How to Build a Global Studies Major
The major has five main components: (1) Foundational component; (2) Analytical component; (3) Topical component; (4) Capstone senior seminar; and (5) Required participation in the Study Abroad program, or an international service experience, or an internationally-related internship. Further information on each component is provided below. 1. Foundational Component (6 required courses): These courses introduce students to social scientific approaches to global issues and to the basics of quantitative analysis. EC 102 – Microeconomic Principles
EC 103 - Macroeconomic Principles
HS 101 – History of Modern Western Civilization
PS 350 – Introduction to Comparative Politics
SC 102 - Societies and Institutions
ST 110 - Introduction to Statistical Methods and Data Analysis or EC 220 - Business Statistics 2. Analytical Component (4 courses): These courses deepen and expand the analytical perspectives and knowledge bases covered in the foundational courses. They are broadly comparative or global in focus. One course from each department is required: EC 448 - Development Economics
PS 365 - International Politics I
SC 361 – Social Inequality; or SC 370 - Population Studies; or SC 377 - Social Change; or SC 440 - Seminar: Global Sociology
One non-western history course, from the following list (300-level courses also satisfy the second core requirement in history; only 400-level courses count as core credit for students in the Honors Program):
HS 370 - The Jesuits in Asia Since 1542
HS 373 - Africa: Past and Present
HS 374 - East Asia on Film
HS 376 – History of Islam
HS 380 - History of South Asia in the Twentieth-Century
HS 382 - Jesuits and Empire from the Society’s Beginnings to its Suppression
HS 383 - The Cross and the Sword: Christianity and the Making of Colonial Latin America
HS 384 - Latin America: The National Period
HS 386 - Soldiers and Guerrillas in Modern Latin America
HS 388 - Conquest and Colonization in Africa: 1884-1965
HS 389 - Women and Social Change in Modern Africa
HS 461 - Seminar: The African Diaspora
HS 480 - Seminar: Cold War in Southern Africa
HS 482 - Asian Studies Seminar
HS 485 - Seminar: Comparative Slavery in the Americas
HS 486 - Seminar: The Great Age of the European Reconnaissance: Travel and Discovery 3. Topical Component: 4 courses from at least two departments and a senior thesis. Students will apply concepts and skills learned in the Foundational and Analytical Components in the investigation of a globally-related theme or a geographic area. The results of this investigation will be reported in a senior thesis. Examples of general topic areas include: world poverty, the AIDS pandemic, the politics of international trade, global income inequality, Western/Middle Eastern relations, comparative gender relations, nationalism, religious fundamentalism, democratization, anti-globalization movements. Topics and course selections will be determined in close consultation with a Global Studies advisor and approved by the Global Studies Committee (described above). Appropriate courses will be selected primarily from offerings in the Economics, History, Political Science, and Sociology Departments; courses outside the social sciences or at other Baltimore institutions (participants in the Baltimore Student Exchange Program) may also be approved by the Committee. Students may consult the course descriptions provided by each department for further information. Note that a wider variety of History courses may be applied to the Topical Component than the strictly comparative courses listed for the Analytical Component. Courses taken to satisfy the Analytical Component requirements may not be used to satisfy the Topical Component requirements.
The final draft of the senior thesis will be completed and presented in the “Senior Seminar” (see below). 4. GT 400 - Senior Seminar in Global Studies. Offered each spring semester. The course is intended as an opportunity for integrating students’ experience of the Global Studies program. It consists of discussion, writing, and oral presentation of students’ senior theses on their topical investigations; guest lectures by Global Studies faculty and visiting lecturers; and other integrative work selected by the instructor and the Global Studies Committee. Responsibility for teaching the course will rotate among Global Studies faculty. 5. Global Studies majors are required to participate in one of the following: the Study Abroad program, an international service experience, or an internationally-related internship. The Study Abroad component may be completed through participation in a summer, one semester or two semester study abroad program coordinated through the Office of International Programs. Some courses taken in the Study Abroad program may meet requirements for the Global Studies major if approved in advance by the Global Studies committee. Students may complete the international service experience or the internationally related internship following the submission and approval of a written proposal to the Global Studies advisor. 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 (e.g., TH 263 Culture and World Religions, TH 266 Christian Theology and World Religions). In addition students are encouraged to use the College-wide language requirement to attain competency in the language that is most relevant to their topical focus. Requirements for a major and an example of a typical program of courses are as follows: Freshman Year
Fall Term
CM 100 Effective Writing
EC 102 Microeconomic Principles
ST 110 Introduction to Statistical Methods
and Data Analysis
Fine Arts Core
Language Core
Spring Term
EN 101 Understanding Literature
HS 101 History of Modern Western Civilization
EC 103 Macroeconomic Principles
SC 102 Societies and Institutions
Language Core Sophomore Year
Fall Term
TH 201 Introduction to Theology
PS 350 Introduction to Comparative Politics
PL 201 Foundations of Philosophy
English Core
Math/Science Core Spring Term
History Core (Selected from Non-Western list)
Philosophy Core
Theology Core
PS 365 International Politics I
Elective Junior Year
Fall Term
SC 370 Population Studies or SC 377 Social Change or SC 440 Seminar: Global Sociology or SC 361 Social Inequality
Global Studies Topical Component
Math/Science Core
Elective
Elective Spring Term
EC 448 Development Economics
Global Studies Topical Component
Global Studies Topical Component
Elective
Elective Senior Year
Fall Term
Ethics Core
Global Studies Topical Component
Elective
Elective
Elective Spring Term
GT 400 Senior Seminar in Global Studies
Elective
Elective
Elective
Elective Course Descriptions GT 400 Senior Seminar in Global Studies.
The course is intended as an opportunity for integrating students’ experience of the Global Studies program. It consists of discussion, writing, and oral presentation of students’ senior theses on their topical investigations; guest lectures by Global Studies faculty and visiting lecturers; and other integrative work selected by the instructor and the Global Studies Committee. | 
