International Studies B.A.
This program has suspended new enrollment. Current UMD students who have questions about the program are encouraged to contact the college's academic advising office. (updated 10/22/25) International Studies is based on understanding a variety of perspectives. Students tackle such issues as human rights, the environment, and conflict and cooperation and examine them through the perspective of multiple disciplines, people, cultures, and countries—all with unequal resources, abilities, and worldviews. Students choose from a variety of courses as they begin to understand the complexity of our world, the controversies and conflicts we face, and how compromise can be found in the face of seemingl