International Studies

Director/ Professor: Richard R. Marcus

Program Office: LA-3 100
Telephone: (562) 985‑5236
Website: http://www.cla.csulb.edu/departments/ist/

Program Secretary: Kellie Sal

Faculty: Yousef Baker (International Studies), Austin Beahm (Geography), Laura Ceia (International Studies), Kenneth Curtis (History), Caitlin Fouratt (International Studies), Barbara Grossman-Thompson, Unna Lassiter (Geography), Richard Marcus (International Studies), Graham O’Dell International Studies), Kimberley Walters (International Studies).

College: College of Liberal Arts  

Courses: IST  

Career Possibilities

International Development Officer • Program Officer • Foreign Service Officer • Researcher • Teacher • Intelligence Analyst • Community Organizer • Journalist • Administrator • Trade and International Business • Immigration Specialist • Non-profit Management • International Program Manager • Communication Strategist • Public Policy Officer • Development Officer • Grantwriter • Study Abroad Advisor • Peace Corps • Americorps (Some of these, and other careers, require additional education or experience. For more information, see International studies website www.careers.csulb.edu or an International Studies advisor.)

Programs

• International Studies, B.A.

• International Studies Minor

Courses

General Education Foundation must be completed prior to taking any upper division course except upper division language courses where students meet formal prerequisites and/or competency equivalent for advanced study.

• I/ST 100 - Global Citizenship
• I/ST 200 - Introduction to International Studies
• I/ST 222 - Skills and Methods for Global Leadership
• I/ST 300 - International Studies Core Seminar
• I/ST 317 - Problems in International Social Conflict
• I/ST 318 - Cases in International Social Conflict
• I/ST 319 - International Development
• I/ST 320 - Migration and Modernity
• I/ST 321 - The Fabric of Everyday Life: Issues in the Analysis of Culture(s)
• I/ST 339 - Global Feminisms
• I/ST 350 - Water: People, Politics, and Processes
• I/ST 355 - International Environmental Issues
• I/ST 399 - Contemporary Global Divisions of Labor
• I/ST 405 - Un-Imaging the Middle East
• I/ST 419 - Applied International Development
• I/ST 449 - Feminism and International Human Rights
• I/ST 463 - Nationalism and National Identities
• I/ST 476 - Power and Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean
• I/ST 478 - Foreign Relations of the U.S.
• I/ST 480 - Foreign Coursework in the Curriculum
• I/ST 490 - Senior Research Seminar in International Studies
• I/ST 491 - Intercultural Competency for Education Abroad and Internships
• I/ST 492 - International Studies Internship/Foreign Study
• I/ST 493 - Selected Topics in International Studies
• I/ST 499 - Directed Studies