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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog

Coursework and Groups

The following courses have been preapproved. New electives in these fields must be approved by the director of the Global Studies major. Approval will be based on the centrality of the course topic with respect to issues of global relevance.

Program Core Courses

Take the following:

AN 110Human Cultural Diversity

3
EC 101Introduction to Economics

3
GS 101Introduction to Global Studies

3
GS 150World Geography

3
GS 301Senior Seminar or Senior Thesis

3
PO 122Introduction to International Relations

3
PO 332International Political Economy

3

Elective Courses

Latin American Studies

ENG 244Studies in World Literature

3
HI 207History of Latin America to 1826

3
HI 208History of Latin America Since 1826

3
HI 212Contemporary Latin America

3
HI 211Discovery & Conquest 1492-1598

3
PO 315Latin American Politics

3
SP 281Hispanic Civilization & Culture: Latin America

3

European Studies

AN 204Introduction to Irish Archaeology

3
AN 299Special Topics in Anthropology

3
EC 342European Economic Development

3
ENG 226Romantic Period in British Literature

3
ENG 227Victorian Period in British Literature

3
ENG 228Twentieth-Century British Literature

3
FR 203Advanced Conversation & Contemporary Issues

3
FR 251Early French Writers

3
FR 252French & Francophone Writers Then & Now

3
FR 281Francophone Civilization & Culture

3
FR 282Business French

3
FR 315Paris

3
FR 316Quebec

3
FR 353-359Topics in French/Francophone Film

3-4 CR each
FR 363-369Topics in French/Francophone Culture

3-4 CR each
FR 371Literary Travelers, Exiles, & Expatriates

3
FR 372Women Writers

3
FR 373-379Topics in French/Francophone Literature

3-4 CR each
HI 214French Revolution & Napoleon

3
HI 218Modern France

3
HI 255Celtic & Irish History

3
HI 257History & Memory in Modern Ireland

3
IT 203Advanced Conversation & Contemporary Issues

3
IT 251Early Italian Writers

3
IT 252Italian Writers Then & Now

3
IT 280Italian Civilization & Culture

3
IT 283Franco-Italian Connections

3
IT 290The Italian Short Story

3
IT 353-359Special Topics in Italian Film

3-4 CR each
IT 363-369Special Topics in Italian Culture

3-4 CR each
IT 371Literary Travelers, Exiles, & Expatriates

3

IT 372Women Writers

3
IT 373-379Special Topics in Italian Literature

3-4 CR each
IT 380Dante & the Italian Literary Tradition

3
PH 307Philosophy of Lived Experience

3
PH 312Philosophy of Marx

3
PH 313Contemporary Continental Philosophy

3
PO 300Foundations of Political Thought

3
PO 313The Politics of European Integration

3
PO 318Contemporary European Politics

3
SP 280Hispanic Civilization & Culture: Spain

3
TRS 272Religion in Contemporary Ireland

3
TRS 333Women in Celtic Christianity

3
TRS 336Theology & Native Irish Spirituality

3

AN 299: 3 credits, e.g., The Ethnography of Ireland or Life Histories & Culture Change in Dingle

Asian Area Studies

HI 281Introduction to the Civilization of East Asia

3
HI 283History of Modern China to 1920

3
PH 229Eastern Philosophy

3
PO 316South Asian Politics

3
TRS 260Eastern Religions

3

Middle Eastern and African Studies

AN 201World Cultures

3
HI 236History of the Arab World I: From Muhammad to the Ottoman Empire

3
HI 238The Modern Arab World

3
PO 314Middle East Politics

3
PO 317African Politics

3
TRS 261Islam

3
TRS 361Women in Islam

3

International Systems

EC 302Global Financial Markets & Institutions

3
EC 316International Economics

3
GS 270Global Health Systems

3
GS 275Culture & Global Health

3
MGT 203Cross-Cultural Relations

3
MGT 278Principles of International Business

3
MGT 299Special Topics in Management

3
PO 242International Organizations

3
PO 244American Foreign Policy

3
PO 341International Law

3
SO 254Society & Economic Change

3
TRS 341Religion, War, & Peace

3
TRS 342Human Rights

3
TRS 383Holocaust: Genocide & Religion

3

MGT 299: 3 credits, i.e. Social Entrepreneurship: Creating Businesses for Social Change