in 1967, sis added its international communications program, the first such program offered by an american university. in 1981 sis inaugurated the ibn khaldun chair of islamic studies to address concerns that american universities lacked an appropriate venue for exploring the greater muslim-western understanding. in the 1990s, sis established dual degree programs with ritsumeikan university in kyoto, japan and korea university in seoul, korea. in 1991, sis added the center for the global south, followed in 1995 by the addition of the mohammed said farsi chair in islamic peace, and in 2000 with a joint program on national resources and sustainable development with the united nations university for peace. new degree options implemented in 2010 include the global scholars program, a concentrated three-year b.a. program, an m.a. program in social enterprise, and, in partnership with the u.s. peace corps, a master's international degree combining a peace corps assignment with sis academic work.