Global Studies, B.A.

The Global Studies major consists of 3 sections:

• Global Studies Core - 9 hours
• Global Studies Area Clusters - 18 hours
• Global Engagement Cluster - 6 hours

Global Studies Core - 9 semester hours

All courses also fulfill areas of the Academic Foundations and Core Curriculum above.

• ECON 2333 - Macroeconomic Principles 3
• HIST 1433 - Survey of Western Civilization 3

• or

• HIST 1453 - World Civilizations since 1500 3
• GLBS 2503 - Introduction to Global Studies 3

Global Studies Cluster - 18 semester hours

Choose 3 of the following clusters: Markets, Governance and Conflict, Peoples of the World, or World Languages and Cultures.

Markets - 6 semester hours

Choose six hours from the following:

• ECON 3703 - Money, Banking, and Monetary Policy 3
• ECON 3713 - History of Economic Thought 3
• ECON 4643 - International Economics and Finance 3
• ECON 4723 - Comparative Economic Systems 3

Governance and Conflict - 6 semester hours

Choose six hours from the following:

• POLS 3523 - Global Development and NGOs 3
• POLS 3533 - European Politics 3
• POLS 3553 - Government and Politics of Central Eurasia 3
• POLS 3583 - Latin American Politics 3
• POLS 3593 - Asian Politics 3
• POLS 3653 - International Relations 3
• POLS 3923 - Human Rights 3
• POLS 4333 - International Law 3
• POLS 4453 - Political Protest and Revolutions 3
• POLS 4653 - International Political Economy 3
• POLS 4773 - International Conflict 3
• POLS 4853 - Contemporary American Foreign Policy 3
• POLS 4933 - Special Topics in Government and Politics 3

Peoples of the World - 6 semester hours

Choose six hours from the following:

• HIST 3503 - Early Russia and Tsardom 3
• HIST 3513 - The Modern Russian State and Empire 3
• HIST 3843 - Latin American History, Republican Period-Nineteenth Century 3
• HIST 4173 - History of Mexico 3
• HIST 4183 - Latin America: Nationalism in the Twentieth Century 3
• HIST 4253 - Renaissance and Reformation 3
• HIST 4373 - Modern Germany 3
• HIST 4433 - Twentieth Century Europe 3
• HIST 4523 - Topics in Eastern European and Balkan History 3
• HIST 4643 - United States-Latin American Relations 3
• HIST 4573 - Imperialism in Asia 3
• HIST 4933 - Special Topics in History 3

World Languages and Cultures - 6 semester hours

Choose six hours from one language in the following:

• FREN 3033 - French Civilization 3
• FREN 3333 - French Conversation and Composition 3
• FREN 4013 - Special Topics in French 3
• SPAN 3033 - Introduction to the Hispanic World 3
• SPAN 3333 - Conversation and Composition 3
• SPAN 3353 - Media Writing & Communication 3
• SPAN 3403 - Introduction to Translation & Interpretation 3
• SPAN 4013 - Special Topics in Spanish 3

Global Engagement - 6 semester hours