Welcome
Welcome to the website of the International Studies Program in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University. With over two hundred and fifty majors, International Studies contines to be one of the most rapidly growing majors in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences. This academic major’s curriculum provides a broad, interdisciplinary background in international affairs drawing upon courses in economics, foreign languages, geography, history, political science, religious studies, and sociology/anthropology.
Our flexible major provides a core background in international affairs, and then enables students to focus on a “regional area of emphasis” (Africa/Middle East, the Americas, East Asia, or Europe) or “global affairs area of emphasis” (international business, international environment and development, diplomacy and international security, or intelligence and national security). All this can be closely integrated with study abroad programs, internships and service learning, international conferences, and Model United Nations. We invite you to explore this website to learn more about our faculty, our curriculum, and numerous opportunties beyond the classroom.
Announcements:
Informational Session on Study Abroad Programs in International Affairs.. This session will be held Wednesday, December 2nd at 4:00 in Room #126 Ming Hsieh Hall. Four programs will be presented: WVU’s Strasbourg Program in Comparative European Law and Institutions, the International Summer Universities at Tartu University (Estonia) and Marburg University (Germany), and a new program on Latin American politics and international political economy in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Click here for more details on this important information session..
I.S. Program welcomes CIA Officer-in-Residence. This summer, the International Studies program received news that WVU was selected to host an analyst as part of their long established Officer in Residence Program. Valerie Patterson will be an officer in residence in the I.S. from August 2009 through May 2011. This fall, she is teaching “Civil Liberties in the Time of War”. In the future, she will also teach courses in “Intelligence Issues through Spy Novels” and “National Security Law”. Click here for more information about Ms. Patterson’s appointment.
