Global Studies Major

The major in global studies consists of 13 courses. At least two courses in the major must be taken at the 3000-level. Students should choose their courses in consultation with their advisors, in order to pursue their particular interests and arrange their programs to broaden and deepen their knowledge. Global Studies and International Affairs faculty advisors can recommend specific course selections for majors who wish to pursue the study of world resources, diplomacy and war and peace, international culture and ideology, or a particular region. Students with a particular interest in Latin America are advised to consider the Latin American Minor.

Requirements for Major in Global Studies and International Affairs

Core Courses (seven required courses)

• HIST1109 Modern World History
• POLSC1401 Introduction to International Relations
• ECON2113/POLSC2409 Politics of International Economic Relations *
• SOC2129 Cultural Geography
• SOC3115 Sociology of Globalization
• GLST4100 Senior Seminar

Choose one of the following:

• RELIG2105 Judiasm or
• RELIG1335 World Religions or
• RELIG2202 Hinduism or
• RELIG2208 Global Christianity or
• RELIG2211 Islam or
• RELIG2212 Buddhism: Beliefs and Practices

* Students who have completed ECON1101 and ECON1103 should consider taking ECON3103 The International Economy in place of POLSC2409.

Electives (choose six of the following):

• ECON1103 Principles of Macroeconomics
• ECON3103 The International Economy
• ECON3115 Economics and the Environment
• ECON3204 Economics of Latin America
• ENGL2106 Irish Identities: Literature and Culture
• ENGL2409 The Political Novel
• ENGL2417 Literature of the Black Atlantic
• ENGL3991 Special Topics: Post-Colonial Rewriting
• ENGL/LANG2103 Literary Mirrors: Introduction to World Literature
• ENGL/LANG2105 Contemporary Latin American Fiction
• ENGL/LANG3421 Spanish Caribbean Literature
• HIST1107 African History: Themes
• HIST1108 World History to 1500
• HIST2116 History of Modern Latin America
• HIST2119 Nineteenth-Century Europe
• HIST2120 Europe in the Era of World War
• HIST2122 History of Colonial Latin America
• HIST2123 Topics in European Women's History
• HIST2124/ENGL2124 History Through Fiction: Event and Imagination
• HIST2401 Modern China: Continuity and Change
• HIST3111 United States and Global Issues: 19th and 20th Centuries
• HIST3119 The Individual and Society in European History
• HIST3121 Surviving Columbus: History of Native Americans 1492-1992
• HIST3401 Cult of Mao
• IDS2113 Basic Issues in Women's Studies
• ITECH3105 Social Issues in Technology
• LANG3417 Spanish-American Experience: An Overview
• LANG3427 Contemporary Spanish American Women Novelists
• LANG3429 Great Figures of Spanish Literature
• MGMT2202 International Management
• MUSIC1113 Music of the World
• PHIL2114 Global Ethics
• POLSC1301 Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics
• POLSC2302 European Politics: From Transition to Integration
• POLSC2401 American Foreign Policy
• POLSC2411 The Contemporary Middle East: Challenges and Promise
• POLSC2413 International Law and Institutions
• POLSC3301 Comparative Politics of Developing States
• POLSC3303 Street Democracy
• POLSC3403 Human Issues in International Relations
• POLSC3405 Strategies of War and Peace
• POLSC3415 Issues of People and Politics in the Middle East
• RELIG2105 Judiasm
• RELIG2202 Hinduism
• RELIG2208 Global Christianity
• RELIG2212 Buddhism: Beliefs and Practices
• RELIG3133 Social Justice and Religious Traditions
• SOC1107 Introduction to Anthropology
• SOC2105 Race, Ethnicity, and Group Relations

Capstone Experience

• GLST4100 Senior Seminar and Internship

The seminar is the capstone of the Global Studies and International Affairs major. It consists of two interactive components: internships and a major research paper. Classes will rotate between the two projects. The first, the practical application of coursework in an internship appropriate to the student's interests, will involve the goals and interactions of the internship site project. The second, advanced analysis, research and writing, requires that the student focus on a topic approved by the instructor, and write his or her senior thesis. Initial meetings involve discussion of why students chose particular internships, how the sites are organized, what new skills are being developed, special experiences, etc. Next, the development of each student's research project and presentation is the focus. Topics, sources, interviews, outlines, drafts of presentations, and finally the presentations themselves are the subject of seminar discussion. Ideally it would be best if each student's thesis is related to the subject matter of his or her internship, but it is not a requirement that the two be connected. Especially important is that a student research a topic which is a culmination of coursework, study and thinking on the part of the student and which is of particular interest to him or her.

Each student will do at least 12 hours a week of work at an internship site and write a 25-50 page research paper, properly cited, with a full bibliography. Further, each student will make a full presentation of his or her research findings and analysis before the paper is finally written. Students will also keep a journal of their internship work to be submitted at the end of the semester.

Students enrolling in this program are strongly urged to complete a semester or year of study abroad as part of the major.