Global Studies, Global Political Economy Concentration, BA

Program Overview

This Global Studies program offers a comprehensive exploration of global issues, with a focus on foreign policy, global political economy, and global studies electives. Students gain a deep understanding of international relations, economics, and cultural diversity through core courses, study abroad, and a choice of concentrations. The program prepares graduates for careers in international affairs, diplomacy, and global business.

Program Outline

Outline:

Core Global Studies

• ECON 211 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3 credits)
• POL 151 - Introduction to Global Politics (3 credits)
• GLBL 400 - Global Studies Capstone Seminar (3 credits)
• At least one semester in a study abroad program

Foreign Policy

(1 course)

• HIST 355 - United States Foreign Policy, 1898-Present: Power, Promise, and Peril (3 credits)
• POL 378 - United States Foreign Policy (3 credits)

Global Studies Elective

(1 course)

• POL 160 - Women in a Global Society (3 credits)
• REL 281 - Introduction to World Religions (3 credits)
• SOC 151 - Cultural Anthropology (3 credits)

Fourth-Semester Global Language

• One of the following courses:
• CHIN 202 - Chinese IV Intermediate Chinese (3 credits)
• FREN 250 - French IV Advanced Language and Culture (3 credits)
• GERM 202 - German IV (3 credits)
• GRK 371 - Classical Greek Prose (3 credits)
• JAPN 202 - Japanese IV (3 credits)
• LATN 371 - Latin Prose (3 credits)
• Or Two Semesters of Spanish-Speaking World
• SPAN 250 - The Spanish-Speaking World: Northern Hemisphere (3 credits)
• SPAN 251 - The Spanish-Speaking World: Southern Hemisphere (3 credits)

Global Political Economy Concentration

• ECON 212 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 credits)
• POL 352 - Global Political Economy (3 credits)

Global Economics

(1 course)

• ECON 304 - Economic Growth and Development (3 credits)
• ECON 318 - International Economics (3 credits)

Research Methods

(1 course)

• ECON 306 - Econometrics (3 credits)
• POL 242 - Research Methods in Political Science (3 credits)

International Elective

(1 course)

• POL 251 - International Relations (3 credits)
• POL 351 - International Law and Organization (3 credits)

Global Political Economy Electives

(2 courses)

• The electives chosen must be from different departments.
• ECON 304 - Economic Growth and Development (3 credits)
• ECON 318 - International Economics (3 credits)
• HIST 120 - Introduction to World History to 1500 (3 credits)
• HIST 121 - Introduction to World History since 1500 (3 credits)
• HIST 218 - The Middle Ages: Europe, Byzantium and Islam (3 credits)
• HIST 221 - Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa: African Perspectives on Colonialism (3 credits)
• HIST 242 - Twentieth Century Europe (3 credits)
• HIST 260 - History of Latin America Since 1810 (3 credits)
• HIST 263 - Colonial Latin American History (3 credits)
• HIST 268 - Russian History from Peter the Great to the USSR (3 credits)
• HIST 270 - Modern China (3 credits)
• HIST 272 - Social History in Early Modern Europe: Wanderers, Warriors, and Witches (3 credits)
• HIST 280 - Modern Imperialism (3 credits)
• HIST 314 - The History of Japan and Korea since 1600: At the Origins of Modernity (3 credits)
• HIST 321 - The Making of Modern Africa (3 credits)
• HIST 344 - Genocide in the Modern World (3 credits)
• HIST 364 - Latino Identities: Ethnic Diversity in Latin American and United States History (3 credits)
• HIST 365 - Gender and Power in Latin American History (3 credits)
• HIST 370 - Modern Middle East (3 credits)
• HIST 371 - Paris and Shanghai: A Tale of Two Cities (3 credits)
• POL 201 - Political Geography (3 credits)
• POL 251 - International Relations (3 credits)
• POL 262 - Latin American Politics (3 credits)
• POL 303 - Asian Politics (3 credits)
• POL 304 - Politics and Society of the Middle East (3 credits)
• POL 305 - African Politics (3 credits)