Global Studies, Minor in

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Minor Requirements - Total Semester Hours: 18

A minor in global studies consists of the successful completion of 18 semester hours, including:

GS 1 - (IS) Introduction to Global Studies Semester Hours: 3
GS 2 - (CC, IS) Cultural Globalization Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 1 - (BH) World Regional Geography Semester Hours: 3

1. Global Economics, Politics and Culture Electives - Semester Hours: At least 3

At least 3 s.h. must come from the Global Economics, Politics and Culture electives.

Electives in Global Economics, Politics and Culture

ANTH 112 - (BH) Anthropology of the Global Economy Semester Hours: 3
ANTH 116 - (CC) Religion in Cross-Cultural Perspective Semester Hours: 3
CLL 190 - (LT) World Literature and the Anatomy of Cultural Difference Semester Hours: 3
ECO 7 - (BH) Explorations of Current Economic Issues Semester Hours: 3
ECO 137 - Transnational Enterprise in World Economy Semester Hours: 3
ECO 141C - (BH) Labor Economics Semester Hours: 3
ECO 142 - International Economics Semester Hours: 3
ECO 143 - Economic Development Semester Hours: 3
ECO 145 - Comparative Economic Systems Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 2 - (BH) Human Geography Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 4 - (BH) Cultural Geography Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 5 - (BH) Population and Migration Geography Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 6 - (BH) Resources and Energy Geography Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 60 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 80 - (BH) Transport Geography Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 103 - (BH) Urban Geography Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 106 - (BH, CC) Urbanization in the Developing World Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 135 - (BH) Economic Geography Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 160 - Intermediate Geographic Information Systems Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 193 - Seminar: Economic Geography Semester Hours: 3
GEOL 5 - (NS) Environmental Geology and Natural Hazards Semester Hours: 3
GS 100 - Honors Essay Semester Hours: 3
GS 104 A-Z - (IS) Special Topics in Global Studies Semester Hours: 1-3
GS 105 - (CC, IS) The Globalization of Food Cultures Semester Hours: 3
GS 108 - (CC, IS) Globalization and Human Trafficking Semester Hours: 3
GS 109 - (CC, IS) Globalization and Human Rights Semester Hours: 3
GS 120 - (IS) Global Transport and Logistics Semester Hours: 3
GS 151 to 154 - Readings in Global Studies Semester Hours: 1-3
IB 150 - Introduction to International Business Semester Hours: 3
IB 154 - Analysis of the International Environment and Global Business Research Semester Hours: 3
IB 170 - International Marketing Semester Hours: 3
IB 175 - Global Business Policies, Planning and Strategies Semester Hours: 3
IB 185 - Internship in International Business Semester Hours: 3
LABR 1A - (IS) Introduction to Labor Studies Semester Hours: 3
LEGL 117 - Law in the Global Economy Semester Hours: 3
MATH 117 - (MC) Statistics for Economics Semester Hours: 3
PHI 133 - (HP) Environmental Ethics and Ecophilosophy Semester Hours: 3
PHI 147 - Contemporary Philosophical Movements Semester Hours: 3
PHI 166 - Contemporary Social and Political Philosophy Semester Hours: 3
PSC 2 - (BH) Comparative Politics Semester Hours: 3
PSC 134 - American Foreign Policy Semester Hours: 3
PSC 135 - International Politics Semester Hours: 3
PSC 137 - World Organization and International Law Semester Hours: 3
PSC 143 - Ideas in Conflict: Modern Democratic and Totalitarian Political Thought Semester Hours: 3
PSC 152 - Seminar: International Politics Semester Hours: 3
PSC 154 - Seminar: Comparative Politics Semester Hours: 3
PSC 192 - Field Study at the United Nations Semester Hours: 3
RELI 12 - (HP) Introduction to Western Religious Traditions Semester Hours: 3
RELI 15 - (CC) Introduction to Eastern Religious Traditions Semester Hours: 3
RELI 50 - (CC) Islam Semester Hours: 3
RELI 153 - Political Islam Semester Hours: 3
SOC 32 - (BH, CC) Women and Development Semester Hours: 3
SOC 117 - (BH) Sociology of Terrorism Semester Hours: 3
SOC 140 - (BH) Social Inequality Semester Hours: 3
SOC 142 - (BH) Global Cities: Politics and Social Change in Comparative Perspective Semester Hours: 3
SOC 147 - (BH) World Population Semester Hours: 3
SOC 149 - (BH) Globalization and Developing Societies Semester Hours: 3
SOC 150 - (BH) Global Social Change and Evolution Semester Hours: 3
TPP 1 - (NS) Introduction to Environmental Systems Semester Hours: 3
TPP 15 - (NS) Designing the Human-Made World Semester Hours: 3
WST 1D - (IS) Introduction to Women’s Studies Semester Hours: 3

2. Regional Area Studies Programs: Semester Hours: At least 3

At least 3 s.h. chosen from the Regional Studies electives. Any course with a regional focus that is not listed, but approved by the chairperson of Global Studies may be counted toward these 3 s.h.

