Download the Peace Corps Prep advising sheet.
Summary:
Four language courses (in Spanish or French if you will work in a country that uses either of those languages); five courses chosen from the list (see specifics); three education courses (only if student wishes to teach abroad); and a co-curricular enhancement (see list). Upon completion students will receive a certificate from the Peace Corps. Completion does not guarantee placement with the Peace Corps but may increase your chances by 3x!
Coursework:
Foreign Language Study:
A minimum of FOUR courses in a single language: (preferably French or Spanish; students may test out of this requirement)
Required Gateway Course (choose one):
- HIST 13800: World History 1800-Present
- POLS 22300 Comparative Politics
- SOAN 15500: Introduction to Sociology
- EVST 10100: Intro to Socio-Environmental Studies
Choice of FIVE from the following list (minimum of ONE INTD course and TWO total from either BIOL, ECON, EVST, HIST, MGMT, POLS, PUBH, or SOAN)
Biology:
- BIOL 280: Seminar: Water in Crisis
- BIOL 380: Tropical Biome Restoration
- BIOL 27800: Ecology
Communication:
- COMM 24800: Media and Multiculturalism
- COMM 25000: Communication Between Cultures
- COMM 35400: Intercultural Health Care Communication
English:
- ENGL 22600: India in Fiction and Film
- ENGL 33100: Studies in World Literature
- ENGL 43800: Advanced Studies in World Literature: Visions of India
Ethics:
- ETH 30100: Ethical Thinking
Environmental Studies:
- EVST 20500: Environmental Education
- EVST 20100: Permaculture Basics
- INTD 22800: Climate Change
- EVST/BIOL 24100: Principles of Ecology
- EVST/BIOL 27800: Ecology
- EVST 3XXX: Enviornmental Conflict Management
- EVST 33800: Environmental Activism and Policy
- EVST 35500: Wetlands, Rivers, and Coastal Areas
History:
- HIST 12800: World History 1000-1800
- HIST 13000: The World Since 1945
- HIST 13800: World History 1800-Present
- HIST 20700: Modern Japan 1600-Present
- HIST 20800 Asia’s Global Power
- TT INTD 21100: Seminar in Asian Studies
- INTD 21300: Selling Shanghai
- HIST 21700: Modern China 1842 to Present
- HIST 21900: Japan Since 1868
- HIST 23020: Brothel to Factory—History of Female Labor in Asia
- HIST 24000: Environmental History
- HIST 24500 History of North Korea
- HIST 25650: Gender and Sexuality in East Asia
- HIST 27000: The Civilization of China
- HIST 27100: Qing China 1644-1911
- HIST 27410 Shamans & Superstition
- HIST 27600: Locating Manchuria
Management:
- MGMT 22800: Comparative Human Resource Management
- MGMT 34000: International Management
- MGMT 36100: Multinational Marketing
Political Science:
- POLS 20500: World Geography
- POLS 22300: Comparative Politics
- POLS 22800: International Law
- POLS 22900: International Organization
- POLS 23100: International Politics
- POLS 23400: Politics of Developing Areas
- POLS 27400: Modern Political Philosophy
- POLS 30600: International Relations of South Asia
- POLS 31600: Comparative Elections
- POLS 32000: Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Political Violence
- POLS 33500: Towards a Global State
- POLS 33800: Globalization
- POLS 35100: Political Philosophy for a Dangerous World
Public Health:
- PUBH 10100: Introduction to Public Health
- PUBH 20100: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- PUBH 20200: Epidemiology and Health Research
- PUBH: Determinants of Health, Disease, and Disability
Sociology:
- SOAN 15500: Introduction to Sociology
- SOAN 20100: Social Problems
- SOAN 20300: Cultural Anthropology
- SOAN 21500: Human Settlements: Urbanization, Sprawl, and Transition
- SOAN 30300: Environmental Sociology
- SOAN 35900: Medical Sociology
- SOAN 38700: Sociology of Food
Sector-Specific Courses: For those interested in teaching: THREE courses in Education, choose from:
- EDUC 12000: Personal and Community Health Issues K-12
- EDUC 20300: Education, Culture, and Society
- EDUC 20500: Environmental Education
- EDUC 229: Developmentally Appropriate Practice Birth to Eight (taken with EDUC 234 or 235: Lab/Field experience, a 6 hour combination)
- EDUC 231: Human Growth and Development and Learning Theory (taken with EDUC 234 or 235: Lab/Field experience, a 6 hour combination)
- EDUC 232: Developmentally Appropriate Practice Birth to Eight (taken with EDUC 233: Lab/field experience, a 6 hour combination)
- EDUC 29000: Ethics of Collaboration
- EDUC 38700: Pedagogy and Instruction
Co-curricular enhancements – must have at least 50 hours in a work sector and 50 hours in leadership experience:
- A Study Abroad course
- A volunteer service learning project in the community
- A management or accounting internship (if they have a global emphasis)
- Agriculture, forestry, construction or skilled trade work experience
- Tutoring/teaching experience (if applicable to their desire to teach abroad); serve as an assistant in English as a Second Language courses offered by the college
- Health care/health education experience (if they have a global emphasis)
