<p>My daughter, a rising sophomore at Mac, is considering an International Studies major. Your combined interests in French, history, and IS would work well as the IS major requires competency in a foreign language and a five course focus in “a single disciplinary department in the humanities or social sciences” (which of course includes history) along with the other requirements in what is a fourteen course major. As the major is “highly configurable” (in the words of the course catalog) and draws on courses from other departments you would have a lot of choices. I hope that this, at least in part, answers your question.</p>
<p>We are white so I won’t presume to attempt to answer your question about Mac’s community of black students.</p>