International Studies - Anthropology

International Studies majors are required to demonstrate basic proficiency in a modern foreign language. This can be accomplished in one of the following ways:

• Completion of the fourth quarter college-level foreign language course
• Proficiency Exam
• AP Language or Literature Exam
• IB Language Exam
• SAT II Language Exam
• Graduation from high school outside of the United States

International Studies Core Courses (3 courses)

All courses are 4-units and must be taken for a letter grade of C- or better.

For Students Beginning the INTL Course Sequence in Fall 2024:

• INTL 100. Analysis, Argument, and Real World Problems 
• INTL 101. Culture and Society in International Perspective (Prerequisite: INTL 100)
• INTL 102. Economics, Politics, and International Change (Prerequisite: INTL 100)
  •  INTL 190 seminars with a regional/country focus may be taken to fulfill an ISP regional requirement.

INTL 102 may be taken before INTL 101.

For ISP Students who have already taken INTL 101 and/or INTL 102 by Spring 2024:

• INTL 101. Culture and Society in International Perspective
• INTL 102. Economics, Politics, and International Change
• INTL 190. Seminar in International Studies (Prerequisites: INTL 101 and INTL 102)

INTL 102 may be taken before INTL 101. Both INTL 101 and INTL 102 must be completed before INTL 190. The INTL core courses must be taken at UC San Diego.

You may not take INTL 100 instead of INTL 190.

All eight (8) courses must be 4 units, upper division and taken for a letter grade of C- or better.

Disciplinary Focus – Anthropology (8 courses)

At least one (1) of the eight (8) upper-division courses must be selected from the following:

• ANTH 101. Foundations of Social Complexity
• ANTH 102. Humans are Cultural Animals
• ANTH 103. Sociocultural Anthropology

Remaining seven (7) courses selected from the following series:

• ANAR. Archaeology
• ANSC. Sociocultural Anthropology
• Maximum of 2 ANBI. Biological Anthropology courses by petition

All three (3) courses must be upper division, 4 units and taken for a letter grade of C- or better.

Interdisciplinary Electives (3 Courses)

• Three (3) courses from approved Interdisciplinary Elective Course List.
• Courses must be from outside the Anthropology Department
• Students are responsible for meeting all departmental pre-requisite courses.  Please refer to the General Catalog for additional information.