Worlds in Dialogue

Major in Global Studies with a Worlds in Dialogue Concentration

Students selecting this concentration will explore the interaction or dialogue between different "worlds" (e.g., geographical, cultural, philosophical) with an eye to proposing solutions for the global issues (political, social, cultural, technological, etc.) that arise when "worlds" in the interdependent global environment interface with each other. The requirements for a major in global studies with a worlds in dialogue concentration are 40 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
  • 4 credits from a course that introduces students to modes of inquiry and theories of cross-cultural analysis selected from the following:
    - COM 316 - Intercultural Communication, 4 credits
    - ENG 160 - Global Literature and Human Experience, 4 credits
    - PSC 256 - Comparative Politics, 4 credits
    - PSYC 420 - Cross-Cultural Psychology, 4 credits
    - REL 339 - World Christianity, 4 credits
    - SOC 217 - Cultural Anthropology, 4 credits
    - SOC 328 - Class, Race and Ethnicity, 4 credits
  • 12 credits from "global discourse" courses that analyze contemporary global problems from multiple intercultural perspectives (political, cultural, geographical, religious, historical or philosophical), selected from the following (no more than 4 credits may be selected from any one department):
    - ENG 451 - Postcolonial Literatures, 4 credits
    - FREN 223 - Race, Gender and Power in the Francophone World, 4 credits
    - HIST 151 - World in Perspective to 1500, 4 credits
    - HIST 152 - World in Perspective since 1500, 4 credits
    - HISP 311 - U.S.-Latin American Relations, 4 credits
    - HIST 336 - Islam and the West, 4 credits
    - HIST 344 - Women and Development: The Asian Experience, 4 credits
    - PSC 256 - Comparative Politics, 4 credits
    - PSC 332 - U.S.-China Relations, 4 credits
    - REL 334 - Monotheisms: Jewish, Christian and Muslim, 4 credits
    - REL 339 - World Christianity, 4 credits
    - REL 386 - Religion in the Postcolonial World, 4 credits
  • 12 credits from "world community" courses that engage students in critical analysis of possible solutions - world views, norms, policies, social movements, law - to contemporary global problems, selected from the following:
    - ECON 333 - International Economics I, 2 credits
    - ECON 335 - International Economics II, 2 credits
    - PSC 241 - International Politics, 4 credits
    - PSC 352 - U.S.-Foreign Policy, 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
    - REL 392 - Religion and World Affairs, 4 credits
    - SOC 312 - Global Development Issues, 4 credits
    - SOC 328 - Class, Race and Ethnicity, 4 credits
    - SPAN 386, PSC 386 - Modern Spain: A Critical Look (Segovia Program), 4 credits
    Students must complete seven distinct courses in the above three categories (one course cannot count in more than one category).
  • GS 410 - Global Studies Senior Seminar, 4 credits

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