Electives Policy
In 1999 the Institute of International Studies revised its policy regarding courses taken to fulfill the seven international studies electives requirement for the IS major. These changes affect the courses students are permitted to take outside the Institute, but on campus. Of course students may choose any class offered in the Institute to fulfill the elective requirement. Effective the spring 2000 semester, the following courses will be accepted without condition as IS electives:
ECO 345, Comparative Economic Systems
ECO 351, Economic Development
ECO 390, International Monetary Economics
ECO 391, International Trade
IB 306, Introduction to International Business
IB 400, Topics in International Business
FIN 323, International Financial Management
MTG 346, International Marketing
HIS 302, Topics in American History: Diplomatic History
HIS 332, Modern Latin American History
HIS 337, Modern Non-Western History
HIS 339, Women in Global Perspective
PLS 317, International Law
PLS 318, International Organization
PLS 319, International Political Economy of the Industrialized World
SOC 326, Sociology of GlobalizationThere are many other courses offered at Bradley with a substantial international content that IS majors may be able to take as an IS elective, pending the approval of his/her advisor. Such courses will be accepted as IS electives if they are part of a planned, cohesive course of study that the student works out with his/her advisor. For example, if a student plans to develop an expertise in western Europe, in addition to taking IS 330 or 331 and studying an appropriate language, the student would be permitted to count PLS 304, Governments of West Europe, as an elective; however, the student would not be permitted to count HIS 335, Modern Mexico (for example), as an elective.
It is notable that the new approved elective list includes several courses from the College of Business Administration. This decision reflects the faculty’s belief that broader exposure to business and economics courses will increase the opportunities available to IS majors after graduation. In addition, a 1999 survey of our alumni yielded a similar opinion. When asked what the Institute could do to better prepare its students for a career, one of the most popular answers was to encourage our students to take more classes in economics and/or business, while continuing to offer the broad IS core curriculum.
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