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SAMPLE RESEARCH PROGRAMS/AREAS OF CONCENTRATION
The following is a small sample representing Research Programs that ISF students have developed in the past. They are NOT meant to define or limit possible research areas. Note: Some of the courses below have prerequisites. The completion of prerequisites should be taken into consideration when preparing your application to the major. Students whose research will focus primarily on the United States and/or American topics/issues/history, will be directed to the American Studies major.
(1) GLOBALIZATION, SOCIAL CONTROL, AND RESISTANCE
Peace and Conflict Studies 125AC - War, Culture, and Society
Anthropology 139 - Controlling Processes
Gender and Women's Studies 141 - Interrogating Global Economic "Development"
Peace and Conflict Studies 164A - Introduction to Non-Violence
ISF 100E - The Globalization of Rights, Values, and Laws in the 21st Century
Native American Studies 149 - Gender in Native American Society
(2) THE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION
UGBA 178 - Introduction to International Business
Economics 115 - The World Economy in the 20th Century
Geography C110 - Economic Geography of the Industrial World
Geography 159AC - The Southern Border
PEIS 101 - Contemporary Theories of Political Economy
Political Science 120A - International Relations
(3) COMPARATIVE URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Anthropology 145 - Urban Anthropology
City & Regional Planning 115 - Urbanization in Developing Countries
City & Regional Planning 118AC - The Urban Community
Development Studies C100 - History of Development & Underdevelopment
Geography 125: The American City
History 134B - The Age of the City: 20th Century to the Present
Sociology 125 - Urban Sociology
(4) GLOBALIZATION AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
UGBA 106: Marketing
UGBA 160: Consumer Behavior
Demography C175 - Economic Demography
Economics 115 - The World Economy in the Twentieth Century
Economics 163 - Special Topics in Economic Systems
Mass Communication 101 - The Structure of Mass Communications
Mass Communication 170 - Cultural History of Advertising
Political Science 120A - International Relations
Political Science 126A - International Political Economy
Psychology 160 - Social Psychology
Psychology 163 - Small Group Structure and Processes
(5) COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
Economics 121 - Industrial Organization & Public Policy
Economics 124 - Special Topics in Industrial Organization
UGBA 178 - Introduction to International Business
Economics 163 - Special Topics in Economic Systems
Political Science 181 - Public Organization and Administration
Political Science 183 - Administration Behavior
Psychology 180 - Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Psychology 182 - Personnel Psychology
(6) TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
UGBA 147 - Special Topics in Manufacturing & Information Technology
Engineering 191 - Engineering Ethics
IDS 100AC - Technology and the American Experience
ISF 116 - Technology, Culture and Politics (Summer Course)
L&S 124 - Ethics & The Impact of Technology on Society (Special Topic)
Political Science 187C - Technology and Politics
(7) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
Computer Science 195 - Social Implications of Computer Technology
UGBA 144 - Fundamentals of E-Business
UGBA 147 - Special Topics in Manufacturing and Info Tech
Sociology 119 - Technology and Society in Global perspective
ISF 116 - Technology, Culture and Society (Summer Course)
ISF 100D - Introduction to Technology, Society, and Culture
(8) DEVELOPMENTAL ECONOMICS: FOCUS ON CHINA
City and Regional Planning 115 - Urbanization in Developing Countries
Economics C171 - Economic Development
Journalism C183 - China in the 1990s: Reporting the Contradictions
Geography 164 - The Geography of Economic Development in China
PEIS 101 - Contemporary Theories of Political Economics
Political Science 143C - Chinese Politics
UGBA 178 - Intro to International Business
(9) INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND GLOBALIZATION
Geography C110 - Economic Geography of the Industrial World
Peace and Conflict Studies 125AC - War, Culture and Society
Political Science 126A - International Political Economy
Political Science 120A - International Relations
Political Science 118AC - Three American Cultures
PEIS 101 - Contemporary Theories of Political Economies
(10) THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT ACROSS NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
Anthropology 102 (EAP course) - Social Structure
History 109C - The Middle East from the 18th Century to the Present
