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INST Elective Info

International Studies Elective Fulfillment Guide

Note: INST majors with a country or region concentration should consult Banner and their advisor for courses that count toward their concentration.

Spring 2026

World Economy & Development
  • INST 290/ECON 214: "Why Nations Fail": Political Economy of Development
  • INST 256/POSC 256: The Politics of Southeast Asia
  • INST 258/POSC 258: Human Rights
  • INST 273/POSC 273: International Political Economy
  • POSC 290/LAWP 290: Politics of Migration
Global Security
  • INST 290/HIST 219/MEST 200: U.S.-Middle East Relations
  • INST 258/POSC 258: Human Rights
  • INST 281/POSC 281: American National Security Policy
  • INST 290/POSC 290/RUSS 260: The Geopolitics of Eurasia
  • POSC 390/LAWP 400: War and Justice
Sustainability & the Global Environment
  • GEOS 142: Earth's Changing Climate
  • HIST 206: American Environmental History

Fall 2025

World Economy & Development
  • ECON 371: British and European History
  • INST 290/ECON 214: Economic Development: Theories, Policies, and Challenges
  • SOCI 237: Global Inequality
Global Security
  • ENST 372/INST 290: Environment, Conflict, and Peace
  • HIST 277: European Empires
  • INST 277/MEST 266/POSC 277: International Politics of the Middle East
  • INST 290/POSC 290: Global Security
  • INST 290/POSC 290: The Ukraine War and International Relations
Sustainability & the Global Environment
  • ECON 222: Environmental Economics
  • ENST 372/INST 290: Environment, Conflict, and Peace
  • HIST 151: History of Environment
  • PHIL 285: Justice in World Politics

Spring 2025

World Economy &  Development
  • ECON 214: The Circular Economy in France: Food Systems and Policy
  • ECON 214/INST 290: "Why Nations Fall": Political Economy of Development
  • ECON 351/INST 351/WGSS 302: Gender and Development
Global Security
  • ENGL 101/WGSS 101: Women Write War
  • HIST 254/RUSS 254: Revolution, War, and Daily Life in Modern Russia
  • INST 281/POSC 281: American National Security Policy
  • INST 290/MEST 233: U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Arab World
  • RUSS 100: Russia and the West
Sustainability & the Global Environment
  • AFST 200/HIST 284: Ecological History of Africa
  • ECON 222: Environmental Economics
  • ENST 303: America's Global Footprint: The Nature of American Empire
  • ENST 303: Indigenous Peoples and the Environment in Global Perspective
  • ENST 303: Fortress Conservation: National Parks and Indigenous Displacement in the US and Global South
  • ENST 374: Politics of Climate Change
  • FDST 250/FREN 225: Green Eggs and Jambon: Easting Sustainably in France
  • GEOS 142: Earth's Changing Climate
  • RELG 116: Religion, Nature, and Environment

Fall 2024

World Economy & Development
  • ECON 230: Political Economy of Gender
  • ECON 351/INST 351/WGSS 302: Gender and Development
  • INST 290: Topics in Macro Development
Global Security
  • EASN 206: China's Foreign Relations
  • EASN 305/FLST 310: War and Memory in East Asian Literature and Film
  • HIST 375: Europe's Dictators
  • INST 271: Ethics and International Security
  • INST 290: Topics in Macro Development
  • INST 290: Global Security
  • MEST 272/SOCI 272: Islam and the West
Sustainability & the Global Environment
  • ECON 222: Environmental Economics
  • ENST 202: America's Global Footprint: The Nature of American Empire
  • ENST 355: Green Infrastructure
  • HIST 151: History of the Environment
  • HIST 211: History of Climate Change

Spring 2024

World Economy & Development
  • ECON 230/ SOCI 277/WGSS 202: Political Economy of Gender
  • INST 290/POSC 258: Human Rights
  • INST 290/SOCI 310/WGSS 310: Immigration Politics: Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Contemporary Migration
  • SOCI 237: Global Inequality
Global Security
  • ENST 372/INST 290: Environment, Conflict, and Peace
  • HIST 371/MEST 231: The Arab-Israeli Conflict
  • INST 277/MEST 266/POSC 277: International Politics of the Middle East
  • INST 281/POSC 281: American National Security Policy
  • INST 290/POSC 258: Human Rights
  • INST 290/SOCI 310/WGSS 310: Immigration Politics: Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Contemporary Migration
  • INST 290/MEST 233: U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Arab World
Sustainability & the Global Environment
  • AFST 220/HIST 284: Ecological History of Africa
  • ECON 222: Environmental Economics
  • ENST 372/INST 290: Environment, Conflict, and Peace
  • GEOS 250: Introduction to Arctic Studies
  • HIST 206: American Environmental History
  • RUSS 248: Russian Culture and the Environment

