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Acceptable Courses for the International
Studies Major
Courses outside the International Studies Department that are typically acceptable for the International Studies major as of Spring 2004
 The College Catalog is a constantly evolving document, thus this list will necessarily have a limited lifespan. Please contact I.S. faculty members should this list not answer all questions
Read this note first!
Students majoring in International Studies should look first to I.S.-listed classes to fulfill their major plans. Such classes count towards the disciplinary focus or the supporting courses, as appropriate.
Beyond I.S.-listed courses, many other departments and programs offer courses acceptable for inclusion on I.S. major plans. Following is a list of those typically acceptable. These courses focus on an area outside of the United States, or on the international system generally. The following five notes should clarify this list:
1. Non-US students. If you are not from the United States, rigorous courses focusing on the U.S. can count towards your I.S. major, and we urge you to take some. Decisions are made on a case-by-case basis with International Studies faculty. Similarly, if you are, for example, Japanese-born and Japanese-educated, we would not count History 176, "History of Traditional Japan," towards your I.S. major.
2. Topics courses, independents, tutorials, and internships. We have not listed any topics (i.e. 194, 294, etc.) courses here, but often they can count towards your I.S. major. Case by case decisions are made. Likewise, we do not here include any departmental senior seminars, tutorials, independents or internships (488, 489, 604, 614, 624), though under appropriate circumstances these can also apply.
3. Study Abroad. Please note that most International Studies majors who study abroad are typically able to repatriate two and sometimes three or four courses from their study-abroad programs into their I.S. major plans.
4. Provisional nature of this list. Since courses and course offerings are always subject to revision, and since Macalester's 38 departments and programs change faster than we can keep track of them, International Studies is glad to consider evidence that a course not on the following list should in fact count on this list.
5. General note on language departments. Separate policies apply to courses in the Foreign Language departments (French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, and also Classics). Please see these departments clustered at the bottom of the regular list for that information.
The Departments:
African Studies: a new program, whose courses are cross-listed from other departments; most offerings will count
Anthropology: most courses except 112, 230, 330, 368
Art: 160, 258, 259, 261, 264, 265, 276, 277
sometimes 252, depending on syllabus and instructor
Asian Studies: all courses
Biology: 115
Classics: all non-language courses except for 123
language courses depending on contours of IS major plan
Economics:
221, 223, 225, 227, 325, 422, 424, 426
if one’s major paper or project focuses on an international or cross-border issue, and instructor confirmation is given to I.S. advisor: 231, 242, 431, 442
English:
all non-creative-writing courses in British and/or “World” literatures
English Department courses focusing on U.S. literature may count on I.S. major plans for non-U.S. students
Environmental Studies: 232, 238, 365, 368
Geography: 111, 232, 241, 243, 245, 261,
Geology: 150
History: all courses not focusing on the United States, or on historical theory as such
Humanities and Cultural Studies:
this program is currently being re-formulated. At present, we can approve 110, and other HCS courses as appropriate (see cross-listed departmental listings)
International Studies: all courses
Latin American Studies: all courses
Linguistics: 102, 235, 280, 335, 400
Music: 72 & 73 (when 4 credits accumulated), 131, 342, 343
depending on given syllabus and instructor: 344, 345
Philosophy: 136, 160, 229, 230, 355
Political Science:
120, 140, 160, 220-260, 320-340, 367, and topics courses as appropriate
Religious Studies:
119, 120, 121, 124, 145, 149, 233, 234, 238, 240, 241, 243, 266, 340, 343, 346, 348, 365, 452, 465
Russian, Central and East European Studies: all courses
Sociology: 240, 272, 290, 360
Theater and Dance: 260, 261, 264
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies: 105, 110, 205, 210, 300, 305
Offer some courses, focusing on the United States, acceptable on I.S. major plans of non-US students:
American Studies
Education
Psychology
Urban Studies
Language Departments: all courses other than language-training courses are typically acceptable; advanced language-training courses may be acceptable on I.S. major plans if a language department is the disciplinary focus of the I.S. major, and/or if the language in question is not being presented as the I.S. major’s second language:
Classics
Greek
Latin
Hebrew
French
German Studies
Russian
Japanese
Spanish/Hispanic Studies
(including Portuguese)
Offer no courses acceptable on most I.S. major plans:
Chemistry
Mathematics and Computer Science
Neuroscience
Physical Education
Physics and Astronomy
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