International Studies
Bachelor of Arts, World and Classical Languages and Cultures
Department Overview
The objective of the department is to provide students with cultural and linguistic competency in a foreign language. This includes conveying to students knowledge and understanding of a different language, people and culture, and to give them a method of viewing the world with a broader perspective. This objective is focused on students developing the ability to communicate on various levels in the target language and to gain an appreciation of cultural products and perspectives of speakers of other languages.
Degree Objectives
- Learn fundamental skills of listening, speaking, writing, and reading of
another language - Develop the ability to communicate on various levels in the target language
- Gain an appreciation of the literature written in that language
- Convey a knowledge and understanding of a different language, people and culture and to give them a method of viewing the world with a broader perspective
Career Opportunities
- Education
- Graduate Studies
- Journalism
- Travel
- Social services
- Health professions
- Law school
- Law enforcement
- Marketing
- Management
- Peace Corps
- International non-government organizations
Contact
Daphne McConnell, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Contact by Email
913.360.7586
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- Filiberto Mares Hernández, Ph.D.
Visiting Instructor - Daphne McConnell, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair - Edward Mulholland, Ph.D.
Associate Professor - Francisco León Rivero, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Julie Sellers, Ph.D.
Associate Professor - Suzie Wright
Instructor
Freshmen Year
GNST-1000 | BC Experience | 1 |
– | Foreign Language | 4 |
ENGL-1010 | English Composition | 3 |
– | Natural World Foundation with lab | 4 |
EXSC-1115 | Wellness for Life | 1 |
THEO-1100 | Introduction to Theology | 3 |
Total | 16 |
– | Foreign Language | 4 |
– | Aesthetic Foundation | 3 |
PHIL-1750 | Principles of Nature | 3 |
HIST-1101 | World Civ Since 1500 | 3 |
SOCI-2300 | World Regional Geography | 3 |
Total | 16 |
Sophomore Year
– | International Studies Course | 3 |
– | Foreign Language | 4 |
POLS-2010 | Compar World Govt/Politics | 3 |
– | Philosophical Inquiry Foundation | 3 |
– | Aesthetic Foundation | 3 |
Total | 16 |
– | Foreign Language | 3 |
– | Faith Foundation | 3 |
ECON-2090 | Prin of Macroeconomics | 3 |
– | Aesthetic Inquiry Foundation | 3 |
– | Math Reasoning foundation | 3-4 |
Total | 15-16 |
Junior Year
– | Concentration Area Course | 3 |
– | Foreign Language | 3 |
THEO-3820, Christianity & World Religions | 3 | |
– | International Studies elective | 3 |
– | Oral Communication Course | 3 |
Total | 15 |
– | Concentration Area Course | 3 |
– | Foreign Language | 3 |
– | Western Perspectives course | 3 |
– | International Studies Elective | 3 |
– | Elective | 3 |
– | Fitness Activity Course | 1 |
Total | 16 |
Senior Year
– | Concentration Area Course | 3 |
– | Philosophical Inquiry Foundation | 3 |
– | Faith Foundation | 3 |
– | Electives | 4 |
– | Foreign Language | 3 |
Total | 16 |
– | Concentration Area Course | 3 |
– | Concentration Area elective | 3 |
– | Electives | 12 |
INST-COMP | Senior Comprehensive | cr |
Total | 18 |
Other Department Offerings
- Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Foreign Language, Spanish, Latin, and International Studies
- Minors in French, Spanish, Foreign Language, Latin, and International Studies