Global Studies, Bachelor of Arts - Concentrations in Anthropology, Global Business Admin, Global Economics, Global Justice and Human Rights, Intercultural Studies, or International Development - GLST

Major Requirements (27–36 hours)

Required
ANTH 253Survey I: Culture and Language3
ECON 251Principles of Macroeconomics3
HIST 104 World History II3
POSC 206International Politics3
or POSC 207 Comparative Politics
GLST 495Senior Seminar in Global Studies3
Students who complete the GLST Comprehensive Exam must also take the following course or another methods course approved by the Department Chair:
GLST 364Global Research and Discovery3
Concentration
Select one of the following Concentrations:12-18
Total Credits30-36

 Concentrations

Anthropology Concentration

Select three of the following:9-11
Survey II: Human Prehistory
Anthropology of Race and Racism
Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Being Indigenous in the 21st Century: Contemporary Indigenous Studies
Water, Culture & Sustainability
Special Topics (Archaeology)
Independent Study
Anthropological Internship
The Global Challenge of Infectious Diseases
Evolution 1
Economic Botany 1
Conservation Biology 1
Ecology 1
Transnational Feminisms
Southeast Asia and the World
Global History of Decolonization
The Global Politics of International Development
Upper-level course taken by permission through an approved study abroad program
Total Credits9-11
1

Courses carry prerequisites not met through Global Studies requirements.

Global Business Administration Concentration

BUAD 201Principles of Financial Accounting3
BUAD 221Principles of Management3
BUAD 231Principles of Marketing3
BUAD 312Principles of Finance3
ECON 252Principles of Microeconomics3
Select one of the following:3
Survey of International Business and Economics
International Financial Management
International Management
International Marketing
Upper-level course taken by permission through an approved study abroad program
Total Credits18

Global Economics Concentration

ECON 252Principles of Microeconomics3
ECON 351Intermediate Macroeconomics3
or ECON 352 Intermediate Microeconomics
ECON 452International Trade and Finance3
Select one of the following:3
Economic Development
Comparative Economic Systems
Upper-level course taken by permission through an approved study abroad program
Total Credits12

Global Justice and Human Rights Concentration

JUST 250Introduction to Justice Studies3
JUST/PHIL 302Global Justice3
POSC 301Human Rights (or IIPS 30554 Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame)3
Select two of the following:6
Being Indigenous in the 21st Century: Contemporary Indigenous Studies
Economic Development 1
Contemporary Global Literature
Postcolonial Women’s Writing
Caribbean Women’s Literature
Southeast Asia and the World
Global History of Decolonization
Worlds of Islam
Global Justice
Philosophy of Politics
Social Justice
Latin American Politics
The Global Politics of International Development
Psychology of Violence 1
Stereotyping and Prejudice 1
Faith in Action
Catholic Social Thought
Sociology of Poverty
Global and Diverse Childhoods
Upper-level course taken by permission through an approved study abroad program or upper-level course taken at Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Total Credits15
1

Courses carry prerequisites not met through Global Studies requirements.

Intercultural Studies Concentration

ICS 201Introduction to Intercultural Studies3
Select one of the following Cultural Theory courses:3
Anthropology of Race and Racism
Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Being Indigenous in the 21st Century: Contemporary Indigenous Studies
Special Topics (approved topics)
Intercultural Communication
Contemporary Global Literature
Comparative Politics 1
Stereotyping and Prejudice 2, 3
Select one of the following Power and Privilege courses:3
Water, Culture & Sustainability
Postcolonial Women’s Writing
Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies
The Global Politics of International Development
Stereotyping and Prejudice 2, 3
Select one course from a category above or from the following:3
Art History Survey II
The Global Challenge of Infectious Diseases
Environments of Ecuador
Economic Botany 3
Parasitology 1
International Management 3
African-American Literature
Global Women’s Leadership (only 3 hours may apply) 4
Asian Influence on Western Literature
Worlds of Islam
Philosophy of World Cultures
Latin American Politics
Middle East Politics
Interfaith Studies
Upper-level course taken by permission through an approved study abroad program
Total Credits12
1

May not be used to satisfy more than one requirement.

2

May not be used to satisfy more than one category requirement.

3

Courses carry prerequisites not met through Global Studies requirements.

4

May not be used toward more than one concentration.

International Development Concentration

ECON 354Economic Development 13
or POSC 319 The Global Politics of International Development
Select three of the following:9
Water, Culture & Sustainability
The Global Challenge of Infectious Diseases
Intercultural Communication
Economic Development 1
International Trade and Finance 1
Contemporary Global Literature
Postcolonial Women’s Writing
Southeast Asia and the World
Global History of Decolonization
Latin American Politics
The Global Politics of International Development
POSC 326
Middle East Politics
Upper-level course taken by permission through an approved study abroad program
Total Credits12
1

Courses carry prerequisites not met through Global Studies requirements.

Advanced Writing Proficiency

Each student who completes this requirement in Global Studies will submit her written senior comprehensive project for evaluation.

Senior Comprehensive

A student who elects to complete her Senior Comprehensive requirement in Global Studies will carry out a research project grounded in a topic related to her area of concentration. She will develop and present a proposal during Senior Seminar in the fall of her senior year. The proposal will include a hypothesis or research question, the design of the study and methodologies to be used, significance of the question, and a bibliography. In the spring semester of senior year, Global Studies majors will make oral and written presentations of their projects to a committee comprised of faculty teaching within the concentration areas and/or the Global Studies core disciplines.