The Intercultural Studies Program offers opportunities to help students to understand how culture functions in private life, organizations and institutions, by way of examining how different cultures produce different lives. It is designed to help students to communicate effectively and to problem-solve with respect to cultural differences, so that students may participate more meaningfully in our diverse and global world.

Objectives

Students earning a minor in intercultural studies should:

• Develop cultural group knowledge and understanding

• Use intercultural models to analyze similarities and differences between cultures (ethnic, racial, gender, social class and other minority and national identities) and their interactions

• Develop an ability to analyze power, social hierarchy and social inequality effects in interactions involving individuals, groups, organizations and nations

• Develop a problem-solving focus as it relates to the ability to effectively communicate with and relate to others from various cultural or national backgrounds

Director: Ann Frank Wake, Ph.D.