RIT's International and Global Studies BS degree transforms students into global experts who can assess and analyze the salient issues of worldwide transformation. The impact of global change is dramatic and far-reaching, altering the dynamics of everyday life. RIT’s international studies major aims to transform you into a global expert who can assess and analyze important issues of worldwide transformation, including consumer capitalism, media culture, economic development and migration, gender and health, political conflict, sustainable futures, and the predicaments of democracy and civil society. The international and global studies major includes a broad and fascinating range of perspectives, including those drawn from anthropology, economics, performing arts and visual culture, history, international business, linguistics, global works of literature, modern languages and culture studies, philosophy, political science, public policy, and sociology. <br><br>The international and global studies curriculum equips you with the tools to analyze globalization in a holistic, humanistic, and systematic way and to understand the consequences of global issues such as human rights and ethnic conflict, global health, the environment, economic justice, violence and terrorism, and the predicaments of democracy and civil society.