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[Are
you a Global Nomad?] [The Curriculum] [ReEntry] [International
Studies Philosophy] [SIS
Core Program] [Program Outline]
The curriculum of School of International Studies is very
comprehensive with a large number of required courses which are necessary
to fulfill degree requirements, including language study, and study abroad
credit. We believe it crucial that all School of International Studies students not only study
"foreign" cultures, but spend some of their time living, studying,
and working in at least one. There are four Majors every student can
choose from which include Many Global Nomads have completed this 'regular' course of study and gone on to successful careers both domestic and foreign. However, although the "normal" curriculum is attractive to many Global Nomads and is intellectually demanding, internationally-focused, and challenging regardless of one's cultural background, the "normal" curriculum alone might not fulfill all of the psychological, practical, or academic needs of every Global Nomad. Why? Although all Global Nomads have lived abroad for significant periods of time, some Global Nomads have lived most (even all) of their lives outside of the U.S.; therefore School of International Studies realizes that the 'American experience' might be substantially "foreign" for them. For the long-term overseas resident Global Nomad, School of International Studies has designed an alternative degree track which we call "mirror image", where the Global Nomad student is treated exactly like an "international" student. Like our non-U.S, international students (including domestic students from refugee populations), such Global Nomads would concentrate on courses about and experiences in the U.S. as well as taking such core course requirements as Contemporary World Issues, Perspectives on World History, and Senior Seminar. They would no longer remain "hidden immigrants" but be overtly recognized as students who, although they hold an American passport, cannot be assumed to have similar experiential backgrounds, knowledge, practical skills, or cultural orientations as other "American" students. However, all such students will possess different skill sets, language proficiencies, and cultural outlooks. Their course of study, should they choose to be "mirror image", might naturally emphasize somewhat distinct aspects and be a bit dissimilar from the traditional liberal educational curriculum of their American peers.
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International
Relations, International and Regional Studies, Global Economic Relations,
and International Environmental Policy, as well as an optional
Self-Designed major. Interdisciplinary team-taught courses are an
important part of the core curriculum and draw upon faculty from
anthropology, political science, history, and economics. Additionally,
introductory courses in those disciplines are required. 