Political Science 196 - Special Research Project
Religious Studies C166 - India's Great Epics: The Mahabharata and the Ramayana
Religious Studies 120A - Origins of Christianity
Religious Studies 171AC - Religious Pluralism in America
(11) MODERNIZATION: THEORY AND PRACTICE
Development Studies C100 - History of Development
History 160 - The International Economy of the 20th Century
History 161 - Emergence of Modern Industrial Societies
Political Science 126A - International Political Economy
Political Science 137C - Transitions to Democracy
Political Science 139B - Development Politics
Political Science 138D - Governance of the E-conomy
Sociology 172 - Development and Globalization
(12) CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Geography C110 - Economic Geography of the Industrial World
History 162B - War & Peace: International History, 1914 to Present
Interdisciplinary Studies (ISF) C145 - Multicultural Europe
Political Science 120A - International Relations
Political Science 138D - Comparative Political Economy
Political Science 138E - The Varieties of Capitalism: Political Economic Systems
(13) THE CITY AND MODERNITY
Anthropology 145 - Urban Anthropology
City Planning 116 - Urban Planning Process
City Planning 118AC - The Urban Community
Demography C175 - Economic Demography
Geography 125 - The American City
History 134 A/B - The Age of the City
(14) INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS
Economics 123 - Government Regulation of Industry
Environmental Econ & Policy 141 - Agriculture & Environmental Policy
ESPM 100 - Environmental Problem Solving
Geography 130 - Natural Resources and Population
Public Health 150B - Intro to Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences
Public Policy 170 - Ethics in Public Policy
(15) INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Sociology 131B - Race and Ethnic Relations: International Comparisons
Peace and Conflict Studies 127A - Human Rights and Global Politics
Peace and Conflict Studies 149 - Global Change and World Order
Political Science 120A - International Relations
Political Science 127 - International Law
Geography 175 - Undergraduate Seminar
(16) POLICY AND BUREAUCRACY IN MODERN SOCIETY
Economics 121 - Industrial Organization & Public Policy
Economics C171 - Economic Development
History 161 - Emergence of Modern Industrial Societies
Political Science 183 - Administration Behavior
Public Policy 103: Wealth and Poverty
Sociology 110 - Organizations and Institutions
(17) EAST ASIAN TRADE AND POLITICS
Geography 153 - Geography of Social and Economic Development in East Asia
Legal Studies 161 - Law in Chinese Society
Political Science 143C - Chinese Politics
Political Science 144A - Rapid Growth in East Asia
Political Science 150 - The American Legal System
UGBA 122 - Financial Information Analysis
UGBA 178 - Intro to International Business
(18) INTERNATIONAL TRADE RELATIONS
UGBA 178 - Intro to International Business
UGBA 175 - Legal Aspects of Management
UGBA 118 - International Trade
Legal Studies 147 - Law and Economics II
Peace and Conflict Studies 149 - Global Change and World Order
Political Science 120A - International Relations
(19) INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS AND CITY DEVELOPMENT
City Planning 113A - Economic Analysis for Planning
Economics 131 - Public Economics
Economics C175 - Economic Demography
Economics 182 - International Monetary Economics
History 159 B - European Economic History
Political Science 136A - Theory in Comparative Analysis
(20) LAW, CRIME, AND PUNISHMENT: A COMPARATIVE APPROACH
Anthropology 139 - Controlling Processes
Anthropology 157 - Anthropology of Law
Chicano Studies 174 - Chicanos, Law, and Criminal Justice
Ethnic Studies 141 - Racial Politics in America
Political Science 176 - The Unseen America
Sociology 114 - Sociology of Law
UGBA 154 - Labor and the Law
UGBA 175 - Legal Aspects of Management
(21) CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Education 114A - Early Development and Education
Education 114C - Practicum in Early Development and Education
Molecular & Cell Biology 135E - Physiology of Human Development
Psychology 141 - Development During Infancy
Psychology 140 - Development Psychology
Psychology 143 - Language Acquisition
Public Policy C164 - Impact of Government Policies on Poor Children
Sociology 113 - Sociology of Education
(22) HEALTH AND ILLNESS IN AN INDUSTRIALIZED SOCIETY
Anthropology 115 - Intro to Medical Anthropology
Anthropology 119 - Special Topics in Medical Anthropology
International & Area Studies 115 - Global Poverty
Public Health 106 - Intro to Community and Nutrition and Health
Public Health 150B - Intro to Epidemiology & Environmental Health Sciences
