Bachelor of Arts in International Studies - Global Religions and Spiritualities

Virginia Commonwealth University

The international studies program offers a varied interdisciplinary humanities curriculum, global in scope and designed to increase students’ knowledge about the cultures and traditions, languages, literature and media, history, values, concerns, and aspirations of peoples in different countries and regions of the world. The goal of the program is ultimately also to both broaden students’ comparative intercultural perspectives and develop their cross-cultural communication abilities. Within each chosen concentration, the interdisciplinary range of offerings allows for flexibility in configuring each individual’s course of study, which can be organized in a manner that best suits a student’s particular needs. Global religions and spiritualities concentration-specific learning outcome:Upon completing the concentration, students will be able to use the concepts of the academic study of religions to analyze relationships among religions, ethics, societies and cultures.

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