Sample Areas of Research/Concentration

The following are examples of Areas of Research/Concentration developed by students in the past. They are NOT meant to define or limit possible concentrations.

(1) COMPARATIVE URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Anthropology 145 - Urban Anthropology
CRP 115 - Urbanization in Developing Countries
CRP 118 - The Urban Community
Development Studies 100 - History of Development & Underdevelopment
Economics 155 - Urban Economics
Geography 120 - The Culture of Cities
History 134AC - The Age of the City
Sociology 125 - Urban Sociology

(2) THE MEANING OF GLOBALIZATION
Business Administration 188 - Introduction to International Business
Economics 115 - The World Economy in the 20th Century
Geography 110 - Economic Geography of the Industrial World
Geography 159AC - The Southern Border
PEIS 101 - Contemporary Theories of Political Economy
Political Science 120A - International Relations

(3) GLOBALIZATION AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
Business Administration 165 Advertising
Demography C175 Economic Demography
Economics 115 The World Economy in the Twentieth Century
Economics 161 Economic Systems
Mass Communication 101 The Structure of Mass Communications
Mass Communication 170 Cultural History of Advertising
Political Science 120A International Relations
Political Science 126 International Political Economy
Psychology 160- Social Psychology
Psychology 163 - Small Group Structure and Processes

(4) COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN MANAGEMENT
Economics 121 - Industrial Organizations
Economics 124 - Innovation and Technological Change
Business Administration 150 - Organizational Behavior
Political Science 181 - Public Administration and Organization
Psychology 180 - Industrial Psychology
Psychology 182 - Personnel Psychology

(5) INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE MANAGEMENT
Business Administration 188 Introduction to International Business
Economics 161 Economic Systems
ISF C145 Multicultural Europe
Political Science 120A International Relations
Political Science 181 - Public Organization and Administration
Political Science 182 Public Policy & Admin in Developing Countries
Political Science 183 Administrative Behavior
Psychology 180 Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Psychology 182 Personnel Psychology

(6) THE NATION-STATE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Economics 123 - Government Regulation of Industry
ESPM 100 - Environmental Problem Solving
Geography 103 - History of Environmental Thought
Geography 130 - Natural Resources and Population
Political Science 125 - Science, Technology and International Politics
Pub Hlth 150 - Intro to Epidemiology and Environmental Health

(7) INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY
IDS 110 - Intro to Computers (w/ lab)
Information Systems C106 - Into to Networked applications and computing
Information Systems 138 - Intro to Database Management
Business Administration 147 - Fundamentals of E-Business
Business Administration 149 - Special Topics in Manufacturing and Info Tech
Sociology 119 - Technology and Society in Global perspective
ISF 116 - Technology, Culture and Society
Engineering 110P - Venture Design: The Startup Company

(8) TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
Anthropology 130 - Invention and Technology
Business Administration 147 - Computers and Modern Organizations
Business Administration 149 - Topics in Manufacturing & Information Technology
Education 170 The Transformation of Work
Education 191A- Workplace Experience in the Analysis of Work
Engineering 191A - Social Implications of Technology
IDS (Interdepartmental) 100 - History of American Technology
IDS 113 - Internet and Higher Education
Interdisciplinary Studies (ISF) 116 - Technology, Culture and Politics (Summer Course)
Letters & Science 124 Ethics & The Impact of Technology on Society
Political Science 125 - Science, Technology and International Politics
Political Science 187C - Technology and Politics
Sociology 119 - Technology and Society in Global Perspective

(9) POLICY AND BUREAUCRACY IN MODERN SOCIETY
Economics 121 - Industrial Organization & Public Policy
Economics 171 - Economic Development
History 161 - Emergence of Modern Industrial Societies
Political Science 182 - Public Policy in Developing Countries
Political Science 183 - Administrative Behavior
Sociology 110 - Organizations and Institutions

(10) MODERNIZATION: THEORY AND PRACTICE
Development Studies 100 - History of Development
History 160 - The International Economy in the 20th Century
History 161 - Emergence of Modern Industrial Societies
Political Science 126A & 126B - International Political Economy
Political Science 137C - Transitions to Democracy
Political Science 138B - The Politics of Market Economics
Political Science 139B - Development Politics
Sociology 172 - Development and Modernization

(11) CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
History 162A - International History
History 162B - International History
IAS/ISF 145 - Multicultural Europe
Political Science 120A - International Relations
Political Science 121A - International Organizations
Political Science 138D - Comparative Political Economy

(12) THE CITY IN MODERN SOCIETY
Anthropology 145 - Urban Anthropology
City Planning 116 - Urban Planning Process
City Planning 118 - The Urban Community
Economics 155 - Urban Economics
Geography 120 - The Culture of Cities
History 134 A/B - The Age of the City

(13) LAW, CRIME, AND PUNISHMENT: A COMPARATIVE APPROACH
Anthropology 139 - Controlling Processes
Anthropology 157 - Anthropology of Law
Business Administration 155 - Labor and the Law
Business Administration 175 - Legal Aspects of Management
Chicano Studies 174 - Chicanos, Law and Criminal Justice
Ethnic Studies 144 - Racism and U.S. Law
Political Science 176 - The Unseen America
Sociology 114 - Sociology of Law

(14) EDUCATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Anthropology 144 - Social and Cultural Change
Anthropology 153 - Education and Culture
Education 144 - Language and Power
Education 156 - Education and American Society
Sociology 141 - Social Movements and Political Action
Sociology 170 - Social Change

