Courses Meeting the L&S International Requirement
(with GER noted)
The College of Letters and Science requires all AAS, BAGL, BA, and BS students to complete courses with significant international content. Courses meeting this requirement have been approved by the L&S APCC and are listed below. In addition to the listed courses, all Study Abroad classes fulfill the international requirement. Students who graduated from secondary school in another country are exempt from this requirement. For certain courses, only the specified course topics fulfill the requirement.
As on the Courses Approved for the L&S Breadth Requirement catalog page, we also provide information here on courses that meet the University's GER requirements. The key on this page aligns with that on the Breadth Requirement page, displaying both pre-Fall 2026 and Fall 2026 GERs. Students who matriculated before Fall 2026 may use pre-Fall 2026 GER, while those who enroll starting Fall 2026 will adhere to the revised GER.
It is important to note that double-counting is permitted for the international requirement; students can take a course that satisfies both a GER requirement and the international requirement. Additionally, courses may also fulfill the L&S Breadth requirement along with the international and GER. For cross-referencing courses and their corresponding L&S Breadth categories, please visit the Courses Approved for the L&S Breadth Requirement page.
Key
African and African Diaspora Studies
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| AFRIC 232 | Survey of African Societies and Cultures SS, CP | 3 |
| AFRIC 320 | Black Cultures in Latin America and the Caribbean | 3 |
| AFRIC 325 | Africa/China Relations | 3 |
| AFRIC 329 | Economic Growth and Sustainable Development in Africa | 3 |
| AFRIC 352 | Extended Families in Black Societies | 3 |
| AFRIC 417 | Race, Class and Gender in Southern Africa | 3 |
| AFRIC 418 | Race, Class, and Gender in Latin America and the Caribbean | 3 |
American Indian Studies
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| AIS 252 | Fourth Semester Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) | 4 |
| AIS 271 | Third-Semester Indigenous Languages of Wisconsin: | 3 |
| AIS 272 | Fourth-Semester Indigenous Languages of Wisconsin: | 3 |
| AIS 362 | System Failure: Globalization and Language Extinction | 3 |
Anthropology
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| ANTHRO 104 | Lifeways in Different Cultures: A Survey of World Societies SS, CP | 3 |
| ANTHRO 307 | World Archaeology: Foundations of Civilization | 3 |
| ANTHRO 320 | Peoples and Cultures of Africa | 3 |
| ANTHRO 325 | Japanese Culture and Society | 3 |
| ANTHRO 326 | Peoples and Cultures of South Asia | 3 |
| ANTHRO 328 | Comparative Studies of Music, Race, and Gender in Nationalism | 3 |
| ANTHRO 355 | Globalization, Culture, and Environment SS | 3 |
| ANTHRO 362 | System Failure: Globalization and Language Extinction | 3 |
| ANTHRO 432 | Law and Society | 3 |
| ANTHRO 433 | Contemporary Issues in Global Justice | 3 |
| ANTHRO 439 | Culture and Global Health | 3 |
| ANTHRO 440 | Medical Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTHRO 442 | Humanitarianism in Global Perspective | 3 |
| ANTHRO 447 | The Global Politics of Human Rights | 3 |
Arabic
Art History
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| ARTHIST 101 | Ancient and Medieval Art and Architecture HU, HA | 3 |
| ARTHIST 102 | Renaissance to Modern Art and Architecture HU, HA | 3 |
| ARTHIST 103 | History of Architecture HU, HA | 3 |
| ARTHIST 104 | African, New World and Oceanic Art and Architecture HU | 3 |
| ARTHIST 105 | Asian Art and Architecture HU, HA | 3 |
