Zero Week • Weekends • 1st 4 weeks • 2nd 4 weeks

Pre-Session (zero week, 6/19 to 6/25)

INTL 407/507 Indian Society through Film (4 cr) June 19-25.  Film & how Indian society & history are depicted; the depiction versus the historical reality; film industry's effect on social orientations & values.  Satisfies Block B & several Block C areas. Weiss

INTL 199 Culture of Capitalism (4 cr) June 19-25. Cultural and historical perspectives on the development of capitalism as a way of life and its relationship to contemporary global issues and imbalances. Satisfies Block A major requirement in lieu of INTL 251. Wooten

International Weekends

INTL 399 Militant Islam (2 cr) July 22-23.Introduces participants to the larger goals of militant Islamist – jihadi – groups, probe reasons why we are seeing more groups oriented toward militant Islam in the world today, and identify who these groups are. Satisfies many Block B & C areas. Weiss

INTL 399 (Un)Sustainable Development (2 cr) July 29-30.  Examines ecological, cultural and political contexts within which societies aim to achieve sustainable development with emphasis on local expressions of community empowerment, state decentralization, and market liberalization. Satisfies many Block B & C areas.   Martin.

INTL 399 Globalization and Ethnic Conflict (2 cr) Aug 5-6.  How increased trade, communication, travel and contact transform ethnic and cultural identities, sometimes increasing enmity and instigating conflict.  Satisfies many Block B & C areas. Galvan

INTL 399 Arab-Israeli Conflict (2 cr) Aug 12-13. Examines issues & protagonists of modern Arab-Israeli conflict using contemporary Arab & Israeli sources.  Satisfies Block B & several Block C areas. Mezahav

Regular Term: First 4 Weeks, June 26 to July 21

INTL 199 Introduction to International Issues (4 cr) June 26-July 21.  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 students admitted to ISP major Fall 2006 or later.  Strongly recommended as pre-requisite to INTL Block A courses.  Counts in lieu of INTL 350 for students admitted to major Spring 06 or earlier.

INTL 240 Perspectives on International Development (4 cr) June 26-July 21. Introduction to major ideologies, theories, historical processes, and contemporary challenges in international development. Required for major.

INTL 250 Value Systems in Cross-Cultural Perspective (4 cr) June 26-July 21.  Introduction to value systems of various cultures; how values relate to religion, forms of social organization, group affiliation, and patterns of conflict resolution.  Required for major. Carpenter

INTL 410 Global Media & Culture (4 cr) June 26-July 21.  Globalization and political economy of popular culture. Examines questions of ownership, content, advertising, audience, autonomy, & resistance.  Satisfies Block B & several Block C areas. Mezahav

INTL 431/531 Cross-Cultural Communication (4 cr) June 26-July 21.  Skills & insights for professionals in cross-cultural settings. Considers values, development, education, politics, & environment as central to cross-cultural understanding.  Satisfies Block B & several Block C areas.  Proudfoot

Regular Term: Second 4 Weeks, July 24 to August 16 

INTL 399 Debating Global Issues (4 cr) July 24-August 16. A debate style course in which students explore contrasting perspectives on controversial world issues including population growth, environmental change, migration and international security.  Satisfies many Block B & C areas.  Wooten

INTL 410/510 Latin American Indigenous Peoples & Social Movements (4 cr) July 24-August 16.  Traces the history of native peoples of Latin America, especially after the birth of independent republics in the nineteenth century, and will survey the range of indigenous social movements existing in the region today, exploring their goals, tactics, and relationship with other social movements and agendas.  Satisfies Block B (Latin America) and many Block Cs.  Aguirre

INTL 410/510 Sustainable Tourism (4 cr) July 24-August 16.  Assesses challenges and opportunities of travel for developing destinations worldwide, including the changing interests and cultural dynamics of visitors and local residents, and the commodification and empowerment of indigenous communities in the transition from resource extraction (logging, mining, fishing, farming) to tourist "attraction." Case studies, lectures, and exercises will focus on the natural and human environments of select destinations in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin and North America, eastern Europe, East Asia and the Pacific.  Satisfies many Block B & C areas. Ringer

INTL 421/521 Gender and International Development (4 cr) July 24-August 16.  Analyzes changing roles, opportunities and expectations of Third World women and men as their societies undergo social upheavals associated with development, and resultant impact on gender and power relations.  Topics include changing gender roles in the global political economy given the ongoing processes of globalization, participation and policy initiatives at the global level, international human rights concerns, and the role of the United Nations in addressing women's global empowerment.  Satisfies many Block B & C areas.  Weiss

INTL 432/532 Indigenous Cultural Survival (4 cr) July 24-August 16.  Case studies of indigenous peoples worldwide facing cultural survival issues & developing strategies & institutions to deal with these complex processes.  Satisfies Block B & several Block C areas. Proudfoot