Minor in Global Studies
About This Program
The Minor in Global Studies equips students with a deep understanding of global processes and the responsibilities of global citizenship, preparing them to navigate the challenges of the 21st century. Designed for success in today’s interconnected world, the program explores social, political, economic, and cultural dynamics from a global perspective. Drawing from a diverse range of disciplines—including languages, politics, history, sociology, anthropology, art, economics, health, and environmental studies—the minor offers a broad, interdisciplinary approach to contemporary global issues. With a flexible curriculum featuring over eighty course options, students can tailor their degree plan to align with their interests and career aspirations.
Competencies
- Upon completion, students will be able to engage diverse global perspectives in the classroom and beyond.
- Upon completion, students will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and leadership abilities necessary for personal and professional growth in a globalized world.
Curriculum
| Global Studies Foundations | ||
| Select one from the following: | 3 | |
| GLOBAL CULTURES | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL ISSUES | ||
| LOCALIZATION AND TRANSLATION | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS | ||
| Specialization | ||
| For language/culture select one from the following: | 3 | |
| ARABIC CULTURE IN THE WORLD | ||
| INTERMEDIATE ARABIC II | ||
| CHINESE CULTURE IN THE WORLD | ||
| INTERMEDIATE CHINESE II | ||
| FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE CULTURES IN THE WORLD | ||
| INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II | ||
| GERMAN CULTURE IN THE WORLD | ||
| INTERMEDIATE GERMAN II | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LOCALIZATION AND LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGY | ||
| KOREAN CULTURE IN THE WORLD | ||
| INTERMEDIATE KOREAN II | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO WORLD LANGUAGES | ||
| RUSSIAN CULTURE IN THE WORLD | ||
| INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN II | ||
| HISPANIC CULTURE IN THE WORLD | ||
| INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II | ||
| For interdisicplinary foundations, select one of the following: | 3 | |
| INTRODUCTION TO ART HISTORY I: PREHISTORIC THROUGH 16TH CENTURY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO ART HISTORY II: 17TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO ART HISTORY III: AFRICA, ASIA, AMERICAS | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE | ||
| GLOBAL WARMING | ||
or GEOL 1330 | GLOBAL WARMING | |
| THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH | ||
| HUMAN GEOGRAPHY | ||
| WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY | ||
| FLIGHT CULTURE AND THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE | ||
| PUBLIC HEALTH: PRINCIPLES AND POPULATIONS | ||
| LANGUAGE IN A MULTICULTURAL USA | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO WORLD MUSIC | ||
| CONTEMPORARY MORAL PROBLEMS | ||
| THEATRE AND FILM APPRECIATION | ||
| For upper-level electives, select two from the following: | 6 | |
| ETHNOGRAPHY OF SOUTH AMERICA | ||
| CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN CULTURES | ||
| CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND IDENTITY | ||
| FOOD AND CULTURE | ||
| ANTHROPOLOGY OF SOUTH ASIA | ||
| GLOBAL ICONS: GANDHI, KING, MANDELA & OTHERS IN POPULAR CULTURE | ||
| VISUALIZING CULTURE: MEDIA, IDENTITY AND POLITICS IN THE GLOBAL WORLD | ||
or COMM 3345 | VISUALIZING CULTURE: MEDIA, IDENTITY AND POLITICS IN THE GLOBAL WORLD | |
| ANTHROPOLOGY OF TOURISM | ||
| CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS: MIGRATION AND IDENTITIES | ||
| ANTHROPOLOGY OF GLOBALIZATION | ||
| ARCHAEOLOGY OF AFRICA | ||
| TOPICS IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| ARABIC CONVERSATION & CULTURE | ||
| ARABIC CONVERSATION & CULTURE II | ||
| TOPICS IN ARABIC LITERATURE AND CULTURE | ||
| JAPANESE ART AND ARCHITECTURE | ||
| ART AND ISLAM | ||
| ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF INDIA | ||
| CHINESE ART AND ARCHITECTURE | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN ASIAN ART | ||
| CONTEMPORARY CHINESE CULTURE | ||
| BUSINESS CHINESE | ||
| COMMUNICATION & SOCIETY | ||
| INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS | ||
| COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC SYSTEMS | ||
