Courses that meet the Institute's requirements for regional and thematic concentrations and for research methods are listed below. Credits earned during study abroad generally also count toward fulfillment of graduation requirements in the major, even though those courses are not listed here. All decisions concerning how any of the listed courses and study-abroad courses may be counted toward fulfillment of the major's requirements are at the final discretion of the Croft Institute's academic advisors. Note that the list is subject to revision as departments add and delete courses. Also note that not every course is offered every semester or even every year. Check the online course selector to see which courses are available in a given semester.
The lists below do not contain all Topics courses which are offered by Croft or its partner departments. Topics courses including Inst 310-318 and those offered by other departments are approved on a semester-by-semester basis and will be listed on the Course Selection Tool for each term.
Please note that Croft Students can expect to earn regional credit by completing courses abroad. The list below consists only of courses offered at U.M.
Chin 513 - China and the World
Hst 381 - Late Imperial and Modern China
Hst 382 - China in Revolution
Hst 387 - Modern Japanese History
Inst 310 - Topics in East Asian Studies
Inst 341 - Contemporary China
Pol 324 - Politics of China
Pol 337 - Asia in World Affairs
Pol 387 - Political Economy of East Asia
Rel 308 - Buddhism
Rel 325/ Phil 309 - Chinese Religions: Confucianism & Daoism
Rel 353 - Sacred Texts in East Asian Religions
Fr 321 - French Culture and Civilization
Fr 322 - Contemporary French Culture
Fr 325 - The Francophone World
Fr 361 - French and Francophone Cinema
Germ 321 - German Culture and Civilization
Hst 332 - Europe since 1945
Hst 344 - Late Imperial and Revolutionary Russia
Hst 345 - Russia in the Twentieth Century
Hst 349 - Society and the Sexes in Modern Europe
Hst 471 - The Second World War
Hst 472 - The Cold War
Inst 312 - Topics in European Studies
Inst 329 - European Welfare States
Pol 322 - Politics of Western Europe
Pol 341 - German Politics
Pol 386 - European Political Economy
Russ 321 - Russian Culture & Civilization
Span 321 - Spanish Culture and Civilization
Span 361 - Cinema in Spanish (Class must feature 50% films from Spain)
Anth 328 - Culture & Society in Latin America
Hst 361 - Latin America since 1820
Hst 362 - History of Mexico and Central America
Hst 363 - History of the Caribbean
Hst 366 - Race and Ethnicity in Latin America
Inst 314 - Topics in Latin American Studies
Inst 363 - Gender in Latin America
Inst 365 - Populism in Latin America
Pol 321 - Politics of Latin America
Pol 342 - Politics of Mexico and Central America
Span 322 - Spanish American Culture/Civilization
Span 361 - Cinema in Spanish (Class must feature 50% films from Latin America)
Arab 416 - Language and Conflict in the Middle East
Arab 471 - Issues & Trends in Contemporary Lebanon
Hst 351 - Muslim World - Middle Ages to WWI
Inst 315 - Topics in Middle East Studies
Bus 321 - International Business
Econ 303 - Money and Banking
Econ 305 - Current Economic Topics (with approval)
Econ 324 - Experimental Economics
Econ 398 - Intermediate Microeconomics
Econ 399 - Intermediate Macroeconomics
Econ 401 - Government and Business
Econ 402 - Econometrics
Econ 406 - Natural Resource Economics
Econ 408 - Urban Economics
Econ 417 - Labor Economics
Fin 331 - Business Finance I
Inst 371 - International Trade and Globalization
Mgmt 371 - Principles of Management
MIS 309 - Management Information Systems
Mktg 351 - Marketing Principles
Pol 334 - Politics of the World Economy
Soc 353 - Community Development
Anth 338 - Food, Place, and Power
Anth 349 - Medical Anthropology
Hst 347 - Science in the Modern World
Inst 375 - Global Health
Phil 328 - Biomedical Ethics
PPL 385 - Food Policy and Agricultural Systems
Psy 321 - Social Psychology
Soc 345 - Population Trends and Problems
Soc 370 - Society and Population Health
Soc 411 - Environment, Technology and Society
SOHE 302 - Topics in Society and Health
SOHE 329 - Medical Humanities
Anth 360 - Political Ecology
Anth 414 - Legal Anthropology
Anth 417 - Environmentalism: Society, Politics, Law
Inst 374 - Introduction to International Law
Pol 331 - International Organization
Pol 332 - Ethnic Conflict and International Terror
Pol 334 - Politics of the World Economy
Pol 335 - Intl. Politics of Nuclear Weapons
Pol 338 - Formulation of American Foreign Policy
Pol 339 - International Conflict
Pol 363 - War in World Politics
PPL 329 - Economic Geographies of Globalization
PPL 330 - Global Border Policies
PPL 360 - Global Perspectives, Issues, & Policies
PPL 376 - Policymaking and Governance in China
Soc 366 - Political Sociology
Anth 303 - Cultural Anthropology
Anth 312 - Muslims in the West
Anth 338 - Food, Place, and Power
Anth 353 - Language and Culture
Anth 409 - Anthropological Theory
Anth 414 - Legal Anthropology
Anth 417 - Environmentalism: Society, Politics, Law
Eng 384 - Studies in Gay & Lesbian Lit/Theory
Soc 315 - Leisure and Popular Culture
Soc 325 - Sociology of Gender
Soc 329 - Identities and Subjectivity
Soc 410 - The Color Line in the 21st Century
Soc 411 - Environment, Technology and Society
Inst 381 Research Methods for International Studies Majors
Any Inst-designated course at the 300-level or higher, including:
Inst 385 Internship in International Studies
