Global and Regional Studies: Global Studies Concentration, BA

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Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the Global and Regional Studies Program will:

DEFINE their place as citizens in global society.
UNDERSTAND the political, economic, and cultural interconnectedness that constitutes our world today.
ANALYZE specific social aspects of a geographical region employing in a competent and creative way the appropriate conceptual and theoretical tools of the following disciplines: anthropology, economics, history, literature and art, and politics.
INVESTIGATE the increasing interdependent nature and complexity of cultural, economic, environmental, political, and social processes that constitute the global experience, and to examine those processes from a global justice perspective.
COMMUNICATE at a basic functional level of proficiency in a language other than English specific to their geographical region of study.

Language Study

The interdisciplinary and language courses taken by students will prepare them for critically engaged learning experience.

For the major, students must reach the equivalent of intermediate proficiency (appropriate to the region if selected). Language study should correspond with the country where students wish to spend their study abroad. The interdisciplinary and language courses taken by students will prepare them for critically engaged learning experience. Students can meet the requirement by taking and successfully passing a proficiency exam or taking and successfully passing one of the following courses:

FREN 201 - Intermediate French
ITAL 201 - Intermediate Italian
JAPAN 201 - Intermediate Japanese
SPAN 201 - Intermediate Spanish
Students who place into a higher level of language can fulfill this requirement by taking an appropriate language course.

Lower Division

The following lower-division course is required for all GRS majors

GRS 101 - Introduction to Global & Regional Studies

Lower Division Elective

Take two from the following lower division courses:

ANTH 101 - Intro to Social & Cultural Anthropology
ECON 102 - Macroeconomic Principles and Applications
ECON 201 - Macroeconomic Principles and Applications
Note: Only one of ECON 102 or 201 may be used
HIST 111 - Global History to 1500
HIST 112 - Global History Since 1500
Note: Only one of HIST 111 or 112 may be used
POL 203 - Introduction to International Relations

Upper Division

All GRS majors take the following UD courses:

Concentration: Global Studies

Students in the Global Studies Concentration complete four additional courses. One course is chosen from each of three groups: Group A (Intellectual Traditions), Group B (Issues and Topics), and Group C (Regional Studies). The fourth course is chosen from any of the groups. Students MUST take 8 upper-division units within this section.

Group A (Intellectual Traditions)

Take one of the following:

Group B (Issues and Topics)

Take one of the following:

Group C (Regional Studies)

Take one of the following:

Additional Elective

Take one course from either group A, B, or C