Fall 2023

World Economy & Development
  • ECON 230/SOCI 227/WGSS 202: Political Economy of Gender
  • INST 290/POSC 290: Civil Wars and Political Violence
Global Security
  • INST 277/MEST 266/POSC 277: International Politics of the Middle East
  • INST 280/POSC 280: American Foreign Policy
  • INST 290/POSC 290: Civil Wars and Political Violence
  • INST 290/POSC 290: The Ukraine War and International Relations
  • POSC 390: Great Power War
Sustainability & the Global Environment
  • HIST 151: History of Environment

Spring 2023

World Economy & Development
  • ECON 230/SOCI 277/WGSS 202: Political Economy of Gender
  • ECON 240/INST 240/INBM 300: International Development
  • INST 273/POSC 273: International Political Economy
  • INST 290/POSC 258: Human Rights
  • INST 290/POSC 290: Politics of Southeast Asia
  • SOCI 237: Global Inequality
Global Security
  • ECON 240/INST 240/INBM 300: International Development
  • HIST 219/INST 290: U.S. - Middle East Relations
  • HIST 277: European Empires
  • INST 290/POSC 290: The Ukraine War and International Relations
  • INST 290/POSC 258: Human Rights
  • INST 290/POSC 290: Politics of Southeast Asia
  • MEST 272/SOCI 272: Islam and the West
Sustainability & the Global Environment
  • AFST 220/HIST 284: Ecological History of Africa
  • ERSC 142: Earth's Changing Climate
  • ERSC 250: Introduction to Arctic Studies

Fall 2022

World Economy & Development
  • ECON 351/INST 351/WGSS 302: Gender and Development
Global Security
  • EASN 206: China's Foreign Relations
  • ENGL 101/WGSS 101: Women Write War
  • INST 271: Ethics and International Security
Sustainability & the Global Environment
  • EASN 206/POSC 290: The Politics of Environmental Protection in Asia
  • ECON 222: Environmental Economics
  • HIST 151: History of the Environment

Spring 2022

World Economy & Development
  • ANTH 212: Development Anthropology
  • EASN 206: The Politics of High-Speed Growth in Asia
  • ECON 230: Political Economy of Gender
  • ECON 351/INST 351/WGSS 302: Gender and Development
  • HIST 260: World on the Move: Migrations since 1850
  • INST 273: International Political Economy
  • INST 290: Human Rights
Global Security
  • ENGL 101/WGSS 101: Women Write War
  • INST 290: Human Rights
  • INST 290: U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Arab World
Sustainability & the Global Environment
  • ERSC 142: Earth's Changing Climate
  • ERSC 250: Introduction to Arctic Studies
  • HIST 151: History of the Environment

Fall 2021

World Economy & Development
  • INST 290: Civil Wars and Political Violence
  • INBM 230: International Organizational Behavior
  • INBM 240: Marketing in a Global Context
  • SOCI 237: Global Inequality
  • SOCI 313/WGSS 302: Immigration Politics: Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Contemporary Migration
Global Security
  • EASN 306/POSC 390: Controversies in Chinese-American Relations
  • ENGL 101/WGSS 101: Women Write War
  • INST 271/POSC 271: Ethics and International Security
  • INST 290: Mediterranean Politics
  • INST 290/POSC 290: Civil Wars and Political Violence
  • INST 290/POSC 290: Global Security
  • SOCI 313/WGSS 302: Immigration Politics: Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Contemporary Migration
Sustainability & the Global Environment
  • ECON 222: Environmental Economics
  • ENST 303: The Politics of Climate Change
  • ERSC 202: Energy Resources
  • HIST 151: History of the Environment
  • SOCI 313/WGSS 302: Immigration Politics: Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Contemporary Migration

Spring 2021

World Economy & Development
  • INBM: International Organizational Behavior
  • INBM 240: Marketing in a Global Context
  • INST 290: Globalization, Inequality, and Personal Finance in an Interdependent World
  • INST 290/ECON 314: Gender and Development
  • POSC 208/PHIL 285: Justice in World Politics
Global Security
  • FMST 220/INST 290/POSC 290: Introduction to Political Communication
  • FMST 220/INST 290/POSC 290: The Media in War and Peace
  • HIST 215: Refugees
  • INST 277/MEST 266/POSC 277: International Politics of the Middle East
  • INST 290/POSC 290: Global Security
  • MEST 272/SOCI 272: Islam and the West
  • PHIL 261/POSC 290: War and Justice
  • PHIL 285/POSC 208: Justice in World Politics
  • POSC 390: National Security Law
  • SOCI 313/WGSS 302: Immigration Politics: Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Contemporary Migration
Sustainability & the Global Environment
  • ECON 222: Environmental Economics
  • ERSC 250: Introduction to Arctic Studies
  • HIST 151: History of the Environment
  • POSC 208/PHIL 285: Justice in World Politics

Fall 2020

World Economy & Development
  • INBM 230: International Organizational Behavior
  • INBM 240: Marketing in a Global Context
  • INST 213/POSC 273: International Political Economy
  • INST 240/ECON 240: International Development
  • SOCI 237: Global Inequality
Global Security
  • HIST 277: European Empires
  • INST 240/ECON 240: International Development
  • INST 290/HIST 215/MEST 200: U.S. - Middle East Relations
  • INST 290/POSC 290/RUSS 260: A New Cold War?
  • POSC 258: Human Rights
Sustainability & the Global Environment
  • ECON 222: Environmental Economics
  • ECON 332: Economics of Natural Resources
  • ERSC 142: Earth's Changing Climate
  • HIST 211: History of Climate Change
  • INST 290/ENST 371: Global Environmental Politics

Spring 2020

World Economy & Development
  • ECON 214/SOCI 230: Political Economy of Gender
  • INBM 230: International Organizational Behavior
  • INBM 240: Marketing in a Global Context
  • INST 240/ECON 240: International Development
  • INST 290/POSC 290/EASN 206: Politics of High-Speed Growth in Asia
Global Security
  • ENGL 101/WGSS 101: Women Write War
  • INST 240/ECON 240: International Development
  • INST 271/POSC 271: Ethics and International Security
  • INST 281/POSC 281: American National Security Policy
  • POSC 258: Human Rights
  • POSC 290/EASN 206: China's Foreign Relations
Sustainability & the Global Environment
  • ECON 222: Environmental Economics
  • POSC 290/EASN 206: Asian Urban Ecology
  • RUSS 248: Russian Culture and the Environment

Fall 2019

World Economy & Development
  • INBM 230: International Organizational Behavior
  • INBM 240: Marketing in a Global Context
  • SOCI 237: Global Inequality
Global Security
  • COMP 203/INST 290: Cyber and Information Security
  • INST 277/POSC 277: International Politics of the Middle East
  • INST 283/POSC 283: Intelligence and National Security
  • INST 290/POSC 290: Politics of Southeast Asia
  • INST 290/POSC 290: Russian Foreign Policy
  • POSC 208/PHIL 285: Justice in World Politics
Sustainability & the Global Environment
  • ENST 370: Environment and Society
  • ERSC 142: Earth's Changing Climate
  • HIST 373: Ecological History of Africa
  • POSC 290/EASN 206: The Politics of Parks

Spring 2019

World Economy & Development
  • ECON 214: Political Economy of Gender
  • ECON 314: The Chilean Experiment: Economic Advice, Monetarism, and Economic Liberation
  • ECON 371: British and European Economics History
  • HIST 283: World Migrations since 1850
  • INBM 230: International Organizational Behavior
  • SOCI 237: Global Inequality
Global Security
  • ENGL 101/WGSS 101: Women Write War
  • ENST 372: Environment, Conflict, and Peace
  • HIST 215: After Genocide and Apartheid: Peace, Justice, and Reconciliation
  • INST 271/POSC 271: Ethics and International Security
  • INST 281/POSC 281: American National Security Policy
  • INST 283/POSC 283: Intelligence and National Security
  • INST 290/POSC 290: Global Security
  • MEST 233: U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Arab World
  • POSC 258: Human Rights
  • POSC 390: National Security Law
  • SOCI 272/MEST 272: Islam and the West
  • SOCI 313/WGSS 313: Contemporary Human Trafficking
Sustainability & the Global Environment
  • ECON 222: Environmental Economics
  • ENST 372/INST 290: Environment, Conflict, and Peace
  • ERSC 142: Earth's Changin Climate
  • HIST 151: History of the Environment
  • HIST 206: American Environmental History
  • POSC 290/EASN 206: Asian Urban Ecology
  • RELG 215: Jewish Environmental Ethics
  • SOCI 230: Sustainability: Social Justice and Human Rights

