Minor in Global Studies
College of the Sciences and Mathematics
Students must complete a minimum of six credits of advanced standing coursework in their minor.*
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Core | ||
| GST 110 | Introduction to Global Studies | 3 |
| GST 402 | Capstone Seminar: Global Engagement and Citizenship | 3 |
| Focus Areas | ||
| Students can select four courses from one of the following two focus areas. No more than two courses may be taken within any one department. At least three of these courses should be outside of one's major discipline. Courses not listed here will be considered with recommendation by a member of the Global Studies Advisory Board and reviewed and approved by the Global Studies director. Prerequisites for any course used for the minor will not be counted as part of the program. Eighteen credits is the minimum for completion of the minor. | 12 | |
| Focus Area I: Arts and Humanities | ||
| Art History | ||
| Art History I: Paleolithic-Middle Ages | ||
| Art History II: Renaissance through Modern Day | ||
| Non-Western Art | ||
| Introduction to Latin American Art | ||
| Art of the Ancient Near East, Egypt, and the Aegean | ||
| Art of Greece and Rome | ||
| Medieval Art | ||
| Art of Renaissance-Baroque | ||
| 18th and 19th Century Art | ||
| English: Comparative Literature | ||
| Introduction to World Literature | ||
| African Studies | ||
| World Literature I | ||
| World Literature II | ||
| Latina Writing | ||
| African Literature | ||
| World Lit - Modern Fiction | ||
| History | ||
| Contemporary Global History | ||
| History of Civilization I | ||
| History of Civilization: Power, Identity, and Culture in the Modern World | ||
| Modern India | ||
| Modern China | ||
| Chinese Civilization | ||
| Introduction to the Islamic World | ||
| History of Africa to 1875 | ||
| Latin American Women's History | ||
| Modern Latin America | ||
| History of Mexico | ||
| The Ancient World | ||
| Medieval Europe | ||
| Renaissance and Reformation | ||
| Austrian Civilization | ||
| Race & Nation in the Russian Empire | ||
| The French Revolution and Napoleon | ||
| Gender and Peace | ||
| 20th Century Europe | ||
| The Holocaust | ||
| Languages and Culture 1,2 | ||
| Modern Arabic I Elementary | ||
| Modern Arabic II | ||
| Elementary Chinese I | ||
| Elementary Chinese II | ||
| Modern Arabic Culture I | ||
| Contemporary Chinese Cinema and Society | ||
| Chinese Business Culture | ||
| French Civilization (In English) | ||
| Francophone Cultures West Africa-Caribbn | ||
| Austrian Civilization | ||
| Artists as Conscience: Postwar Lit/Film | ||
| German Film: Expressionism to Contemporary German Film | ||
| Impact of Holocaust on Lit and Film | ||
| Images of Italy | ||
| Italian Cinema | ||
| Russian Culture | ||
| Russian & Soviet Film and Literature | ||
| Latin-American Culture and Civilization (In English) | ||
| Spanish Cinema | ||
| Representations of the Spanish Civil War | ||
| Latin America on Film (in English) | ||
| Latin American Narrative from the European Conquest to 1930s | ||
| Contemporary Latin American Narrative | ||
| Latin American Avant-Gardes and Mass Media | ||
| Speaking Spanish in the United States | ||
| Latinos in the U.S. | ||
| Politics & Economics Lit Of Modern Amer | ||
| Latino Literatures in the US | ||
| Convivencia: Muslims, Jews, and Christians in Medieval Spain | ||
| Elementary French I (Traditional) | ||
| Elementary French II (Traditional) | ||
| Elementary German I | ||
| Elementary German II | ||
| Elementary Italian I | ||
| Elementary Italian II | ||
| Elementary Japanese I | ||
| Elementary Japanese II | ||
| Teaching English Language Learners PK-12 | ||
| Elementary Portuguese I | ||
| Elementary Portuguese II | ||
| Elementary Russian I | ||
| Elementary Russian II | ||
| Elementary Spanish I | ||
| Elementary Spanish II | ||
| Music | ||
| World Music | ||
| Philosophy | ||
| Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies | ||
| Global Perspectives in Peace and Justice | ||
| Peace & Conflict Studies Seminar | ||
| Introduction to Ethics | ||
| Yin-Yang, Dao, and Zen | ||
| Philosophies and Religions of India | ||
| Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | ||
| Philosophies of Non-violence | ||
| Introduction to Islam | ||
| Business Ethics | ||
| Contemporary Moral Issues | ||
| Women and Religion | ||
| The Problem of War | ||
| Religion and Ecology | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| Philosophy of Human Rights | ||
| Theatre and Dance | ||
| African Dance | ||
| Hip Hop Dance I | ||
| Women's and Gender Studies | ||
| Body Politics: Gender, Culture, and Representation | ||
| Transnational Feminisms | ||
| Globalization and the Ethics of Sustainability | ||
| Gender and Peace | ||
| Gender, Labor and Globalization | ||
| Focus Area II: Social Sciences, Education and Health Sciences | ||
| Anthropology | ||
| Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | ||
| Native People of South America | ||
| Ethnology of Central America | ||
| Native People of the Andes | ||
| Cultures & Peoples of India | ||
| The Cultures of Cities | ||
| Cultural Heritage: Creating and Preserving the Past | ||
| Economics | ||
| International Economics | ||
| Geography | ||
| World Geography | ||
| Human Geography | ||
| Global Cities | ||
| Geography of Agriculture, Food & Sustainability | ||
| Geography of United States and Canada | ||
| Geography of Latin America | ||
| Geography of Europe | ||
| Geography of Asia | ||
| Population Geography | ||
| Urban Geography | ||
| Health Sciences | ||
| Transcultural Health: Principles and Practice | ||
| Population Health: Analysis, Surveillance, and Intervention | ||
| Political Science | ||
| International Relations | ||
| Introduction to Comparative Politics | ||
| Urban Politics | ||
| Russian Foreign Policy | ||
| The European Union | ||
| Contemporary International Relations | ||
| International Political Economy | ||
| Middle Eastern Politics | ||
| U.S. Foreign Policy | ||
| Politics of the Holocaust and Genocide | ||
| Latin American Culture and Politics | ||
| European Politics | ||
| Culture and Politics of Asia | ||
| Russian Government and Politics | ||
| African Politics and Society | ||
| Psychology | ||
| Multicultural Psychology | ||
| Sociology | ||
| Racial and Cultural Minorities | ||
| Social Stratification | ||
| Gender, Labor and Globalization | ||
| Globalization Across Societies and Cultures | ||
| Education 3 | ||
| Student Teaching | ||
| Student Teaching | ||
| Understanding Disability through Cultural Perspectives | ||
| Student Teaching for Exceptional Learners | ||
| Total Minimum Credits Required | 18 | |
- 1
Students may take any EAR, EFR, EGE, EIT, ESP, ERU prefix culture cluster courses up to a maximum of six credits.
- 2
Students may use up to six credits of direct language instruction (101, 102, 201, and 202).
- 3
Students may use up to three credits of department-approved international educational experience (study abroad, international internships, field work, practicum) as approved by the Global Studies director.
*Advanced standing coursework is defined as any 300-level course or above and specific 200-level courses identified by the department.