| ARTHIST 205 | History of Film I: Development of an Art HU, HA | 3 |
| ARTHIST 206 | History of Film II: Development of an Art HU, HA | 3 |
| ARTHIST 237 | Northern Renaissance Art | 3 |
| ARTHIST 251 | Introduction to the Art and Architecture of Latin America | 3 |
| ARTHIST 261 | Modern Art HU | 3 |
| ARTHIST 270 | Pre-Columbian Art, Myth, and Legacy | 3 |
| ARTHIST 323 | Age of Apocalypse: Western European Art after the First Millennium | 3 |
| ARTHIST 326 | Chivalry and Spirituality: French Gothic Art and Architecture | 3 |
| ARTHIST 327 | Caliphs, Emirs, & Kings: Art & Architecture of Medieval Spain | 3 |
| ARTHIST 328 | Frankish Art of the Crusader Period in the Levant | 3 |
| ARTHIST 329 | Late Medieval Art and Architecture | 3 |
| ARTHIST 333 | High Renaissance Art in Italy | 3 |
| ARTHIST 358 | Realism to Post-Impressionism: European Art, 1850-1900 | 3 |
| ARTHIST 364 | Modernism and the Avant-Garde, 1900-1960 | 3 |
| ARTHIST 366 | German Painting, 1800-1933 | 3 |
| ARTHIST 367 | Latin American Modernisms | 3 |
| ARTHIST 368 | History of Modern Design | 3 |
| ARTHIST 369 | Introduction to Contemporary Art | 3 |
| ARTHIST 371 | African Art | 3 |
| ARTHIST 372 | Art of the Inca and their Ancestors | 3 |
| ARTHIST 373 | Art of Ancient Mexico and Central America | 3 |
| ARTHIST 376 | History and Theory of New Media Art | 3 |
| ARTHIST 380 | Chinese Painting | 3 |
| ARTHIST 381 | Honors Seminar: (Art and Architecture of Islamic Spain) HU, HA | 3 |
| ARTHIST 381 | Honors Seminar: (Heaven on Earth: Origins of the French Gothic) HU, HA | 3 |
| ARTHIST 381 | Honors Seminar: (Images of Japans' Floating World) HU, HA | 3 |
| ARTHIST 382 | Chinese Art and Architecture | 3 |
| ARTHIST 463 | Cubism and its Inheritance | 3 |
| ARTHIST 465 | Dada and Surrealist Art | 3 |
| ARTHIST 481 | Topics in Chinese Art: (Arts of Intellectuals of Ancient and Contemporary China) | 1-3 |
Celtic Studies
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| CELTIC 203 | Third Semester Irish Gaelic | 3 |
| CELTIC 204 | Fourth Semester Irish Gaelic | 3 |
| CELTIC 285 | Modern Irish Language and Literature in Translation | 3 |
Chinese
Classics
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| CLASSIC 170 | Classical Mythology HU, HA | 3 |
| CLASSIC 171 | Classical Mythology: An Audio-Visual Supplement HU | 1 |
| CLASSIC 201 | Introduction to Greek Life and Literature HU, HA | 3 |
| CLASSIC 202 | Introduction to Roman Life and Literature HU, HA | 3 |
| CLASSIC 301 | The Life and Literature of Classical Athens: Herodotus and Dramatists HU | 3 |
| CLASSIC 303 | The Life and Literature of the Roman Empire HU | 3 |
| CLASSIC 304 | The Graeco-Roman World: (Pompeii) HU | 3 |
| CLASSIC 312 | Ancient Epic Oral Traditions HU | 3 |
Communication
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| COMMUN 450 | Cross-Cultural Communication | 3 |
| COMMUN 550 | International and Global Communication | 3 |
| COMMUN 641 | Current Topics in Organizational/Professional Communication: (International Mediation) | 3 |
Comparative Literature
Economics
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| ECON 193 | First-Year Seminar: (Economic Development of China, Japan, and Korea) SS | 3 |
| ECON 193 | First-Year Seminar: (Economics of Asia) SS | 3 |
| ECON 351 | Introduction to International Economic Relations | 3 |
| ECON 353 | Economic Development | 3 |
| ECON 454 | International Trade | 3 |
| ECON 455 | International Finance | 3 |
English
Ethnic Studies
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| ETHNIC 285 | Cultures of Contemporary Russia | 3 |
| ETHNIC 375 | Global Violence, Disease, and Death | 3 |
Film Studies
French
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| FRENCH 145 | Views of France: HU | 3 |
