International Studies Stream

Undergraduate Program

The International Studies Stream is an innovative option within Clark’s Program of Liberal Studies, which offers students the opportunity to structure their broad liberal-arts education by focusing on international themes and issues.

To succeed in contemporary society, students must be familiar with the different ways common problems—such as economic growth, immigration, social welfare and environmental regulation—are dealt with across the globe. Students need to understand the historical, social and political foundations for these differences, and they need to be able to assess their own societies within an international context.

The International Studies Stream helps students understand the implications of global integration for cultural identity, economic growth, peace, security and development. Language and cultural studies provide the skills necessary for effective participation in the global economy.

This program infuses students’ educational experiences with an international perspective. Through courses, guest speakers, internships and study-abroad opportunities, the International Studies Stream provides the broad-based international experience students will need in our increasingly global society.

A flexible curriculum

The foundation of the International Studies Stream is a set of courses with an international focus and enhanced language training designed to place the experience of the United States and other countries in global context.

The curriculum incorporates the best elements of undergraduate teaching: team-taught interdisciplinary courses; small classes taught in seminar format; genuine language proficiency developed in part through study outside the United States; extension of academic activities beyond the classroom through field trips, speakers programs and other informal activities; and careful mentoring of students.

This program recognizes that success in most careers now requires international perspective and language skills. International Studies Stream curriculum can be combined with any major, and is flexible enough to address the educational needs of aspiring bankers, journalists, attorneys, physicians, grassroots organizers and many others.

Program Faculty

David Angel, Ph.D.
Yuko Aoyama, Ph.D.
Kiran Asher, Ph.D.
Michael Bamberg, Ph.D.
David Bell, Ed.D.
Parminder Bhachu, Ph.D.
Sarah Buie, M.F.A.
Paul Burke, Ph.D.
Carol D’Lugo, Ph.D.
Marvin D’Lugo, Ph.D.
Joseph de Rivera, Ph.D.
Patrick Derr, Ph.D.
William Ferguson, Ph.D.
Everett Fox, Ph.D.
Wayne Gray, Ph.D.
Douglas Little, Ph.D.
Bruce London, Ph.D.
James T. Murphy, Ph.D.
Richard Peet, Ph.D.
Paul W. Posner, Ph.D.
Dianne Rocheleau, Ph.D.
Paul Ropp, Ph.D.
Robert Ross, Ph.D.
Walter Schatzberg, Ph.D.
Valerie Sperling, Ph.D.
Michael Spingler, Ph.D.
Barbara Thomas-Slayter, Ph.D.
Maurice Weinrobe, Ph.D.
Kristen Williams, Ph.D.

Courses

• ARTH 010 - From the Stone Age to Our Age: Monuments and Masterpieces of Western Art
• ARTH 124 - Italian Art from Giotto to Botticelli
• ARTH 159 - Latin-American Art
• CHIN 101 - Elementary Chinese I
• CLAS 050 - Jesus and History
• CMLT 129 - Shock of the New: Revolution in Hispanic Culture
• CMLT 130 - The National Imagination
• ECON 010 - Economics and the World Economy
• ENG 131 - Border Crossings: Narratives of Travel, Exile, and Immigration
• FREN 101 - Elementary French I
• FREN 103 - Elementary French: Intensive
• FREN 105 - Intermediate French I
• FREN 106 - Intermediate French II
• FREN 120 - Ways of Writing, Ways of Speaking
• FREN 131 - Readings in French Literature
• FREN 137 - Studies in Contemporary French Culture
• GEOG 016 - Introduction to Economic Geography
• GEOG 127 - Political Economy of Development
• GERM 101 - Introductory German I
• GERM 103 - Intermediate German I
• GERM 104 - Intermediate German II
• GERM 131 - German Culture and Conversation
• GRK 101 - Introductory Greek I
• HEBR 101 - Elementary Hebrew I
• HEBR 102 - Elementary Hebrew II
• HEBR 103 - Intermediate Hebrew I
• HEBR 104 - Intermediate-Advanced Hebrew
• HEBR 105 - Advanced Hebrew
• HIST 033 - Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism: The Cultural Heritage Of China
• HIST 042 - Nazi Germany: Rise and Fall
• HIST 070 - Introduction to European Histor: Part I, to 1600
• HIST 071 - Introduction to European History, Part II, Since 1600
• HIST 080 - Introduction to Modern East Asia
• HIST 090 - Twentieth Century Global History
• HIST 135 - History of Armenia
• HIST 162 - The History of the Modern Middle East
• HIST 182 - Modern China
• HIST 332 - Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism: Intellectual History of China
• ID 070 - Introduction to Comparative Politics
• ID 125 - Tales from the Far Side: Third World Development and Underdevelopment in the Age of Globalization
• ID 170 - Ecology and Economy in the Tropics
• ID 182 - Are We Modern Yet?
• IDND 066 - Global Society
• IDND 067 - Problems of Globalization
• JAPN 101 - Elementary Japanese I
• JAPN 103 - Intermediate Japanese
• JAPN 105 - Advanced Japanese
• LAT 101 - Introductory Latin I
• LAT 103 - Intermediate Latin
• PHIL 104 - The AIDS Pandemic
• PHIL 105 - Personal Values
• PHIL 130 - Medical Ethics
• PHIL 131 - Environmental Ethics
• PHIL 132 - Social and Political Ethics
• PHIL 150 - Philosophy of Religion
• PSCI 102 - Political Science Fiction
• PSCI 093 - International Human Rights
• PSCI 103 - Africa and the World
• PSYC 176 - Introduction to Peace Studies
• SCRN 101 - Foundations of Screen Studies
• SCRN 121 - History of International Cinema Until 1960
• SCRN 122 - History of American Broadcasting and Electronic Media
• SCRN 263 - Studies In French Cinema
• SOC 160 - Global Cultures and Identities
• SPAN 103 - Elementary Spanish: Intensive
• SPAN 105 - Intermediate Spanish I
• SPAN 106 - Intermediate Spanish II
• SPAN 127 - Practice in Oral and Written Spanish
• SPAN 131 - Readings in Hispanic Literatures
• SPAN 238 - Hispanic Literature of Political Commitment
• SPAN 246 - Studies in Spanish Cinema
• SPAN 248 - Studies in Latin American Cinema
• SPAN 249 - Studies in Hispanic Cinema