Inc. All rights reserved. Students are required to take a two-quarter introductory core course in the field of International Studies, which is taught annually. One quarter is designed to introduce students to competing theories in contemporary International Relations. The other quarter focuses on other humanities and social science approaches to the globalizing world.
Special attention is paid to the tension between the West and the rest of the world.
Students must take a minimum of three courses in each of two selected subfields. A further four elective courses may be taken from any of the sub-fields, or from amongst a supplemental grouping of electives within the concentration. Students select their courses in close consultation with the program preceptors and their faculty adviser. The International Studies faculty believe that communicative proficiency in languages is vital for understanding diverse civilizations and regions, and will be increasingly important in the future. As a result, students are required to take either the University proficiency exam or seven quarters of a single language.