Student Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Majors

1. Area Studies majors will be able to demonstrate an informed and nuanced knowledge of the history, social structure, political economy, and culture of the area they have chosen to study.
2. Area Studies majors will be able to integrate the knowledge gained from courses in various disciplines to achieve a complex and wholistic understanding of the society and culture they have chosen to study.
3. Area Studies majors will be able to write and speak in an informed and persuasive way about the area they have chosen to study.

Minors

1. Area Studies minors will be able to demonstrate serious, if partial, knowledge of the history, social structure, political economy, and culture of the area they have chosen to study.
2. Area Studies minors will be able to integrate the knowledge gained from courses in several disciplines to achieve a complex understanding of the society and culture they have chosen to study.