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Components of the Major

*Courses in bold are being offered in FALL 2024. All diversity or Messina sections for any course listed below will be counted as GT.

The major has five required components:

  1. Foundational component
  2. Analytical component
  3. Topical component
  4. Senior seminar
  5. International Experience

See the typical course sequence and schedule of required courses.

Foundational Component (7 required courses)

These courses introduce students to social scientific approaches to global issues and to the basics of quantitative analysis.

  • EC102 Microeconomics Principles  
  • EC103 Macroeconomics Principles (Same class as HN231 Honors Seminar: Macroeconomics Principles)
  • EC220 Business Statistics or ST110 Introduction to Statistical Methods and Data Analysis or ST210 Introduction to Statistics
  • GT201 Introduction to Global Studies
  • HS100 Encountering the Past 
  • PS350 Comparative Politics
  • SC202D Social Change and Social Power or SC203 Globalization and Society (note: SC202 or SC203 is required for students entering the major under the 2021-22 catalog and/or Class of 2025 and beyond).

Analytical Component (4 courses)

These courses deepen and expand the analytical perspectives and knowledge bases addressed in the foundational courses. They are broadly comparative or global in focus. Students choose one course from each departmental grouping listed below:

Economics

  • EC304 Survey Of International Economics
  • EC348 Development Economics 
  • EC440 International Financial Economics
  • EC446 International Trade

History (non-western)

HS200 (for students in catalogue year 2022 - 2023 and beyond) or HS300-level courses (for students prior to catalogue year 2022 - 2023)  also satisfy the second core requirement in history; only 400-level courses count as core credit for students in the Honors Program.

  • HS220 Colonial Africa (Open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS388D)
  • HS223D Women and Gender in Middle East (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS397D)
  • HS224 Warfare in the Eastern Mediterranean from Troy to Iraq (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS324)
  • HS227 Introduction Modern Latin America
  • HS233 Global Communism (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS311)
  • HS236 The Black Death in Global Perspective (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS320)
  • HS250 Introduction to Islamic History (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS393)
  • HS252 History of South Asia in the Twentieth Century (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS380)
  • HS263 Empire in East Asia 1600 - Present (open to studnets using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS376)
  • HS274D East Asia on Film (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS374D)
  • HS311 Communism: A Global History (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS233)
  • HS320 The Black Death in Global Perspective (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS236)
  • HS324 Warfare in the Eastern Mediterranean from Troy to Iraq (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS224)
  • HS364 War Memory (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS447)
  • HS373D Nationalism and Decolonization 
  • HS374D East Asia on Film (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS274D)
  • HS376 Empire in East Asia 1600 - Present (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS263)
  • HS380D History of South Asia in the Twentieth Century (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS252D)
  • HS388D Colonial Africa (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 -2023; same as HS220)
  • HS389D Gender and Power in Modern Africa (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS441D)
  • HS390D Gender and Sexuality in Latin America
  • HS393 Introduction to Islamic History (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS250)
  • HS396D Modern Middle East Through Literature and Film
  • HS397D Women and Gender in the Middle East(open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS223D)
  • HS441D Gender and Power in Modern Africa  (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS 389D
  • HS450 History of Afghanistan
  • HS447 War Memory (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS364)
  • HS478 Seminar: Global Histories of Sexuality
  • HS489D Seminar: America in the Middle East
  • HS490 Seminar: Environmental History in Latin America
  • HS492 Seminar: Minority Identity and Citizenship in the Modern World
  • HS495 Seminar: East Asia in the Global 1960s

Political Science

  • PS310 Protest and Mobilization in Authoritarian Regimes
  • PS355 Global Governance and International Institutions
  • PS357 The Politics of Globalization
  • PS365 International Politics (preferred)

Sociology

SC101 prerequisite waived for global studies majors (manual registration required).

  • SC339 Conflict, War and Peace
  • SC362 Global Inequalities
  • SC363 Special Topics in Global Studies
  • SC373 Sociology of Human Rights
  • SC374 Sociology of Development
  • SC376 Israel-Palestine: Conflict Narratives, Media Framing, and Peace-Building
  • SC377 Social Movements and Social Protest
  • SC378 Islamic Social Movements
  • SC440 Seminar: Global Sociology
  • SC441 Seminar: Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation in Divided Societies

Topical Component

Students complete this component by choosing four courses that focus on a specific topic or theme.

