<p>Anyone have any ideas on how the International Studies are like at UW? Are the professors passionate about their classes? Are the classes huge? Thanks.</p>
<p>SIS classes are hit or miss depending on your T.A. , get ready for subjective grading. I have taken two SIS classes, one about Isreal got a 2.8, the other was SIS 201, and I got a 3.5. My essay’s were exactly the same quality.</p>
<p>oh, no. Now I’m nervous.</p>
<p>At the risk of sounding a bit oblivious, what exactly is International Studies all about? Yes, I know it enhances a global perspective and all that but one of my friends told me it was an “abstract major” and I’m not really sure what he meant. I love learning about other cultures and parts of the world so I thought this would be an interesting major to pursue, but what exactly can you do with it? (I’m going to be pre-med, but medical schools don’t really look at majors as long as you do well with the pre-reqs right?) Thanks! :)</p>
<p>Yeah, that’s why I’m pursuing it. I also like learning about cultures. It doesn’t really have a direct occupation like engineering and business, but other majors like English also don’t have a direct occupation either. I’m thinking that gov. agencies or companies that need a “foreign ambassador” of some sort would hire, not completely sure, though.</p>