Fall 2018

Global Security
  • AFST 200/HIST 215/MEST 200: Modern N. Africa from French Invasion to Arab Spring
  • EASN 205/FMST 210: War and Memory in East Asian Literature and Film
  • HIST 215/INST 290/MEST 200: U.S. - Middle East Relations
  • HIST 333 - The First World War
  • INST 272/POSC 272: International Terrorism
  • POSC 290: Veterans in Politics, Society, and Culture
  • RELG 228/SOCI 230: Religion: Conflict, Violence, and Peacemaking
  • RUSS 260/INST 290/POSC 290: A New Cold War?
  • WGSS 301: Immigration Politics: Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Contemporary Migration
Globalization & Sustainability
  • ECON 222: Environmental Economics
  • ECON 314/INST 290/WGSS 301: Gender and Development
  • ECON 348: International Economics
  • ENST 370: Environment and Society
  • ERSC 202: Energy Resources
  • INBM 230: International Organizational Behavior
  • INBM 240: Marketing in a Global Context
  • INST 290/FMST 320/SOCI 230: Social Movements, Social Media, and Global Changes
  • RELG 311: Buddhism and the Environment
  • WGSS 301: Immigration Politics: Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Contemporary Migration

Spring 2018

Global Security
  • COMP 230/INST 290: Cyber and Information Security
  • FLST 310: Homeland Security
  • HIST 254/RUSS 254: Revolution, War, and Daily Life in Modern Russia
  • HIST 370/AFST 320/INST 290: Cold War in Africa 1945-2000
  • HIST 371/MEST 231: The Arab-Israeli Conflict
  • INST 283/POSC 283: Intelligence and National Security
  • INST 290/MEST 200/POSC 290/RUSS 260: Politics of Oil, Arms, Peace and War: U.S./Russia/Middle East Relations in the 20th and 21st Century
  • INST 290/POSC 290: Global Security
  • INST 290/POSC 290: The Media in War and Peace
  • MEST 233: U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Arab World
  • MEST 266/INST 277/POSC 277: International Politics of the Middle East
  • POSC 390: Human Rights and Human Security
Globalization & Sustainability
  • EASN 206/POSC 290: The Politics of Environmental Protections in Asia
  • ECON 222: Environmental Economics
  • ERSC 142: Earth's Changing Climate
  • HEST 250: Global Health
  • HIST 215/LALC 200: World Migrations since 1850
  • INBM 230: International Organizational Behavior
  • INBM 240: Marketing in a Global Context
  • INBM 300: Business and Climate Change
  • POSC 208/PHIL 285: Justice in World Politics
  • POSC 258: Human Rights
  • RELG 250: Mother Earth: Religion and Sustainability

Fall 2017

Global Security
  • EASN 206/POSC 290: China's Foreign Relations
  • ENGL 101/WGSS 101: Women Write War
  • ENST 311: Global Environmental Change and Human Security
  • FLST 210/HIST 211: The Cold War and Film
  • HIST 277: European Empires
  • INST 272/POSC 272: International Terrorism
  • LALC 390/SPAN 410: Human Rights in Contemporary Latin American Literature
  • SOCI 230: Conflict Analysis and Resolution
Globalization & Sustainability
  • AFST 320/INST 290: Social Movements, Social Media, and Global Changes
  • ANTH 214: Ecological Anthropology
  • ECON 214/SOCI 230/WGSS 202: Political Economy of Gender
  • ECON 314/SOCI 230/ MEST 200/WGSS 302: Gender and Development
  • ECON 349: Development Economics
  • ENST 311: Global Environmental Change and Human Security
  • ERSC 142: Earth's Changing Climate
  • ERSC 202: Energy Resources
  • INBM 230: International Organizational Behavior
  • INBM 240: Marketing in a Global Context
  • INST 290/INBM 300: Collaboration as a Vehicle for Creating Value
  • INTD 250: Climate Risks and Resilience in Nepal
  • RELG 311: Buddhism and Environment
  • SOCI 237: Global Inequality