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Global Studies Minor

Course Requirements

A minor in Global Studies requires 18 hours of course work with HUM/GS 200 being required and 15 hours to be chosen from a list of designated courses below. Please note the following requirements: 1) 6 elective hours must be at the 300 level or above; 2) elective courses must be taken from at least three different departments or programs; 3) no more than 2 courses can be 100 level courses. In addition to the 18 hours, students must demonstrate a second language capability equivalent to the 202 level (or take up to 12 hours of a foreign language) and take part in a University approved international experience.

Designated elective courses include the following:

ANTH 160Cultural Anthropology (Formerly ANTH 150)

3
ANTH 380-387Selected Topics in Anthropology

1-3
BIOL 107Environmental Biology

3
BIOL 107LEnvironmental Biology Laboratory

1
CE 305Environmental Site Assessment

3
ECE 314/CE 314/ME 314Engineering Economy

3
ECE 400/CE 400/ME 400The Compleat Engineer

3
ECON 422International Trade and Economics

3
ENG 231Honors Survey of World Literature I

4
ENG 232Honors Survey of World Literature II

4
FIN 437International Financial Management

3
GEOG 280Geography Survey

3
GEOG 310Physical Geography

3
GEOG 325Regional Geography

3
GEOG 340Human Geography

3
any History course (only one American history will apply)
PHIL 317Ancient Philosophy

3
PHIL 318Modern Philosophy

3
PHIL 324Technology and Human Values

3
PHIL 325Environmental Ethics

3
POLS 113World Politics

3
POLS 115Nations and States (Comparative Politics) (Formerly POLS 210)

3
POLS 340/HIST 340Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany

3
POLS 370International Law

3
POLS 375/HIST 375United States Foreign Policy

3
RS 220History of Christian Thought: Through the Reformation

3
RS 221History of Christian Thought: Since the Reformation

3
RS 270World Religions (Formerly RS 350)

3
RS 340African American Theology

3
other specified English courses; all foreign language courses 300 level and above; and special international topics from a variety of courses including special GS art and cultural offerings. (Note: the faculty of Political Science has oversight of the Minor in Global Studies).