  • 4 courses are required to complete the topic
  • At least 2 different Global Studies disciplines must be represented
  • Up to 2 courses may be outside of the Global Studies disciplines
  • 2 courses must be at the 300 level or higher

Topic 1: Globalization and Sustainable Development

Economies, societies and cultures have become increasingly integrated. This topic focuses on the dynamics of global change at the economic, social, political, cultural and environmental level. Also, this topic focuses on the factors that impinge on the economic and social progress of countries and regions in parts of the world that are considered less developed. These countries and regions are most often found in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, and Eastern Europe. Important aspects of this topic will include the sources of underdevelopment, the extent and dynamics of inequality and poverty, and the impact of colonization and decolonization on the political, economic and social evolution of these regions.

Economics options for Topic 1

  • EC304 Survey Of International Economics
  • EC348 Development Economics
  • EC360 Environmental Economics
  • EC440 International Financial Economics
  • EC446 International Trade

History options for Topic 1

  • HS211 American Environmental History (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as (HS343)
  • HS213 A Century of Diplomacy: U.S. Foreign Policy Since 1890 (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS363)
  • HS222 Global Environmental History (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS399)
  • HS223D Women and Gender in the Middle East (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS397D)
  • HS246D History of Modern China (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS377D)
  • HS247D History of Modern Japan (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS378D)
  • HS249D History of Mexico (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS385D)
  • HS252D History of South Asia 20th Century (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS380D)
  • HS255 Indian History, Culture, and Religion through Film (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS375)
  • HS263 Empire in East Asia: 1600 - Present (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS376)
  • HS317D Germans in Africa, Africans in Germany (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS417D)
  • HS342D Health and Illness in Latin America (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS442D)
  • HS343 American Environmental History (same as HS211)
  • HS363 A Century of Diplomacy: U.S. Foreign Policy Since 1890 (same as HS213)
  • HS372D The Vietnam War through Film and Literature
  • HS373D Contesting Empire: Nationalism and Decolonization in the Afro-Atlantic World
  • HS375D Indian History, Culture and Religion through Film (same as HS255)
  • HS376 Empire in East Asia: 1600 - Present (same as HS263)
  • HS377D History of Modern China (same as HS246D)
  • HS378D History of Modern Japan (same as HS247D)
  • HS380D History of South Asia in the Twentieth Century (same as HS252D)
  • HS385D History of Mexico (same as HS249D)
  • HS389D Gender and Power in Modern Africa (same as HS 441D)
  • HS390 Gender & Sexuality in Latin America
  • HS397D Women and Gender in the Middle East (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS223)
  • HS399 Global Environmental History (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS222)
  • HS417D Germans in Africa, Africans in Germany (same as HS317D)
  • HS441D Gender and Power in Modern Africa (same as HS 389D)
  • HS442D Health & Illness in Latin America (same as HS342D)
  • HS489D Seminar: America in the Middle East
  • HS490 Seminar: Environmental History in Latin America
  • HS495 Seminar: East Asia in the Global 1960s

Political Science options for Topic 1

  • PS302 Chinese Politics
  • PS303 Latin American Politics
  • PS304 Politics of the Middle East
  • PS307 The Global Politics of Migration
  • PS308 China and Globalization
  • PS309 Political Economy of Development
  • PS310 Protest and Mobilization in Authoritarian Regimes
  • PS311 African Politics
  • PS332 Politics Through Literature and Film
  • PS335 Refugees and International Politics
  • PS336D Politics and Globalization of Taiwan
  • PS355 Global Governance and International Institutions
  • PS357 The Politics of Globalization
  • PS358 Global Environmental Politics
  • PS360 Transitional Justice
  • PS364 International Relations through Non-Western Lenses
  • PS365 International Politics
  • PS404 Seminar: Protest and Resistance in Contemporary China

Sociology options for Topic 1

  • SC276 Human Health and the Environment
  • SC362 Global Inequalities
  • SC373 Sociology of Human Rights
  • SC374 Sociology of Development
  • SC440 Seminar: Global Sociology

Course options outside the Global Studies Disciplines for Topic 1

  • BH282 Global Environment of Business (or IB282)
  • BL104 Twisted Planet: Global Issues in Biology
  • BL276 Human Health and the Environment
  • CH114 Global Environment
  • EN376 Postcolonial Literature
  • EN385 Seminar in Post-Colonial Literature
  • FR307 French for Health Professionals and Humanitarian Aid
  • FI340 Global Financial Management
  • FR315 French for International Relations
  • IB282D Global Environment of Business (or BH282)
  • IB415 International Management
  • IB473 Global Strategic Alliances (same as MG473)
  • IS360 Management of Global Info Tech
  • LW410 International Business Law
  • LW411 Environmental Law and Policy
  • MG333 Global Strategy for Sustainability
  • MG473 Global Strategic Alliances (same as IB473)
  • PL314 Environmental Ethics
  • TH312 Christian Environmental Ethics
  • TH395 Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation

 

Topic 2: Conflict, Justice, and Human Rights

Violence is a universal feature of human societies, affecting the lives of individuals as well as of entire communities – local, national and transnational. To build a world more just and peaceful, we need to study how conflicts arise, how they develop and how they can be solved. Moreover, to reaffirm human rights for individuals and minorities we need to study their historical evolution, and examine the existence and implications of injustice and infringements on human rights.

