University of Richmond

Concentration in International Economics 

Jonathan B. Wight, Advisor

Students are strongly encouraged to develop proficiency in economics with either a minor or double major (see Economics Department for requirements.)  Note that the Economics courses listed below have prerequisites.

8 units, including

  • ECON 210 The Economics of the European Union
  • ECON 211 Economic Development in Asia, Africa and Latin America
  • ECON 310 International Trade And Finance
  • Five elective units from two or more departments in the following list:
    ACCT 315 International Accounting Issues
    ANTH 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
    ANTH 307 Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
    ANTH 308 Latin America: An Ethnographic Perspective
    ANTH 336 Politics, Power and Ritual
    ANTH 338 Africa: Cultural Change in a Post-Colonial Setting
    ANTH 339 Pacific Island Cultures and Ethnographies
    ANTH 340 Southeast Asia: Cultural Representations
    FIN 462 International Financial Management
    GEOG 206 World Geography - Developed Regions
    GEOG 207 World Geography - Developing Regions
    GEOG 210 Geographic Dimensions of Human Development
    GEOG 345 Society, Economy and Nature
    GEOG 370 Geographies of Economic Development and Globalization
    HIST 236 Russian Empire, Soviet Union and After
    HIST 237 The Last Soviet Generation
    HIST 241 Modern European Thought Since 1850
    HIST 242 Modern Germany
    HIST 243 Modern Britain
    HIST 244 The Hapsburg Empire and After
    HIST 245 Modern Balkans
    HIST 246 Russia in Revolution, 1905-1934
    HIST 247 Modern Ireland
    HIST 248 European Diplomacy from Bismarck to Hitler
    HIST 249 Twentieth-Century Europe
    HIST 250 Modern East Asia 1600-1960
    HIST 251 Chinese Revolutions
    HIST 252 China Modern: 1900-1940
    HIST 253 Empires and Nations in Modern East Asia
    HIST 254 Modern Japan
    HIST 255 Meiji Japan: An Emperor and the World Named for Him
    HIST 261 Modern Latin America
    HIST 262 The Making of Modern Brazil
    HIST 271 The Modern Middle East
    HIST 272 The Ottoman Empire
    HIST 282 Africa in the Twentieth Century
    HIST 283 South Africa since 1500
    HIST 290 British Empire and Commonwealth
    HIST 291 History of Canada
    HIST 340 Imagining the Other: China and the West
    HIST 341 History and Memory: WWII in East Asia
    HIST 380 Women and Gender in African History
    HIST 390 Food and Power in Africa and Asia
    IBUS 381 International Business Environment
    IBUS 390 International Business Issues and Topics
    IBUS 411 International Business Strategy
    IS 230 Introduction to Africa: The Sociology of Africa
    IS 245 Introduction to South Asia
    IS 301 Dependency and Development: An Introduction to the Third World
    IS 310 Tribe, Nation, World : The Anthropology of Globalization
    IS 320 Power, Space and Territory: Geographies of Political Change
    IS 321 Exploring Latin American Experience: An Interdisciplinary Seminar
    IS 351 Globalization
    MGMT 333 International Management
    MKT 325 International Marketing
    PHIL 337 Social and Political Philosophy
    PHIL 344 Twentieth-Century Continental Philosophy
    PLSC 240 Introduction to Comparative Politics
    PLSC 312 Modern Political Theory
    PSLC 340 Islam and Politics
    PLSC 341 Great Britain, France and Germany
    PLSC 342 Transitions from Communism in Europe and Eurasia
    PLSC 343 Politics of Asia
    PLSC 344 Europe Today
    PLSC 345 Politics of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan
    PLSC 346 Politics of Cultural Pluralism
    PLSC 347 Politics of Developing Nations
    PLSC 348 Politics of Africa
    PLSC 349 Politics of Latin America and the Caribbean
    PLSC 350 American Foreign Policy
    PLSC 352 International Law and Organizations
    PLSC 355 Middle East Security
    PLSC 356 International Political Economy
    PLSC 357 International Relations of East Asia
    PLSC 358 The United States and the Pacific Rim
    PLSC 360 International Development Policy
    PLSC 374 Methods for Cross National Research
    RELG 250 Introduction to World Religions
    SOC 230 Introduction to Africa: The Sociology of Africa
    SOC 231 Across the Pond: Europe vs. USA
    SOC 232 Postsocialism in Russian and Eastern Europe
    SOC 335 Feast and Famine: Inequalities in the Global Food System