(15) HEALTH AND ILLNESS IN AN INDUSTRIALIZED SOCIETY
Anthropology 115 - Intro to Medical Anthropology
Anthropology 119 - Special Medical Topics in Anthropology
IDS 130 - Ethical Issues in Health & Medicine
Public Health 106 - Intro to Community and Nutrition and Health
Public Health 150 - Intro to Epidemiology & Environmental Health
Sociology 155 - Sociology of Illness and Medicine

(16) CROSSCULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON HEALTH AND ILLNESS
Anthropology 115 - Introduction to Medical Anthropology
Anthropology 119 - Special Topics in Medical Anthropology
Development Studies 100 - History of Development and Underdevelopment
Public Health 150 - Intro to Epidemiology and Environmental Health
Public Policy 172 - Health Care Policy Analysis
Sociology 155 - Sociology of Illness and Medicine

(17) CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Educational Psychology 114A, 114B, 114C - Early Childhood Education
Education 156 - Education & American Society
MCB 135E - Physiology of Human Development
Psychology 141 - Development During Infancy
Psychology 143 - Child Language Development
Public Policy 164 - Impact of Government Policies on Poor Children
Sociology 113 - Sociology of Education

(18) IMAGES OF THE SELF IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD
English 134 - Contemporary Literature
Ethnic Studies 126 - Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality
German 163 The Quest for Identity
Psychology 140 - Developmental Psychology
Psychology 150 Psychology of Personality
Psychology 160 - Social Psychology
Visual Studies 182AC - Picturing Identity
Women's Studies 103 - Identities Across Difference

(19) SEXUALITIES
Anthropology 147A - Comparative Gender Systems
Comparative Literature 185 - Gender, Sexuality and Culture
English 171 - Literature and Sexual Identity
History 190 - Society and the Sexes in Europe and the U.S.1750 to the Present
Legal Studies 155 - Government of the Family
Sociology 135 - Sexual Diversity and Social Change
Sociology 133 - Gender and Society: The Sociology of Women
Sociology 134 - Gender and Society: The Sociology of Men

(20) VISUAL IMAGES AND REPRESENTATION
Art History 182 - Histories of Photography
Art History 184 - Art in Consumer Society
Art History 181- Contemporary Art
Art Practice 160A Art, Technology and Culture
Business Administration 165 - Advertising
Film l08 - Film Genre
Mass Communications 170 Cultural History of Advertising
Philosophy ll0 - Aesthetics
Psychology 126 - Perception
Visual Studies l80-l8l - Word and Image

(21) MUSIC AND PERCEPTION/PSYCHOACOUSTICS
Architecture 149A - Seminar on the Physical Environment in Buildings: Acoustics
Music 108M - Music Perception and Cognition
Music 158 - Musical Applications of Computers and Related Technologies
Music 170 - History of Western Music
Philosophy 110 - Aesthetics
Psychology 112 - Sensory Processes: Hearing

(22) LITERATURE AND SOCIAL CRITICISM IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
African American Studies 150B - African American Literature: 1920 to Present
Comparative Literature 166 - Literature of War and Peace
English 135 - Literature of American Cultures
English 174 - Literature and History
French 185 - Literature and Colonization
German 155 Kafka and Modernism
German 162 - Mastering the Past: Post War Reflections

(23) MYTHOLOGY AND FOLKLORE
Anthropology 162 - Topics in Folklore
Celtic Studies 168 - Celtic Mythology and Oral Tradition
Comparative Literature 165 - Myth and Literature
German C109 Language and Power
Near Eastern Studies 103 - Religion of Ancient Egypt
Near Eastern Studies 104 - Babylonian Religion
Scandinavian Studies 160 - Scandinavian Myth and Religion
Scandinavian Studies 170 - Arctic Folklore and Mythology in Nordic Lands
Slavic 147 - Slavic Folklore
South Asian Studies 140 - Hindu Mythology

(24) IDEAS AND LITERATURE: EXISTENTIALISM
English 134 - Contemporary Literature
German 153 - Major Trends in German Literature Since 1945
History 163B - Modern European Intellectual History: 1870 to Present
Philosophy 182 - Kierkegaard
Philosophy 185 - Heidegger
Philosophy 188 - Phenomenology

(25) THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THE POSTMODERN
Art 186C - Art in the Later 20th Century
Comparative Literature 185 - Gender, Sexuality and Culture
Dramatic Art 127 - Topics in Drama and Theatre: 1918 to Present
English 125E - The Contemporary Novel
German 183 new German Cinema: After 1962
History 163B - Modern European Intellectual History: 1870 to Present
Philosophy 184 - Nietzsche

NOTE: Students interested in an area study should be prepared to do additional work in appropriate languages.

(26) AREA STUDIES: EUROPE
Anthropology 180 - European Society
Geography 169 - The New Europes
IAS 145 - Multicultural Europe
Political Science 121B - Politics of Regional Integration
Political Science 122A - Politics of the European Union
Political Science 147D - Southern European Politics

(27) AREA STUDIES: AFRICA
African American Studies 113 - Race, Ideology & Economics in Africa &African America
City & Regional Planning 115 - Urbanization in Developing Countries
Geography 161 - South Africa: Apartheid to Reconstruction
Geography 165 - Africa: Ecology and Development
History 112 - Africa
History 160 - International Economy of the 20th Century
Political Science 146A/146B - African Politics
Political Science 146C - Conflict and Change in Southern Africa

Note: Most of the courses above have a number of prerequisites. The completion of prerequisites should be taken into consideration when preparing your application to the major. Students whose research focus primarily on the United States, on American topics/ issues/ history, will be directed to the American Studies Group major.

Other Areas of Research/Concentration might include:

Censorship and Artistic Expression in Contemporary Global Regions
International Trade and Politics
Law and Social Change
Religion and Politics: A Comparative Approach
Comparative European Studies
Cultural Studies in the Era of Globalization
Religion and Economics