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Program Description
The International Studies minor is intended to recognize, for undergraduate students in any major, the completion of an education abroad program, world language competency, and related advanced course work. Ideally, the language, international, and advanced study should be integrated around some thematic or geographical focus.
Program Requirements
| Requirement | Credits |
|---|---|
| Requirements for the Minor | 18-30 |
Requirements for the Minor
A grade of C or better is required for all courses in the minor, as specified by Senate Policy 59-10. In addition, at least six credits of the minor must be unique from the prescribed courses required by a student's major(s).
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Supporting Courses and Related Areas | ||
| Supporting Courses and Related Areas: Require a grade of C or better | ||
| Demonstrate 12th-credit-level proficiency in one world language by coursework or examination | 0-12 | |
| Students must complete 12 credits as participants in an approved Penn State Education Abroad Program, no more than 6 credits of which may be world language study beyond the 12-credit level | 12 | |
| Select 6 credits (400 level) related to the education abroad experience, or the student's major, or complete a thematic concentration 1 | 6 | |
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Courses must be selected from the approved list of courses with international focus or in consultation with the International Studies Minor adviser.
Academic Advising
The objectives of the university's academic advising program are to help advisees identify and achieve their academic goals, to promote their intellectual discovery, and to encourage students to take advantage of both in-and out-of class educational opportunities in order that they become self-directed learners and decision makers.
Both advisers and advisees share responsibility for making the advising relationship succeed. By encouraging their advisees to become engaged in their education, to meet their educational goals, and to develop the habit of learning, advisers assume a significant educational role. The advisee's unit of enrollment will provide each advisee with a primary academic adviser, the information needed to plan the chosen program of study, and referrals to other specialized resources.
READ SENATE POLICY 32-00: ADVISING POLICY
University Park
Liberal Arts Academic Advising
814-865-2545
Use the Liberal Arts Meet the Academic Advisers web page to see the contact information for the specific adviser(s) of this program
Abington
C. Pierce Salguero
Associate Professor of Asian History & Religious Studies
302 Sutherland Bldg.
1600 Woodland Road
Abington, PA 19001
215-881-7826
salguero@psu.edu
Brandywine
Paul Greene
Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology and Integrative Arts
25 Yearsley Mill Road
Media, PA 19063
610-892-1474
pdg4@psu.edu
Scranton
Rivera Barnes
Associate Professor
213 Dawson Building
Dunmore, PA 18512
570-963-2673
bur3@psu.edu
Contact
University Park
GLOBAL AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PROGRAM
442 Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802
814-863-0589
glis@psu.edu
Abington
DIVISION OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
302 Sutherland Bldg.
1600 Woodland Road
Abington, PA 19001
215-881-7826
salguero@psu.edu
Brandywine
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
25 Yearsley Mill Road
Media, PA 19063
610-892-1474
pdg4@psu.edu
https://www.brandywine.psu.edu/academics/minors/global-international-studies
Scranton
213 Dawson Building
Dunmore, PA 18512
570-963-2673
bur3@psu.edu
https://scranton.psu.edu/academics/minors-programs/global-and-international-studies