The international studies program examines the diversity and interdependence of the world’s peoples and their institutions. 自1969年以来, the program has trained students to analyze the variety of human experience and to consider the challenges posed to our planet by our current circumstances and history. 因为它的范围很广, the program asks students to choose from one of two pathways through the major: either the study of one of five world regions (Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Latin America; Middle East; or Russia and Eurasia) or the study of global interrelations with a disciplinary or thematic focus (global studies).

所有的专业, 无论是遵循区域研究还是全球研究途径, must take at least one course from the program’s “global core” (global studies majors take three); complete a minimum of four semesters of study in a single language other than English; complete at least one semester (or summer) of college-level study abroad; and cap their major with the INTS 401. 国际研究高级研修班. Area studies majors must also take at least five courses relevant to their world region from across the Trinity curriculum, and global studies majors must choose between a disciplinary or thematic focus cluster and a comparative regions option.

学习目标

国际研究项目的学习目标可以找到 在这里.

需求

该专业要求的课程数量、学分和总GPA:

学分和成绩:学生必须修满10学分才能完成本专业. Language courses applied toward the four-semester minimum are not counted in the total credits required for the major. No course taken toward the 10-credit major may be taken pass/fail or completed with a grade of less than C-. No more than three credits earned away from Trinity’s 哈特福德 campus may be counted toward the major. Students who study abroad for more than one semester may be eligible for an exception upon consultation with the director. 所有300级或以上的必修课程都必须在博彩平台网址大全学习.

浓度/跟踪:

Core courses: All international studies majors must fulfill the following core requirements:

  • 全球核心. These courses act as the gateway to the program as well as its intellectual core. 所有专业必须至少选修一门核心课程, 全球研究专业的学生必须选三门, 其中一个应该在300级. 请参阅下面全球研究标题下的全球核心课程列表.
  • 区域课程或重点集群. Students following the area studies pathway choose among the following five world regions (Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Latin America; Middle East; or Russia and Eurasia) and take five area courses according to the guidelines listed under the appropriate heading below. 其中一个一定是300级的. 在某些情况下, area studies majors may be allowed to fulfill this requirement by taking a 300-level course from the global core. 遵循全球研究途径的学生选择, 与他们的国际研究顾问协商, 两种选择之一:学科/专题重点集群或比较区域. The focus cluster option requires students to choose three courses from a single discipline or on a single theme, 其中一个必须是300级. Further guidelines for the focus cluster option are supplied under the 全球研究 heading below. The comparative regions option requires students to distribute six credits evenly among the area courses listed for any two of the five world regions listed below, 其中至少有一个必须在300级别.
  • Language: International studies majors are required to engage in sustained college-level language study by completing a minimum of four semesters of credit-bearing work in a single language other than English after matriculating at Trinity. One semester (or one summer) of intensive language acquisition on a study-away program counts toward this requirement as a single semester, 无论获得多少学分. Language courses beyond the four semester requirement may count toward the major as electives or, 在某些情况下, 作为区域课程. Students following the area studies pathway should select a language from the region under study 与他们的国际研究顾问协商.

选修课:区域研究方向的学生, as well as those following the global studies pathway with the focus cluster option, 选择三门选修课, 通常由额外的领域课程组成, 全球核心课程, 或者语言课程.

顶点/高级项目:国际研究高级研讨会(INTS 401). 每个学生都必须完成INTS 401, 通常在大四的秋季或春季学期. 本课程满足本专业写作强化II的要求, and its goal is for students to complete a substantial research paper that engages critically with dominant disciplinary approaches to and public discourses about the global or international sphere. 授课将由国际研究系轮流进行, each of whom will organize the course around a particular theme and/or methodological approach.

额外的机会

研究了: International studies majors are required to complete at least one semester (or summer) of college-level study outside of the United States, typically by completion of an accredited study-away program selected with the aid of international studies faculty and the Office of Study Away staff. 在某些情况下, 学生可能, 与他们的国际研究顾问协商, fulfill this requirement by completing a course with a community learning component or a globally inflected internship in the United States.

荣誉: Prerequisites for honors are an A- average in the 10-credit major and the completion of a one-credit honors thesis, 通常是在大四的春季学期. 这些将以及格/不及格为基础进行评分. A committee convened in early May of each year will evaluate the theses to determine which among the eligible majors will receive honors at graduation. 在某些情况下, theses 提交ted to other departments and programs may be considered for honors in international studies. Guidelines and applications for the honors thesis are made available each year on the program website and are typically due to the director in late October.