General Information

In order to earn the International Studies Minor, students should have their Plan of Study approved a minimum of six months prior to graduation. The basic requirements for completing the minor are:

• Credit in a foreign language through the fourth course (and one conversation course, if offered).

In most cases, the language studied must be one spoken in the country or region in which the overseas experience is completed.

Students whose overseas experience is in an English-speaking country may meet the language requirement by studying any foreign language. 

Students whose overseas experience is in a country whose language is not taught at Purdue may substitute any other language spoken in that region of the world.

• Fifteen credits of coursework with an international focus.

At least six credits of this coursework should focus on the country/region of the student's overseas experience.

Additional language courses can be used only if they are nonlinguistic in nature (i.e., literature, culture, etc.).

A minimum of six credits should be completed outside the College of Agriculture. 

• At least eight weeks abroad participating in a study abroad, cooperative work experience, internship, or cultural exchange.

• Completion and presentation of a summary paper in a seminar format which assimilates all components of the International Studies Minor.

For more information about the International Studies Minor:
contact AgAbroad@agad.purdue.edu