Area Studies
Augustana College: Scandinavian Studies
Augustana College offers a major and minor in Scandinavian Studies. It is one of the few US colleges and universities to offer a program in Swedish language study, along with Scandinavian literature, film, art, culture, and history.
Indiana University: Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
This undergraduate major is designed to offer an in-depth look at the ways in which modern scholars seek to understand the languages and cultures that have come from the Near East. Students start with basic training in a Near Eastern language (Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, or Persian). They then select one of two tracks to complete the major: the "culture track," or the "language track."
St. Lawrence University: Canadian Studies
Canadian Studies uses St. Lawrence’s geographical location—its proximity to Ottawa, Canada’s capital, as well other centers nearby—to explore and understand the bilateral relationship between the United States and Canada.
University of Louisville: Pan-African Studies
The University of Louisville offers both a minor and major in Pan-African Studies, with the latter leading to either a BA or a BS degree. Students are required to take courses in cultural studies/humanities, historical studies, and social studies.
University of Washington: American Ethnic Studies
The American Ethnic Studies program exposes students to key content, methodologies, and theories in the comparative and interdisciplinary study of African Americans, Asian/Pacific Americans, and Chicanos in the United States. The major includes courses in U.S. history, literature, drama, arts, sociology, political science, and ethnic studies; the minor is focused on diversity.
Business & Management
Northern Arizona University: International Hospitality Management
This program is designed for students who are interested in hospitality, particularly those who have a passion for traveling and working abroad. Students focus on international hospitality and business courses, increase their language proficiency skills, study abroad for one semester, and complete a professional internship in the hospitality industry.
Texas State University: International Business
Texas State's International Business minor is designed to enable students to acquire knowledge and skills that will qualify them for positions with firms engaged in international operations and support services for international trade. Courses in marketing, economics, and business are required; for electives, students may also select from courses in finance, business law, communications, and geography, among other fields.
Engineering
University of Maryland: International Engineering
Students in the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland may earn a minor in International Engineering (MIE) by completing requirements that can include language, culture studies, internationally related studies, international engineering or international engineering-related courses and an engineering abroad experience (work, study or research).
University of Michigan: International Minor for Engineers
To earn an International Minor, engineering students at University of Michigan must demonstrate foreign language proficiency equivalent the fourth-semester level, complete an “Engineering Across Cultures” course and other courses that focus on non-US cultures and countries, and study abroad.
University of Rhode Island: International Engineering Program
In this five-year program, students earn two degrees simultaneously - a BS in Engineering and a BA in Chinese, French, German, Italian, or Spanish. Students also spend a semester studying abroad followed by an internship abroad.
Foreign Language
Clark University: Language, Literature, and Culture
Clark students can major in French or Spanish, or through they Combined LLC major, they can major in more than one language, choosing from among all the languages offered by the institution (including German, Hebrew, Chinese, and Japanese).
Lewis and Clark College: World Languages and Literatures
This major allows students to pursue the study of any two of the following languages: Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. Students choose a primary and a secondary language, and are also required to take linguistics courses, as well as study abroad for one semester.
Oral Roberts University: Modern Foreign Language Education
The Modern Language Department at Oral Roberts University offers majors in French and Spanish as well as Modern Foreign Language Education (K-12). Minors are available in French, Hebrew and Spanish. All foreign language majors are encouraged to participate in a study-abroad program during their junior year.
Salem State University: World Languages and cultures
The world languages minor is a combination of any two languages offered by the department (for example: French and Arabic, Spanish and German, Chinese and Italian), with emphasis on one language in particular in which a student might already have some preparation.
International Affairs/Relations
Drake University: International Relations
The goal of Drake's major in International Relations is to train students for responsible global citizenship and entry into internationally related jobs in business, government, or international public or private agencies. The curriculum is designed to provide greater breadth than is possible by concentration in a single discipline, yet permit sufficiently focused study in international affairs to prepare the student for direct entry into the field of international service or continued post graduate study.
University of Rochester: International Relations
The University of Rochester’s major in International Relations introduces students to the complex world of politics beyond the U.S. and provides them with essential tools for understanding and analyzing it. Drawing on a political science-base, students gain breadth in their understanding of world affairs, but with analytical rigor and depth.
The George Washington University: International Affairs
To complete George Washington University’s minor in International affairs students must prove first year proficiency in a modern foreign language by coursework or examination. In addition to that they must complete courses in Anthropology or Geography, U.S. Foreign Policy, International and Comparative Politics, International Economics, and Regional Foundations.
International Studies
American University: International Studies
American University’s International Studies minor is rooted in the liberal arts and sciences, inherently interdisciplinary, and aimed at helping students think critically and clearly about the most pressing global challenges. 21 credit hours are required.
