Global Studies Major and Concentration
Global Studies is an interdisciplinary major and minor in the College of Arts and Sciences that prepares students with the understanding of other countries, cultures and global interactions. Students move beyond seeing global challenges and opportunities as simply current events or as a series of single cases by examining theories and conceptual models used to organized, explain and predict events. Global Studies Majors and Minors examine the world from the perspective of citizens, movements and everyday realities using on the ground research methods of the field (rather than viewing interactions from the top-down) so that they can produce their own analyses of public policy issues and cultural interactions, thereby enabling them to conduct independent research.
GS Major Requirements |
GS Concentration Requirements |
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1. Either Introduction to Global Politics (POLS/GLOB 241) or Honors Politics of the Global System (POLS/GLOB 290).
2. Either Introduction to Global Anthropology (GLOB/LCS 242) or Honors, Anthropology of Globalization (GLOB/LCS 243) 3. World History Since 1500 (HIS/GLOB 271) 4. Seminar on Global Issues (GLOB 490) 5. Intermediate language proficiency 6. Six Global Knowledge Electives (three within a specific track: cultural, economic, or political) |
1. Either Introduction to Global Politics (POLS/GLOB 241) or Honors Politics of the Global System (POLS/GLOB 290)
2. Either Introduction to Global Anthropology (GLOB/LCS 242) or Honors, Anthropology of Globalization (GLOB/LCS 243) 3. Seminar on Global Issues (GLOB 490) 4. Three Global Knowledge Electives |
Partial List of Courses that Count for a Global Knowledge Elective
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1. COM 365, Language, Culture, and Communication,
2. COM 478, Mass Communication in the Global Village, 3. ECO 367, Economic Development, 4. ECO 471, International Trade, 5. HIS 354, Trends in Modern Thought, 6. HIS 365, US and World Politics, 1890 to the Present, 7. LCS 359, Popular Music and Culture, 8. LCS 361, Studies in International Literature, 9. LCS 384, Comparative Religions, 10. LCS 389: Fieldwork in Local Communities 11. LGLS 381, Global Dimensions of Law, |
12. LGLS 451, International Business Law,
13. POLS 351, United States Foreign Policy, 14. POLS 462, International Relations, 15. POLS 481, Politics of Developing Countries, 16. POLS 483, Politics of International Economic Relations, 17. POLS 483, Politics of International Economic Relations, 18. PSY 465, Cross-Cultural Psychology, 19. SOC 451, Population and Society, 20. SOC 455, Urban Sociology, 21. HIS ST300, Race, Slavery and the Atlantic World |