Global Studies B.A.

Course Requirements

Core Courses

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
GLOB 200W	Global Studies and the World	4	Fall, Spring.
GLOB 461W	Seminar in Global Studies	4	Fall, Spring.

Distribution Courses

World Geography

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
GEOG 200	World Regional Geography	4	Fall, Spring.

Global Historical Perspectives

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 204	Global History since 1500	3	Fall, Spring.
	-And-
	ONE COURSE from:
HIST 218	American Foreign Policy: 1945 to the Present	3	Fall.
HIST 220	Ancient Greece	3	Alternate years.
HIST 221	The Roman Republic	3	Alternate Years.
HIST 222	The Roman Empire	3	Alternate Years.
HIST 223	Medieval History	3	Alternate years.
HIST 224	The Glorious Renaissance	3	Fall.
HIST 234	Challenges and Confrontations: Women in Europe	3	As needed.
HIST 235	Voices of the Great War	3	Alternate years.
HIST 236	Post-Independence Africa	3	Annually.
HIST 238	Early Imperial China	3	As needed.
HIST 239	Japanese History through Art and Literature	3	Alternate years.
HIST 241	Colonial and Neocolonial Latin America	3	Annually.
HIST 242	Modern Latin America	3	Annually.
HIST 258	Environmental History	3	Annually.
HIST 306	Protestant Reformations and Catholic Renewal	3	As needed.
HIST 307	Europe in the Age of Enlightenment	3	As needed.
HIST 308	Europe in the Age of Revolution, 1789 to 1850	3	As needed.
HIST 309	Europe in the Age of Nationalism, 1850 to 1914	3	As needed.
HIST 310	Twentieth-Century Europe	3	As needed.
HIST 311	The Origins of Russia to 1700	3	Alternate years.
HIST 312	Russia from Peter to Lenin	3	Alternate years.
HIST 313	The Soviet Union and After	3	Alternate years.
HIST 318	Tudor-Stuart England	3	As needed.
HIST 325	Superpower America 1945-1990	3	Annually.
HIST 330	History of American Immigration	3	As needed.
HIST 336	The United States and the Emerging World	3	Spring.
HIST 340	The Muslim World from the Age of Muhammad to 1800	3	As needed.
HIST 341	The Muslim World in Modern Times, 1800 to the Present	3	As needed.
HIST 342	Islam and Politics in Modern History	3	As needed.
HIST 345	Conflict, Globalization, and Modern East Asia	3	As needed.
HIST 348	Africa under Colonial Rule	3	Annually.

Additional 200-300-level history classes on a global perspective might be used in consultation with advisor. All HIST classes listed here have HIST 101, HIST 102, HIST 103, HIST 104, HIST 105, HIST 106, HIST 107 or HIST 108, or consent of department chair as their prerequisite.

 

Note: Students cannot take History Connections course to satisfy this requirement.

 

Global Political Systems

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
POL 203	Global Politics	4	Fall, Spring.
	-And-
	ONE COURSE from:
INGO 300	International NGOs and Nonprofits	4	Fall.
INGO 301	Global Development	4	Spring.
INGO 304	Internship in International NGOs and Nonprofits	1-4	As needed.
POL 303	International Law and Organization	4	Spring.
POL 315	Western Legal Systems	4	As needed.
POL 337	Urban Political Geography	3	As needed.
POL 341	The Politics of Developing Nations	4	Spring.
POL 342	The Politics of Global Economic Change	4	Every third semester.
POL 343	The Politics of Western Democracies	4	As needed.
POL 344	Human Rights	4	Spring (alternate years).
POL 345	International NGOs and Nonprofits	4	Fall.
POL 346	Foreign Policy	4	As needed.
POL 347	Political Activism and Social Justice	4	Spring (Alternate years).
POL 348	Middle Eastern and North African Politics	4	Fall.

Additional 300-level classes on a global perspective from INGO or POL might be used in consultation with advisor.

 

Additional prerequisites and notes:

*POL 344 has completion of at least 30 college credits.

*POL 347 has minimum of 30 completed college credits..

*Students cannot receive credit for both INGO 300 and POL 345.

*Students cannot receive credit for both POL 337 and GEOG 337.

*Student can take INGO 304 for 3 credits if they have taken INGO 303 for one credit, otherwise they must take it for four credits, though these need not all be taken at the same time.

Global Economic Systems

 

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
	ONE COURSE from:
ECON 200	Introduction to Economics	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 214	Principles of Microeconomics	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 215	Principles of Macroeconomics	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
	-And-
	ONE COURSE from:
ECON 331	Topics in Global Economics	4	Annually (even years).
ECON 335	Economics of Race and Gender	4	Annually (even years).
ECON 337	Economics of Climate Change and Sustainability	4	Annually (odd years).
ECON 421	International Economics	4	As needed.
ECON 422	Economics of Developing Countries	4	As needed.
ECON 437	Environmental Economics	4	As needed.

