Bauer Undergraduate Program ias minor
Students pursuing a BBA under the Pre-2005 Degree Plan are required to minor either in International Area Studies focusing on one region of the world (Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, or Russia) or in one of the following foreign language minor: Chinese, French, French for Business-Related Professions, German, German Cultural and Professional Studies, German Area Studies, Italian, Russian, Spanish, or Spanish for the Business Professions.
Foreign language minors should file minor degree plan at the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, 413 Agnes Arnold Hall (if students are required to wait to file for the foreign language minor, they may still file for their business major). Students whose first language is not English may minor in English. Consult with the English advisor in 205 Roy Cullen.
The International Area Studies minors are open to all majors, but are designed as a special requirement for business majors following the Pre-2005 degree plan.
Requirements for any of the IAS five minors:
- 18 semester hrs of coursework in the minor; 12 hrs must be advanced (3000-4000 level).
- 12 of the 18 hrs must be taken in residence at UH; 9 of the 12 advanced hrs in residence.
- No more than 9 hrs from any one Department shall be applied to the minor.
- 2.00 minimum cumulative GPA on courses attempted in the minor at UH.
- 6 hrs must be from a specific area of study (effective Fall 2005)
- To request substitution, please fill out a general petition form and turn it to the front desk of the Undergraduate Business Programs office, 262 Melcher Hall.
Filing your minor:
For Non-Business majors:
- A 2.0 overall GPA at UH is required to file minor.
- Click here to file minor degree plan.
Business majors:
Courses Approved for ALL 5 areas of Int'l Area of Study
- AFSC 3301;3302;4301;4302 Air Force Leadership Studies or National Security Affairs (only 6 hrs)
- ANTH 2302 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
- ECON 3334 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (prereq: ECON 2305) (SW)
- ECON 3351 Economics of Development
- ECON 3358 Economics of Energy
- ECON 4368 International Monetary Economics (prereq: ECON 3334)
- ECON 4370 International Trade (prereq: ECON 3332)
- ECON 4389 (requires approval depending on topic)
- GEOG 2340 World Realms
- HIST 3379 World Civilization to 1500 (tape purchase or cable tv) (H)
- HIST 3380 World Civilization since c.e. 1500 (regular class & tape purchase) (H)
- HIST 3394 Revolving topic: Pirates Smugglers & Mod World (requires approval)
- HIST 3394 Revolving topic: World Revolutions (requires approval)
- INTB 3351 History of Globalization
- INTB 3352 Politics of Globalization
- INTB 3353 Economics of Globalization
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INTB 3350 or MANA 3350 International Environment of Business
- MSCI 4310;4320 Advanced Military Science
- NAVY 2301;4302 Leadership Management; Leadership & Ethics (taught at Rice U.)
- POLS 3311 Introduction to Comparative Politics (SW)
- POLS 3313 Introduction to International Relations (SW)
- PSYC 2344 Cultural Psychology (prerequisite: PSYC 1300) (SW)
5 International Areas of Study
Click on your International Area of Study for a full list of approved courses that will count towards that particular area of study. At least six hours must be from a specific area of study:
AFRICAN STUDIES
- AAS 2322 Intro. to African Religions and Philosophy
- AAS 3332 Anthology of African Culture
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AAS 3394 African Religions & Philosophy (requires approval)
- ANTH 3338 Peoples and Cultures of Africa
- ECON 3353 Economic Development of Africa
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ENGL 2325 Literary Traditions of the Nonwestern World
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HIST 3375 CIA in the Third World (off-campus & tape purchase)
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HIST 3381 African civilization to 1750
- HIST 3382 African civilization since 1750
- HIST 3383 East and Central Africa
- HIST 3395 State and Society in the Middle East
- HIST 4386 Africa from 1945-present
- HIST 4388 Southern Africa 1870 on
- HIST 4397 Selected Topics in African History
(requires approval)
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POLS 3321 Revolution and System Change
- POLS 3326 Government and Politics in the Middle East
- POLS 3328 Politics of the Developing Areas (Prereq: POLS 3311 or 3313)
- POLS 3330 Comparative Political Economy
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RELS 3350 Islam
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ASIAN STUDIES
- CHNS 3350 Chinese Culture through Films
- CHNS 3352 Chinese Culture and Society through Modern Literature (H)
- CHNS 3354 Chinese Language and Culture
