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Aug 25, 2025
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2025-2026 Franklin & Marshall College Catalog
Area Studies Minor
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The mission of the International Studies Program is to unite a cohort of students who, both individually and in collaboration, will broaden the experience of their various major programs as they develop international and global perspectives and cultivate their ability to move between languages and cultures by immersing themselves in the languages and cultures of non-English-speaking countries. The program prepares students for future study, careers and life in our increasingly unbordered world. The International Studies Program offers two minors: one in International Studies and one in Area Studies. Students may also choose a joint major with International Studies, or earn a concentration.
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International Studies Program Faculty
Professor Jerome Hodos, Chair
Members of the International Studies Program Committee Stephanie McNulty
The Honorable & Mrs. John C. Kunkel Professor of Government Douglas Anthony
Professor of History & Africana Studies Jerome Hodos
Professor of Sociology Giovanna Faleschini Lerner
Professor of Italian and Film and Media Eve Bratman
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Adeem Suhail
Assistant Professor of Anthropology Additional faculty not on the program committee also contribute to this program. Minor Requirements
A minor in Area Studies requires that a student take six courses on a given geographical area, at least two of which must be at the 300 level or above, selected in consultation with a faculty member specializing in that area. The Chair of the International Studies Program will refer interested students to an appropriate adviser, with whom the student will develop a list of appropriate courses. The minor declaration form must include signatures of chairpersons of departments offering the courses included in a student’s program and the signature of the Chair of the International Studies Program. Topics for which there is no existing minor housed in a regular department or program are appropriate for this minor, which would take its name from the geographical area of its emphasis, for example, African, Chinese, European Union, Francophone, Iberian, Japanese, Middle Eastern or Latin American Studies. An Area Studies minor may include courses in a language other than English, although ordinarily no more than four will be foreign language courses. IST 200 and IST 489 could be a part of this minor, but are not required. Study abroad and language proficiency are strongly recommended but not required. Off-Campus Study:
Recent students in the program have studied abroad in Argentina, Bolivia, China, Denmark, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Mongolia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, and Uganda through programs run by the School for International Training (SIT), the Institute for the International Education of Students (IES) and various U.S. colleges and universities. See the International and Off-Campus Study section of the Catalog for further information. |
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