Would you like to make a world of difference and pursue an international career? Alverno's program of global studies and international affairs will help you develop the knowledge and abilities you need to prepare for a career that could challenge you to work across multiple cultures and in diverse societies, in fields such as international programs management, international development, diplomacy, journalism and law.

Global studies and international affairs will foster your ability to identify and discuss contemporary global issues and also to connect world events to your personal experience. It will develop your awareness of social change and development as global issues, and introduce you to the nuances of cross-cultural interactions and the diversity of perspectives represented by different countries and cultures around the world.

What you will study
Students in the program have a number of options. You can choose a general program of study or select an "emphasis" in Asian Studies, Latin American Studies, or International Arts within the global studies broad fields major. Or, you can opt for a global studies minor.

All global studies and international affairs majors take two semesters of a foreign language and participate in an immersion experience in another culture, either abroad or here in the United States, choosing from a range of international study or internship experiences arranged through Alverno's Committee on International Study and Student Exchange.

Would you like to know more about the program?
Click here to find out more about Alverno's exciting global studies and international affairs major and minor. This site has been developed and is maintained by the Global Studies and International Affairs faculty.

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