Courses
Cultural/Regional Studies Requirement
All Navy and Nurse Option Midshipmen are required to complete a course that focuses on non-Western countries.
Boston University
Anthropology
CAS AN 312 People and Culture of Africa
CAS AN 317 Power and Society in the Middle East
CAS AN 318 Southeast Asia: Tradition and Development
CAS AN 344 Modern Japanese Society, Family, and Workplace
Art History
CAS AH 214 Arts of Africa
CAS AH 225 The Arts of Asia
CAS AH 326 Arts of Japan
CAS AH 327 Arts of China
MET AH 588 The Arts in Cuba
Economics
CAS EC 369 Economic Development of Latin America
Geography
CAS GE 356 Geography of World Development
CAS GE381 Geography of Asia
CAS GE382 Understanding the Middle East
CAS GE394 Environmental History of Africa
History
CAS HI 292 Colonialism in Africa
CAS HI 386 Modern Latin America
CAS HI 389 Introduction to Early Chinese History
CAS HI390 Introduction to Modern Chinese History
CAS HI 392 Introduction to the Middle East
CAS HI 394 Environmental History of Africa
CAS HI 398 Turko-Persia in the Twentieth Century
MET HI 333 The Middle East in the Twentieth Century
MET HI 355 Modern China
MET HI 386 Modern Latin America
International Relations
CAS IR 242 Sociology of Developing Countries
CAS IR 328 Turko-Persia in the Twentieth Century
CAS IR 368 Contemporary East Asian Economics
CAS IR 369 Southeast Asia in World Politics
CAS IR 370 China: From Revolution to Reform
CAS IR 382 Understanding the Middle East
CAS IR 383 Understanding Modern North Africa\
CAS IR 397 History of Modern Iran, 1900-Present
CAS IR 410 Latin America Today: An Interdisciplinary Approach
CAS IR 430 Africa and Globalization: Opportunities and Obstacles
CAS IR 506 India: An Emerging World Power
CAS IR 509 Islam in Middle East Politics
CAS IR 520 The State and Public Purpose in Asia
CAS IR 566 Democracy in Latin America and Its Challenges
CAS IR 577 The Foreign Policy of the People’s Republic of China
Philosophy
CAS PH 247 Introduction of Chinese Philosophy
Political Science
CAS PO 367 Introduction to Latin American Politics and International Relations
CAS PO 550 Political Economy of Latin America
CAS PO 558 Problems and Issues in Post-Mao China
CAS PO 562 The State and Public Purpose in Asia
CAS PO 566 Political Systems of Southern Africa
CAS PO 578 The Foreign Policy of the People’s Republic of China
CAS PO 579 Japan in International Politics
CAS PO 580 Democracy in Latin America and Its Challenges
Religion
CAS RN 103 Religions of the World: Eastern
CAS RN 213 Hinduism
CAS RN 214 Islam
CAS RN 215 Japanese Religion
CAS RN 362 Chinese Medicine
CAS RN 363 Zen Buddhism
CAS RN 375 Culture, Society, and Religion in South Asia
MET RN 103 Religions of the World: Eastern
MET RN 211 Chinese Religion
Sociology
CAS SO 242 Sociology of Developing Countries
Boston College
Economics
EC 275: Economic Development: The Experience of El Salvador
English
EN 199 Introduction to Caribbean Literature
EN 348 Modern Middle Eastern and Arabic Literature
EN 495 Contemporary Asian Cinema
Art History
FA 280 Masterpieces of Islamic Art
FA 314 The Art and Archaeology of Egypt and the Ancient Near East
FA 329 Spanish Colonial Art and Architecture
FA 409 Art of the Islamic Book
Film Studies
FM 312 World Cinema
FM 315 Cinema of the Greater Middle East
History
HS 005 Asia in the World I
HS 006 Asia in the World II
HS 120 Introduction to African Diaspora
HS 171 Islamic Art and Civilization
HS 172 Post-Slavery History of the Caribbean
NS 173 Colonial Late America
HS 174 Modern Latin America
HS 207 Islamic Civilization in the Middle East
HS 208 Middle East in the Twentieth Century
HS 214 Modern South Africa
HS 300.66 Study and Writing of History: The Arabian Nights
HS 300.97 Study and Writing of History: Shanghai in Myth and History
HS 303 Late Imperial China
HS 304 Greater China in the Modern Age, 1895-Present
HS 314 Religion and Politics in Twentieth-Century India
HS 320 Modern Brazil
HS 323 Social Justice in Meso-America
HS 325 Revolutionary Cuba: History and Politics
HS 326 History of Modern Iran
HS 329 Caribbean During the Cold War
HS 330 Religion in Latin America: From the Sun to Christ the Worker
