Global Studies (9 hours)

The Global Studies requirement introduces students to a range of contemporary global topics that impact all nations, such as: the transnational movement of peoples and their cultural practices, including economies and governance; the development of technology and communications across nations; the changing identities of peoples and nations as a result of cross-cultural influences and the resistance to those influences; and global governance that determines issues of international law and human rights, environmental changes, and political states.

International Studies minors take 9 hours of coursework in Global Studies, from three different disciplines: Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, and Sociology. A list of approved courses in PDF format be be downloaded here.

• Anthropology
  • ANTH 209. Food, Culture, and Society
  • ANTH 230. Sociocultural Anthropology
  • ANTH 260. World Ethnography
  • ANTH 262. Women’s Lives
  • ANTH 268. Images of the Other
  • ANTH 270. Linguistic Anthropology
  • ANTH 277. Ancient Cities, Sacred Land
  • ANTH 362. Body, Personhood, and Culture
  • ANTH 404. Disability, Culture and Society
  • ANTH 466. Class, Culture and Society
  • ANTH 470. Mind, Culture and Society
• Economics
  • ECON 210. Environmental Economies
  • ECON 420. International Economics
  • ECON 421. Contemporary Issues in the International Economy
  • ECON 450. The Developing Economies
• Geography
  • GEOG 204. Cities of the World
  • GEOG 210. Contemporary Social and Environmental Problems
  • GEOG 214. Conservation of Natural Resources
  • GEOG 384. Population Geography
  • GEOG 438. Geography of Health Care
  • GEOG 466. Environmental Policy
  • GEOG 467. Dynamic Simulation of Natural Resource Problems
  • GEOG 483. Urban Geography
• History
  • HIST 250. War, Military Institutions, and Society to 1815
  • HIST 251. War, Military Institutions, and Society since 1815
  • HIST 258. The Contemporary World: Political, Ideological, and International Forces
  • HIST 259. The Contemporary World: Economic, Social, and Cultural Aspects
  • HIST 302. Religious and Messianic Movements
  • HIST 400. Advanced Studies in the History of War, Society, and Culture
• Political Science
  • POL S 241. Comparative Politics in Developing Countries
  • POL S 280 or 281 (AC). Introduction to International Relations
  • POL S 282. Governing Globalization: The Pursuit of Order, Welfare, and Legitimacy
  • POL S 283. Introduction to International Security and Arms Control
  • POL S 357. Ethnic Conflict
  • POL S 381. International War and Peace
  • POL S 382. International Political Economy
  • POL S 383. International Organization
  • POL S 384. Politics of Globalization
  • POL S 386. International Law
  • POL S 387. International Security
  • POL S 389. International Communications
• Sociology
  • SOC 226. Political Sociology
  • SOC 229. Religion and Society
  • SOC 261. Gender In Transnational Perspective
  • SOC 270. Population Issues
  • SOC 350. Technology and Society
  • SOC 364. Impacts of Globalization
  • SOC 373. Social Stratification
  • SOC 447. Environmental Sociology
  • SOC 463. Social Change in Developing Areas
  • SOC 477. Sociology of Law