Electives in Regional Studies

AFST 51 - Readings in African Thought Semester Hours: 1
AFST 52 - Readings in African Thought Semester Hours: 1
AFST 120 - (BH, CC) African Labor Economics Semester Hours: 3
AFST 122 - Health and Disease in Africa: A Medical Anthropology Perspective Semester Hours: 3
AFST 154 - African Humanism Semester Hours: 3
AFST 155 - African Humanism Semester Hours: 3
AFST 156 - Economic and Social History of the Caribbean from Slavery to National Independence Semester Hours: 3
AFST 157 - African National Liberation Movements Semester Hours: 3
AFST 187 A-Z - (CC) Special Topics Semester Hours: 3
AH 165 - (AA, CC) Asian Art Semester Hours: 3
ANTH 102 - (BH) African Cultures Semester Hours: 3
ANTH 103 - (BH) Peoples and Cultures of Asia Semester Hours: 3
ANTH 105 - (BH) Latin American Cultures Semester Hours: 3
ANTH 106 - (CC) Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa Semester Hours: 3
ANTH 113 - (CC) Archaeology of Ancient American Civilizations Semester Hours: 3
ASST 11 - (CC, IS) Introduction to Chinese Culture Semester Hours: 3
ASST 21 - (CC, IS) Discover Japan: The Nexus of Japanese Culture, History, Politics and Society Semester Hours: 3
ASST 195 - Asian Studies Seminar Semester Hours: 3
CLL 149 - (LT) Asian Literature Semester Hours: 3
CLL 150 - (LT) Asian Literature Semester Hours: 3
DNCE 39 - (CP) The American Experience and Africanist Dance Practices Semester Hours: 3
DNCE 110 - (CP) Irish Dance Steps and Studies Semester Hours: 3
ECO 110 - (BH, CC) Economics of Latin America Semester Hours: 3
ECO 111 - Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa Semester Hours: 3
ECO 112 - Economic Development of China Semester Hours: 3
ECO 114 - Japan’s Modern Economy Semester Hours: 3
ECO 116 - (BH) Economics of the Middle East Semester Hours: 3
ECO 117 - (CC) Women and Development in the Middle East Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 139 - (LT, CC) The African Novel Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 167 - (LT, CC) Post-Colonial Literature of South Asia Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 168 - (CC) Caribbean Experience in Literature Semester Hours: 3
FREN 121 - The Francophone Experience in Sub-Saharan Africa Semester Hours: 3
FREN 123 - The Francophone Experience in the Caribbean Semester Hours: 3
FRLT 43 - (LT, CC) Decolonizing the Mind: Contemporary Literature from Africa to Southeast Asia Semester Hours: 3
FRLT 50 - (LT, CC) Reconstructing French Caribbean Identities Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 113C - (CC) Geography of East and Southeast Asia Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 114 - (BH, CC) Geography of South Asia Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 122 - (BH) Western Europe Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 123 - (BH) Eastern Europe and the Republics of the Former Soviet Union Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 131 - Japan Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 140 - (BH, CC) Geography of Latin America Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 141 - (BH) Geography of the Caribbean Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 143 - (BH) Geography of South America Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 145 - (BH, CC) Geography of Africa Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 148 - (BH) Geography of Australia and the South Pacific Semester Hours: 3
HIST 71 - (CC) China and Japan to 1800 Semester Hours: 3
HIST 72C - (CC) China and Japan Since 1800 Semester Hours: 3
HIST 73 - (CC) The Modern Middle East Semester Hours: 3
HIST 117A - (CC) History of Africa to 1800 Semester Hours: 3
HIST 118A - History of Africa, 1800 to the Present Semester Hours: 3
HIST 132 - Europe, 1939 to Present: World War, Cold War and Beyond Semester Hours: 3
HIST 135 - Intellectual History of Europe, Reformation to Enlightenment Semester Hours: 3
HIST 136 - Intellectual History of Europe, French Revolution to 20th Century Semester Hours: 3
HIST 142 - Latin America: 1810 to the Present Semester Hours: 3
HIST 170 - The Middle East and the West Semester Hours: 3
HIST 173 - (CC) Modern China Semester Hours: 3
HIST 174 - Modern Japan Semester Hours: 3
