Applying to CISLA
The process begins in the sophomore year
When to Apply
Open to sophomores only. Students must apply to CISLA during the first semester of the sophomore year.
How to Apply
The application process begins during the CISLA Sophomore Informational Meeting held every September. At this meeting, interested students submit their background information and provide their contact e-mail address.
Next, each applicant is assigned a senior CISLA advisor and also must consult a faculty member and/or the Roth Writing Center to work on and complete a final CISLA proposal.
The applicants are also required to schedule an Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) as part of the CISLA language emphasis.
Acceptance into the CISLA program will be determined by the International Studies Committee and be based upon: review of GPA, oral proficiency level, faculty recommendations, and CISLA proposal.
Students are selected and accepted into CISLA before the start of the spring semester of sophomore year.
Requirements for the Application
A. CISLA Proposal must include:
- A brief essay about who he/she is and why he/she would like to be part of CISLA.
- A description of the proposed Senior Integrative Project (SIP).
- A list of four supporting courses, plus mandatory IS 201 and IS 401.
- A proposed "ideal" internship example(s).
B. Coursework
In addition to IS 201 and IS 401, four other supporting courses are required. These courses may not be used toward the major, and should be chosen with the goal of acquiring broad and substantive knowledge related to the student's Senior Integrative Project or to the culture, society or geographical area of the project's interest. If the student is a double major and/or minor, he/she can use these support courses to satisfy the requirements for one of the majors and/or minor(s). Courses from study abroad programs may be used as support courses if a proper syllabus is presented and approved.
IS 201: Perspectives on Modern Global Society is one of the two required courses and is offered in the spring semester of the sophomore year. If a student plans to study away during the spring semester of the sophomore year, approval must be obtained to take the course during the spring of the junior year. IS 201 cannot be taken during the senior year. IS 201 is a writing intensive course that satisfies the GE requirement for Area 7 and is worth four credits.
The following three CISLA questions are the theoretical framework of the CISLA experience and will be introduced in this course:
- What are the origins and dynamics of contemporary society?
- What is the relevance of the past in understanding the present and the possibilities of the future?
- What are the material, spiritual and ethical challenges of modernity?
IS 401: New Perspectives on Modern Global Society is required in the fall semester of the senior year. IS 401 is a two-credit seminar, graded on a satisfactory/ unsatisfactory basis, designed to provide a forum to discuss the provocative issues that students have experienced in their work and study abroad and to look at these in terms of the three CISLA questions and the individual research.
Other requirements:
1. No more than one 100-level and one satisfactory/unsatisfactory course.
2. Three or more courses at the 200-, 300- or 400-level.
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