History options for Topic 2

  • HS213 A Century of Diplomacy: U.S. Foreign Policy Since 1890 (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS363)
  • HS218 The Civil Rights Era (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS366)
  • HS223D Women and Gender in the Middle East (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS397D)
  • HS224 Warfare in the Eastern Mediterranean from Troy to Iraq (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS324)
  • HS228 Peace and War in Ancient Rome (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as CL228, HS307 and CL307)
  • HS233 Global Communism (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS311)
  • HS241 Revolutionary America (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS346)
  • HS244 African American History through Film (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS359)
  • HS248 Violence and Holiness in 20th Century El Salvador (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS395)
  • HS262 History and Politics of the Balkans (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as PS262, PS333 and HS333)
  • HS263 Empire in East Asia 1600 - Present (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS376)
  • HS307 Peace and War in Ancient Rome (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS228, CL228, and CL307)
  • HS311 Global Communism (same as HS233)
  • HS319 Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
  • HS324 Warfare in the Eastern Mediterranean from Troy to Iraq (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS224)
  • HS333 History and Politics of the Balkans (same as HS262, PS262, PS333)
  • HS342 Health and Illness in Latin America (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023 and beyond; same as HS442)
  • HS346 Revolutionary America (same as HS241)
  • HS359D African American History Through Film (same as HS244)
  • HS363 A Century of Diplomacy: U.S. Foreign Policy Since 1890 (same as HS213)
  • HS364 War Memory (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS447)
  • HS366 The Civil Rights Era (same as HS218)
  • HS372D The Vietnam War through Film and Literature
  • HS373D Contesting Empire: Nationalism and Decolonization in the Afro-Atlantic World
  • HS376 Empire in East Asia: 1600 - Present (Same as HS 363)
  • HS383 Violence and Holiness in 20th Century El Salvador (same as TH209)
  • HS390D Gender & Sexuality in Latin America
  • HS397D Women and Gender in the Middle East (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS223D)
  • HS442D Health & Illness in Latin America (same as HS342D)
  • HS447 War Memory (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS364)
  • HS474 Holocaust Memory in Germany and America
  • HS489D Seminar: America in the Middle East
  • HS492 Seminar: Minority Identity & Citizenship in the Modern World
  • HS495 Seminar: East Asia in the Global 1960's

Political Science options for Topic 2

  • PS304 Politics of the Middle East
  • PS307 Global Politics of Migration
  • PS310 Protest and Mobilization in Authoritarian Regimes
  • PS333 History and Politics of the Balkans (same as PS262, HS262, HS333)
  • PS334 Global Justice
  • PS335 Refugees and International Politics
  • PS352 Gender, Human Rights, and Conflict
  • PS360 Transitional Justice
  • PS361 9/11 and American Foreign Policy
  • PS363 Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
  • PS364 International Relations through Non-Western Lenses
  • PS369 Russian Foreign Policy 
  • PS404 Seminar: Politics in Contemporary China
  • PS423 Genocide, Trauma, Memory: Mass Atrocity in the 21st Century
  • PS426 Seminar: Conflict, Peace and Reconciliation in the Balkans
  • PS472 Seminar: Warfare and Human Nature
  • PS480 Seminar: Poland and the Holocaust

Sociology options for Topic 2

  • SC339 Conflict, War, and Peace
  • SC362 Global Inequalities
  • SC363 Special Topics in Global Studies
  • SC373 Sociology of Human Rights
  • SC376 Israel-Palestine: Conflict Narratives, Media Framing, and Peace-Building
  • SC377 Social Movements and Social Protest
  • SC441 Seminar: Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation in Divided Societies