Additional 300-400-levelclass on a global perspective from ECON might be used in consultation with their advisor.

 

Additional prerequisites:

*ECON 214 and ECON 215 have completion of College Mathematics Competency

*ECON 421, ECON 422, and ECON 437 have ECON 214; ECON 215; and MATH177

Culture, Geography, Society

Additional 300-400 level course on a global perspective from ANTH, SOC, or GEOG might be used in consultation with their advisor.

 

Additional prerequisites:

*ANTH 310 has completion of at least 60 college credits and ANTH 104 or COMM 255, or consent of instructor.

*ANTH 312 has ANTH 102 or consent of department chair

*ANTH 334,  ANTH 345, and ANTH 461 have completion of at least 60 college credits.

*SOC 435 should be taken for 4 credits and it has completion of at least 30 college credits with a minimum 2.5 GPA or graduate status, and consent of Instructor or Department Chair. Some fieldwork sites may have additional requirements.

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ANTH 101	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	4	Fall, Spring.
	-And-
	ONE COURSE from:
ANTH 301/ENST 301	Ethnobotany	4	Alternate years.
ANTH 309	Medical Anthropology	4	Alternate years.
ANTH 310	Language and Culture	4	Alternate years.
ANTH 312	Archaeology of Mesopotamia and South Asia	4	Alternate years.
ANTH 333	Comparative Law and Justice	4	Fall, Spring.
ANTH 334	Steamships and Cyberspace: Technology, Culture, Society	4	Alternate years.
ANTH 338	Urban Anthropology	4	Alternate years.
ANTH 345	Museums, Cultures, and Others	4	Alternate years.
ANTH 461/FNED 461	LatinX in the United States	4	Annually.
GEOG 337	Urban Political Geography	3	As needed.
GEOG 338	People, Houses, Neighborhoods, and Cities	3	As needed.
SOC 314	The Sociology of Health and Illness	4	Annually.
SOC 324	Immigration and Justice	4	Annually.
SOC 333	Comparative Law and Justice	4	Fall, Spring.
SOC 345	Victimology	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 435	Fieldwork in Sociology	1-4	As needed.

Art, Literature, Communication

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
	ONE COURSE from:
COMM 348	Global Communication	4	Fall.
ENGL 335	Literatures of the World to 1500	4	As needed.
ENGL 336	Reading Globally	4	As needed.
FILM 353	National Cinemas	4	Alternate years.
FREN 313	Modern France and the Francophone World	4	Alternate years.
FREN 323	Survey of French Literature from the Middle Ages to 1789	4	Alternate years.
FREN 324	Survey of French Literature from 1789 to the Present	4	Alternate years.
ITAL 321	Italian Literature and Civilization through Renaissance	4	Alternate years.
ITAL 322	Italian Literature and Civilization Post-Renaissance	4	Alternate years.
MLAN 360	Seminar in Modern Languages	3	Annually.
PORT 302	Portuguese Literature and Culture	4	Alternate years.
PORT 303	Insular Literatures and Cultures	4	Alternate years.
PORT 304	Brazilian Literature and Culture	4	Alternate years.
PORT 305	Lusophone African Literatures and Cultures	4	As needed.
SPAN 310	Spanish Literature and Culture: Pre-Eighteenth Century	4	Fall.
SPAN 311	Spanish Literature and Culture: From Eighteenth Century	4	Spring.
SPAN 312	Latin American Literature and Culture: Pre-Eighteenth Century	4	Fall.
SPAN 313	Latin American Literature and Culture: From Eighteenth Century	4	Spring.

Additional 300-400 level classes on a global perspective in ART, COMM, DANC, ENGL, FILM, FREN, ITAL, MLAN, MUS, PORT, SPAN, or THTR might be used in consultation with their advisor 

 

Note: Students cannot take Connections course to satisfy this requirement.

 

Additional prerequisites:

*COMM 348 has COMM 240

*ENGL 335 and 336 have ENGL 200, ENGL 200W, or ENGL 201

*FILM 353 has FILM 116, or consent of program director.

*FREN 313, FREN 323, and FREN 324 have FREN 202 or FREN 202W, or consent of department chair.

*ITAL 321 and ITAL 322 have ITAL 202, or consent of department chair.

*MLAN 360 has completion of two 300-level courses and one cognate course in a modern languages concentration and an overall GPA of 2.67.

*PORT 302, PORT 303, PORT 304, and PORT 305 have PORT 202 or PORT 202W, or consent of department chair.

*SPAN 310, SPAN 311, SPAN 312, and SPAN 313 have SPAN 202 or SPAN 202W, or consent of department chair

Total Credit Hours: 43-46