Welcome to the Fulton School’s Area Studies Minors Website
The Fulton School offers three exciting Area Studies Minors to help prepare our
students for life and work in the global 21st century:
- Latin American Studies
- European Studies
- East Asian Studies
A fourth Area
Studies Minor, South Asian Studies, will be up and running in 2012-2013, and African Studies and Middle Eastern Studies are in the
works as well (but are still a year or more away from launch)!
All of the Fulton School’s Area Studies Minors have the following in
common:
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They are interdisciplinary, so students view an area of the world
from multiple perspectives.
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They require five courses spread across at least three different
areas of study, including Fine Arts, History, Humanities, and Social
Sciences.
- They require either
two semesters (through the 102 level) of foreign language study
in a language appropriate for the area of the world in question
or testing results that demonstrate a 102-level proficiency.
(Note: This requirement is in addition to the five courses for the Latin
American Studies and European Studies minors; it is
incorporated into the five courses for East Asian Studies minor.)
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They require study abroad——a minimum of one course, but students are
encouraged to spend as much time studying abroad as possible.
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They feature at least one SU foreign partner institution where
students may choose to spend a full semester abroad and take four courses/16
credits toward the minor via SU courses taught abroad.
Although studying abroad via one of SU’s foreign partner institutions is
not specifically required of the area studies minors, doing so provides some
significant advantages, such as:
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The minors—along with the semester abroad program with the foreign partner
institution—are specifically designed so that students may, if they choose
to do so,
complete the minor, in most cases, in one semester at SU and one semester
abroad, thus making it relatively easy and convenient for students to
pick up one of these exciting and useful minors,
as well as experience a full semester abroad in the process, no matter what the
student’s major.
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Students who choose to spend a semester studying abroad at the foreign
partner institution take SU courses, earn an SU-applicable GPA, and pay
SU prices.
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Students who spend a semester studying at an SU foreign partner institution
may earn up to four courses/16 credits because the courses in question are
considered
SU courses—not transfer courses/credits; they are simply delivered
off the SU campus and by foreign partner institution faculty.
(Students may also choose to study abroad via an institution or study abroad
provider other than an SU foreign partner institution, but students—as
per SU regulations—may only transfer nine such credits into the minor and
the grades for these credits/courses will not be factored into the students’
SU GPA. The minor’s study abroad requirement, as stated above,
is only one course, but students are encouraged to study abroad for as long
as possible.)
The Area Studies Minors are currently linked with the following semester
programs offered at these SU foreign partner institutions:
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Latin American Studies
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European Studies
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East Asian Studies
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Students seeking more information may contact each minor’s coordinator and
access the minor checklist, as listed below:
Latin American Studies
European Studies
East Asian Studies
Please feel free to direct
questions regarding the Fulton School's Area Studies Minors in
general to Dr. Keith Brower, Associate Dean of the Fulton
School, at
khbrower@salisbury.edu or 410.543.6442. Dr. Brower
welcomes questions or suggestions concering this website, as
well.
Site last
updated: May 18, 2012.
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