Course options outside the Global Studies Disciplines for Topic 2

  • CL228 Peace and War in Ancient Rome (open to students with catalogue year 2022-23 or beyond; same as HS228)
  • CL307 Peace and War in Ancient Rome (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS307)
  • FR332 Trauma and Testimony: Representations of the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda
  • ML404 Another America, Central America
  • PL228D Philosophical Perspective: Philosophy and Genocide
  • PL305D Ethics & Politics Humanitarian Intervention
  • TH209 Violence and Holiness in 20th Century El Salvador (same as HS383)
  • TH323 Worship, Culture, and Justice
  • TH370 Liberation Theology: Roots, Branches and Critiques

 

Topic 3: Identity, Place, and Power

The process of globalization entails a fundamental tension between global dynamics and our specific, multi-layered national, religious, cultural, class, gender, and professional identities. How is globalization affecting the way we shape our identity as individuals and as a community? And how do our local, contextual, specific identities contribute to shape the process of globalization? Included in this topic are courses on ethnic identity, religion, gender, and nationalism. The issues of exile, migration and displacement are also addressed.

History options for Topic 3

  • HS213 A Century of Diplomacy: U.S. Foreign Policy Since 1890 (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS363)
  • HS216 A Queer History of Europe and North America (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond)
  • HS220 Colonial Africa (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS388D)
  • HS223D Women and Gender in Middle East (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS397D)
  • HS227 Introduction Modern Latin America
  • HS230 The Early Middle Ages (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS303)
  • HS233 Global Communism (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS311)
  • HS235 Modern Germany (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS318)
  • HS237 History of the Soviet Union (open to students using the 2022 -2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS323)
  • HS248 Violence and Holiness in 20th Century El Salvador (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS395)
  • HS249D History of Mexico (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS385D)
  • HS250 Introduction to Islamic History (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS393)
  • HS255D Indian History, Culture, and Religion through Film (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS375)
  • HS262 History and Politics of the Balkans (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS333)
  • HS263 Empire in East Asia 1600 - Present (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS376)
  • HS281 Search for the Devine: Hindu, Christian, Muslim and Buddhist Ways in India (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS381)
  • HS303 The Early Middle Ages (same as HS230)
  • HS311 Global Communism (same as HS233)
  • HS317D Germans in Africa, Africans in Germany (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS417D)
  • HS318 Creation of Modern Germany (same as HS235)
  • HS323 History of the Soviet Union (same as HS237)
  • HS328 Sex and the City (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS416)
  • HS330 Gender, Race & Class in Modern Europe (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS410)
  • HS333 History and Politics of the Balkans (same as HS262)
  • HS342D Health and Illness in Latin America (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS442D)
  • HS363 US Foreign Policy since 1890 (Same as HS 213)
  • HS372D The Vietnam War through Film and Literature
  • HS373D Contesting Empire: Nationalism and Decolonization in the Afro-Atlantic World
  • HS375D Indian History, Culture, and Religion through Film (same as HS255)
  • HS376 Empire in East Asia: 1600 - Present (Same as HS 363)
  • HS381D Search for the Divine: Hindu, Christian, Muslim, and Buddhist Ways in India (same as HS281D)
  • HS383 Violence and Holiness in 20th Century El Salvador (same as TH209, HS248)
  • HS385D History of Mexico (same as HS249D)
  • HS388D Colonial Africa (open to students using the academic catalogue prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS220)
  • HS390D Gender & Sexuality in Latin America
  • HS393 Introduction to Islamic History (same as HS250)
  • HS397D Women and Gender in the Middle East (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS223D)
  • HS410 Gender, Race, & Class in Modern Europe (same as HS330)
  • HS416 Sex and the City (same as HS328)
  • HS417D Germans in Africa, Africans in Germany (same as HS317D)
  • HS419 Medieval Bodies (same as HS308)
  • HS442D Health & Illness in Latin America (same as HS342D)
  • HS450 History of Afghanistan
  • HS470 Seminar: European Imperial Societies
  • HS478 Seminar: Global Histories of Sexuality
  • HS489D Seminar: America in the Middle East
  • HS492 Seminar: Minority Identity & Citizenship in the Modern World
  • HS495 Seminar: East Asia in the Global 1960's

Political Science options for Topic 3

  • PS302 Chinese Politics
  • PS304 Politics of the Middle East
  • PS306 Politics of Russia
  • PS307 Global Politics of Migration
  • PS308 China and Globalization
  • PS309 Political Economy of Development
  • PS311 African Politics
  • PS332 Politics Through Literature and Film
  • PS333 History and Politics of the Balkans
  • PS334 Global Justice
  • PS335 Refugees and International Politics
  • PS336 Politics and Globalization of Taiwan
  • PS360 Transitional Justice
  • PS363 Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
  • PS364 International Relations through Non-Western Lenses
  • PS396 The Politics of Eastern Europe
  • PS404 Seminar: Politics of Resistance in Contemporary China
  • PS423 Genocide, Trauma, Memory: Mass Atrocity in the 21st Century

