Global and International Studies, Bachelor of Arts

Major Requirements

The Global and International Studies major consists of two required courses and nine electives from the following three areas:

• International Politics and Economics
• Global Justice and Development
• Global Cultures

One of these nine electives must be a Junior Seminar. The Junior Seminar introduces students to research methods and requires them to write an evidence-based paper of at least 10 pages in length.

Students cannot use a single course to count towards more than one of the three areas.

Students may take only one elective course at the 1000-level.

Students must take two courses in the same language up to the Intermediate II level.

Required Courses:

GINS.1008	Introduction to Global Studies	3
GINS.3003	Senior Seminar in International Studies	3

Junior Seminar:

The Junior Seminar draws courses from the three areas listed below. 

ARH.3082	Women Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque: 1450-1700	4
ENF.3173	Queer Film and Media Studies	3
HIS.3102	Women and Gender in Latin America	3
.
HIS.3144	Race and Sexuality in the Caribbean	3
.	OR
WGS.3144	Race and Sexuality in the Caribbean	3
.
POS.3012	Environmental Politics	3
POS.3033	Politics in the Middle East	3
SOC.3007	Globalization and Social Change	3
SOC.3020	Sociology of Food	3

International Politics & Economics

Choose 3 courses:

ECO.3016	International Trade: Theory and Policy	3
FIN.3017	Global Finance	3
GINS.2021	Ballots, Bullets, and Barricades	3
GINS.2040	Armed Conflicts	3
HIS.1036	World History II: Since 1500	3
.
HIS.3025	History of Sport in Latin America and the Caribbean	3
.	OR
SPRT.3025	History of Sport in Latin America and the Caribbean	3
.
HIS.3094	International Relations Since 1945	3
MGT.2007	International Management	3
POS.1037	International Politics	3
POS.2011	Comparative Politics	3
POS.2068	Sports and International Relations	3
POS.3012	Environmental Politics	3
POS.3033	Politics in the Middle East	3

Global Justice & Development

Choose 3 courses:

BIO.2007	Current Environmental Problems	3
BIO.2016	Global Environmentalism	3
GINS.2021	Ballots, Bullets, and Barricades	3
GINS.2040	Armed Conflicts	3
GINS.2050	Environmental Geography	3
HIS.2083	Latin American Social Change and Revolution	3
HIS.2085	History of Contemporary Africa	3
HIS.3102	Women and Gender in Latin America	3
HIS.3135	Slavery Through History	3
.
HIS.3144	Race and Sexuality in the Caribbean	3
.	OR
WGS.3144	Race and Sexuality in the Caribbean	3
.
PHL.3011	Genocide	3
SOC.2021	Race and Ethnicity	3
SOC.3000	Latin American Social Movements	3

Global Cultures

Choose 3 courses:

ANTH.1050	Cultural Anthropology	3
ARH.1042	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and Native Americas	3
ARH.2011	Greek Art	3
ARH.3082	Women Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque: 1450-1700	4
CSCH.3060	Music and Politics	3
ENF.1001	Introduction to Film Studies	4
ENF.2079	Women's Film	3
ENF.2088	History of Global Cinema I	3
ENF.2089	History of Global Cinema II	3
ENF.3075	Film, Television, and Video Game Theory	3
ENF.3173	Queer Film and Media Studies	3
ENG.1012	Introduction to Literature and Society in the Age of Shakespeare	4
ENG.1014	Introduction to Victorian and Modern British Literature	4
ENG.1017	Introduction to Postcolonial Literature	4
.
ENG.2016	Global Horror Films: Sociological and Literary Analyses of Horror	4
.	OR
SOC.2016	Global Horror Films: Sociological and Literary Analyses of Horror	4
.
ENG.3083	Literary Theory and Criticism	3
FRN.2055	French Cinema: From the New to Banlieue	3
FRN.2070	Camembert, Couture, and Couscous: Food and Fashion in French Culture	3
HIS.1018	History of the Modern Middle East and North Africa	3
HIS.1025	Indigenous and Colonial Latin America	3
HIS.2036	History of New York City	3
HIS.2082	Ancient African History	3
HIS.2085	History of Contemporary Africa	3
HIS.3040	Harlem Renaissance	3
.
HIS.3144	Race and Sexuality in the Caribbean	3
.	OR
WGS.3144	Race and Sexuality in the Caribbean	3
.
MUH.2011	Survey of Western Music I	3
SOC.2028	Sociology of New York City	3
SOC.3007	Globalization and Social Change	3
SOC.3020	Sociology of Food	3
SOC.3029	Environmental Social Movements	3
SPN.2023	Speaking About Movies: Advanced Conversation in Spanish	3
SPN.2032	Analysis of Spanish American Literary Texts	3
SPN.3027	Spanish Women Writers	3
SPN.3028	Latin American Black Literature	3
SPN.3046	Literature and Film in Cuba	3
WREL.1014	Religions of the World	3
WREL.3027	Islam	3