| TOPICS IN RUSSIAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION | ||
| TOPICS IN SOVIET AND POST-SOVIET LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION | ||
| HISTORY OF WORLD LITERATURE I | ||
| HISTORY OF WORLD LITERATURE II | ||
| TOPICS IN SUSTAINABILITY | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION OF CHEMICAL HAZARDS | ||
| FRENCH CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION | ||
| FRENCH LITERATURE AND CULTURE 19th to 21st CENTURIES | ||
| TOPICS IN CITIES OF FRANCE AND THE FRENCH-SPEAKING WORLD | ||
| TOPICS IN GLOBAL FRENCH IN THE 20TH-21ST CENTURIES | ||
| TOPICS IN GLOBAL FRENCH LITERATURES AND CULTURES | ||
| GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA | ||
| TOPICS IN GERMAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE IN TRANSLATION | ||
| TOPICS IN GERMAN CULTURE & CONVERSATION | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE AND CULTURE STUDIES | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN GERMAN STUDIES I | ||
| GERMAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE II | ||
| TOPICS IN LITERATURE & CULTURE | ||
| TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL CULTURES AND CIVILIZATIONS I | ||
| TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL CULTURES AND CIVILIZATIONS II | ||
| PUTINISM AND THE CULTURE OF RUSSIAN POLITICS | ||
| THE MAKING OF MODERN UKRAINE | ||
| NINETEENTH-CENTURY EUROPE, 1789-1914 | ||
| TWENTIETH-CENTURY EUROPE, 1914-1991 | ||
| GERMANY AND THE WORLD, 1918-PRESENT | ||
| HISTORY OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL | ||
| EAST CENTRAL EUROPE AND THE MODERN WORLD | ||
| LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY: POST-INDEPENDENCE TO THE PRESENT | ||
| HISTORY OF MEXICO | ||
| HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN | ||
| SOVIET UNION IN GLOBAL COLD WAR | ||
| EAST CENTRAL EUROPE IN THE AGE OF EXTREMES | ||
| AMERICA AND THE VIETNAM WARS | ||
| HEALTH AND THE HUMAN CONDITION IN THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY | ||
| TOPICS IN KOREAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE IN TRANSLATION | ||
| KOREAN CONVERSATION AND CULTURE I | ||
| KOREAN CONVERSATION AND CULTURE II | ||
| TOPICS IN KOREAN LINGUISTICS | ||
| TOPICS IN KOREAN CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION | ||
| SOCIOLINGUISTICS | ||
| TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE LANGUAGES, CULTURE, AND LITERATURES | ||
| HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY: NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY PHILOSOPHY | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF LAW | ||
| SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO MIDDLE EAST POLITICS | ||
| INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS | ||
| WAR, PEACE, AND POLITICS IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION | ||
| RUSSIA AND THE POST-SOVIET STATES TODAY | ||
| RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY | ||
| THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT | ||
| INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST | ||
| THE POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY OF ISRAEL | ||
| VIOLENCE AND SCARCITY IN WORLD POLITICS | ||
| CONVERSATION AND TOPICS IN RUSSIAN CULTURE | ||
| SELECTED AUTHORS AND TOPICS | ||
| RUSSIAN AND SOVIET CINEMA | ||
| PROPAGANDA AND IDEOLOGY IN SOVIET ART AND LITERATURE | ||
| BANNED AND CENSORED WORKS OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE | ||
| TOPICS IN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION | ||
| TOPICS IN HISPANIC LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION | ||
| SPANISH CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION | ||
| LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION | ||
| TOPICS IN HISPANIC LANGUAGE, LITERATURE & CULTURE | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO HISPANIC LITERATURE AND CULTURE | ||
| COMMUNITY TRANSLATION | ||
| TOPICS IN HISPANIC CULTURE | ||
| CONTEMPORARY HISPANIC CULTURE | ||
| BUSINESS AND LEGAL TRANSLATION | ||
| FILM STUDIES | ||
| MODERN THEATRE HISTORY | ||
| MUSICAL THEATRE HISTORY | ||
Another course with prior approval of advisor | ||
| Capstone | ||
| GLOBAL 4301 | RESEARCH IN GLOBAL STUDIES (cross-listed with an upper-level course in a discipline of the student's choice; will feature a capstone project as a supplement to the regular course syllabus) | 3 |
| Total Hours | 18 | |