Why Choose Nazareth for International Studies?

Today, growth of the global economy, ease of world-wide travel and widespread use of the Internet have made our world smaller than ever. International Studies at Nazareth helps prepare students to be actively engaged in international affairs as they become fluent in foreign languages, at home in many cultures, and concerned with global issues.

Since daily contact with people around the world is no longer just the province of diplomats, International Studies at Nazareth helps qualify students for the ever widening number of careers in which being internationally savvy is a prerequisite. Students hone their intellectual skills and plunge into the study of international issues. They examine the ethical dilemmas involved in communication, conflict and cooperation between people of different cultures. They also explore problems that affect the world as a whole as well as the ways in which countries interact.

Study abroad is required and is one of the strengths of this program. Nazareth's Center for International Education has partnerships with institutions in many countries, including Australia, France, Italy, Japan, Peru, and South Korea. Look on our walls—student postcards from Florence, Berlin, Rennes, and Valencia say it all.

Program Highlights

• Highly interdisciplinary program, combining anthropology, economics, politics, the humanities, and foreign language studies.
• Students become proficient in at least one foreign language, taking at least four language courses at the advanced level.
• Students take a junior-senior seminar and undertake to solve an important international problem.
• Many majors do a double major or minor in language. A business minor is popular with this course of study, as well as economics and political science.

Program Director

Sharon Murphy, Ph.D.
Golisano Academic Center 457
Phone: 585-389-2659
smurphy3@naz.edu

Dr. Murphy received her B.A. from Daemen College and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. Her Teaching and research interests include Middle East politics, African politics, U.S. foreign policy, and general international relations.