Major in International Studies, Global Studies Concentration

Effective Summer 2025

Freshman
		AUCC	Credits
CO 150	College Composition (GT-CO2)	1A	3
INST 200	Interdisciplinary Approaches to Globalization	1C	3
Select one course from the following:			3
ANTH 100	Introductory Cultural Anthropology (GT-SS3)	3C
ANTH 200	Cultures and the Global System (GT-SS3)	1C
GR 100	Introduction to Geography (GT-SS2)	3C
Select one course from the following:			3
HIST 100	Western Civilization, Pre-Modern (GT-HI1)	3D
HIST 101	Western Civilization, Modern (GT-HI1)	3D
HIST 170	World History, Ancient-1500 (GT-HI1)	3D
HIST 171	World History, 1500-Present (GT-HI1)	3D
Select one course from the following:			3
POLS 232	International Relations (GT-SS1)	1C
POLS 241	Comparative Government and Politics (GT-SS1)	1C
L*** 100 First-Year Language I			5
L*** 101 First-Year Language II			5
1B		1B	3
Electives			3
	Total Credits		31
Sophomore

Select one course from the following: (If ANTH 200 was selected above an AUCC 3C course must be selected here.)			3
AREC 202	Agricultural and Resource Economics (GT-SS1)	3C
ECON 202	Principles of Microeconomics (GT-SS1)	3C
ECON 204	Principles of Macroeconomics (GT-SS1)	3C
ECON 211	Gender in the Economy (GT-SS1)	1C
ECON 240/AREC 240	Economics of Environmental Sustainability (GT-SS1)	3C
L*** 200 Second-Year Language I		3B	3-4
L*** 201 Second-Year Language II		3B	3-4
Advanced Writing		2	3
Arts and Humanities		3B	3
Biological and Physical Sciences		3A	7
Electives			5-7
	Total Credits		29
Junior

INST 301	International Studies Research Methods	4B	3
Select one group from the following:¹			6-10
Group A:
L*** 300 Third-Year Language I
L*** 301 Third-Year Language II
Group B:²
L*** 100 First-Year Language I
L*** 101 First-Year Language II
Global Studies Concentration Course Selection (see list below)			12
Electives			5-9
	Total Credits		30
Senior

INST 492	Seminar	4A,4C	3
Select one group from the following:¹			6-8
Group A:
Electives
Group B:²
L*** 200 Second-Year Language I
L*** 201 Second-Year Language II
Global Studies Concentration Course Selection (see list below)			12
Electives³			7-9
	Total Credits		30
	Program Total Credits:		120

Global Studies Concentration Course Selection

Students must select a minimum total of 24 credits, 18 of which must be upper-division (300- to 400-level), from at least three subject codes, from the following groups of courses. Select at least 3 credits from each group. Courses cannot double count in other requirements for this major.

Code	Title	AUCC	Credits
1. History and Politics
Select a minimum of 3 credits from the following:			3
ANTH 459	Gods, Heroes, Stones--Greek Archaeology
ART 110	Global Art History I
ART 111	Global Art History II
ART 212	Global Art History III
ART 309	Pre-Columbian Art of the Andes
ART 312	Pre-Columbian Art of Mesoamerica
ART 410	Greek Art
ART 411	History of Medieval Art
ART 412	History of Italian Renaissance Art
ART 414	History of Baroque and Rococo Art
ART 415	History of 19th Century European Art
ART 416	History of European Art, 1900 to 1945
ART 417	Roman Art
ART 420	Travel Abroad-Art History in Italy
ETST 252/HIST 252	Asian American History (GT-HI1)	3D
ETST 253	Chicanx History and Culture (GT-HI1)	3D
ETST 255/HIST 255	Native American History (GT-HI1)	3D
ETST 364/HIST 364	Asian American Social Movements, 1945-Present
HIST 100	Western Civilization, Pre-Modern (GT-HI1)	3D
HIST 101	Western Civilization, Modern (GT-HI1)	3D
HIST 115	The Islamic World: Late Antiquity to 1500	3D
HIST 116	The Islamic World Since 1500	3D
HIST 120	Asian Civilizations I (GT-HI1)	3D
HIST 121	Asian Civilizations II (GT-HI1)	3D
HIST 170	World History, Ancient-1500 (GT-HI1)	3D
HIST 171	World History, 1500-Present (GT-HI1)	3D
HIST 300	Ancient Greece to 323 B.C.E.
