Concentrations: Comparative Study, Foreign Policy and Global Governance, Global Human Development, International Conflict and Security
Major requirements and their VCCS equivalents (and RBC equivalents if applicable)
NOTE: The word "AND" between VCCS course numbers indicate JMU credit will be awarded for the completion of the VCCS sequence.
JMU Course: ECON 200, Introduction to Macroeconomics
- VCCS equivalents: ECO 201
- RBC equivalents: ECON 201
- NOTE: A major core requirement
JMU Course: ECON 201, Introduction to Microeconomics
- VCCS equivalents: ECO 202
- RBC equivalents: ECON 202
- NOTE: A major core requirement
JMU Course: POSC 230, International Relations
- VCCS equivalents: PLS 241
- RBC equivalents: No equivalent
- NOTE: A major core requirement
JMU Course: POSC 240, Comparative Politics
- VCCS equivalents: PLS 140
- RBC equivalents: GOVT 203
- NOTE: A major core requirement
JMU Course: Foreign Language (6 credits at the 300 level)
- VCCS equivalents: No equivalent (see advising note #1)
- RBC equivalents: No equivalent (see advising note #1)
- NOTE: A major core requirement
JMU Course: GEOG 280, Human Geography: The Cultural Landscape
- VCCS equivalents: GEO 210
- RBC equivalents: GEO 103
- NOTE: An option for all concentrations.
JMU Course: SCOM 248, Intercultural Communication
- VCCS equivalents: CST 229
- RBC equivalents: No equivalent
- NOTE: An option for all concentrations.
JMU Course: HIST 202, Europe since 1815
- VCCS equivalents: HIS 102
- RBC equivalents: HIST 102
- NOTE: An option for the Foreign Policy and Global Governance, International Conflict & Security, and Comparative concentration - Europe track.
JMU Course: ARTH 206, Survey of World Art, Renaissance to Modern
- VCCS equivalents: ART 102
- RBC equivalents: ART 202
- NOTE: An option for the Comparative concentration - Europe track.
JMU Course: Philosophy course for the B.A. degree
- VCCS equivalents: PHI 100, 101, 200, 227, 260 or 265
- RBC equivalents: PHIL 101, 201, 202 or 203
- NOTE: Not required to transfer; may be taken at JMU. Please Note: PHI 111 and 220 (VCCS) and PHIL 121 (RBC) will transfer but DO NOT count for the B.A. philosophy requirement.
Advising Notes
Please Read: This major guide is a list of all possible major courses offered in the Virginia Community College System. Not all courses may be offered at your community college, and you are not required to complete all these courses in order to transfer. Rather, it’s designed to help you meet JMU major requirements before you transfer, and be better prepared to progress through the major once you arrive at JMU. Please be sure to read the advising notes for additional information on the major.
- Students should begin taking their foreign language at the community college, especially if they are just beginning it. The prerequisite for FL 300 at JMU is two years (4 semesters) of the language (i.e. SPA 101-102 and 201-202 in the VCCS, or SPAN 101-102 and 201-202 at RBC), or the appropriate score on the JMU foreign language placement test.
- International Affairs majors earn a B.A. degree. In addition to foreign language (which is met by the major requirements), the B.A. also requires a philosophy course; see course equivalents above for options.
- Students majoring in international affairs who use proficiency in a native language to meet the INTA language requirement must make the following substitutions for the two 300-level foreign language courses (VCCS and RBC equivalents in parenteses): AMST 200 (VCCS HUM 211 or 212) and one of the following courses: HIST 225, (VCCS HIS 121 and 122; RBC 201 and 202) ENG 247 (VCCS no equivalent; RBC ENGL 205) or ENG 248 (VCCS no equivalent; RBC ENGL 206). Such students who have a diploma from a U.S. high school may take six credits of any foreign language, at any level, instead of the above two courses. These courses must focus on grammar, oral and written communication; they cannot be literature, cinema or civilization courses.
Updated 5/23
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