Curriculum

The curricular requirements for the International Honors Program are relatively simple. All students in IHP must take the following:

1. IHP 105 or 155- Culture and Human Experience (3 hours) - View a sample syllabus for this course.

2. International Studies Concurrent Courses (6 hours) - With approval of the director, each student selects two regularly offered courses at the 300 level (or higher) that have international content as "Honors Credit". This entails submitting some special project or assignment beyond the regular course requirements. These courses are designated "concurrent" because they may also fulfill Core Curriculum requirements or may fulfill requirements for a major or minor. Students must complete an International Studies Concurrent Course form at the beginning of each semester in which they will take one of these courses.

3. Foreign Language - Each student must demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language or complete two years of college-level work or its equivalent. Students may elect to either major or minor in foreign language, but this is not required. Two years of coursework are available in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Modern Greek, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, and Vietnamese.

4. International Study, Research, or Internship - (6 hours) Each student enrolled in IHP must spend at least one semester or two summer terms (a minimum of 10 weeks) in a foreign country and engage in study, in research, or in an approved international internship or cooperative work experience. A minimum of 6 semester hours credit should be earned from this experience.