The INTS program announces changes to enhance and streamline the degree. These changes enable INTS students to effectively use the Degree Audit tool. These changes are for students graduating in fall 2022 or later. Existing INTS students may complete their current degree plan unchanged or inform an INTS advisor that they would like to formally switch to this new plan. Please speak to an INTS advisor about your options. Changes include:

Replacing Zone of Expertise and Focus Theme Requirements with Optional “Stackable” Credentials

The INTS program’s current zones of expertise and focus themes are not transcripted, nor is the online Degree Audit tool able to map students’ preferred allocations easily and accurately. By replacing the zones and themes with optional “stackable” credentials, the INTS program is able to offer students a transcripted and global degree program. Stackable credentials include certificates and minors in areas of interest, and more than one can be earned (“stacked”) while completing the INTS major. Optional credentials may include (but are not limited to):  

Certificates

• Certificate in Immigration Studies
• Certificate in Middle East Politics
• Certificate in Global and Intercultural Communication
• Certificate in Latinx Studies 
• Certificate in Spanish for International Business
• Certificate in Teaching English Language Learners
• Certificate in Nonprofit Management

Minors

• Chinese Studies
• Demography
• Economics
• French
• Geography
• History
• Political Science
• Public Health
• Religious Studies
• Social Justice
• Spanish
• Sustainability
• Women's & Gender Studies

To maximize flexibility for INTS students, a certificate or minor is not required. INTS students can now simply select 30 credits (10 courses) of international courses in an interest area in a minimum of two different departments (which they are already required to do).

Diversified INTS Capstone Options

Beginning fall 2022, the INTS program will offer the INTS 4990 Capstone course once per year (usually in the fall). Students should plan ahead to take the Capstone course in their final year of the program. For qualified students who have a clear career or graduate school plan, tailored Capstone experience options include the following (experience must be selected in collaboration with an INTS program advisor in advance): (a) HUMN/SSCI 5013 - Interdisciplinary Methods and Practice; (b) program honors (with directed research); (c) participation in the United Nations summer course; or (d) a competitive application internship (must be approved by an INTS program advisor in advance). 

Global Perspectives (INTB 3000) and Regional History Courses to Count for Required Introductory Courses

The INTS program is replacing HIST 4032 with a set of regional History course options:

Doing so enables students to gain more regional perspectives early in their degree program. Additionally, students can now take either ECON 2012 (Macro Economics) or INTB 3000 (Global Perspectives). An upper-division course option makes it easier for transfer students and those who need upper-division credits to gain an economics/business perspective without slowing their timeline to graduation.

To repeat, these changes are for students graduating in fall 2022 or later, as well as for existing INTS students who would like to formally switch to the new degree plan (contact an INTS advisor). Existing INTS students may complete their current degree plan unchanged. Please speak to an INTS advisor about your options.