International Area Studies - Drexel University

International Area Studies from Drexel University is a Campus Bachelor Area Studies degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. The Department of International Area Studies offers a B.A. in international area studies and minors in international area studies and in seven languages: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. Courses in an eighth language—Arabic—are currently offered at the introductory level, and the Modern Language program plans to develop advanced-level Arabic courses in the near future. International area studies is a language-based interdisciplinary major designed to prepare students for careers in the international arena. It combines a comprehensive liberal arts background with a specialization in the politics, history, culture, and values of a major world area , as determined by the language or languages studied. The four thematic concentrations—Justice and Human Rights; Global Science, Technology, and Society; International Business and Economics; and Literature, Culture and Arts—provide dynamic frameworks for studying about international technology transfers, humanitarian crises, border crossings, and global culture. Area specializations within each thematic concentration include Middle East/African studies East/South Asian studies, European studies, and Latin American studies. Students majoring in the program study one or more languages as part of their area specialization, and they may qualify for the University's advanced-level Certification of Proficiency in their target language or languages. French, German, Italian and Spanish are the Western languages available; non-Western languages include Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and Russian. The major enrolls a number of students from abroad as well as students who lived or studied in Europe, Latin America, or Asia during high school. Drexel Abroad programs give international area studies students the option of fall-term study programs in Brussels, Bonn, Berlin, Madrid, Paris, and London. The programs feature academic internships with national legislatures, the European Parliament, international law firms and nongovernmental service agencies, and multinational corporations. Drexel Abroad programs are also available in China, Japan, Russia, and Costa Rica. View more details on Drexel University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Area Studies courses.