INTS Global Studies Advising Worksheet

Name: ______

This worksheet must be filled in when the major is declared, signed by the director, and submitted to Jen Fichera in McCook 202, who will then provide copies for the student, the student’s advisor, and the director.

No more than three credits earned away from Trinity’s Hartford campus may be counted toward the ten-credit major. Required courses at the 300-level or above must be taken at Trinity.

Global Core* (three credits, at least one at the 300-level):

  1. ______
  2. ______
  3. ______

*All Global Core courses either originate in INTS or are cross-listed (not cross-referenced) with INTS. For questions about what counts as a Global Core course, please contact the Director.

OPTION 1:

Disciplinary or Thematic Focus Cluster* (three credits, at least one at the 300-level or above):

  1. ______
  2. ______
  3. ______

*Global Studies majors are required to choose three courses with substantial international or cross-cultural content from a single discipline (such as Anthropology, Economics, Environmental Science, History, Language and Culture Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, or Sociology) or on a single theme (ordinarily drawn from the approved courses for one of Trinity’s interdisciplinary programs, such as Education Studies, Human Rights Studies, Urban Studies, or Women/Gender/Sexuality Studies). One of the three courses may be a methods or theory course.

Electives* (three credits):

  1. ______
  2. ______
  3. ______

*Electives may consist of area courses from any of the area studies majors, Global Core courses, additional courses for the disciplinary or thematic cluster, or language courses in excess of the four semester requirement.

OPTION 2:

Comparative Regions* (six credits, at least one at the 300-level or above):

Region A: ______

  1. ______
  2. ______
  3. ______

Region B:______

  1. ______
  2. ______
  3. ______

*Global Studies majors choosing this option must distribute six credits evenly among the area courses listed for any two of the INTS area studies majors.

Senior Seminar (INTS401): ______

Optional one-semester honors thesis: ______

Language (four semesters)*:

  1. ______
  2. ______
  3. ______
  4. ______

*All INTS majors are required to complete a minimum of four semesters of a single language other than English after matriculating to Trinity. One semester (or one summer) of intensive language acquisition on a study away program counts toward this requirement as a single semester, regardless of the number of credits earned. Language courses beyond the four semester requirement may count toward the INTS major as electives or, in some cases, as area courses, but work up to that point does not count toward the ten-credit major.

Study abroad*: ______

*All INTS majors are required to complete at least one semester (or summer) of college-level study outside of the United States, typically by completion of an accredited study away program selected with the aid of International Studies faculty and the Office of International Programs staff. In certain cases, students may, in consultation with their International Studies advisor, fulfill this requirement by completing a course with a community learning component or a globally inflected internship in the United States.

When declaring the major:

Advisor name (please print) ______

Director signature ______Date ______