Undergraduate Programs
Student Learning Outcomes
Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (B.A.)
Students completing the International Studies B.A. program will achieve the following:
- Communicate
- at an intermediate-advanced level competency in a modern foreign language at a level that goes beyond that required for general graduation from the School of Liberal Arts.
- Fulfill
- the International component of the RISE initiative by studying abroad.
- Demonstrate
- detailed familiarity with a specific geographical region of the world;
- detailed familiarity with a specific thematic focus within the field of International Studies; and
- effective speaking and presentation skills.;
- Recognize
- and distinguish among various disciplinary approaches (Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, etc.) within the interdisciplinary field of International Studies and
- understand and respect the complexity of socio-cultural diversity around the world.
- Appreciate
- and value the benefits of a multi- or inter-disciplinary approach to the acquisition of knowledge.;
- Identify
- the diversity of actors prevalent in the contemporary international community and understand how they relate to one another.
- Locate
- use and cite appropriate academic sources in their written coursework.