

INTL 399 Global Perspective on Disability (2) August 23–24. Explores challenges of disabled women and their organizations in developing and developed worlds. Requires consultation with instructor on final paper. Self-support course fee, $150, replaces fees listed in the Tuition section of this catalog. Required Coreq: INTL 405 (Reading and Conference: Global Perspective on Disability). Sygall.

INTL 399 Latin America through Film I: Central America (2) July 12–13. Places films in historical and social context to analyze development and social challenges in Mexico and Central America. Requires consultation with instructor on final paper. Required Coreq: INTL 405 (Reading and Conference: Latin America through Film I). Hindery.

INTL 399 Latin America through Film II: South America (2) July 19–20. Places films in historical and social context to analyze development and social challenges in South America and the Caribbean. Requires consultation with instructor on final paper. Required Coreq: INTL 405 (Reading and Conference: Latin America through Film II). Hindery.

INTL 399 Militant Islam I: Foundations in Faith (2) June 21–22. Introduces historical and theological foundations of militant Islam, concept of jihad, and foundational movements. Requires consultation with instructor after class on final paper. Required Coreq: INTL 405 (Reading and Conference: Militant Islam: Foundations in Faith). Weiss.

INTL 399 Militant Islam II: Manifestations Today (2) June 28–29. Introduces larger goals of militant Islamist groups, probes proliferation of militancy, and identifies distinctions between groups such as Muslim Brotherhood and al-Qaeda. Requires consultation with instructor on final paper. Required Coreq: INTL 405 (Reading and Conference: Militant Islam: Manifestations Today). Weiss.

8 Week Session: June 23 to August 15

INTL 407/507 Lenses on Africa (4) June 23–August 15. Social, political, and cultural debates within Africa about the nature of change and the definition of heritage, seen through the works of contemporary African filmmakers.

INTL 420/520 International Community Development (4) June 23–August 15. Introduction to grass-roots development practices. Comparison across North-South divide of efforts to alleviate poverty, promote sustainability, and ensure mobilization and cohesion. Martin.

Session I: Weeks 1-4, June 23 to July 18

INTL 240 Perspectives on International Development (4) June 23–July 18. Introduction to major ideologies, theories, historical processes, and contemporary challenges in international development.

INTL 250 Value Systems in Cross-Cultural Perspective (4) June 23–July 18. Introduction to value systems of various cultures, focusing on how values relate to religion, forms of social organization, group affiliation, and patterns of conflict resolution. Extra fee. Carpenter.

INTL 410 Global Sports and Politics (4) June 23–July 18. An interdisciplinary inquiry into amateur and professional sports and their intersection with power and politics. Integrates theory with contemporary and historical case studies. Mezahav.

INTL 399 Smuggling in Global Perspective (4) June 23–July 18. Focuses on smuggling and the social implications of illegal global trade. Why are some trades legal and others not? Who are the winners and losers? What is the impact on issues of social justice locally and globally? Mezahav.

Session II: Weeks 4-8, July 21 to August 15

INTL 260 Culture, Capitalism, and Globalization (4) July 21–August 15. Cultural and historical perspectives on the development of capitalism as a way of life and its relationship to contemporary global issues and imbalances. Wooten.

INTL 407/507 Indian Society through Film (4) July 21–August 15. Explores Indian social issues, depiction of Indian society in film, the gap between depiction and historical reality, and the film industry's effect on social orientations and values. Weiss.

INTL 410/510 Sustainable Tourism (4) July 21–August 15. Assesses the challenges in developing travel destinations worldwide, including the cultural dynamics of visitors and local residents, and the commodification of indigenous communities in their transition from being the target of resource extraction to tourist attraction. Ringer.

INTL 431/531 Cross-Cultural Communication (4) July 21–August 15. Focuses on skills and insights needed by professionals working in cross-cultural settings. Considers values, development, education, politics, and environment as central to cross-cultural understanding. Prereq: INTL 250.