| FRENCH 146 | Learning French Culture through Cuisine HU, HA | 3 |
| FRENCH 203 | Third-Semester French HA | 3 |
| FRENCH 204 | Fourth-Semester French | 3 |
| FRENCH 334 | French on Screen | 3 |
| FRENCH 383 | Honors Seminar: (I Eat Therefore I Am — Cuisine and Identity in France) HU, HA | 3 |
| FRENCH 383 | Honors Seminar: (Fighting for Truth, Justice, and Freedom: The Birth of the Public Intellectual in France) HU, HA | 3 |
| FRENCH 383 | Honors Seminar: (World War I in France: A Long Reckoning) HA | 3 |
| FRENCH 457 | Topics in French and Francophone Studies in Translation: | 3 |
Geography
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| GEOG 105 | Introduction to Human Geography SS, SBS | 3 |
| GEOG 110 | The World: Peoples and Regions SS, SBS | 3 |
| GEOG 115 | Globalization and Economic Development SS, SBS | 3 |
| GEOG 213 | Geography of Asia SS, SBS | 3 |
| GEOG 309 | Nationalities and Nations of the World | 3 |
| GEOG 330 | Europe: East and West | 3 |
| GEOG 333 | Muslim Geographies: Identities and Politics | 3 |
| GEOG 443 | Cities of the World: Comparative Urban Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 540 | Globalization and the City | 3 |
German
Global Studies
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| GLOBAL 101 | Introduction to Global Studies: People and Politics SS, CP | 3 |
| GLOBAL 102 | Introduction to Global Languages and Cultures HU, HA | 3 |
| GLOBAL 192 | First-Year Seminar: HU, HA | 3 |
| GLOBAL 194 | NS | 3 |
| GLOBAL 201 | Introduction to Global Studies: Economics and the Environment SS, SBS | 3 |
| GLOBAL 202 | Introduction to Global Studies: Globalization and Technology SS, SBS | 3 |
| GLOBAL 299 | Ad Hoc: | 1-6 |
| GLOBAL 351 | Language, Media, and Social Practice in Global Communications | 3 |
| GLOBAL 371 | Rethinking Global Security | 3 |
| GLOBAL 383 | Environmental Political Theory | 3 |
| GLOBAL 391 | Black Lives Matter: A Global Comparative Study | 3 |
| GLOBAL 439 | Culture and Global Health | 3 |
| GLOBAL 499 | Ad Hoc: | 1-6 |
| GLOBAL 541 | Cross-Cultural Management | 3 |
| GLOBAL 550 | Advanced Seminar in Global Studies: OWCB | 3 |
Greek
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| GREEK 205 | Third Semester Greek | 4 |
Hebrew
History
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| HIST 101 | Western Civilization: Ancient World to 1500 HU, HA | 3 |
| HIST 102 | Western Civilization: 1500 to the Present HU, HA | 3 |
| HIST 131 | World History to 1500 HU, CP | 3 |
| HIST 132 | World History Since 1500 HU | 3 |
| HIST 176 | East Asian Civilization Since 1600 HU, HA | 3 |
| HIST 180 | Latin American Society and Culture SS | 3 |
| HIST 203 | The History of Medieval Europe: The Early Middle Ages HU, HA | 3 |
| HIST 204 | The History of Medieval Europe: The High Middle Ages HU, HA | 3 |
| HIST 206 | Europe and the Modern World: 1815 to the Present SS | 3 |
| HIST 210 | The Twentieth Century: A Global History SS, CP | 3 |
| HIST 236 | Britain Since 1688: Rise and Decline of a Great Power HU | 3 |
| HIST 239 | Poland and its Neighbors, 1795-1914 | 3 |
| HIST 242 | Women and Gender in Europe: 1750 to the Present HU, HA | 3 |
| HIST 248 | The First World War HU, CP | 3 |
| HIST 249 | The Second World War in Europe HU, CP | 3 |
| HIST 282 | The Modern Middle East in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries HA | 3 |
| HIST 284 | Buddhism Across Asia HU, HA | 3 |
| HIST 286 | The Korean War | 3 |
| HIST 287 | The Vietnam War SS, SBS | 3 |
| HIST 290 | Topics in Global History: | 3 |
| HIST 329 | The Roman Catholic Church, 1500 to the Present | 3 |
| HIST 341 | Imperial Russia | 3 |
| HIST 343 | Russia Since 1917 | 3 |