HS 342 Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Empire
HS 344 History and Historiography of the Arab Israeli Conflict
HS 373 Slave Societies in the Caribbean and Latin America
HS 385 Introduction to Modern South Asia
HS 609 Cairo: City of 1001 Nights
HS 633 Imperial Legacies in Africa
Music
MU 306 African Music
Philosophy
PL 193 Chinese Classical Philosophy: Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism
Political Science
PO 403 Rise and Rule of Islamic States
PO 414 Politics and Society in Central Eurasia
PO 420 Modern Iran
PO 469 Politics of Japan and the Republic of Korea
PO 503 Chinese Foreign Policy
PO 514 East Asian Security
Romance Languages and Literatures
RL 292 Modern Middle Eastern and Arabic Literature
RL 615 Latin American Writers of the Twentieth Century
RL 660 Literature of the Hispanic Caribbean
Slavic and Eastern Languages and Literature
Completion of the Fourth Semester of Any Non-European Language
Sociology
SC 323 Social Justice in Meso-America
SC 389 Middle East on Film: Anthropological Perspectives
Theology
TH 107 Religion in Africa
TH 108 Christianity in Africa
TH 178 Islamic Civilization
TH 352 Israelis and Palestinians: Two People, Three Faiths
Management
MJ 631 African Business
Northeastern University
Anthropology
SOA U220 Latino, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies
SOA U500 Latin American Society and Development
SOA U510 Anthropology of Africa
SOA U515 Anthropology of South Asia
Earth and Environmental Sciences
ENV U338 Maritime History and Culture: The Caribbean
ENV U339 Marine Environmental History: The Caribbean
Economics
ECN U292 Economics of the Middle East
History
HST U150 East Asian Studies
HST U160 Middle East Studies
HST U180 African History
HST U185 Introduction to Middle Eastern History
HST U187 Introduction to Latin American History
HST U189 Introduction to South Asian History
HST U204 Third World Women
HST U251 Modern East Asia
HST U252 Japanese Literature and Culture
HST U254 Contemporary China
HST U256 Chinese Civilization in Her Eyes
HST U260 Modern Latin America
HST U261 The Modern Caribbean
HST U290 Modern Middle East
HST U291 The Ottoman Empire (1300-1920)
Music
MUS U129 Music of the Middle East
MUS U130 Music of Asia
MUS U131 Music of Latin America and the Caribbean
Philosophy
PHL U231 Image and Icon in South Asia
PHL U275 Eastern Religions
PHL U276 Indian Religions
PHL U290 Chinese Philosophy and Religion
American Military History or National Security Policy
All Navy and Marine Option students are required to complete one course in American Military History or National Security Policy
Boston University
History
CAS HI 307 History of War
CAS HI 349 History of International Relations 1900-1945
CAS HI 350 History of International Relations Since 1945
CAS HI 366 History of American Foreign Relations Since 1898
CAS HI 465 The United States and the Cold War
CAS HI 472 Wars of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Century
MET HI 342 History of Warfare
International Relations
CAS IR 320 The American Military Experience
CAS IR 349 History of International Relations 1900-1945
CAS IR 350 History of International Relations Since 1945
CAS IR 374 Introduction to Security Studies
CAS IR 376 American Foreign Policy
CAS IR 378 Intelligence in a Democratic Society
CAS IR 385 U.S. National Security: Policy and Strategy
CAS IR 465 The United States and the Cold War
CAS IR 503 United States Foreign Policy in the Middle East
CAS IR 521 Congress and National Security
CAS IR 540 Committing to Defend Europe: The U.S. and the U.K.
CAS IR 578 Foreign Intelligence and Security Systems
CAS IR 581 The Evolution of Strategic Intelligence
CAS IR 583 Aspects of Defense Planning and Technology
Political Science
CAS PO 366 History of American Foreign Relations Since 1898
CAS PO 570 United States Foreign Policy in the Middle East
CAS PO 674 The United States as a World Power
College of General Studies
CGS SS 202 Social Science IV America’s Response to Twentieth Century Revolutions.
Boston College
History
HS 111 America’s War in Vietnam,
HS 571 U.S. Foreign Relations I
HS 572 U.S. Foreign Relations II