ROBERTA BUFFETT INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PROGRAM

Minor Requirements (8 units)

Students who minor in International Studies must take four courses chosen from a list of core courses, and complete one concentration of at least four courses. Though students completing the minor are not required to take a capstone seminar or complete the language requirement, Weinberg College or other school foreign language requirements may still apply.

• 4 core courses chosen from:

• 4 courses (except where noted) in a thematic concentration. More information about the concentrations and examples of eligible courses may be found on the International Studies Website or by contacting the program at international-studies@northwestern.edu!
  • Global Humanities
    • This concentration joins with the Kaplan Institute for the Humanities to support global perspectives on the humanities, including literature, art, philosophy, performance, and more. Students take four courses in the Humanities.
  • Political Economy
    • This cluster illuminates connections between economic, political, and social affairs. It encourages students to consider global political economic debates and questions from a variety of perspectives across departments of the University.
  • Borders, Boundaries, and Crossings
    • Reflecting the global and transdisciplinary orientation of the International Studies Program, this cluster examines intersections, interconnections and transactions involving borders, boundaries and crossings. It encourages students to think conceptually and critically about concepts and practices of sovereignty, immigration, conflict, and cooperation.
  • Global Law and Society
    • This cluster looks at the role and dynamics of law in contemporary international society, including law’s relations with other social institutions and forces. This includes empirical, historical, as well as theoretical approaches to legal institutions and processes.
  • The U.S. and the World
    • This cluster examines the history and politics of American foreign relations. Topics include the history and politics of manifest destiny; race, immigration and foreign policy; the role of the United States in the international legal order; the politics of globalization; religious difference and foreign policy; the privatization of authority; the ethics and politics of interventionism; and the politics of American relations to international institutions.
  • World Language and Experience
    • The IS program encourages students to learn through experience, and this cluster recognizes students who spend time abroad. It requires six units of training in a language beyond coursework satisfying the International Studies foreign language study requirement, plus study abroad or comparable foreign experience.
  • Students who wish to propose a thematic program of study that does not fit into one of the themes listed above may petition to create a self-designed thematic cluster.

 

• International Studies minors are not allowed to double count any courses with any major at Northwestern. For more information about double counting please meet with an IS adviser. WCAS has helpful information about double counting, as well as The Office of the Registrar: double counting policies across the University.