Integrated International Studies Program

The Integrated International Studies Program is an interdisciplinary academic program offered at Knox. It offers one major.

Program Committee

Current

• Mike Schneider, Program Co-Chair, Associate Professor of History
• Robert Seibert, Program Co-Chair, Professor of Political Science
• Roy Andersen, Timme Professor of Economics
• Tim Foster, Associate Professor of Spanish
• Karen Kampwirth, Associate Professor of Political Science

Integrated International Studies

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The program offers one Integrated International Studies major and one Integrated International Studies minor.

Integrated International Studies (major)

This major allows advanced study in Integrated International Studies.

Courses Required for the Integrated International Studies major

• All of the following:
  • IIS 100 (Introduction to Global Structures and Processes)
  • ECON 110 (Principles of Microeconomics)
  • PS 210 (Survey of International Relations)
  • PS 220 (Survey of Comparative Politics)

Three courses at the 200 level or above in a foreign language, including a course in conversation

• One of the following:
  • HIST 245 (International History)
  • HIST 285 (The Historian's Workshop)
• Three of the following:
  • PS 222 (Introduction to Latin American Politics)
  • PS 240 (Voting and Elections)
  • PS 305 (Political Communication)
  • PS 308 (American Political Parties)
  • PS 314 (U.S.-Latin American Relations)
  • PS 315 (Contemporary American Foreign Policy)
  • PS 316 (American Foreign Policy in the 21st Century)
  • PS 323 (Comparative Politics of the Middle East)
  • ECON 371 (International Economics)
  • ECON 373 (Economic Development)
  • HIST 223 (Modern Europe, 1870 to the Present)
  • HIST 242 (Modern Japan)
  • HIST 320 (Germany, 1914-1945)
  • HIST 321 (The European Enlightenment, 1660-1789)
  • HIST 340 (Culture and Diplomacy in Modern East Asia)
• One of the following:
  • IIS 390 (Senior Seminar)
  • IIS 400 (Advanced Studies)
  • Courses from study-abroad programs with a substantial foreign language requirement
• Three elective courses addressing one of the following regions:
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • Middle East
• One of the following:
  • A Study Abroad program
  • A research project abroad
  • An international internship

Meeting the Competency Requirements

• Writing Requirement: PS 314, PS 315, HIST 320, HIST 321, HIST 340
• Oral Requirement: PS 315, Conversation and Composition (210-level) language courses
• Information Literacy Requirement: [IIS 100]], ECON 110, PS 210, PS 220