Other Opportunities

Learn about other educational opportunities available to Dietrich College students.

GCAT 4+1 Program

Application Deadline: May 14

Are you proficient in English and at least one other language? Turn your multilingual skills into a career advantage with the GCAT 4+1 program, an accelerated pathway to a Master of Arts in Global Communication & Applied Translation (GCAT). This program allows qualified undergraduates to begin their graduate studies during their senior year and complete their M.A. in just two graduate semesters instead of three. GCAT 4+1 provides specialized training in professional translation, localization and global communication, with a focus on equivalence across languages and cultures.

New Information Systems Minor

Application Deadline: May 30

We’re thrilled to share that the Information Systems (IS) minor is now available to undergraduate students across all majors, beginning in fall 2025. This minor offers students a valuable opportunity to gain practical and analytical skills that are widely applicable across industries. The IS minor equips students with tools to analyze and manage data, understand the lifecycle of information systems and apply human-centered design principles, all while developing strong team and project management skills.

Who’s a good fit?

The minor is ideal for students interested in exploring how technology intersects with organizations and society. It complements any major, including business, psychology, HCI, statistics, computer science and engineering, and is especially beneficial for students who want to apply technical thinking without necessarily becoming software developers. Please note: there are limited spots, so not all students who meet the criteria will be automatically admitted to the minor.

How to apply:

Students must have completed 15-112 with a grade of C or better and submit a short written rationale explaining their interest in the minor.

Applications for fall 2025 are due by May 30.

Submit your application to the IS minor.

Fall 2025 CMIST Course: Introduction to Political Science

84-101 Introduction to Political Science

MW: 12:30-1:50 
Instructor: John Chin 

This course teaches the foundational concepts necessary to understand and participate in politics. It is important to those who want to study political science and international relations as a discipline, but also to those who just want frameworks for understanding governance, power and advancing the common good. Beginning with an examination of the modern state, it addresses fundamental questions such as: What is sovereignty? How do we distinguish democratic rule, authoritarianism and totalitarianism? When did socialism, communism, fascism and liberalism emerge, and what do they mean? How does secular government differ from theocracy? Why are the concepts of national self-determination and spheres of influence clashing today? What are the causes of wars and revolutions? What are global norms and international law? And how can we use our understanding of power and governance to build a better world?

Fall 2025 English Courses with Open Seats

• 76-207 A Special Topics in Literature & Culture - Queenship: Narratives of Power & Identity
  MWF 12:00-12:50
  Instructor: Laura DeLuca
  Queens have long been at the center of political power, social change and cultural narratives. This course explores queenship in literature from ancient mythology to contemporary fiction, examining how queens, real and imagined, defy or conform to societal expectations while navigating complex relationships between power, autonomy and identity. We’ll study figures like Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra, as well as the queens from The Queen's Necklace and The Queen’s Gambit, analyzing how their portrayals challenge cultural values and shape political discourse. We will examine how queens have both wielded power and been constrained by it, exploring the tensions surrounding their identity, autonomy and resistance. By combining literary analysis with historical context and interdisciplinary perspectives, students will gain a deeper understanding of how portrayals of queenship have evolved and continue to resonate in contemporary conversations about gender and authority.
  This course is a one-time only experience. It will not be offered again in the future.
• 76-207 B Special Topics in Literature & Culture - Inventing America: Early Modern Constructions of the New World, 1500-1800
  TR 2:00-3:20
  Instructor: Ed Simon
  America wasn’t discovered – it was invented. Cultural discourses, from the utopian to the apocalyptic, were crucial to European powers as they colonized the two massive continents of the Western Hemisphere, and in the process the idea of a “New World” would be constructed. In this course we’ll look at a variety of different works that imagine this New World, both first-person accounts from European and indigenous sources concerning colonization and conquest, as well as canonical literary works involved in the invention of America, including Thomas More’s Utopia, Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko, Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe and Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels.