International Affairs, Africa Track, B.A.

Footnotes

¹ The General Education  program contains a set of requirements each student must fulfill. The number of credit hours necessary to fulfill these requirements may vary.
² The foreign language requirement may be satisfied by successful completion of the second semester of the intermediate level of the student’s chosen language (typically 232), or by placing out of that language through the Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures’ placement test. The international affairs major requires an additional year of language study. That is, students must have three years of a foreign language appropriate to their course of study in the major. Students majoring in international affairs who use proficiency in a native language to meet the INTA language requirement must make the following substitutions for the two 300-level foreign language courses: AMST 200  and one of the following courses: HIST 225 , ENG 247  or ENG 248 . Such students who have a diploma from a U.S. high school may take six credits of any foreign language, at any level, instead of the above two courses. These courses must focus on grammar, oral and written communication; they cannot be literature, cinema or civilization courses.
³ If students have taken a PHIL course to meet their General Education  requirements, they must take an additional course to meet the B.A. degree philosophy requirement. PHIL 120  and PHIL 150  cannot be used to fulfill the B.A. philosophy requirement.

Total: 120 Credit Hours

Footnotes

¹ Students should complete these core economics requirements before enrolling in upper-level economics courses. Students double-majoring in economics and international affairs may substitute ECON 370  for ECON 270  to meet their core requirement.
² Students should note that MATH 220  is a prerequisite for INTA 295 . If taken in the summer from an INTA faculty member, POSC 295  will count as INTA 295 .
³ This course fulfills the College of Arts and Letters  writing-intensive requirement for the major. Prerequisites: Completion of all courses in the core requirement of the major and senior standing.
⁵ Students must be proficient at the third-year level of a foreign language. In most languages this will require the completion of courses numbered 300 and 320. Some languages may not use this course numbering. In this instance, students must take two 300-level courses that focus on grammar, oral and written communication. The second 300-level course may not be a literature, cinema or civilization course. Some languages cannot be completed through the 300 level at JMU. Students studying these languages may have to complete course work during the summer or abroad at a specialized language program. Students should consult with the Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures  on this point. Each student’s foreign language must be appropriate for their track. French is acceptable for the Africa and Middle East tracks.

Choose one of the following: 3 Credit Hours

Students in the international relations concentration must count POSC 370  in the core. HIST 330  must be taken as an international relations requirement (listed under the international relations concentration requirements). In other words, students who are following the international relations concentration must take both POSC 370  and HIST 330 .

• HIST 330. Us Diplomatic History 3.00
• POSC 370. U.S. for eign Policy 3.00

Total: 32 Credit Hours