HIST 301	Roman Republic
HIST 302	Roman Empire
HIST 303	Hellenistic World: Alexander to Cleopatra
HIST 304	Women in Ancient Greece and Rome
HIST 308	Ancient Christianity to 500 A.D.
HIST 309	Medieval Christianity, 500-1500
HIST 310	Authority and Government in Medieval Europe
HIST 311	Medieval England
HIST 312	Women in Medieval Europe
HIST 315	Tudor Stuart England, 1485-1689
HIST 317	Renaissance and Reformation Europe
HIST 318	The Age of the Enlightenment
HIST 319	Early Modern France, 1500-1789
HIST 320	Women and Gender in Europe, 1450-1789
HIST 321	Industrial Society in Europe, 1600-1871
HIST 322	Industrial Society in Europe, 1871-1989
HIST 323	Russia Before 1700
HIST 324	Imperial Russia
HIST 325	Ireland: Culture, Politics, Society and Nation
HIST 328	Modern Europe, 1815-1914
HIST 329	Europe in Crisis, 1914-1941
HIST 330	Eastern Europe Since 1918
HIST 331	The Soviet Union
HIST 332	Germany Since World War I
HIST 333	Contemporary Europe
HIST 334	European Culture in the 20th Century
HIST 335	Britain in the 20th Century
HIST 336	Germany from Napoleon to WWI
HIST 338	The Holocaust in Historical Perspective
HIST 339	World War II in Europe
HIST 340	Colonial American Borderlands--1492-1800
HIST 353	U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
HIST 410	Colonial Latin America
HIST 411	Latin America Since Independence
HIST 412	Mexico
HIST 414	Revolutions in Latin America
HIST 415	Study Abroad--Mexico: History, Community, and Environment in Mexico
HIST 420	Africa: Precolonial States and Empires
HIST 421	Africa: Colonialism to Independence
HIST 422	Modern Africa
HIST 423	South African History
HIST 424	East African History
HIST 431	Ancient Israel
HIST 432	Sacred History-Hebrew Bible & New Testament
HIST 433	Muhammad and the Origins of Islam
HIST 435	Jihad in Islamic History
HIST 436	The Holy Land--Ancient to Modern
HIST 438	The Modern Middle East
HIST 440	Modern South Asia: Colonialism and Nationalism
HIST 441	South Asia Since Independence
HIST 450	Ancient China
HIST 451	Medieval China and Central Asia
HIST 452	China in the Modern World, 1600-Present
HIST 455	Tokugawa and Modern Japan, 1600-Present
HIST 456	East Asia in the Age of Empire, 1800-Present
HIST 460	Slavery in the Americas
HIST 461	Rise and Fall of British Empire 1600-1947
HIST 463	Science and Technology in Modern History
HIST 464	Pacific Wars: Philippines-WWII
HIST 465	Pacific Wars: Korea and Vietnam
HIST 466	U.S.-China Relations Since 1800
HIST 467	Modern Jewish History
HIST 469	The Crusades
MU 334	Perspectives in Early Music History
MU 335	Music of the Common Practice Era
POLS 131	Current World Problems (GT-SS1)	1C
POLS 232	International Relations (GT-SS1)	1C
POLS 241	Comparative Government and Politics (GT-SS1)	1C
POLS 331	Politics and Society Along Mexican Border
POLS 341	Western European Government and Politics
POLS 345	Russian, Central, and East European Politics
POLS 347	Comparative Authoritarianism
POLS 420	History of Political Thought
POLS 421	Contemporary Political Theories
POLS 431	International Law
POLS 433	International Organization
POLS 435	United States Foreign Policy
POLS 436	Comparative Foreign Policy
POLS 437	International Security
POLS 443	Comparative Social Movements
POLS 444	Comparative African Politics
POLS 445	Comparative Asian Politics
POLS 446	Latin American Politics
POLS 447	Politics in Mexico, Central America, Caribbean
POLS 448	Comparative Racial/Ethnic Politics
POLS 449	Middle East Politics
2. Thought and Cultures