- CHNS 3398 Chinese Literature in Translation
- CUST 2300 Introduction to Asian American Studies
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CUST 3320, 3397, 4397 China Study Abroad Program (taught in China - Summer only)
- CUST 4300 Asian American Cultures
- ECON 3355 Economic Development of Asia
- HIST 3322 The Vietnam War (tv course)
- HIST 3375 CIA in the Third World (off-campus & tape purchase)
- HIST 3378 Modern Middle East
- HIST 3395 Turkish History; Mod Asia; and State & Soc in the Middle East (requires approval)
- HIST 4395 Turkish Diplomatic History
- POLS 3326 Government and Politics in the Middle East
- POLS 3328 Politics of the Developing Areas (Prereq: POLS 3311 or 3313)
- POLS 4320 Japanese Politics
- POLS 4321 Democracy in Asia
- POLS 4322 Political Economy of Asia
- RELS 3350 Islam
- RELS 3396 Revolving topic: Asian Religions (requires approval)
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EUROPEAN STUDIES
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FREN 3362 Paris
- GERM 3350 Understanding the 20th Century through German Culture ((H)
- GERM 3362 Berlin since 1800
- HIST 2351 Western Civilization to 1450 (H)
- HIST 2353 Western Civilization from 1450 (H)
- HIST 3347 Comparative European Revolutions
- HIST 3351 Work and Family Life in Modern Europe
- HIST 3352 Modern France since 1870
- HIST 3354 England since 1689 (Prereq: HIST 2351 and 2353): (tape purchase)
- HIST 3356 France and Europe, 1750-1815
- HIST 3357 Modern Germany, 1815-1918
- HIST 3358 Modern Germany since 1918 (Prereq: HIST 2353)
- HIST 3395 Turkish History
- HIST 4334 Reformation in Europe
- HIST 4346 Tudor England, 1485-1603
- HIST 4347 Stuart England, 1603-1714
- HIST 4348 Social History of Early Modern England, 1500-1800
- POLS 2341 Renaissance Classics (SW)
- POLS 3320 Government and Politics in Great Britain
- POLS 3324 Government and Politics in Contemporary Germany
- POLS 3325 Government and Politics of Russia and the Commonwealth
- POLS 3329 The Nations of Europe
- POLS 3330 Comparative Political Economy
- POLS 3337 Nationalism and Nationality
- POLS 3338 French Politics
- POLS 3341 Political Thought from Machiavelli and the Renaissance (H)
- POLS 4329 European Union
- POLS 4336 Mediterranean Politics
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LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
- AMER 3300 Introduction to American Cultures (H)
- ANTH 3324 Peoples and Cultures of Central America
- HIST 2371 Latin America 1492-1820 (H)
- HIST 2372 Latin America since 1820 (H)
- HIST 3369 Colonial Mexico
- HIST 3373 Americans in Mexico Since 1865
- HIST 3374 History of Brazil
- HIST 3375 CIA in the Third World
- HIST 3376 Caribbean History
- HIST 3396 Selected Topics in Latin American History (History of Brazil)
- HIST 4395 African Experience—Latin America & Caribbean
- HIST 4365 Women in Latin America
- HIST 4369 Modern Mexico, 1810 to Present
- HIST 4370 The U.S. and Mexico
- HIST 4375 Religions of Modern Latin America
- HIST 4396 Selected Topics in Latin American History
- POLS 3322 Introduction to Latin American Politics (Non-Political Science majors require instructor approval)
- POLS 3328 Politics of the Developing Areas (Prereq: POLS 3311 or 3313)
- POLS 4328 Party Politics-Latin America
- POLS 4396 Latin American Institutions
- RELS 4375 Religions of Latin America
- SPAN 2320 Culture of Mexico (taught in spanish)
- SPAN 3341 Language of Business and Trade (in spanish; tape purchase only)
- SPAN 3342 Business Environ in the Hispanic World (in spanish; regular class or cable tv)
- SPAN 3374 Spanish-American Culture and Civilization (in spanish)
- SPAN 4341 Advanced Language of Business and Trade (in spanish)
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Middle Eastern Studies
- HIST 3377 History of the Middle East from 1300-Present
- HIST 3378 History of the Modern Middle East
- HIST 3393 Special Topics on the Middle East (may be repeated if topic varies)
- HIST 4393 Special Topics on the Middle East (may be repeated if topic varies)
- POLS 3326 Gov-Pol of the Middle East
- POLS 4333 Islam and Democracy
- ARAB: any Arabic language and culture courses at the 3-4000 level
- RELS 3350: Islam
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Note: Students may double count courses cross-listed on the Humanities or the Social Science-Writing Intensive lists toward UH Core requirements and the IAS minor.
Courses that are cross-listed as Humanities are followed by (H) after the course titles below. Courses that are cross-listed as Social Science-Writing Intensive are followed by (SW) after the course titles below.
For example, ECON 3334, POLS 3311, POLS 3313, and PSYC 2344 will meet the Social Science-Writing Intensive requirement and 3 hours of IAS minor requirements.
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