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□ The international studies
degree program offers a
diverse curriculum in Latin
American, Asian, World and
European studies.
By Elizabeth Todd
The Battalion
Recognizing career opportunities for grad
uates familiar with international issues,
Texas A&M created the International Stud
ies Program, INTS, four years ago.
Under the direction of Dr. Victor Arizpe,
an associate professor at the English Lan
guage Institute, the program currently has
about 285 members.
Arizpe said international studies students
gain a worldly view of society.
“The International Studies degree pro
gram was put together to provide students
with a global perspective,” he said. “We ask
INTS students to become very aware of
what is happening internationally.”
Since an INTS degree is intercollegiate
and interdisciplinary, students in the pro
gram receive a broad sampling of courses
from various departments.
Initially, students focus on one track of
area studies, choosing from Latin American,
Asian, World and European studies.
After choosing a track, students later
choose an 18-credit-hour minor. A 24-credit-
hour foreign language requirement, Arizpe
said, also makes the students more attrac
tive to prospective employers.
Students also must participate in an in
ternational experience, which may be ful
filled by spending a Fall, Spring or 10-week
summer semester outside of the United
States, usually in an area where the student
is fluent in the language. Students often
have study abroad, internships, volunteer
projects or work-related experiences to fulfill
the international requirement.
Arizpe said the demanding requirements of
the international studies curriculum, which
has courses in political science, history and
economics as well as the foreign language and
international experience requirement, ensure
that the students are well-rounded.
Students participating in the internation
al studies program often earn a double major
because they take such a diverse course
load, Arizpe said. He explained that once a
minor is added, the credit hours are usually
enough to fulfill another major.
A number of students also obtain two de
grees, such as a bachelor’s degree in interna
tional studies and another bachelor’s degree
in biomedical science.
Another trend has been studentj
dencies to pass over semester-longiri
tional experiences in favor of those!!
a full year.
Corey Pride, a senior international!
ies major and marketing minor, receF j
turned from a year-long stay in 1
the Monterey Institute of Technology ]
then interned with the school.
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in Mexico.
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vironment, you find out a lot about y i
and human nature,” he said. “ThatyJ
Mexico made up for a lot of lost time."
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year [in the another country],” he said [
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have an opportunity to immerse thei
in Mexican culture this summer!
study and work in public relations.
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will travel to Mexico City in June 19
15 students, teaching two courses inimj
tional public relations.
Pi ve students will stay south of thee
and work for Mexican corporations.
Starr said the Mexico trip could onlyj
A&M’s reputation.
“This is a way to really put Texas!
on the international scene,” he said.
Starr said the program is especiallys!
cant because the establishment of the.
American Free Trade Agreement!
which opened the Texas-Mexico border]
free flow of information and trade.
“We have a close alliance withMei]
Starr said. “Spanish is no longer i
language here, especially in Texas.I
know why we haven’t done this before.'
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□ The international business
program offers certificates to
students who complete
cultural and language classes
with training abroad.
By Melissa Keerins
The Batealion
Business majors searching for a more
global spin on their education can find it at
the Center for International Business.
The center helps students enhance their
degrees and improve their understanding of
the international market. The A&M center
is one of only 27 university programs like it.
Dr. Kerry Cooper, director of CIBS and
international business professor, said the
program is growing. The College of Business
does not offer a degree in international busi
ness, but Cooper said the college does not
want a degree program in that field.
“We feel that every business is an in
ternational business, so there is no real
field,” Cooper said. “We offer a certificate if
students want proof that they have an em
phasis in international business.”
Interest in international business is in
creasing each year, and the classes are list
ed separately in the class schedule books
available for registration for the first time
this semester.
“There is a real demand for the interna
tional business classes,” Cooper said. “Al
most every class that is offered fills up.”
Monica Her, an adviser for certificate pro
grams, is working toward a doctorate in in
ternational business.
“I would like to teach after my degree, but I
don’t want to be limited to that,” Her said. “I
am from Taiwan, and I would be interested in
working in businesses worldwide where Chi
nese are, or where Americans have an interest
in working with the Chinese.”
Cooper said students can do only so
in the classroom, but the center offers
topic classes and courses about Mexico,
and Russia.
“We offer special courses, but there;|
substitute for learning to interact will)
cultures,” Cooper said.
The requirements for an internal
business certificate are one cultural
three international business classes,K
mesters of a foreign language and its-
tional experience.
Dr. Kelly Murphrey, CIBS assistanife
tor and certificate program adviser,
international experience can be an ini
ship abroad or study abroad program, wl
students utilize language skills andol:
skills learned in classes.
“Since the certificate program
couple of years ago, there has beenaninofi
ing demand for international businesses
es,” Murphrey said.
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