Global Studies Minor (GLST)

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 language) and take part in a University approved international experience.

Designated elective courses include the following:

ECE 400The Compleat Engineer

3

ECON 214Principles of Microeconomics

3

ECON 215Principles of Macroeconomics

3

ECON 325Environmental Economics

3

ECON 347Sustainability, Culture, and Economics

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)

HUM 210Introduction to Sustainability

3

MGMT 300International Business & Cultural Experience

3

MGMT 320International Business

3

MKTG 438International Marketing

3

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)

3

POLS 340Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany

3

POLS 356The Holocaust: Political and Religious Dimensions

3

POLS 370International Law

3

POLS 375United States Foreign Policy

3

POLS 380Honors Political History of the Space Age

3

RS 220History of Christian Thought: Through the Reformation

3

RS 221History of Christian Thought: Since the Reformation

3

RS 270World Religions

3

RS 340African American Theology

3

RS 355Judaism

3

SOC 364Stereotyping and Prejudice

3

other specified English courses; all 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).