In other words, they get to DO what they have been talking and reading about. In the fall, IECA majors who have returned from study abroad speak about important issues of culture, politics, and economics that they encountered while they were abroad. These students, and the IECA students in the audience, become more thoughtful observers and interpreters of the cultures they are studying. IECA majors complete a major independent research project during the spring semester of their senior year. After determining their topic and beginning research during a fall semester Senior Seminar, they research and write independently, with the guidance of two Faculty Readers.
Seniors present the results of their research orally during a spring program.