Program Learning Goals and Student Learning Outcomes

Broad Learning Goals

A. Students will understand and identify the historical, political, social, cultural, and/or economic dimensions of international processes and issues, integrating these into an interdisciplinary perspective.

B. Students will be able to critically read, write about, discuss, and engage in scholarly inquiry related to international processes and issues.

C. Students will acquire a basic level of fluency in a second language and are expected to experience a foreign locale in which to use these language skills.

D. Students will be aware of career and post-graduate opportunities their degree makes possible.

Student Learning Outcomes

A1. Students will draw on their knowledge of international processes and issues to identify and describe at least two dimensions — historical, political, social, cultural, or economic — of specific international issues or problems.

B1. Students will integrate knowledge and scholarly approaches across disciplines, apply an interdisciplinary perspective, and account for the international context of a research problem.

B2. Students will present and discuss their research in compelling, coherent, and clearly structured analytical arguments.

C1. Students will communicate clearly and effectively in a language other than their native language.

C2. Students will develop intercultural awareness and communication skills.

D1. Students will evaluate career and post-graduate opportunities available to International Studies majors.