Select a minimum of 3 credits from the following:			3
AM 363	Global Fashion History Perspectives
AM 460	Historic Textiles
ANTH 100	Introductory Cultural Anthropology (GT-SS3)	3C
ANTH 225	Anthropology of the Arts
ANTH 310	Peoples and Cultures of Africa
ANTH 312	Modern Indian Culture and Society
ANTH 314	Southeast Asian Cultures and Societies
ANTH 315	Global Mobilities–The African Diaspora
ANTH 317	Anthropology of Human Rights
ANTH 322	The Anthropology of Religion
ANTH 329	Cultural Change
ANTH 335	Language and Culture
ANTH 336	Art and Culture
ANTH 338	Gender and Anthropology
ANTH 351	Archaeology of Europe and Africa
ANTH 411	Indians of South America
ANTH 412	Indians of North America
ANTH 413	Indigenous Peoples Today
ANTH 415	Indigenous Ecologies and the Modern World
ANTH 416	Gender, Culture, and Health
ANTH 422/SOC 422	Comparative Legal Systems
ANTH 423	Cultural Psychiatry
ANTH 439	Community Mobilization
ANTH 451	Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory
ANTH 452	Archaeology of Mesoamerica
ART 311	Art of West and Central Africa
ART 313	Art of East and Southern Africa
ART 316	Art of the Pacific
ART 317	Native North American Art
ART 320	Global Encounters in Art
E 142	Reading Without Borders (GT-AH2)	1C
E 232	Introduction to Humanities (GT-AH2)	3B
E 234/ETST 234	Introduction to Native American Literature
E 238	Contemporary Global Fiction (GT-AH2)	1C
E 242	Reading Shakespeare (GT-AH2)	3B
E 245	World Drama (GT-AH2)	1C
E 276	British Literature--Medieval Period to 1800 (GT-AH2)	3B
E 277	British Literature--After 1800 (GT-AH2)	3B
E 330	Gender in World Literature
E 337	Western Mythology
E 338	Ethnic Literature in the United States
E 339	Literature of the Earth
E 344	Shakespeare
E 356	Asian Literature
E 421	Asian-American Literature
E 423	Latino/a Literature
E 424	English Renaissance
E 425	Restoration and 18th Century Literature
E 426	British Romanticism
E 427	Victorian Age
E 428	Postcolonial Literature
E 430	Eighteenth-Century English Fiction
E 431	19th-Century English Fiction
E 432	20th-Century British Fiction
E 443	English Renaissance Drama
E 444	Restoration and 18th-Century Drama
E 445	Modern British and European Drama
E 451	Medieval Literature
E 452	Masterpieces of European Literature
E 455	European Literature after 1900
E 460	Chaucer
E 463	Milton
JTC 316	Multiculturalism and the Media
JTC 412	International Mass Communication
LB 173	Encountering the Global (GT-AH2)	1C
L*** 250	Introduction to Culture
L*** 310	Approaches to Literature
L*** 313	Introduction to Translation and Interpreting
L*** 326	Introduction to Phonetics
L*** 335	Issues in Culture
L*** 345	Business Language
L*** 355	20th Century Literature
L*** 365	Introduction to Cinema Studies
L*** 413	Advanced Translation and Interpreting
L*** 441	Advanced Business Language
L*** 450	Selected Literary Movements and Periods
L*** 452	Genre Studies
L*** 453	Author Studies
L*** 454	Topic Studies
LCHI 309	Contemporary Chinese Literature and the Arts
LCHI 408	Chinese Calligraphy
LFRE 433A	Francophone Cultures: Representations
LFRE 433B	Francophone Cultures: Contacts
LFRE 460	French/Francophone Women Writers
LGEN 192	Modern Languages/Cultures: Italian and Japanese
LGEN 365	Introduction to Cinema Studies
LGEN 465A	Studies in Foreign Film: The Americas
LGEN 465B	Studies in Foreign Film: Asia
LGEN 465C	Studies in Foreign Film: Europe
LGEN 465D	Studies in Foreign Film: Africa
LGEN 465E	Studies in Foreign Film: Global
LGER 251	The Holocaust in Literature and Film	3B
LGER 434	Advanced German Culture
