Caption: Planning Report - Future of International Programs (1968)
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area studies, Tins is particularlj true of tin- African and NV.u I ten w ions, 1. International Specialization The Center for Asian Studies plans hopefullj I I" 1 to develop a Dc partmi it of Asian Languages and Literatures (or Oriental Lan iages nd Literatures), initially with d( • • pi«-,an.s leading to the PhJ* degree in Chinese and Japanese. Professional colleges also report activity in incr< tsing international specialization in instructional programs. Almost all units of the College of Agriculture are planning international agricultural instructional options. These include Agricultural Communications, Agricultural I 'ink s , Agricultural Engineering (Miniinuin-Cost H o u s i n g ) , Animal Science, Food Science (non-degree program in Applied Food '!<•, lmology), I fome Economics, Horticulture (InternationalOrnamental II rticultun >,A ronomy (Food Crop Production, Soil Chemistry, Plant Breeding and Exploration, Soil-Plant-Water Relations, International Pedolo y ) , Dairy Science, and H o m e Economics (Patterns of Family Living in India and World Production and Marketing of Textiles and C l o t h i n g ) . T h e emphasis in the programs is on the students' professional s p iali/ation, including its international dimension, complemented by a group of courses, chosen in consultation with the various area studies ( n i t e r s , exposing students to other cultures of the world. An example is the minor in International Studies proposed by the Department of H o m e Eeonomi . While specific details of new instructional programs have not yet been developed, they could be provided as an additional option under existing depart mental curricula, as another major in the Core Curriculum in A riculture, or as a new curriculum. T h e College of Education is planning an interdepartmental m a s t e r s degree in intercultural and overseas teaching with initial subje. t emphasis on science education, agricultural education, and teaching of English as a second language (TESL) (in cooperation with the Department <f > English). This will include an overseas internship of six to twelve months. Preliminary negotiations have been undertaken with the Department of Education in Puerto Rico, with Njala University Colic in Sin,a I i n < and with the T e h r a n Research Unit in Iran. An Intercultural Summ Field School in Ecuador or Pue» to Rico is also in the proposal St It would involve graduate students in social studies education and COinpara tive edu( ation. T h e College of Engineering proposes to develop, possibb in cooperation with other colleges, an international training po .am fol \ m e . i , an en [. n ring students who want to work for companies with foreign operatic < f B % 1 ^ ft t t ft A 'I he ( lollege states that it may be time to 28 m ognize that the i hara< huMh
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