| HIST 346 | Poland and Its Neighbors, 1914-1945 | 3 |
| HIST 348 | Poland and Its Neighbors, 1945 to the Present | 3 |
| HIST 355 | Modern and Contemporary France | 3 |
| HIST 358 | The Jews of Modern Europe: History and Culture | 3 |
| HIST 363 | Germany: Hitler and the Nazi Dictatorship | 3 |
| HIST 364 | The Holocaust: Anti-Semitism & the Fate of Jewish People in Europe, 1933-45 | 3 |
| HIST 372 | Topics in Global History: (West Africa and the Transatlantic Slave Trade) | 3 |
| HIST 375 | Contemporary European History, 1945 to the Present | 3 |
| HIST 376 | Premodern China | 3 |
| HIST 377 | Modern China | 3 |
| HIST 378 | Revolution in China | 3 |
| HIST 379 | Introduction to Jewish History HU | 3 |
| HIST 380 | Buddhism: A Cultural History | 3 |
| HIST 386 | Africans in World History: Communities, Cultures, and Ideas | 3 |
| HIST 387 | Modern Africa | 3 |
| HIST 392 | The History of Southern Africa | 3 |
| HIST 393 | History of Mexico | 3 |
| HIST 395 | History of Japan Since 1600 | 3 |
| HIST 398 | Honors Seminar: (Arts, Politics, and Society in Modern France) HU, HA | 3 |
| HIST 398 | Honors Seminar: (Enlightenment Voyages) HU, HA | 3 |
| HIST 398 | Honors Seminar: (Gender, Religion and Sexuality in World History) HU, HA | 3 |
| HIST 398 | Honors Seminar: (History, Memory, and Reconciliation in East Asia) HU, HA | 3 |
| HIST 398 | Honors Seminar: (Pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Roman Empire: Conflict and Accommodation) HU, HA | 3 |
| HIST 398 | Honors Seminar: (Pope John II and the 20th Century World) HU, HA | 3 |
| HIST 400 | Topics in Latin American and Caribbean History: | 3 |
Honors
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| HONORS 200 | Honors Seminar in Humanities & Arts (Europe in the 19th Century) HU, OWCB, HA | 3 |
| HONORS 200 | Honors Seminar in Humanities & Arts (Samurai and Geisha; Understanding Japan) HU, OWCB, HA | 3 |
| HONORS 200 | Honors Seminar in Humanities & Arts (The Birth of the Modern: 19th Century European Social and Political Thought) HU, OWCB, HA | 3 |
| HONORS 200 | Honors Seminar in Humanities & Arts (The Idea of Nation in Modern History) HU, OWCB, HA | 3 |
| HONORS 200 | Honors Seminar in Humanities & Arts (The Idea of Progress in Modern European History) HU, OWCB, HA | 3 |
| HONORS 200 | Honors Seminar in Humanities & Arts (The Imperial Idea in Modern European History) HU, OWCB, HA | 3 |
| HONORS 200 | Honors Seminar in Humanities & Arts (Tokyo: A Cultural Biography) HU, OWCB, HA | 3 |
| HONORS 200 | Honors Seminar in Humanities & Arts (Turmoil, Tragedy, and Triumph: Europeans in the Twentieth Century) HU, OWCB, HA | 3 |
| HONORS 201 | Honors Seminar in Social & Behavioral Science: (Tokyo: A Cultural Biography) SBS | 3 |
| HONORS 350 | Honors Seminar in Humanities & Arts: (Sacred Asia) HU, HA | 3 |
| HONORS 351 | Honors Seminar in Social & Behavioral Science (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, and Terror: Revolutionary France, 1789-1799) SS, SBS | 3 |
| HONORS 351 | Honors Seminar in Social & Behavioral Science (The Oldest Hatred: Jewish People as Perpetual Other) SS, SBS | 3 |
International Studies
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| INTLST 550 | Senior Seminar in International Studies: | 3 |
Italian
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| ITALIAN 112 | Italian Language and Culture for Professional Communication | 4 |
| ITALIAN 143 | Multi-Racial Italy Today | 3 |
| ITALIAN 145 | Views of Italy: HU | 3 |
| ITALIAN 146 | Italians and the Mafia HA | 3 |
| ITALIAN 192 | (Finding the Italian in You — Italian Folklore in Fiction and Film) | 3 |
| ITALIAN 203 | Third-Semester Italian HA | 3 |
| ITALIAN 204 | Fourth-Semester Italian | 3 |