Sociology options for Topic 3

  • SC209 Cultural Anthropology
  • SC210 Introduction to Gender and Sexuality Studies
  • SC339 Conflict, War, and Peace
  • SC376 Israel-Palestine: Conflict Narratives, Media Framing, and Peace-Building
  • SC378 Islamic Social Movements
  • SC441 Seminar: Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation in Divided Societies

Course options outside the Global Studies Disciplines for Topic 3

  • AH326 The Crusades in Medieval Visual Culture
  • AH327D Islamic Art
  • EN376 Post-Colonial Literature
  • EN385 Seminar in Post-Colonial Literature
  • EN387 Seminar: Colonial Literature
  • FR332 Trauma and Testimony: Representations of the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda
  • ML211 Topics in European Culture and Civilization
  • ML307D Topics in Comparative Cultures and Literary Studies
  • ML342 From Plymouth Rock to Ellis Island: An Examination of Immigration to America
  • ML362 The Early Latino Experience in the United States
  • ML365 Home Here and Abroad: Why it Matters So Much
  • ML392D Introduction to Latin American and Latino Studies
  • PL228D  Philosophical Perspectives: Philosophy and Genocide
  • SN329D Spanish in the United States
  • TH209 Violence and Holiness in 20th Century El Salvador (same as HS383)
  • TH323 Worship, Culture and Justice
  • TH384 Christianity and Islam

 

Topic 4: Individualized Topic

This topic crosses the topical boundaries of topics 1, 2, and 3; students interested in shaping a topic of their own will have to draft a one-page proposal that suggests a title, offers a brief rationale, and lists some of the courses they intend to take; students will have to discuss their project with their advisor and – after an agreement between student and advisor has been reached – submit the final proposal to the Global Studies Director for acceptance, copying the advisor.

Senior Seminar in Global Studies (GT 400)

The course is intended as an opportunity for integrating students' experience of the global studies program. It consists of a senior project, guest lectures by Global Studies faculty and visiting lecturers, and other integrative work selected by the instructor. The course is offered each spring semester.

International Experience

Global Studies majors must participate in a sustained, immersive academic experience that is international in nature to graduate with the major. Study abroad, either for a semester, a year or a summer, is the preferred option. This can be done via a Loyola-approved program, or via a program taken through another university with the prior approval of the Global Studies Director. 
 
If study abroad is impossible, a student may fulfill the International Experience requirement by (1) completing the requirements for a minor in a foreign language (recommended); (2) completing an internship (requires prior approval by the Global Studies Director and may be completed for credit by enrolling in GT 401); or (3) by taking a service-learning course in which the student works with individuals or communities in global contexts. The service-learning course should be a course that is already a part of the Global Studies curriculum. To pursue the service-learning substitute for study abroad, the student must get prior approval from the Global Studies Director and complete an approval form. Service-learning course options vary by semester and cannot be guaranteed. After the service-learning course is completed, the student must ask the course instructor to send confirmation of the student’s service work to Mary Kate Schneider, Director of Global Studies, HU 250H, mschneider5@loyola.edu.

Service-Learning Courses (must have global or international context)

Cross-Counting

For students who choose to double-major in global studies and another major or major in global studies and  minor in one or two minors, Global Studies departmentally-approved courses cross-count for both majors and for the major and one or two minors so long as the policy of the other department or program is in agreement. We impose no limit on this cross-counting. Students interested in double-majoring (or majoring and minoring) should consult both departments early in their career.

Suggested Core Courses for Global Studies majors

To meet the first history core requirement, majors should consider one of the following:

  • HS100 Encountering the Past

Because a broad understanding of international issues and traditions is essential, students are strongly encouraged to take a world religion course as the second core theology requirement; for example:

  • TH247 The Presence of God: Christian Mysticism, East and West
  • TH261 Introduction to Judaism
  • TH266 Christian Theology and World Religions
  • TH270 Creation and Evolution

To meet the natural science core requirement, majors should consider one of the following:

  • BL104 Twisted Planet: Global Issues in Biology
  • BL107 Life on the Edge
  • BL111 Environmental Biology
  • BL115 Biology, Evolution, and Human Nature
  • BL276 Human Health & the Environment

In addition, students are encouraged to use Loyola's core language requirement to attain competency in the language that is most relevant to their topical focus.