Global Studies, B.A.

University Campus Only Course Requirements

• SLU 101 - First Year Experience 1 credit
• SLU 125 - Choosing Wellness 3 credits

University Explorations (42 credit hours)

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Global Studies Major Requirements (27 credit hours)

• SOC 201 - Globalization 3 credits
• ENV 330 - Environmental Studies: Creating Sustainable Societies 3 credits
• SSC 320 - Applied Social Research & Evaluation 3 credits
• PHI 345 - Social Ethics: From Personal Values to Global Citizenship 3 credits
• GLO 350 - Conflict Resolution 3 credits
• GLO 410 - Systems Thinking 3 credits
• GLO 425 - Internship in Global Studies 6 credits

• Internship requires a total of 6 credit hours (300 contact hours at the internship site). Students have the option of fulfilling the internship requirement of 6 credit hours in individual 3-credit hour increments or performing the 6 credits at one time.

  Students who have completed at least one year of full-time work experience in a foreign country (including military tours of duty), and have had sustained direct contact with local populations as part of their work, may be granted a waiver from the internship requirement, and replace it with 6 credits of additional upper-division (300/400) Global Studies electives.  Requests will be examined on a case-by-case basis with proper documentation of the work completed.

• GLO 499 - Senior Seminar in Global Studies 3 credits

Global Studies Major Electives (12 credit hours)

• Complete any four courses from the following choices:

• 3 additional credits of a foreign language.

• ANT 327 - Cultural Anthropology 3 credits
• BIO 350 - Global Climate Change 3 credits
• CRM 332 - Terrorism 3 credits
• CRM 367 - International Sex Trafficking of Women and Children 3 credits
• ECO 201 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 credits
• ENG 410 - Reading the Planet: Comparative Global Literatures in Translation 3 credits
• GBA 440 - International Business 3 credits
• GLO 100 - 400 - Special Topics 1 - 3 credits
• HTY 233 - Modern Middle East 3 credits
• HTY 324 - Sub-Saharan Africa 3 credits
• HTY 428 - Far-East Since 1945 3 credits
• MGT 415 - Global Supply Chain Management 3 credits
• POL 295 - International Relations 3 credits
• POL 422 - Modern Europe 3 credits
• POL 428 - International Law and Organizations 3 credits
• SOC 331 - Global Social Change and Development 3 credits

Foreign Language Requirement (9 credit hours)

Students are required to complete 9 credit hours of a Foreign Language.

General Elective Credits: Complete enough general elective credit hours to fulfill total hours required for degree completion.

Total Credits: 120