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2000-01

International Affairs
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International Affairs is an interdisciplinary major in the College of Arts and Sciences. This major helps students prepare for living and working in our increasingly global society--the interdependent world in which they will be competing and cooperating.

Students who major in international affairs in the College of Arts and Sciences focus on topics that are historical and in the news today and gain perspective on the forces that shape the events around us. Students will complete six required courses and six elective courses to be selected from among those in the International Affairs program’s dual categories of Regional Analysis (three courses) and Global Dynamics and Development (three courses).

In addition to required and elective course work, foreign language proficiency (through Elementary Level II) is required, as well as an international experience. Students may fulfill the international experience requirement by taking advantage of Northeastern’s Study Abroad Program, or programs sponsored by other universities. In addition, the requirement might be satisfied by participating in an internship abroad, which may be developed by the student, an academic department, the Study Abroad Office, or international co-op, which would be arranged through the Division of Cooperative Education.

Degrees:	B.A.
Location:	207 Holmes
Telephone:	(617) 373-5472
Program Director:	Denis Sullivan d.sullivan@neu.edu
Head Adviser:	Denise Horn d.horn@neu.edu
Cooperative Education Coordinator:	Kari von Knobaluch k.vonknobaluch@neu.edu
Transferring to the major:	Students are encouraged to apply to the program by their sophomore year to begin planning early for their International Experience. Acceptance into the major will be based on students meeting the program’s criteria for admission and availability of space in the programs. A 2.75 minimum grade point average is required for transferring into the major.
Progress in the major:	Students majoring in International Affairs should maintain a 2.75 minimum grade point average until the beginning of their International Experience. Current Northeastern students wishing to declare an International Affairs major must have a minimum 2.75 grade point average. Students are advised that the study abroad option in their international experience component generally require a 3.0 average.