LITA 337	Italian Cinema, Culture, and Society
LITA 348	Italian for the Creative Professions
LJPN 404	Historical Aspects of the Language and Society
LRUS 350	Russian Culture
LSPA 310	Approaches to Spanish Literature
LSPA 435	Caribbean Culture in Hispanic Literature
LSPA 437	Advanced Spanish Culture
LSPA 443	Spanish Theatre
LSPA 445	Women Writers in the Hispanic World
LSPA 449	Spanish-American Literary Movements and Periods
LSPA 465A	Studies in Foreign Film: Spain
LSPA 465B	Studies in Foreign Film: Latin America
LSPA 479	Service Learning-Spanish
MU 131	Introduction to Music History and Literature (GT-AH1)	3B
MU 132	Exploring World Music	1C
PHIL 120	History and Philosophy of Scientific Thought (GT-AH3)	3B
PHIL 170	World Philosophies (GT-AH3)	1C
PHIL 171	Religions of the West (GT-AH3)	3B
PHIL 172	Religions of the East (GT-AH3)	3B
PHIL 173	Philosophy of Traditional Judaism
PHIL 174	World Religions (GT-AH3)	3B
PHIL 300	Ancient Greek Philosophy
PHIL 301	17th and 18th Century European Philosophy
PHIL 302	19th Century Philosophy
PHIL 303	Medieval Philosophy
PHIL 333	Latin American Philosophy
PHIL 335	Islam-Cosmology and Practice
PHIL 349	Philosophies of East Asia
PHIL 360	Topics in Asian Philosophy
PHIL 370	Contemporary Western Religious Thought
PHIL 371	Contemporary Eastern Religious Thought
PHIL 375	Science and Religion
PHIL 379	Mysticism East and West
PHIL 409	20th Century Philosophy
PHIL 455	Islamic Philosophy
PHIL 479	Topics in Comparative Religions
SPCM 434	International and Intercultural Communication
3. Global Studies
Select a minimum of 3 credits from the following:			3
AGRI 116/IE 116	Plants and Civilizations (GT-SS3)	1C
AGRI 270/IE 270	World Interdependence-Population and Food (GT-SS3)	1C
AM 335	Textiles and Apparel Supply Chains
AM 430	International Retailing
ANTH 313	Modernization and Development
ANTH 330/CLMT 330	Human Ecology
ANTH 438	Approaches to Community-Based Development
ANTH 447	Gender Equity in Development
ANTH 448	Development and Empowerment
ANTH 453	Impacts on Ancient Environments
ANTH 479/IE 479	International Development Theory and Practice
AREC 240/ECON 240	Economics of Environmental Sustainability (GT-SS1)	3C
AREC 415	International Agricultural Trade
AREC 460	Ag- and Resource-Based Economic Development
BUS 350	Travel Abroad-International Comparative Management
BUS 405B	Contemporary Business Topics: International Business
CON 450/INTD 450	Travel Abroad-Sustainable Building
DM 470A	International Design and Merchandising: Apparel
DM 470B	International Design and Merchandising: Interior Design
ECON 101	Economics of Social Issues (GT-SS1)	3C
ECON 202	Principles of Microeconomics (GT-SS1)	3C
ECON 204	Principles of Macroeconomics (GT-SS1)	3C
ECON 211	Gender in the Economy (GT-SS1)	1C
ECON 370	Comparative Economic Systems
ECON 372	History of Economic Institutions and Thought
ECON 376	Political Economy of Capitalism
ECON 440	Economics of International Trade and Policy
ECON 442	Economics of International Finance and Policy
ECON 444/AREC 444	Economics of Energy Resources
ECON 460	Economic Development
ETST 100	Introduction to Ethnic Studies (GT-SS3)	1C
ETST 130	West Africa in Global and Local Perspective
ETST 205	Ethnicity and the Media (GT-SS3)	1C
ETST 239/E 239	Introduction to Chicano Literature
ETST 240	Introduction to Indigenous Studies (GT-AH2)	3B
ETST 254	La Chicana in Society
ETST 256	Border Crossings--People/Politics/Culture (GT-SS3)	1C
ETST 260	Contemporary Indigenous Issues	3C
ETST 261	Latinx Populations in the U.S.
