undergraduate specialization requirements

Complete a minimum of 18 semester credits in courses at the 200 level or above excluding any credits in courses that are used to satisfy the Foreign Language Proficiency requirement referenced in item 2 below. Not more than four of the 18 credits may be in 200-level courses.
Foreign Language Proficiency: Demonstrate proficiency in a modern foreign language equivalent to four semesters of study at the university level. The results of the Michigan State University foreign language placement test will be considered in determining whether or not the student has fulfilled this requirement. The student is encouraged to complete a fifth semester of study in the language that focuses on the culture, history and literature of a developing region of the world.
Conceptual/Descriptive Courses: Complete at least one of the following courses (3 or 4 credits):

Number	Title	Credits
ANP 322	Peasants and Social Change in the Developing World	3
ANP 431	Gender, Environment and Development	3
ANP 470	Food, Hunger, and Society	3
EC 410	Issues in Economics of developing countries	3
EEP 260	World Food, Population, and Poverty	3
ISS 315	Global Diversity and Interdependence (I)	4
MC 320	Politics, Society, and Economy in the Third World	4
PLS 344	Politics in the Third World	3
SOC 362	Developing Societies	3
SOC 481	International Social Change	3

(Please note that there may be additional courses that can meet this requirement.)

Applied Courses: Complete at least one of the following courses that is in a field other than the student's major (2 or 3 credits):

Number	Title	Credits
ANP 370	Culture, Health, and Illness	3
ANP 424	Culture and Economic Behavior	3
ANR 481	Agricultural Research Systems in Developing Countries	2
ANS 480	Animal Systems in International Development	3
EC 310	Economics of Developing Countries	3
FOR 450	Forestry in International Development	3
GEO 435	Geography of Health and Disease	3
MC 386	Women and Power in Comparative Perspective	4
PLS 342	Comparative Political Economy	3
RD 444	Pesticides, People and Politics	3
SOC 451	Dynamics of Population	3
SOC 452	Environment and Society	3
UP 408	Comparative Urban Development Planning	3
WS 403	Women and Change in Developing Countries	3

(Please note that there may be additional courses that can meet this requirement.)

Foreign Area Courses: Complete at least one course in any one of the following four geographic areas (3 or 4 credits):

Africa and the Middle East
Number	Title	Credits
ANP 416	Anthropology of Southern Africa	3
EC 414	Economic Analysis of Sub-Saharan Africa	3
GEO 338	Geography of Africa	3
HST 361	African History since 1800	3
HST 362	West Africa and the African-American Connection	3
HST 363	East Africa in 20th Century	3
HST 364	Southern African since 1800	3
HST 373	The Middle East The Ottoman Empire	3
HST 450	Special Topics in African History	3
HST 484	Seminar in African History (W)	3
ISS 330A	Africa : Social Science Perspectives (I)	4
MC 324A	Regional Politics, Cooperation, and Conflict in the Middle East	4
MC 324B	Regional Politics, Cooperation, and Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa	4
MC 420	Islam and World Politics	4
PLS 351	African Politics	3

(Please note that there may be additional courses that can meet this requirement.)

Asia
Number	Title	Credits
ANP 414	Anthropology of South Asia	3
ANP 415	China : Culture and Society	3
EC 413	Economic Analysis of Asia	3
GEO 337	Geography of East Asia	3
HST 368	China since 1600	3
HST 451	Special Topics in Asian History	3
HST 485	Seminar in Asian History (W)	3
ISS 330B	Asia : Social Science Perspectives	4
MC 324D	Regional Politics, Cooperation, and Conflict in Asia	4
PLS 354	Politics of Asia	3

(Please note that there may be additional courses that can meet this requirement.)

Eurasia
Number	Title	Credits
EC 406	Economic Analysis Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States	3
HST 342	Modern East-Central Europe	3
HST 344	Russian and the Twentieth Century	3
PLS 358	Politics of U.S.S.R and Its successor state	3
SOC 415	Russian Contemporary Society	3

(Please note that there may be additional courses that can meet this requirement.)

Latin America and the Caribbean
Number	Title	Credits
ANP 410	Revolution and Social Change in Latin America	3
EC 412	Economic Analysis of Latin America	3
GEO 335	Geography of Latin America	3
HST 381	National Latin America	3
HST 382	Modern Brazil	3
HST 383	The Caribbean	3
HST 384	Modern Mexico	3
HST 385	Modern Spanish Central and South America	3
HST 453	Special Topics in Latin American History	3
HST 486	Seminar in Latin American History (W)	3
ISS 330C	Latin America : Social Science Perspectives (I)	4
MC 324C	Regional Politics, Cooperation, and Conflict in Latin America and the Caribbean	4
PLS 352	Latin American Politics	3

(Please note that there may be additional courses that can meet this requirement.)

Field Experience, Internship, Thesis, or Independent Study (3 or 4 credits). Compete one of the following three options:
1. an overseas field experience or internship in one of the four geographic areas listed in item 5 above;
2. a domestic internship strongly related to international development; or
3. a thesis or independent study under the direction of a faculty member.

(Please note that any of these options must be approved in advance by the specialization adviser.)

Senior-level Seminar or Capstone Course (3 or 4 credits). Complete one course with significant international development content, preferably:

SSC 490 Issues in International Development

(Other courses may be used with the approval of the specialization adviser.)

Only one of the following four courses may be used to satisfy the requirements for the International Development Specialization: Integrative Studies in Social, Behavioral, and Economic Studies 315, 330A, 330B or 330C. That course may also be used to satisfy university requirements.