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The world is interdependent...interrelated....intercultural.  Your studies should be, too, so you can live and succeed in the 21st century.

Politics, commerce, trade, human advocacy, environmental issues and more… our world has become increasingly multinational, multicultural and multilingual.

Through the international studies program, you’ll acquire the knowledge, skills and sensitivities that’ll help you understand and appreciate our global society.  In addition, you’ll learn to apply critical thinking and problem-solving strategies as you analyze real-world issues and concerns.

Multi-faceted
An interdisciplinary program, international studies combines courses in sociology, earth science, political science, history, economics, religion and foreign language. In addition, you can customize your studies by selecting a concentration area relevant to your area of interest and career plans.  When you graduate, you’ll be career marketable because our program includes a foreign language component that makes you among the 10 percent of the graduates who are foreign language proficient.

Experiential
Through our study abroad program, you can spend a semester overseas traveling with a group tour, studying at a university or creating your own immersion experience.  Other experiential opportunities include independent study projects, internships, extracurricular activities and more.

Career versatile
International studies can be a companion major/minor for foreign language, business, political science, sociology and other programs of study.  Career options include: 

Offered as a major and minor