ETST 320	Ethnicity and Film--Asian-American Experience
ETST 322A/WS 322A	Study Abroad--Ghana: Youth Development, Transnational Perspectives
ETST 324	Asian-Pacific Americans and the Law
ETST 332	Contemporary Chicanx Issues
ETST 342	Queer Indigenous Studies
ETST 352/SOWK 352	Indigenous Women, Children, and Tribes
ETST 362/WS 362	Indigenous Consciousness and Gender
ETST 365	Global Environmental Justice Movements
ETST 370	Caribbean Identities
ETST 371	The Modern Caribbean
ETST 382/LGEN 382	Italian Ethnic Identity, Culture, and Gender
ETST 412	Africa and African Diaspora
ETST 425	Indigenous Film and Video
ETST 441	Indigenous Knowledges
FIN 475	International Business Finance
GES 101	Foundations of Environmental Sustainability
GES 192	Global Environmental Sustainability Seminar
GES 450	Global Sustainability and Health
GES 460	Law and Sustainability
GR 100	Introduction to Geography (GT-SS2)	3C
GR 102	Geography of Europe and the Americas (GT-SS2)	1C
GR 213	Climate Migrants (GT-SS2)	3C
GR 305	Geography of Global Health
GR 320	Cultural Geography
GR 330	Urban Geography
GR 331	Geography of Farming Systems
GR 415	The Geography of Commodities
GR 440/POLS 440	Political Geography
HIST 439	Environmental History of the Middle East
HIST 470	World Environmental History, 1500-Present
IE 179	Globalization: Exploring Our Global Village (GT-SS3)	1C
IE 272	World Interdependence - Current Global Issues
IE 450/SOWK 450	International Social Welfare and Development
IE 470	Women and Development
IE 471	Children and Youth in Global Context
IE 472	Education for Global Peace
IE 478	Managing International Development Programs
INST 487	Internship ⁴
INST 495	Independent Study ⁴
LAND 120	History of the Designed Landscape
MGT 475	International Business Management
MKT 365	International Marketing
NRRT 320	International Issues-Recreation and Tourism
NRRT 400	Environmental Governance
PHIL 320	Ethics of Sustainability
POLS 332/ECON 332	International Political Economy
POLS 362	Global Environmental Politics
POLS 442	Environmental Politics in Developing World
POLS 462	Globalization, Sustainability, and Justice
SOC 105	Social Problems (GT-SS3)	3C
SOC 220	Environment, Food, and Social Justice (GT-SS3)	1C
SOC 320	Population-Natural Resources and Environment
SOC 322	Environmental Justice
SOC 323	Soc. of Environmental Cooperation & Conflict
SOC 332	Comparative Majority-Minority Relations
SOC 333	Gender and Society
SOC 364	Food, Agriculture and Global Society
SOC 422/ANTH 422	Comparative Legal Systems
SOC 461	Water and Social Justice
SOC 482A	Travel Abroad: Comparative Criminal Justice ⁵
SOC 482B	Travel Abroad: Crime and Deviance ⁵

¹: Complete 3 years of a single foreign language or 2 languages through the second year (L*** 201).
