The international studies program encourages a substantial distribution of foreign and international course work under the direct course work under the direct guidance of an interdisciplinary faculty committee.

Students who complete the secondary major in international studies are expected to include the following within their areas of knowledge or competence:

• • Reading and speaking capability in a foreign language
• • Basic geographic knowledge of the world
• • Ability to understand and analyze cultures other than their own
• • Some understanding of developmental processes
• • An integration of their program of study into a meaningful and coherent whole

• World Regional Geography (GEOG 100)
• Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (ANTH 200, 201 or 204)
• "I" Course (focus on international relations)
• Four Electives from at least three different disciplines. Note: Students may soon choose a special focus or emphasis on a particular world region or topical theme (provided that special interest faculty and courses are approved for this purpose).
• Senior Research in International Studies (DAS 425): Currently an independent studies project under the tutelage of an instructor in the subject field and under the general direction of the program director. Guidelines for DAS 425
• Foreign Language Requirement: Four college semesters or the equivalent.

 For more information, contact:

Bradley A. Shaw, Director
International and Area Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
Kansas State University
c/o Department of Modern Languages
215 Eisenhower Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506-1004

TEL (785) 532-1988
FAX (785) 532-7004

or send an e-mail to:
ias@ksu.edu

Kansas State University
October 25, 2002