The Fulton School offers four exciting Area Studies Minors to help prepare our students for life, work and citizenship in the global 21st century: Latin American Studies European Studies East Asian Studies South Asian Studies 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: They are interdisciplinary, so students view an area of the world from multiple perspectives. 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.) They require study abroad——a minimum of one course, but students are encouraged to spend as much time studying abroad as possible. 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.

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