International Literary and Visual Studies Program Learning Objectives:

• Language Preparation
• Learn one foreign language through the 122- or fourth-year college level.
• Begin or continue the study of at least one other language.
• Cultural Competency
• Be able to function in a foreign environment using one's language skills and cultural knowledge.
• Gain a multi-cultural perspective of our world's problems and solutions.
• Mastery of Literature, Film, and Visual Studies
• Be able to understand and appreciate the literature, film, and visual arts of at least two different cultural areas.
• Understand and be able to articulate the interplay between the various arts.
• Know one's intellectual interests and be able to pursue them in a dedicated and productive fashion.
• Develop one's creativity.
• Do a culminating project senior year, preferably a senior honors thesis.