Global Systems and Processes

Major in Global Studies with a Global Systems and Processes Concentration

Students pursuing this concentration will explore the contemporary institutions, assumptions, norms and practices that transcend individual states and civilizations and shape the interactions - social, political, economic and religious - of the peoples and states of the world. Students will not only explore the evolution of these various arrangements (including institutions such as the United Nations and the World Trade Organization), they will also be encouraged to think about the implications of current trends and developments for the future of these arrangements. Requirements for a major in global studies with a global systems and processes concentration are 44 credits:

  • GS 117 - Systems, Policies and Institutions: An Introduction to Global Studies, 4 credits
  • GS 118 - Culture, Identity, and Dialogue: An Introduction to Global Studies, 4 credits
  • BUS 201 - Principles of Global Economics, 4 credits
  • ECON 333 - International Economics I, 2 credits
  • ECON 335 - International Economics II, 2 credits
  • HIST 152 - World in Perspective since 1500, 4 credits
  • PSC 241 - International Politics, 4 credits
  • REL 392 - Religion and World Affairs, 4 credits OR REL 339 - World Christianity, 4 credits
  • SOC 312 - Global Development Issues, 4 credits OR SOC 328 - Class, Race, and Ethnicity, 4 credits
  • 4-credits from an international perspectives course (explores the social, political, economic, or religious interactions of two or more states or geographic regions with an eye both to discerning areas of disagreement and common ground and to exploring the impact of these relationships on the global system), selected from the following:
    - HIST 314 - U.S. Foreign Policy, 4 credits
    - HIST 336 - Clash of Cultures: The World and the West, 4 credits
    - PSC 332 - U.S.-China Relations, 4 credits
    - PSC 352 - U.S. Foreign Policy, 4 credits
  • 4-credits from a global perspectives course (focuses on social, political, and economic problems in a global context, with particular attention to exploring the role of contemporary institutions, assumptions, norms and practices in addressing these various problems), selected from the following:
    - GEOG 201 - World Geography, 4 credits
    - PSC 365 - Global Sustainability Issues, 4 credits
    - PSC 360 - International Security, 4 credits
    - PSC 441 - Ethics and International Relations, 4 credits
    - REL 340 - Ethics of Aid and Development, 4 credits
    - REL 348 - Ethics of Sustainable Community, 4 credits
    - SOC 217 - Cultural Anthropology, 4 credits
  • GS 410 - Global Studies Senior Seminar, 4 credits

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