²: Language courses cannot double count.
³: Select enough elective credits to bring the program total to 120 credits, of which at least 42 must be upper-division (300- to 400-level).
⁴: Maximum 3 credits.
⁵: To count toward the International Studies Major Course Selection, travel abroad must be to a country or area covered by this concentration.

*Freshman*
Semester 1		Critical	Recommended	AUCC	Credits
CO 150	College Composition (GT-CO2)	X		1A	3
Select one course from the following:		X			3
ANTH 100	Introductory Cultural Anthropology (GT-SS3)			3C
ANTH 200	Cultures and the Global System (GT-SS3)			1C
GR 100	Introduction to Geography (GT-SS2)			3C
L*** 100 First-Year Language I			X		5
Electives			X		3
	Total Credits				14
Semester 2		Critical	Recommended	AUCC	Credits
INST 200	Interdisciplinary Approaches to Globalization	X		1C	3
Selectone course from the following:		X			3
HIST 100	Western Civilization, Pre-Modern (GT-HI1)			3D
HIST 101	Western Civilization, Modern (GT-HI1)			3D
HIST 170	World History, Ancient-1500 (GT-HI1)			3D
HIST 171	World History, 1500-Present (GT-HI1)			3D
Select one course from the following:		X			3
POLS 232	International Relations (GT-SS1)			1C
POLS 241	Comparative Government and Politics (GT-SS1)			1C
L*** 101 First Year Language II			X		5
1B		X		1B	3
	Total Credits				17
*Sophomore*
Semester 3		Critical	Recommended	AUCC	Credits
Select one course from the following: (If ANTH 200 was selected above an AUCC 3C course must be selected here.)		X			3
AREC 202	Agricultural and Resource Economics (GT-SS1)			3C
ECON 202	Principles of Microeconomics (GT-SS1)			3C
ECON 204	Principles of Macroeconomics (GT-SS1)			3C
ECON 211	Gender in the Economy (GT-SS1)			1C
ECON 240/AREC 240	Economics of Environmental Sustainability (GT-SS1)			3C
L*** 200 Second-Year Language I			X	3B	3-4
Arts and Humanities		X		3B	3
Biological and Physical Sciences		X		3A	4
L*** 100 must be completed by the end of semester 3.		X
	Total Credits				14
Semester 4		Critical	Recommended	AUCC	Credits
L*** 201 Second-Year Language II			X	3B	3-4
Advanced Writing		X		2	3
Biological and Physical Sciences		X		3A	3
Electives			X		5-7
	Total Credits				15
*Junior*
Semester 5		Critical	Recommended	AUCC	Credits
INST 301	International Studies Research Methods		X	4B	3
Select from the following:			X		3-5
L*** 300 Third-Year Language I
L*** 100 First-Year Language I
Global Studies Concentration Course Selection (See List on Concentration Requirements Table)		X			6
Electives			X		1-3
L*** 200 must be completed by the end of semester 5.		X
	Total Credits				15
Semester 6		Critical	Recommended	AUCC	Credits
Select from the following:			X		3-5
L*** 301 Third-Year Language II
L*** 101 First-Year Language II
Global Studies Concentration Course Selection (See List on Concentration Requirements Table)		X			6
Electives			X		4-6
	Total Credits				15
*Senior*
Semester 7		Critical	Recommended	AUCC	Credits
INST 492	Seminar	X		4A,4C	3
Select from the following:			X		3-4
Electives
L*** 200 Second-Year Language I
Global Studies Concentration Course Selection (See List on Concentration Requirements Table)		X			6
Elective			X		2-3
	Total Credits				15
Semester 8		Critical	Recommended	AUCC	Credits
Select from the following:		X			3-4
Electives
L*** 201 Second-Year Language II
Global Studies Concentration Course Selection (See List on Concentration Requirements Table)		X			6
Electives		X			5-6
The benchmark courses for the 8th semester are the remaining courses in the entire program of study.		X
	Total Credits				15
	Program Total Credits:				120