Program Overview

International Studies Program

The International Studies Program at Fairfield University draws from a group of interdisciplinary faculty, practitioners, and students from many parts of the world with a commitment to thinking critically about global challenges, promoting social justice, and engaging in service.

Program Overview

Students have opportunities to pursue a major or minor in International Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences or an innovative co-curricular program major in International Business. International Business students must earn a complementary major or minor in the Dolan School of Business. The core of the program is the same for both International Studies and International Business.

Program Goals

The Program seeks to heighten global awareness in the ways we situate ourselves geographically, and encounter conflict, gender, race, class, nationality, the environment, and economic development.

Student Learning Outcomes

Some of the most important student learning outcomes are:

• Accurately summarize in writing the key points of a scholarly work
  • Identify different "theories," analyses, or perspectives on social behavior
  • Accurately juxtapose two different analyses of a situation or event
• Demonstrate an understanding of the linkages between local phenomena and global processes

Available Programs

• International Studies Major
• International Studies Minor
• International Business Major (Dolan School of Business)
• International Business Minor (Dolan School of Business)