Global and International Studies Program Major Requirements
Students will be required to take 3 core courses and 9 electives from the three areas listed below---two must be seminars, which includes the Junior Seminar. The Junior Seminar introduces students to research methods and requires them to write an evidence-based paper of at least 10 pages in length. The list of courses approved for the Junior Seminar and all three areas will be available on the program’s website before registration each semester.
Students must take two courses in the same language up to the Intermediate II level.
Required Courses:
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GINS xxx
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Introduction to Global Studies
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3
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2 3000-level seminars
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From list of approved courses in International Politics and Economics, Global Justice and Development, and Global Cultures
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6
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3 courses
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International Politics and Economics
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9
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3 courses
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Global Justice and Development
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9
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3 courses
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Global Cultures
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9
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2 courses
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in the same language up to Intermediate II level
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6
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- Students may not double-dip. If a course applies to two areas, the student must choose which area the course will apply.
- Students may take only one course at the 1000 level.
Three Areas: Three Courses from Each Area are Required
- International Politics and Economics
- Global Justice and Development
- Global Cultures
Electives that will be offered to fulfill each area requirement. Courses in red are approved for the Junior Research Seminar.
International Politics and Economics (3 courses)
Global Justice and Development (3 courses)
Global Cultures (3 courses)
- AFS 2085 History and Culture of Senegambia
- AFS 3041 Harlem Renaissance
- AMS 2041 Americans Abroad
- ANTH 1050 Cultural Anthropology
- ANTH 3050 Islam, Culture, and Society
- ARH 1042 Art of Africa, Oceania and America
- ARH 2011 Greek Art
- ARH 2070 Art in Italy 122-1475
- ARH 2070 Islamic Art
- ARH 3079 Michelangelo
- ARH 3082 Women Artists of the Ital. Renaissance and Baroque
- AFS 2019 Intro to African Studies
- AFS 2082 Ancient African History
- ARH 1042 Art of Africa, Oceania and America
- CSCH 3007 Atlantic Revolutions
- CSCH 3060 Castle Scholars Music and Politics
- HIS 1018 History of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
- HIS 1025 Indigenous and Colonial Latin America
- ENF 2088 History of Cinema I: Up to WWII
- ENF 1001 Intro to Film Studies
- ENF 2089 His of Cinema II: WWII-Present
- ENF 3173 Queer Film and Media Studies
- ENF 2079 Women’s Film
- ENF 3075 Film Theory
- ENF 4010 Major Film Directors
- ENF 4020 Film Genres
- ENF 4030 Global and Transnational Film and Media
- ENG 1012 Intro to Medieval Art and Renaissance Literature
- ENG 1014 Intro to Victorian Modern British Literature
- ENG 1017 Post-Colonial Literature
- ENG 2075 Modern Asian Literature
- ENG 2098 Renaissance Poetry
- ENG 3081 Literary Theory
- FRN 2055 French Cinema (class conducted in English)
- FRN 2011 Discussing Film (class conducted in French)
- FRN 3031 French and Francophone Culture (class conducted in French)
- FRN 3122: City of Light: Paris in Literature and Film (class conducted in English)
- FRN 3024 Intro Analysis French Texts (class conducted in French)
- HIS 2036 History of New York City
- HIS 3103 Topics in Modern Irish History
- HOLC 3036 Holocaust in Film
- HOLC 3031 Holocaust and Culture
- ITL 3019: Literature, Film & Society (class conducted in Italian)
- MUH 2011 Survey of Western Music I
- SOC 2001 Gender in Global Perspective
- SOC 2028 Sociology of New York City
- SOC 3007 Globalization and Social Change
- SOC 3008 World Cities
- SOC 3020 Sociology of Food
- SOC 3029 Environmental Social Movements
- SOC 3186 Indigenous Peoples
- SPN 2023 Speaking About Movies: Advanced Conversation (class conducted in Spanish)
- SPN 2032 Analysis of Spanish-American Literature (class conducted in Spanish)
- SPN 3026 –Modern Spanish Novel (class conducted in Spanish)
- SPN 3027 Spanish Women Writers (class conducted in Spanish)
- SPN 3028-Latin American Black Literature (class conducted in Spanish)
- SPN 3046 Literature and Film in Cuba (class conducted in Spanish)
- WRL 1019 Intro to World Religions
- WREL 2034 Religions of India
- WREL 3008 Christianity
- WREL 3027 Islam
Elective courses:
Students must have a minimum of seven electives, at least five of which must be in a concentration, selected from the list below. At least six of the seven electives must be above the 1000 level (i.e., only one 1000 level course is allowed) Each of the concentrations has certain internal requirements and guidelines, as indicated below.
Concentrations:
(in most cases five courses required out of a total of seven electives)
International Political/Economic Relations
Appropriate for students with a minor in any foreign language. At least three of the courses chosen should be general and comparative, while two others can be specific to a particular issue or area of the world.
International Management
This concentration requires a total of 8 electives, which include ECO 1011 and ECO 1012, and 6 other courses.
Appropriate for students with a minor in any foreign language. Completion of this concentration, together with an appropriate internship or equivalent employment and at least one semester of study abroad earns the student the Certificate in International Management.
Asian Studies
Particularly appropriate for students with a minor in Asian Studies, with either Japanese or Chinese language study.
At least two of the five courses chosen should be focused on the modern world.
Latin American Studies
Particularly appropriate for students with a minor in Spanish, or for students with native backgrounds in Spanish. However, the five courses for the Latin American Studies concentration within International Studies must be in addition to any courses used for the Spanish or Latin American Studies minor.
African Studies
Appropriate for students with a minor in any of the foreign languages, although French works particularly well, given its use in North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. At least two of the five courses chosen should be focused on the modern world.
European Studies
Appropriate for students with a minor in French, German, Spanish or Italian. A least one of the five courses chosen must be comparative, i.e., focus on more than one West European nation or culture, and at least three must be focused on the modern world.
Global Cultural Studies
Appropriate for students with a minor in any of the foreign languages. At least two of the five courses chosen must be comparative and cross-cultural, i.e., must focus on the culture of more than one nation, and at least two must be focused on the modern world.
Global Justice
Appropriate for students with a minor in any of the foreign languages. At least one of the five courses must be an internship at a social service or human rights agency or NGO
Self-designed
Students may design their own concentrations within International Studies, but these must be based upon a convincing written rationale approved by the director.
Global and International Studies Courses
Core Courses
Electives