2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
    Dec 05, 2024  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

International Studies, B.A.


The International Studies major educates students about emerging global and international issues concerning politics, art, culture and religion, and social policy. Its purpose is to produce an informed and broadly educated global citizenry who can then take this learning to both private and public sector professions and arenas that address a wide variety of international issues and global challenges. This will require a study-abroad experience (or related internship), analytical and reasoning skills, cross-cultural attitudinal skills, and knowledge about specific contemporary global and cultural issues and processes.

 

Note: Some courses in this major are only offered in the online format.

General Education Requirements


(45 credits)

Humanities


(5 courses)

  • Fine Arts elective
  • Literature or Foreign Language elective
  • Philosophy elective
  • Two Humanities electives

Social Sciences


(3 courses)

  • History or Political Science elective
  • Two Social Sciene electives

Natural Sciences and Quantitative Reasoning


(2 courses)

  • Science elective
  • Math or Science elective

International Studies


(42 credits)

Breadth Courses


(18 credits)

World Art/Music (Select one)

World Culture (Select one)

World Literature (Select one)

World History (Select one)

World Economics (Select one)

World Politics (Select one)

Foreign Language Requirement


(12 credits)

  • Four courses of any one foreign language

Graduation Requirements


  • 128 credit hours minimum
  • Last 30 hours of the degree taken in residency
  • A minimum of half the major credit hours in residency
  • A minimum of half the minor credit hours in residency
  • ​60 credit hours must be completed at a 4-year institution