HIST 175 - Confucian China: Origins to the 18th Century Semester Hours: 3
IB 160 - African Business Semester Hours: 3
IB 161 - Asian Business Semester Hours: 3
IB 162 - European Business Semester Hours: 3
IB 163 - Latin-American Business Semester Hours: 3
IRE 90 - (BH) Sociology of Contemporary Ireland Semester Hours: 3
or
SOC 90 - (BH) Sociology of Contemporary Ireland Semester Hours: 3
JWST 55 - (HP) Judaism and Islam: Jews and Arabs Semester Hours: 3
LABR 120 - (BH, CC) African Labor Economics Semester Hours: 3
LACS 1 - (CC, IS) Putting Latin American and the Caribbean on the Map: Geography, Politics and Literature Semester Hours: 3
LACS 14F - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 3-4
and
LACS 14S - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 3-4
LACS 150 A-Z - (CC, IS) Special Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Studies Semester Hours: 3
LACS 199 - Senior Seminar in Latin American and Caribbean Studies Semester Hours: 3
LING 172 - (CC) Language and Society in Africa, Asia and Latin America Semester Hours: 3
LIT 80 - (LT) Chinese Literature in Translation Semester Hours: 3
LIT 88 - (LT, CC) Self and Society in Chinese Literature Semester Hours: 3
LIT 90 - (LT, CC) Beauty and Sadness in Japanese Literature and Culture Semester Hours: 3
MECA 1 - (CC) Introduction to Middle East and Central Asia Semester Hours: 3
PHI 17 - (CC) Introduction to Eastern Philosophy Semester Hours: 3
PHI 60 - Introduction to Chinese Philosophical and Religious Traditions Semester Hours: 3
PHI 149 - (HP) French Philosophical Traditions Semester Hours: 3
PSC 108 - (BH, CC) Politics of the Middle East Semester Hours: 3
PSC 110 - (BH, CC) African Politics Semester Hours: 3
PSC 130 - (BH, CC) Latin American and Caribbean Politics Semester Hours: 3
PSC 132 - Comparative European Governments Semester Hours: 3
PSC 144 - (BH, CC) Asian Politics and Government Semester Hours: 3
PSC 146 - (BH, CC) China: Government and Politics Semester Hours: 3
RELI 16 - (CC, HP) Religions of India Semester Hours: 3
RELI 19 - (CC) Introduction to Buddhism Semester Hours: 3
RELI 103 - (CC) Warrior Saints: An Introduction to the Sikh Religion Semester Hours: 3
RELI 151 - Violence and Religion in South Asia Semester Hours: 3
RLLT 101 - (LT) Colonization and Decolonization in the French- and Spanish-Speaking Caribbean Islands Semester Hours: 3
SPAN 113B - Culture and Civilization of Latin America Semester Hours: 3
SPAN 114B - (LT) Introduction to Spanish-American Literature I Semester Hours: 3
SPAN 115B - (LT) Introduction to Spanish-American Literature II Semester Hours: 3
SPAN 122 - Economic History of Spain and Latin America: Literary Projections Semester Hours: 3
SPAN 123 - (LT) Politics of the Hispanic World Semester Hours: 3
SPAN 124 - (LT) Portrait of the Hispano: The Question of Identity Semester Hours: 3
SPAN 126 - (LT) Contemporary Hispanic Thought: The Usable Past Semester Hours: 3
SPAN 127 - United States and Latin America: Unequal Relations Semester Hours: 3
SPAN 128 - (LT) Spain and Latin America Today: Changing World Semester Hours: 3
SPLT 53 - Early Spanish-American Heritage Semester Hours: 3
SPLT 54 - (LT) 19th- and 20th-Century Latin-American Literature Semester Hours: 3
SPLT 58 - (LT) The Empire Writes Back: Autobiography and Resistance in Colonial Spanish America Semester Hours: 3
SPLT 59 - (CC, LT) Farewell to Columbus: Rethinking the Latin American Heritage Semester Hours: 3
SPLT 60 - (CC, LT) Literary Food Semester Hours: 3

Please Note:

Depending on subject matter, credits for GS 100, 104 A-Z, GS 151 to 154, 190 may be counted toward either the electives in global economics, politics and culture or as regional studies electives.
No more than 6 s.h. of course work taken as part of the student’s major may be applied toward the GS minor. Courses required for the GS major or minor and those with a GS designation are excluded from this restriction.
At least 6 s.h. must be from 100-level courses.
A grade of C- or better is required in each course.
With permission of the chairperson, up to 3 s.h. of appropriate HUHC seminars can be used toward the electives in global economics, politics and culture or as regional area studies electives.

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