Bryn Mawr College: International Studies
At Bryn Mawr, International Studies combines applied and theoretical approaches by drawing from disciplines in both the Social Sciences and Humanities. It builds from a core of courses from politics, economics, and ethics, a branch of philosophy, and then incorporates electives from specified tracks that reflect areas of strength in faculty research and teaching. Students may complete a major or minor in International Studies
Boston College: International Studies
An International Studies minor at Boston College is designed as a complement to traditional academic disciplines. Within the minor, students choose from among five thematic concentrations: international cooperation and conflict, international political economy, development studies, ethics and international social justice, and global cultural studies.
California State University: International Studies
The International Studies Pathway minor at California State encourages appreciation of the world's cultural diversity and recognition of the common issues that contemporary societies face. Students develop comparative perspectives of ethical, sustainable, and socially responsible institutions.
George Mason University: International/Comparative Studies
Offered through the George Mason University department of Public and International Affairs, the International/Comparative Studies minor increases students' awareness of the regions and current issues of the world on theoretical and practical levels. Students must complete 18 credits in government to complete the program.
Mississippi State University: International Studies
The minor in International Studies is designed to enhance students' understanding of the global environment in which they are living. Students completing this program will develop knowledge of a foreign language, have experience living in another country, and acquire a general background of different cultures and societies.
Montclair State University: International Studies
The purpose of this interdisciplinary minor is to provide students with an education that broadens their knowledge of the people of the world, international events, and the socio-economic and socio political background to global affairs. To do this, it integrates area studies and the study of international problems viewed from a cross disciplinary perspective.
Santa Clara University: International Minors
Santa Clara offers a minor in International Studies and a minor in International Business. International Studies minors can choose between a thematic emphasis with a focus on a topic (such as poverty and development, international human rights, or peace studies), or an area studies emphasis with a focus on one of the following area studies: Africa Studies, European Studies, Latin American Studies, or Global/ Thematic Studies. The International Business minor provides students with an understanding of the social, economic and political context of international business and the communication skills to effectively participate in a global marketplace.
Virginia Tech: International Studies
The Virginia Tech International Studies majors gain a deeper understanding of the world outside the borders of the United States. Majors can specialize in Security and Foreign Policy, World Politics and Policy, Environmental Studies, Global Development, or International Business.
Wake Forest University: International Studies
Wake Forest's minor in International Studies is designed to expose students to a variety of transregional themes on the one hand, and particular knowledge of specific regions on the other. The program includes a study abroad experience, as well as a capstone project.
Special Focus
Fordham University: Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs
The Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs offers a major and a minor in Humanitarian Studies. The interdisciplinary academic program offers students a comprehensive understanding of issues central to contemporary humanitarian affairs, particularly through the academic lenses of history, sociology, philosophy, theology, political science and international studies. Students examine the global impact of natural and man-made disasters, disease, poverty, conflict, human rights violations, and government and intergovernmental policies on international human communities.
Georgia Tech: International Plan
Georgia Tech's International Plan is a four-year undergraduate academic program aimed at developing the global competence of students within the context of their majors. Currently integrated into 27 of Georgia Tech's undergraduate majors, the program requires students to engage in a minimum of 26 weeks of international experience (work, research, or study), to develop proficiency in a language other than English, and to take internationally-oriented coursework.
John Jay College: International Criminal Justice
John Jay’s major in International Criminal Justice introduces students to the nature and cause of crime at the international level and to the mechanisms for its prevention and control. This major is intended to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed for careers in which the globalization of crime plays an important role.
Rutgers University: Labor Studies & Employment Relations with a concentration in "Work, Globalization, & Migration"
During their coursework to complete this concentration in Work, Globalization, and Migration, students learn how citizens and public policymakers work to protect labor standards in an ever more global economy, examining how other nations have maintained good jobs in open economies.
Institutional Snapshot: University of Minnesota
As a major research institution with a strong global focus, many majors and minors at the University of Minnesota require or offer courses that address international topics within the discipline. Below is a snapshot of such courses for a sample of UMN departments. Links are provided to program descriptions – more information about individual courses is available on the program description pages.
Major |
Internationally-Focused Course(s) |
Apparel Design |
Fashion, Design, and the Global Industry |
Child Psychology |
Introduction to the World of Social Work: A Global Perspective |
Mortuary Science |
Death and Dying Across Cultures and Religions |
Youth Studies |
International Youth Work |
Agriculture and Food Business Management |
Global Trade and Policy |
Understanding the International Environment of Firms: International Business |
International Finance |
Housing Studies |
Housing in a Global Perspective |
Introduction to the World of Social Work: A Global Perspective |
Environment, Global Food Production, and the Citizen |
Science and Policy of Global Environmental Change |