Global Studies Minor

Required for the Global Studies Minor:

Other courses may be counted toward the minor with the approval of the program coordinator. No more than one course from a student’s major will count toward the minor. Applied Language Components (ALCs) are available for a number of required and elective Global Studies courses.

GL 201 - Foundations of Global Studies Credits: 3 cr.
GL 410 - Global Studies Senior Seminar Credits: 4 cr.

And:

A study abroad/service-learning away experience.

Also:

One course above the 102 level in French, Italian, Japanese, or Spanish
OR
One Language and Linguistics course (LL 101, LL 220, or LL 250)

In addition choose:

Three courses from the following selections. Students are advised to combine global and regional courses.

Global:

BI 110 - Topics in Population and Ecosystem Biology Credits: 3 cr.
(when offered as Environmental Science)
BU 271 - International Business Credits: 3 cr.
EC 315 - World Economies Credits: 4 cr.
EC 317 - International Economics Credits: 4 cr.
EC 321 - Economic Development Credits: 4 cr.
EC 327 - Topics in Economics Credits: 4 cr.
(when offered as Global Institutions and Development)
EC 351 - Environmental Economics Credits: 4 cr.
EN 333 - Empire and After Credits: 4 cr.
EN 375 - The Middle Passage Credits: 4 cr.
GG 101 - Introduction to Human Geography Credits: 4 cr.
GG 205 - Political Geography Credits: 3 cr.
GG 207 - Economic Geography Credits: 3 cr.
GG 211 - Geography of Water Credits: 3 cr.
GL 202 - Sustainable Development: Case Studies Credits: 3 cr.
GL 340 - Otherness and Marginalization Credits: 3 cr.
GL 368 - Ethics of the Heroic Credits: 4 cr.
GL 376 - The Middle Passage: The View from Ghana Credits: 2 cr.
JO 250 - Global Communication Credits: 3 cr.
JO 307 - Feature Writing Credits: 3 cr.
(when offered as Foreign Correspondence)
JO 319 - Special Topics in Journalism and Mass Communication Credits: 3 cr.
JO 346 - Truth & Propaganda: Ethics & the Media Credits: 4 cr.
LL 101 - Introduction to Language and Linguistics Credits: 4 cr.
LL 220 - Languages of the World Credits: 3 cr.
LL 250 - Intercultural Communication Credits: 3 cr.
PH 346 - Truth & Propaganda: Ethics & the Media Credits: 4 cr.
PH 363 - Philosophy of Human Rights Credits: 4 cr.
PH 390 - Topics Credits: 4 cr.
(when offered as a Global Studies topic)
PO 245 - International Relations Credits: 3 cr.
PO 345 - Transitions to Democracy Credits: 4 cr.
PO 348 - American Foreign Policy Credits: 3 cr.
PO 351 - Politics of the Global AIDS Pandemic Credits: 4 cr.
PO 355 - Politics of the World Economy Credits: 4 cr.
PO 360 - Film and Politics Credits: 4 cr.
PO 390 - Politics in Multi-Ethnic Societies Credits: 4 cr.
RS 221 - World Christianity Credits: 3 cr.
RS 230 - Political-Liberation Theology Credits: 3 cr.
SO 101 - Introductory Sociology Credits: 3 cr.
SO 109 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Credits: 3 cr.
SO 240 - Human Rights in a Global Context Credits: 3 cr.
SO 333 - Globalization Credits: 4 cr.

Regional:

EC 323 - Discourses on Poverty and Development: Case Studies of Latin America and South Asia Credits: 4 cr.
FR 313 - Topics in Francophone Culture Credits: 3-4 cr.
FR 315 - Topics in Francophone Culture Credits: 3-4 cr.
HI 143 - Modern East Asia Credits: 3 cr.
HI 163 - Modern Latin America Credits: 3 cr.
HI 218 - History of Modern Ireland Credits: 3 cr.
HI 243 - Japanese Culture Credits: 3 cr.
HI 273 - Topics in Russian Culture I Credits: 3 cr.
HI 275 - Topics in Russian Culture II Credits: 3 cr.
HI 323 - Discourses on Poverty and Development: Latin America and South Asia Credits: 4 cr.
HI 339 - East Asia and the West Credits: 4 cr.
IT 313 - Topics in Italian Culture Credits: 3-4 cr.
JA 333 - Japanese Culture Credits: 3 cr.
PO 385 - Comparative European Politics Credits: 4 cr.
RU 315 - Topics in Russian Culture II Credits: 3 cr.
SP 313 - Precolombian Art and Architecture Credits: 3-4 cr.

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