| ITALIAN 245 | Italy and Its Global Fictions: HU | 3 |
| ITALIAN 256 | Introduction to Italian Food Studies: A Cultural History HA | 3 |
| ITALIAN 258 | Contemporary Italian Society and Culture HU | 3 |
| ITALIAN 329 | | 3 |
| ITALIAN 333 | Dante's Divine Comedy in Translation | 3 |
| ITALIAN 345 | Italians and the Holocaust in Italy | 3 |
| ITALIAN 357 | Topics in Italian Culture in Translation: | 3 |
Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| JAMS 620 | Seminar in Global Media | 3 |
Japanese
Jewish Studies
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| JEWISH 261 | Representing the Holocaust in Words and Images HU, CP | 3 |
| JEWISH 358 | The Jews of Modern Europe: History and Culture | 3 |
| JEWISH 379 | Introduction to Jewish History HU | 3 |
Korean
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| LACS 101 | Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies HU, HA | 3 |
Latin
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| LATIN 205 | Third Semester Latin | 4 |
Philosophy
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| PHILOS 204 | Introduction to Asian Religions HU, HA | 3 |
| PHILOS 204X | Introduction to Asian Religions HA | 3 |
| PHILOS 272 | Philosophical Classics: (Descartes' Meditations) | 1 |
| PHILOS 272 | Philosophical Classics: (Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion) | 1 |
| PHILOS 272 | Philosophical Classics: (The Life and Death of Socrates) | 1 |
| PHILOS 304 | Buddhist Philosophy | 3 |
| PHILOS 350 | Introduction to the Comparative Study of Religion | 3 |
| PHILOS 355 | Political Philosophy | 3 |
| PHILOS 430 | Great Thinkers of the Ancient Period | 3 |
| PHILOS 432 | Great Thinkers of the Modern Period | 3 |
| PHILOS 435 | Existentialism | 3 |
Polish
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| POLISH 201 | Third-Semester Polish | 3 |
| POLISH 202 | Fourth-Semester Polish | 3 |
| POLISH 236 | Polish Culture in its Historical Setting HU | 3 |
| POLISH 260 | Survey of Polish Literature-in-Translation: 1863 to the Present HU | 3 |
Political Science
Portuguese
Russian
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| RUSSIAN 201 | Third-Semester Russian | 4 |
| RUSSIAN 202 | Fourth-Semester Russian | 4 |
| RUSSIAN 235 | Survey of Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature in Translation HU | 3 |
| RUSSIAN 236 | Survey of Twentieth-Century Russian Literature in Translation HU | 3 |
| RUSSIAN 242 | Vampires: From Slavic Village to Hollywood HA | 3 |
| RUSSIAN 245 | Russian Life and Culture HU, OWCB, HA | 3 |
| RUSSIAN 350 | Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy in Translation: Major Works HU | 3 |
| RUSSIAN 360 | Bulgakov, Pasternak and Solzhenitsyn in Translation HU | 3 |
| RUSSIAN 361 | Russian and Slavic Folklore HU, OWCB | 3 |
| RUSSIAN 363 | Women's Influence on Russian Culture Throughout History OWCB | 3 |
| RUSSIAN 391 | Russian Literature and Culture in Translation: | 3 |
Sociology
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| SOCIOL 103 | World Society SS | 3 |
| SOCIOL 235 | Social Change in the Global Economy SS, CP | 3 |
| SOCIOL 324 | Race and Ethnicity in Global Contexts | 3 |
Spanish
Urban Studies
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| URB STD 450 | Urban Growth and Development: A Global View | 3 |
Women's and Gender Studies
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| WGS 311 | Global Anti-Gender Movements | 3 |
| WGS 401 | Global Feminisms | 3 |
| WGS 500 | Advanced Research Seminar in Women's and Gender Studies: (Muslim Women, Gender Politics & Activism) | 3 |
World Languages and Cultures
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| AMLLC 381 | Honors Seminar: HU, HA | 3 |