Office of the Vice Provost

WORLD COMPARATIVE STUDIES: Minor

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Contact: Interdisciplinary Studies Advising Team, 407-823-0144

The World Comparative Studies (WCS) minor is an interdisciplinary academic program intended to prepare students to live and work in, and make sense of, an increasingly interdependent and multicultural world. Students with an interest in international studies, as well as careers in business, communications, economics, education, environmental science, history, and politics, are invited to consider the minor as a supplement to their major.

All students must engage in an approved international experience.

The language proficiency requirement must also be met.

(18 hrs)
Total Credit Hour Requirements
(3 hrs)
Foundation Requirement
IDS 3333World Comparative Studies
(15 hrs)
Thematic Concentrations Restricted Electives

Select five courses from within one of the concentrations (A-F) below. Courses not on the list may be taken with the prior approval of the program advisor. Students must meet all prerequisites before enrolling in these courses. No more than 6 hours of coursework may overlap in a student’s major and this minor, with permission of the Interdisciplinary Studies office. Two upper division foreign language courses (6 hours) may be substituted in any of the thematic concentrations.

A. Language and Culture
AML 3615Harlem, Haiti, and Havana
ANT 3640Language and Culture
ANT 3145Archaeology of Complex Societies
ANT 3319The Anthropology of Diaspora
ANT 3212Peoples of the World
ANT 4702Culture, Power and Development
FSS 3008Culture and Cuisine
HFT 4866CExploring Wines of the World
HFT 3868History and Culture of Wine
HFT 4894International Gastronomy
HUM 3419Islamic Thought and Culture

Regional courses: Students may take up to two courses dealing with at least two regions of the world in consultation with academic advisor in the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies.

B. Economics
ANT 4702Culture Power and Development
ECO 3703International Trade
ECO 4XXXInternational Macroeconomics
ECO 4701Seminar in Global Economic Policy
ECS 4013Economics of Developing Areas
ECP 3303Economics and the Environment
HFT 3700Tourism Management
INR 4035International Political Economy
C. Biological and Geophysical Environment
IDS 3150Foundations of Environmental Studies
ECP 3303Economics and the Environment
SYD 4510Environmental Sociology
HFT 4735Tourism Geography
INR 4351International Environmental Law
ENV 3001Intro to Environmental engineering
GIS 3043CGIS for Environmental Studies
GIS 4035CRemote Sensing of the Environment
PHI 3033Philosophy, Religion, and the Environment
PHI 3640Environmental Ethics
D. Social Structure and Change
ANT 3145Archaeology of Complex Societies
ANT 3273Law and Culture
ANT 4702Culture Power and Development
PLA 4830World Legal Systems
SOW 5109Violence Against Women
SYP 4454Sociology of the Global System
E. Media and Communication
FIL 3510World Cinema Traditions
FIL 3514International Cinema
FIL 4564Africana Cinema
COM 4461Intercultural Communication
LIN 4643Cross Cultural Communication
THE 3312Global Theater
F. World Independent Specialization

Any five upper division courses from the approved list of courses in any thematic concentration may be selected for this option with approval of the Interdisciplinary Studies office.

(0-8 hrs)
Foreign Language Proficiency Requirement

Students must demonstrate the equivalent of one year of successful college-level study in a foreign language. They can do this either by successful completion of the appropriate college-level course(s) or by examination.