Global Studies, B.A.

Global Studies is an interdisciplinary enquiry into the developments which have in the past and will continue to shape the interconnectedness of people and places around the world. It employs critical analyses of the processes which have contributed to both the complexity and variety of our world societies and to the common features of the changing human and natural environments.

Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate an understanding of the interconnectedness of local, regional, and global events, processes, and patterns.
Demonstrate an understanding of the individual’s and local place’s relationships to global events, processes, and patterns.
Demonstrate an understanding of a conceptual or theoretical approach to global events, processes, and patterns.
Demonstrate an ability to apply humanistic, social scientific, or scientific methods to answer a global question.
Demonstrate an ability to construct and present an argument based on evidence.

Requirement

Core Areas A, B, C, D, and E: 42 Hours

Core Curriculum

Core Area F: 18 Hours

Core Area F (Major Specific Courses): 18 Hours

I. Introduction to Global Studies: 3 Hours

XIDS 2301 - Introduction to Global Studies 3 Credit Hours

II. Foundations of Global Studies: 3-18 Hours

Courses under the 3000 level from the list below

No more than 1 course from the same department

ANTH 1100 - Faces of Culture 2 Credit Hours
ANTH 1102 - Introduction to Anthropology 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 2001 - Introduction to Archaeology 3 Credit Hours
COMM 1154 - Introduction to Mass Communications 3 Credit Hours
COMM 2002
COMM 2100
COMM 2104
PHIL 2010 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 2030 - Introduction to Ethics 3 Credit Hours
ART 2201 - History of Western Art: Ancient to Medieval 3 Credit Hours
ART 2202 - History of Western Art: Renaissance to Contemporary 3 Credit Hours
ASTR 2313 - Astronomy 3 Credit Hours
BIOL 1012 - Ecology and Environmental Biology 3 Credit Hours
BIOL 1013 - Biology of AIDS and Infectious Disease 3 Credit Hours
XIDS 2201 - Science Foundations 4 Credit Hours
XIDS 2202 - Environmental Studies 3 Credit Hours
CS 1020 - Computers and Society 2 Credit Hours
ENVS 1012
ENVS 2202 - Environmental Science 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 2110 - World Literature 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 2190 - Studies in Literature by Women 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 1101 - Introductory Sociology 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 1160 - Introduction to Social Problems 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 2203 - Introduction to Women’s Studies 3 Credit Hours
FORL 2200 - Survey of National Literatures 3 Credit Hours
FORL 2300 - Topics in National Literatures 3 Credit Hours
ECON 2100 - Economics for Everyone 3 Credit Hours
ECON 2105 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Credit Hours
ECON 2106 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 1013 - World Geography 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 1111 - Introduction to Physical Geography 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 1112 - Weather and Climate 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 1113 - Landform Geography 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 2010 - Political Geography 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 2503 - Cultural Geography 3 Credit Hours
HIST 1111 - Survey of World History/Civilization I 3 Credit Hours
HIST 1112 - Survey of World History/Civilization II 3 Credit Hours
GEOL 1222
GEOL 1121 - Introductory Geosciences I: Physical Geology 3 Credit Hours
GEOL 2313 - Descriptive Astronomy 3 Credit Hours
GEOL 2503 - Introduction to Oceanography 3 Credit Hours
MUSC 1100 - Music Appreciation 3 Credit Hours
MUSC 1110 - Survey of World Music 2 Credit Hours
MUSC 1120 - Survey of Jazz, Rock, and Popular Music 3 Credit Hours

III. Foreign Language through 2002: 3-12 Hours

Major Courses: 33 Hours

All majors must complete the senior capstone seminar: 3 Hours
Courses needed to complete the major can be taken in any of the following tracks:* 21 Hours