International Affairs, A.A.

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Major in Tennessee Transfer Pathway with Emphasis in International Affairs (A. A.)

Sample Academic Plan - Total Credit Hours: 60

Program Requirements - Students may be required to take additional Learning Support courses. Courses cannot be used more than once to satisfy program requirements. A. A. degrees require Foreign Language sequence.

First Year - Fall Semester - Credit Hours: 16

ENGL 1010 - English Composition I Credits: 3
²Humanities/Fine Arts Requirement Credits: 3
Area of Emphasis elective Credit:3*
MATH 1530 - Introductory Statistics Credits: 3
Foreign Language Credits: 3**
COLS 101 - Columbia State College Success Credits: 1

First Year - Spring Semester - Credit Hours: 15

ENGL 1020 - English Composition II Credits: 3
¹History Requirement Credits: 3
ECON 2100 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
Foreign Language Credits: 3**
COMM 2025 - Fundamentals of Communication Credits: 3 OR COMM 2055 Argumentation and Debate

Second Year - Fall Semester - Credit Hours: 16

¹History Requirement Credits: 3
²Literature Requirement Credits: 3
⁴Natural Science Requirement Credits: 4
⁵Social/Behavioral Science Requirement Credits: 3
Elective Credits: 3**

Second Year - Spring Semester - Credit Hours: 13

Area of Emphasis Credits: 3*
²Humanities/Fine Arts Credit(s): 3
⁴Natural Science Requirement Credit(s): 4
Elective Credits: 3**

General Education Requirements (Only When Option Noted Above)

¹History Requirement - Select from HIST 2010 , HIST 2020 , HIST 2030 , HIST 2310 , HIST 2320 .

²Humanities/Fine Arts Requirement - Select from ART 1035 , ART 2000 , ART 2020 , ENGL 2160 , ENGL 2860 , HUM 1010 , HUM 1020 , MUS 1030 , PHIL 1030 , PHIL 1040 , PHIL 2200 , THEA 1030 . Literature Options: ENGL 2055 , ENGL 2130 , ENGL 2235 , ENGL 2310 , ENGL 2320 .

³Mathematics Requirement - Select from MATH 1010 , MATH 1130 , MATH 1530 , MATH 1630 , MATH 1710 , MATH 1720 , MATH 1730 , MATH 1830 , MATH 1910 .

⁴Natural Sciences Requirement - Select from ASTR 1030 , BIOL 1080 (must pair with non-biology course except for BIOL 2010 or BIOL 2020 ), BIOL 1110 , BIOL 1120 , BIOL 2010 , BIOL 2020 , CHEM 1110 , CHEM 1120 , ESCI 1010 , ESCI 1020 , PHYS 2010 , PHYS 2020 , PHYS 2110 , PHYS 2120 , PSCI 1030 .

⁵Social/Behavioral Science Requirement - Select from ANTH 1230 , ANTH 1430 , ECON 2100 , ECON 2200 , GEOG 2010 , MCOM 1110 , PHED 2120 , POLS 1010 , POLS 1030 , POLS 2025 , POLS 2035 , PSYC 1030 , PSYC 2130 , SOCI 1010 , SOCI 1040 , SOCI 2010 .

Note(s):

* Check the institution and program to which you intend to transfer to for guidance when selecting area of emphasis requirements. Choose from the following list: GEOG 2010 , ECON 2200 , HIST 2320 , PHIL 2200 , POLS 1010 , or POLS 2035 .

**University majors in International Affairs may need to be at the 2000 level competency of a foreign language to earn the Bachelor of Arts degree; consider taking a second year of the same foreign language in the Second Year-Fall Semester and Second Year-Spring Semester.

Check www.tntransferpathway.org to see which four-year institutions offer this TTP major. Students should meet with their assigned advisor to determine courses required for the university chosen.

Students and advisors should run a degree audit from myChargerNet each semester to confirm classes are applicable to the program of study.

For more information contact:
Dr. Stuart Lenig at slenig@columbiastate.edu or 931.540.2877
Humanities & Social Sciences Division office at 931.540.2780