I A STD 1Introduction to International and Area Studies
International and Area Studies · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Introduction to international and area studies from interdisciplinary framework, covering themes related to international politics and markets, as well as international societies and cultures, to illuminate and clarify profoundly international character of world we live in and to introduce set of contemporary issues and challenges that cross borders and affect every region of world.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
I A STD 1
- I A STD 191Variable Topics Senior Research Seminars: International and Area Studies
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.