Center for International Studies

The Need for International Leadership

The need for leaders who are familiar with international issues and divergent cultures is more acute now than ever before. We live in an interdependent world, and without knowledge of one another’s cultural experience, communication and understanding cannot take place. The Center for International Studies is devoted to expanding knowledge and understanding about people and culture. Its goal is to help solve the problems that the world is facing by increasing awareness and empathy of the deep and rich cultures of the world among leaders who make decisions and make a difference in the lives of everyday people. Dress, mode of transportation, economic activity, and smiling faces speak volumes about a culture, a standard of living, and, yes, happiness. Study can open up minds about alternative ways of approaching common problems. The Center for International Studies cultivates exploring diverse and uncommon ways and manners of organizing society and solutions to society’s problems. It is a catalyst for change.

Mission Statement and Learning Outcomes

Mission Statement

The mission of the International Studies undergraduate program is to provide quality, interdisciplinary education to majors about international affairs in order that they will be prepared for careers in the public and private sectors and for further professional education in international studies and its allied fields. Students will be prepared with the necessary research and writing skills to pursue careers in law, diplomacy, international affairs, and graduate study in international studies.

Learning Outcomes

* Students will demonstrate oral and written communication skills in international studies with a focus in international business, foreign policy, or travel/tourism.

* Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze an international relations problem with an international business, foreign policy, or travel/tourism emphasis.

* Students will demonstrate the ability to conduct general and specific research quickly and intelligibly on international relations problems with an international business, foreign policy, or travel/tourism emphasis.

*Students will demonstrate knowledge of an interdisciplinary perspective, global issues, global processes, global trends, global systems, and foreign policy constants.

*Students will demonstrate understanding of their culture in a global and comparative context.