A student of any academic major can profit from the international dimension provided by the Global Studies minor. It can thus strengthen preparation for the international aspects of business, social and religious service, politics and policy formation, and education. It also provides an interdisciplinary foundation for specialized graduate study.
Requirements for Minor
Twenty-four semester hours are required for the Global Studies minor, in accordance with the following:
I. Foundation Courses
(16 semester hours total)
A. Understanding Global Systems
1. Theoretical Foundation: Sociology 290C/S: Social Change. This course is normally taken after a student has completed one or two other Global Studies courses.
2. Global Issues: at least four semester hours from courses with a focus on a theme of global significance. See courses listed below.
Economics 220: Economics of Developing Areas
Economics 330: International Trade and Finance
Economics 350: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Environmental Studies 101B/L: Assessing Human Impacts on the Environment
Geography 120S: Human Ecology
Geography 240S: Economic
Geography
Geography 292S: Population
Geography (same as Sociology 292S)
Global Studies 285: German Culture in Transition
History 305: World Civilizations
Management 250: International Business
Political Science 251S: International Relations
Political Science 252S: International Organizations
Political Science 303: Politics in Developing Nations
Sociology 292S: Population Problems (same as Geography 292S)
B. Understanding Cultural Diversity
1. Comparative Perspective: One of the following
Economics 231: European Economic History
French 390: Modern Critical Thought (same as German 390 and Spanish 390)
Geography 101S: Cultural Geography
Music 116C: Music in
Contemporary Cultures
Music 216A/C: Musics of the World
Political Science 102S: Introduction to Comparative Politics
Religion 231R: Myth & Symbol
Religion 342R: Comparative Religious Ethics
Sociology 110C/S: Cultural Anthropology
Sociology 211C/S: Cross-Cultural
Perspectives on Kinship
2. Non-Western Culture: at least four semester hours from courses
that have been approved to meet the non-Western cultures general
education learning goal. These courses are designated with a "C" in the
course number.
II. Focus Courses (8 additional semester hours)
Each student prepares a proposal identifying a focus for the student's Global Studies minor and the two additional courses that provide such a focus. Focus Courses can, but need not, come from the list of courses already identified as Foundation Courses. This proposal must be signed by the respective faculty teaching these courses (to indicate that each course relates to the specified focus) and then forwarded for approval to the Global Studies Advisory Committee.
Examples:
International Relations: History 324: Twentieth-Century U.S. Foreign Policy and Political Science 350: American Foreign Policy
Third World Development: Geography 250C: Regional Geography (when course is taught with a Third World focus) and Economics 220: Economics of Developing Areas
Global Environmental Issues: Biology 306B: Ecology, Geography 292S: Population Geography
Comparative Literature: English 190: Topics in Non-Western Culture and Japanese 150A/C: Survey of Japanese Literature
Music and Dance in Cross-Cultural Perspective: Theatre and Dance 210C: Dance Ethnology, Music 116C: Music in Contemporary Cultures
Japan: Sociology 275C/S: Contemporary Japanese Society, History 262C: Japan in the Modern World
In completing these 24 semester hours, the student must adhere to the following regulations:
a. a maximum of eight semester hours can be at the 100 level,
b. a minimum of three departments must be represented, and
c. a maximum of 12 semester hours may come from any one department.
III. Cross-Cultural Experience
The student is expected to have experience of a culture other than the student's own, normally through participation in a study-abroad program. The student may explore other possibilities with the Global Studies adviser.
Course Listings
490: Independent Study in Global Studies.
2-6 semester hours.
Individual research elected by a student in consultation with the Director of Global Studies. Every semester.