Sociology 155 - Sociology of Illness and Medicine
(23) CROSSCULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON HEALTH AND ILLNESS
Anthropology 115 - Introduction to Medical Anthropology
Anthropology 119 - Special Topics in Medical Anthropology
Development Studies C100 - History of Development and Underdevelopment
Public Health 150B - Intro to Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences
Sociology 124 - Sociology of Poverty
Sociology 155 - Sociology of Illness and Medicine
(24) ART AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Sociology 170 - Social Change
Film 180A - Screenwriting
Environmental Design 100 - The City: Theories and Methods in Urban Studies
History of Art 186B - Art in the Mid-20th Century
Gender & Women's Studies 103 - Identities Across Difference
Political Science 120 - International Relations
(25) THE INDIVIDUAL IN CONTEMPORARY WORLDS
English 134 - Contemporary Literature
Ethnic Studies C126 - Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality
Gender & Women's Studies 103 - Identities Across Difference
German 163 - "Vaeterliteratur": The Quest for Identity
Psychology 140 - Developmental Psychology
Psychology 150 - Psychology of Personality
Psychology 160 - Social Psychology
Visual Studies 182AC - Picturing Identity
(26) SEXUALITIES
Anthropology 147A - Anthropology of Gender
Comparative Literature 185 - Gender, Sexuality and Culture
English 171 - Literature and Sexual Identity
Ethnic Studies C126 - Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality
History 190 - Society and the Sexes in Europe and the U.S. 1750 to the Present
Legal Studies 155 - Government and the Family
Sociology 135 - Sexual Cultures
Sociology 133 - Sociology of Gender
(27) PSYCHOACOUSTICS
Architecture 149A - Seminar on the Physical Environment in Buildings: Acoustics
Cognitive Science C126 - Perception
Psychology C120 - Basic Issues in Cognition
Music 108M - Music Perception and Cognition
Music 158 - Musical Applications of Computers and Related Technologies
Music C134C - Sonic Culture in China
(28) LANGUAGE, POWER, AND IDENTITY
Anthropology 149 - Psychological Anthropology
Anthropology 139 - Controlling Processes
German C109 - Language and Power
English 172 - Literature and Psychology
Gender and Women's Studies 103 - Identities Across Difference
Psychology C126 - Perception
Linguistics 151 - Language and Gender
(29) VISUAL IMAGES AND REPRESENTATION
Film l08 - Special Topics in Film Genre
History of Art 182 - Histories of Photography
History of Art 186C - Art in the Later 20th Century ISF 100C - Word & Image
Mass Communications 170 - Cultural History of Advertising
Practice of Art 160 - Special Topics in Visual Studies
Psychology C126 - Perception
UGBA 106 - Marketing
(30) LITERATURE AND SOCIAL CRITICISM IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
African American Studies 150B - African American Literature: 1920 to Present
Comparative Literature 154 - 18th- and 19th-Century Literature
Comparative Literature 155 - The Modern Period
English 135AC - Literature of American Cultures
French 185 - Literature and Colonization
German 155 - Kafka and Modernism
(31) MYTHOLOGY AND FOLKLORE
Anthropology 162AC - Topics in Folklore
Celtic Studies C168 - Celtic Mythology and Oral Tradition
Comparative Literature 165 - Myth and Literature
German C109 - Language and Power
Near Eastern Studies C103 - Religion of Ancient Egypt
Near Eastern Studies C104 - Babylonian Religion
Scandinavian Studies 160 - Scandinavian Myth and Religion
Scandinavian Studies 170 - Arctic Folklore and Mythology in Nordic Lands
Slavic 147A/B - Slavic & Balkan Folklore
South Asian Studies C140 - Hindu Mythology
(32) IDEAS AND LITERATURE: EXISTENTIALISM
English 134 - Contemporary Literature
French 120A - Twentieth-Century Literature
History 163B - The European Mind from Positivism to Post-Structuralism
Philosophy 184 - Nietzsche
Philosophy 185 - Heidegger
Philosophy 188 - Phenomenology
(33) THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THE POSTMODERN
History of Art 186C - Art in the Later 20th Century
Comparative Literature 185 - Gender, Sexuality and Culture
English 125E - The Contemporary Novel
History 163B - The European Mind from Positivism to Post-Structuralism
Philosophy 184 - Nietzsche
Theater, Dance & Performance Studies 151B - Theater History, 1800 to Present
(34) AREA STUDIES: EUROPE
Anthropology 180 - European Society
Dutch C164 - The Indonesian Connection
IAS C145 - Multicultural Europe
Political Science 122A - Politics of European Integration
Political Science 147B - Western European Politics
Political Science 147H - The Domestic Politics of Postwar Western Europe
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
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