Summit Learning Outcomes

  1. Identify, explain, and analyze global themes, processes and systems: Identified and analyzed the effects of colonization on culture in Martinique
  2. Demonstrate knowledge and skills essential for global engagement: Co-led entrepreneurial ventures in Uganda through Hubert scholarship
  3. Critically examine the relationship between dominant and marginalized cultures, subcultures or groups
  4. Communicate effectively through writing and speaking, especially across cultural or linguistic differences: Interpreted Swahili and Kinyarwanda at New American Pathways, http://tisiyamahoro.agnesscott.org/sum-400/71/
  5. Recognize, analyze and evaluate arguments: Evaluated arguments about the effectiveness of foreign aid as a form of international intervention
  6. Articulate and appraise problems and solutions from multiple perspectives, critically considering diverse sources of information
  7. Recognize, analyze, and employ effective teamwork: Worked in a team of 5 for global journeys before traveling
  8. Identify and assess one’s values, interests and abilities
  9. Practice or interpret creative expression or probe fundamental questions of value and meaning
  10. Interpret quantitative information or demonstrate the methods of inquiry appropriate for investigating the natural world
  11. Analyze human behavior or social relations

International Relations Major Learning Outcomes

  1. Understand the evolution of major concepts of international relations and how they are contested/debated within the discipline. These concepts (though not exhaustive) include globalization,
  2. Interdependence and dependence, power, hegemony, conflict, cooperation, equality, justice, and human rights;
  3. Understand and evaluate the major theories and approaches to international relations, including realism, liberalism, constructivism, Marxism, feminism, and post-colonialism and use the theories to explain, analyze, and predict events in the international system;
  4. Identify and explain the [changing] roles of key actors in the international system including states, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, transnational networks, transnational corporations, global civil society, and individuals in creating and shaping international relations;
  5. Analyze international relations topics through the use of international relations theory in conjunction with other related and important fields including history, political science, economics, sociology, anthropology, women’s studies, and cultural studies;
  6. Demonstrate strong reading and analytical skills in engaging with theoretical and popular writing in international relations;
  7. Write well-organized, persuasive, and original essays and research papers, using appropriate citations;
  8. Participate actively and thoughtfully in class discussions;
  9. Demonstrate progress in speaking a second language and in linking cross-cultural awareness and sensitivity to learning in the international relations major.

Business Management Major Learning Outcomes

  1. Understand the evolution of major concepts of international relations and how they are contested/debated within the discipline. These concepts (though not exhaustive) include globalization, interdependence and dependence, power, hegemony, conflict, cooperation, equality, justice, and human rights;
  2. Understand and evaluate the major theories and approaches to international relations, including realism, liberalism, constructivism, Marxism, feminism, and post-colonialism and use the theories to explain, analyze, and predict events in the international system;
  3. Identify and explain the [changing] roles of key actors in the international system including states, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, transnational networks, transnational corporations, global civil society, and individuals in creating and shaping international relations;
  4. Analyze international relations topics through the use of international relations theory in conjunction with other related and important fields including history, political science, economics, sociology, anthropology, women’s studies, and cultural studies;
  5. Demonstrate strong reading and analytical skills in engaging with theoretical and popular writing in international relations;
  6. Write well-organized, persuasive, and original essays and research papers, using appropriate citations;
  7. Participate actively and thoughtfully in class discussions;
  8. Demonstrate progress in speaking a second language and in linking cross-cultural awareness and sensitivity to learning in the international relations major.