UC San Diego International Studies Program

International StudiesProviding 9 B.A. diploma choices, the Worldwide Studies Program challenges students to discover the processes and consequences of interactions amongst establishments and individuals on the worldwide and nationwide, and world and local levels. A minor in worldwide research is a perfect complement to many degrees, together with all those in the social sciences and humanities that make up the bulk of worldwide studies courses, but in addition levels in enterprise, schooling, and communication.

With a level in IS, graduates go on to have quite a lot of careers in politics, government, economics, enterprise, legislation, journalism, non-governmental organizations, engineering, public well being, social services, environmental sustainability, intelligence and cyber safety, or different superior degree or specialty.

While most programs would require students to grapple with challenging points in social justice, we additionally offer a specific track (Race, Rights, Gender and Activism) that locations, at its middle, the essential function of identity and the quest for liberation.

Our curriculum cultivates skills which can be translatable throughout continents and cultures, and gives undergraduate college students with the mandatory background in world affairs and intercultural communications, in addition to profession-focused concentrations.

The center has a 26-station interactive pc language lab, which can be utilized by courses and individual college students to complement traditional strategies of language learning—academics can organize a variety of conversational actions equivalent to telephone, conference groups and written chat groups.