Global Studies

Global Studies - Undergraduate Courses

GLS 100 Introduction to Global Studies (back to previous page)
As the foundation course of the Global Studies program, this course is designed to provide a comprehensive survey of the multiple factors and forces shaping the world's political culture, actors, and responses to threats to civilization: war, poverty, injustice, pollution, hunger, disease, and disorder. The course explores values, institutions, and processes among countries, cultures, and civilizations and the linkages among cultures, governments, interests, and policy outcomes. 3 credit hours.

GLS 200 Issues in Global History and Cultures (back to previous page)
Investigate key commonalities in the human experience over the past half-millenium that have contributed to the interconnectedness of the world's economic, political, and resource-management systems.  Understanding the shared experiences examined will help in comprehending the processes of globalization that have grown in intensity in the second half of the twentieth century and in the early twenty-first century.  3 credit hours.

GLS 401 Arabic Cultures through Literature and the Media (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.  This course is a comprehensive exposure to essential cultural issues and patterns as they have developed historically in the Arabic-speaking world.  It will study how these issues manifest through representative works of literature as well as popular and highbrow cultural media such as music and film.  The course will also provide a unique opportunity to produce in-depth cultural and literary analyses via oral discussion and written essays.  Students will perform all written and oral activities in English.  3 credit hours.

GLS 402 Chinese Culture through Literature and the Media (back to previous page)
Prerequisite:  permission of the instructor.  This course is a comprehensive exposure to essential Chinese cultural issues and patterns as they have developed historically.  It will study how these issues manifest through representative works of literature as well as popular and highbrow cultural media such as music and film.  The course will also provide a unique opportunity to produce in-depth cultural and literary analyses via oral discussion and written essays.  Students will perform all written and oral activities in English.  3 credit hours.

GLS 403 Russian Culture through Literature and the Media (back to previous page)
Prerequisite:  permission of the instructor.  This course is a comprehensive exposure to essential Russian cultural issues and patterns as they have developed historically.  It will study how these issues manifest through representative works of literature as well as popular and highbrow cultural media such as music and film.  The course will also provide a unique opportunity to produce in-depth cultural and literary analyses via oral discussion and written essays.  Students will perform all written and oral activities in English.  3 credit hours.

GLS 404 Latin American Culture through Literature and the Media (back to previous page)
Prerequisite:  permission of the instructor.  This course is a comprehensive exposure to essential Latin American cultural issues and patterns as they have developed historically.  It will study how these issues manifest through representative works of literature as well as popular and highbrow cultural media such as music and film.  The course will also provide a unique opportunity to produce in-depth cultural and literary analyses via oral discussion and written essays.  Students will perform all written and oral activities in English.  3 credit hours.

GLS 450-459 Special Topics (back to previous page)
Selected topics of special or current interest in the study of Global Studies. 3 credit hours.

GLS 490 Global Studies Internship (back to previous page)
The global studies internship provides a capstone experience for majors in the B.A. Gloabl Studies program. Interns will be placed in non-governmental organizations with a gloabl focus, federal and state agencies, and multinational corporations. A minimum of 150 hours of substantive involvement with the internship site is required. 3 credit hours.

GLS 491 Global Studies Research Seminar (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: senior standing or permission of instructor.  Capstone course in which students use the tools of their discipline to examine a selected problem.  Required of all Global Studies majors.  3 credit hours.