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INTL 100Analysis, Argument, and Real-World Problems

4 units · INTL · UC San Diego

Focuses on developing skills in analytic reading and writing while using an interdisciplinary approach to asking and answering real-world questions. Lectures are topical and built around a series of readings that build in complexity and nuance; students work in an iterative process that builds toward a final policy memo project.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “sophomore standing or above and completion of at least one quarter of a university-level writing course.”

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 2 · Winter (7 programs).

Required in (12)

  • International Studies (B.A.)
  • International Studies (B.A.) (IS33)
  • International Studies—Anthropology (B.A.)
  • International Studies—Economics (B.A.)
  • International Studies—History (B.A.)
  • International Studies—International Business (B.A.)
  • International Studies—International Business (B.S.)
  • International Studies—Linguistics (B.A.)
  • International Studies—Linguistics (B.A.) (IS29)
  • International Studies—Philosophy (B.A.)
  • International Studies—Political Science (B.A.)
  • International Studies—Sociology (B.A.)
What it opens up

Courses that list INTL 100 as a prerequisite (4)

  • INTL 101 Culture and Society in International Perspective
  • INTL 102 Economics, Politics, and International Change
  • INTL 190 Seminar in International Studies
  • INTL 190H Honors Seminar in International Studies