This area of concentration allows students to explore how social, economic, political, cultural, and environmental issues cross national boundaries, pointing to the increasing global interconnectedness of human lives and societies. Students learn how individuals and social groups, communities, and nation-states are unequally integrated in global processes, and how decisions taken at local levels often have repercussions elsewhere. Taking courses across a diverse range of academic fields (including, for example, political science, socio-cultural anthropology, environmental studies, history, and economics), students analyze and discuss possible solutions and approaches to some of the many complex issues affecting human beings and societies in our increasingly interconnected world.  

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
IDST 150	Introduction to Cross-Cultural & Social Justice Studies	3
or IDST 150H	Honors: Introduction to Cross-Cultural and Social Justice
Select one Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies course within the IDST 250-259 range 1		3
IDST 280	Introduction to the Interdisciplinary Studies Major and Degree Plan	1
IDST 320	Methods in Interdisciplinary Studies	3
Select two upper level electives within the IDST 350-369 range 2, 3		6
IDST 401	Senior Seminar	3
Lower level courses from at least two disciplines other than IDST relating to themes in International and Global Studies and approved by IDST advisor		12
Upper level courses from at least two disciplines other than IDST relating to themes in International and Global Studies and approved by IDST advisor		18
Total Hours		49

1	Recommended:  IDST 251 Introduction to Urban Studies.
2	Recommended:  IDST 351 Race and Racism from a Global Perspective, IDST 362 Chinese Urban Cultures, IDST 360 Bollywood: Popular Cinema in India and the Diaspora.
3	Note: With the approval of the students’ IDST advisor, one of the upper level required courses (IDST 350-369) may be replaced by IDST 500 Directed Independent Study, IDST 540 Interdisciplinary Studies Internship, or an elective in the students’ area(s) of study provided the course is interdisciplinary in content/approach.