The international studies program offers a varied interdisciplinary humanities curriculum, global in scope and designed to increase students knowledge about the cultures and traditions, languages, literature and media, history, values, concerns, and aspirations of peoples in different countries and regions of the world. The goal of the program is ultimately also to both broaden students comparative intercultural perspectives and develop their cross-cultural communication abilities. Within each chosen concentration, the interdisciplinary range of offerings allows for flexibility in configuring each individual s course of study, which can be organized in a manner that best suits a student s particular needs.