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Global Studies

The Global Studies program is an interdisciplinary major designed to prepare students for work and life in an increasingly inter-connected world. The program provides a broad-based foundation in world history, culture, politics and economics. Students will gain in-depth understanding of international relations, conflict and change, and a heightened sensitivity to diverse cultures. The major is well-suited to students interested in a career in such rapidly growing sectors as international business, law, media, and governmental and non-governmental organizations concerned with diplomacy, policy making, public health, peace, relief operations, immigration and the environment.

The major in global studies consists of 12 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.  Students with a particular interest in Latin America are advised to consider the Latin American Minor.

Requirements for Major in Global Studies

Core Courses (six required courses)

• ECON2113/POLSC2409 Politics of International Economic Relations *
• HIST1109 Modern World History
• POLSC1401 Introduction to International Relations
• RELIG1115 Introduction to the World's Religions
• SOC2129 Cultural Geography
• GLST4100 Senior Seminar

* 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
• ENGL/IDS2133 Crisis and Creativity: Artistic and Literary Responses to Historical Events
• ENGL/LANG2103 Literary Mirrors: Introduction to World Literature
• ENGL/LANG2105 Contemporary Latin American Fiction
• ENGL/LANG3421 Spanish Caribbean Literature
• IDS2113 Basic Issues in Women's Studies
• ITECH3105 Social Issues in Technology
• 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
• HIST2501 From Ivan the Terrible to Putin: The Social, Economic, and Political History of Alcohol in Russia
• 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 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
• RELIG3128 Women in World Religions
• RELIG3133 Social Justice and Religious Traditions
• SOC1107 Introduction to Anthropology
• SOC2104 Food and Global Culture
• SOC2105 Race and Ethnic Relations
• SOC2107 The Urban World
• SOC3105 Social Change and Development
• SOC3106 Comparative Cultural Institutions

Capstone Experience

• GLST4100 Senior Seminar and Internship

This course combines the theoretical knowledge learned with a practical experience. As part of the seminar each student is required to do an internship and write a senior thesis.

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