Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Bulletin: 2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: Global Studies Major, B.A. Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Global Studies Major, B.A.

College of Liberal Arts >> Interdisciplinary Studies 

39 hours; 2.0 major GPA required

The Global Studies major is an interdisciplinary course of study, including a 39-hour major, a 39-hour Core 39 requirement, and open electives. Students also will complete a minimum of two years (four semesters) or equivalent study in one non-English world language. International study or work is strongly recommended.

The Global Studies Bachelor of Arts degree consists of existing courses offered in the College of Liberal Arts, the Romain College of Business, and the Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education. All students will complete a common core of seven courses from five different disciplines. These are followed by six electives drawn from various disciplines. The elective coursework must include no more than two courses from any one discipline, except Global Studies (GLST), ensuring that students are exposed to a minimum of three disciplines, making this a truly interdisciplinary major. Additional special topics courses may be approved for elective credit. Consult the Global Studies advisor for approval.

Global Studies Core, Required Courses (21 hours)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
GLST 101 - Introduction to Global Studies

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Social Inquiry; Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
HIST 112 - World Civilizations II, 1500-Present

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Historical Inquiry, Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
ANTH 111 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture; World Language and Culture-BS; Embedded Experience-Diversity


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
ECON 241 - Global Economic Issues

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
POLS 271 - International Politics

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Social Inquiry; Social Science (BS); Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
GEOG 330 - World Geography

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture; World Language and Culture (BS); Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
GLST 497 - Global Studies Capstone

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing


Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3

Electives (18 hours)

Choose 18 hours of electives from the following, with no more than six hours from any one discipline except Global Studies.

Africana Studies

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
AFRC 362 - Introduction to African Diaspora History through Film
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3

Anthropology

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ANTH 324 - Peoples of Asia
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
ANTH 325 - Ethnology of Mesoamerica
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
ANTH 326 - Peoples of Africa
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
ANTH 327 - Ethnology of South America
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3

Art

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ART 255 - Introduction to African Arts
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3

Art History

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ARTH 335 - Asian Art

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global; Embedded Experience-Writing


Term(s) Offered: Every third fall/spring semester
Credits: 3

Biology

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
BIOL 251 - Environmental Conservation

USI Core 39: Natural Science (BS); Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3

Communications

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
CMST 317 - Intercultural Communication

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Diversity


Term(s) Offered: Irregularly Offered
Credits: 3

Economics

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ECON 306 - Power, Evil and Religion

USI Core 39: World Language and Culture (BS); Embedded Experience-Diversity; Embedded Experience-Writing


Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
ECON 341 - International Trade
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
ECON 343 - International Finance
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
ECON 346 - Development Economics
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
ECON 349 - Open Economy Macroeconomics
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3

English

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG 319 - Fundamentals of Grant Writing

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
ENG 371 - Non-Western World Literature

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
ENG 372 - Western World Literature

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
ENG 373 - Introduction to African Literatures
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
ENG 375 - Modern Canadian Literature
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
ENG 386 - World Mythology

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture


Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3

French

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
FREN 275 - The French Film

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Creative and Aesthetic Expression; Embedded Experience-Global; Embedded Experience-Writing


Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
FREN 306 - Advanced French I
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
FREN 307 - Advanced French II
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
FREN 308 - Francophone Cultures

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture; Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
FREN 325 - Introduction to Francophone Literature
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
FREN 344 - Francophone Literature in Translation
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
FREN 416 - 17th and 18th Centuries French Literature
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
FREN 417 - 19th and 20th Centuries French Literature
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3

German

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
GERM 275 - The German Film

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Creative and Aesthetic Expression; Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
GERM 306 - Advanced German I

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture; Embedded Experience-Diversity


Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
GERM 307 - Advanced German II
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
GERM 308 - Germanic Cultures

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture; Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
GERM 325 - Introduction to German Literature
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
GERM 334 - Introduction to Modern German Drama
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
GERM 344 - Germanic Literature in Translation
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
GERM 412 - Berlin: Tale of a City
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3

Global Studies

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
GLST 201 - Culture Shock

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
GLST 302 - Travel Writing

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing


Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
GLST 371 - Non-Western World Literature

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
GLST 372 - Western World Literature

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
GLST 470 - Special Topics in Global, Interdisciplinary Studies
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
GLST 473 - International Law
Term(s) Offered: Fall (even-numbered years)
Credits: 3
GLST 480 - Internship in Global Studies
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
GLST 490 - Independent Study in Global Studies
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
GLST 499 - Global Field Experience
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3-6

History

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
HIST 266 - Global History

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
HIST 310 - Topics in World History
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 320 - Topics in European History
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 331 - Colonial Latin American History
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 332 - Modern Latin American History
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 348 - Europe, 1648 through Napoleon
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 349 - Europe, Napoleon to World War I
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 351 - Europe, World War I to the Present
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 354 - Britain since 1600
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 362 - Modern Paris
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 372 - The Soviet Union
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 375 - The Making of the Islamic World
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 376 - The Modern Islamic World
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 377 - History of Iran
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 384 - History of Africa to 1800
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 385 - History of Africa since 1800
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 393 - Ancient and Early Imperial China
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 410 - Topics in World History
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 420 - Topics in European History
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 451 - French Revolution and Napoleon
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 452 - European Revolutions
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3

Japanese

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
JPN 306 - Advanced Japanese I

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture; Embedded Experience-Diversity


Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
JPN 307 - Advanced Japanese II
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3

Management

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
MNGT 445 - International Business
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3

Marketing

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
MKTG 471 - International Marketing
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3

Political Science

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
POLS 281 - Comparative Politics

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Social Inquiry; Social Science (BS); Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
POLS 371 - The United Nations

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Every other year
Credits: 3
POLS 383 - Government and Politics of Latin America
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
POLS 384 - The Middle East

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Every other year
Credits: 3
POLS 385 - European Politics

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Every other year
Credits: 3
POLS 465 - Comparative Public Policy

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
POLS 471 - International Organizations

USI Core 39: Embedded experience - Global


Term(s) Offered: Every other year
Credits: 3
POLS 473 - International Law

USI Core 39: Social Science-BS; Embedded Experience - Global


Term(s) Offered: Every other year
Credits: 3
POLS 487 - The Politics of Russia and China

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Every other year
Credits: 3

Professional Studies

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
PRFS 301 - The Ethics of Global Engagement

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Moral and Ethical Reasoning; Embedded Experience-Global; Embedded Experience-Writing


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3

Social Work

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
SOCW 392 - Global Social Work
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
SOCW 490 - Social Work in Jamaica

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3

Spanish

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
SPAN 275 - The Hispanic Film

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Creative and Aesthetic Expression; Embedded Experience-Global; Embedded Experience-Writing


Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
SPAN 306 - Advanced Spanish I
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
SPAN 307 - Advanced Spanish II
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
SPAN 308 - Hispanic Cultures

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture; Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
SPAN 325 - Introduction to Hispanic Literature
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
SPAN 332 - US Latino Literature and Culture
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
SPAN 333 - Afro-Latin American Studies
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
SPAN 344 - Hispanic Literature in Translation
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
SPAN 414 - Hispanic Poetry
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
SPAN 415 - The Hispanic Essay
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
SPAN 417 - Hispanic Drama
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3

World Languages and Cultures

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
WLC 301 - African Linguistics and Food
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
WLC 422 - Cultural Awareness Training
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
WLC 423 - Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages / TESOL Certificate
Term(s) Offered: Summer
Credits: 6
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