Global and International Studies, Bachelor of Arts

Major Requirements

The Global and International Studies major consists of two required courses and nine electives from the following three areas:

• International Politics and Economics
• Global Justice and Development
• Global Cultures

One of these nine electives must be a 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.  

Students cannot use a single course to count towards more than one of the three areas.

Students may take only one elective course at the 1000-level.

Students must take two courses in the same language up to the Intermediate II level. 

Required Courses:

GINS 1008	Introduction to Global Studies	3
GINS 3003	Senior Seminar Internat Studies	3

Junior Seminar:

The Junior Seminar draws courses from the three areas listed below. 

ARH 3079	MICHELANGELO	4
ARH 3082	Women Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque: 1450-1700	4
ENF 3173	Queer Film & Media Studies	3
ENF 4030	Global National Transnational Film&media	4
FRN 3122	City of Lights: Paris in Literature And Film	3
HIS 3002	THE GREAT WAR	3
HIS 3035	The Third Reich	3
HIS 3127	Latin American Economic History	3
POS 3012	Environmental Politics	3
POS 3033	Politics in the Middle East	3
POS 3118	Emerging Global Powers	3
SOC 3007	GLOBALIZATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE	3
SOC 3020	SOCIOLOGY OF FOOD	3

International Politics & Economics

Choose 3 courses:

ECO 3016	International Trade: Theory and Policy	3
FIN 3017	Global Finance	3
GINS 2021	BALLOTS BULLETS & BARRICADES	3
GINS 2040	ARMED CONFLICTS	3
HIS 1036	World History II: Since 1500	3
HIS 3002	THE GREAT WAR	3
HIS 3025	History of Sport in Latin America and the Caribbean	3
	OR
SPRT 3025	History of Sport in Latin America and the Caribbean	3
HIS 3094	INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SINCE 1945	3
HIS 3127	Latin American Economic History	3
MGT 2007	International Management	3
POS 1037	International Politics	3
POS 2011	Comparative Politics	3
POS 2068	Sports and International Relations	3
POS 3012	Environmental Politics	3
POS 3033	Politics in the Middle East	3
POS 3118	Emerging Global Powers	3

Global Justice & Development

Choose 3 courses:

BIO 2007	Current Environmental Problems	3
BIO 2016	Global Environmentalism	3
ECO 3018	Economics of Developing Countries	3
GINS 2021	BALLOTS BULLETS & BARRICADES	3
GINS 2040	ARMED CONFLICTS	3
GINS 2050	Environmental Geography	3
GINS 3100	Poverty and Development in the Global South	3
HIS 2083	LATIN AMERICAN SOCIAL CHANGE & REVOLUTION	3
HIS 2085	HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICA	3
HIS 3035	The Third Reich	3
HIS 3090	Migrants, Smugglers and the State: The Politics of Migration in Modern World History	3
HIS 3102	Women and Gender in Latin America	3
HIS 3135	Slavery Through History	3
PHL 3011	Genocide	3
POS 3117	War & Human Rights: Geneva Convention	3
POS 4050	ACADEMIC CONFERENCES: MODEL UN	3
SOC 2001	Gender in Global Perspective	3
SOC 2021	Race and Ethnicity	3
SOC 3000	Latin American Social Movements	3
SOC 3014	African American Communities	3
SOC 3017	RACE AND HOUSING INEQUALITY	3

Global Cultures

Choose 3 courses:

AMS 2041	Americans Abroad	3
ANTH 1050	Cultural Anthropology	3
ARH 1042	ARTS OF AFRICA, OCEANIA & NATIVE AMERICAS	3
ARH 2011	Greek Art	3
ARH 2070	Islamic Art	3
ARH 3079	MICHELANGELO	4
ARH 3082	Women Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque: 1450-1700	4
CSCH 3060	Music and Politics	3
ENF 1001	Introduction to Film Studies	4
ENF 2079	Women's Film	3
ENF 2088	History of Global Cinema I	3
ENF 2089	History of Global Cinema II	3
ENF 3075	FILM,TV,VIDEO GAME THEORY	3
ENF 3173	Queer Film & Media Studies	3
ENF 4010	Major Film Directors	3
ENF 4030	Global National Transnational Film&media	4
ENG 1012	INTRO LIT&SOCIETY SHAKESPEARE	4
ENG 1014	Introducation to Victorian and Modern British Literature	4
ENG 1017	Introduction to Postcolonial Literature	4
ENG 2016	Global Horror Films: Sociological and Literary Analyses of Horror	4
	OR
SOC 2016	Global Horror Films: Sociological and Literary Analyses of Horror	4
ENG 2075	Modern Asian Literature	3
ENG 2098	Renaissance Poetry	3
ENG 3083	Literary Theory & Criticism	3
FRN 2011	Discussing Film: Advanced French Conversation	3
FRN 2055	French Cinema: From the New to Banlieue	3
FRN 2070	Camembert, Couture, and Couscous: Food and Fashion in French Culture	3
FRN 3024	Introduction to Analysis of French Text	3
FRN 3031	French and Francophone Culture Through Literature and Film	3
FRN 3122	City of Lights: Paris in Literature And Film	3
HIS 1018	History of the Modern Middle East and North Africa	3
HIS 1025	Indigenous & Colonial Latin America	3
HIS 2036	HISTORY OF NEW YORK CITY	3
HIS 2082	Ancient African History	3
HIS 2085	HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICA	3
HIS 3040	Harlem Renaissance	3
MUH 2011	Survey of Western Music I	3
SOC 2001	Gender in Global Perspective	3
SOC 2028	Sociology of New York City	3
SOC 3007	GLOBALIZATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE	3
SOC 3008	World Cities	3
SOC 3020	SOCIOLOGY OF FOOD	3
SOC 3029	Environmental Social Movements	3
SOC 3186	Indigenous Peoples	3
SPN 2023	Speaking About Movies: Advanced Conversation in Spanish	3
SPN 2032	Analysis of Spanish American Literary Texts	3
SPN 3026	Modern Spanish Novel	3
SPN 3027	Spanish Women Writers	3
SPN 3028	Latin American Black Literature	3
SPN 3046	Literature and Film in Cuba	3
WREL 1014	Religions of the World	3
WREL 2034	Religions of India	3
WREL 3008	Christianity	3
WREL 3027	Islam	3