Major Requirements
Students graduating with a primary major in Global Studies receive a Bachelor of Arts degree. Global Studies may also be taken as an additional major. Global Histories (79-104), 93 additional units including 79-275 and 79-400, and proficiency in a language other than English are required for the major. Students may double count a maximum of two courses for the Global Studies major that are used to fulfill the requirements of other majors and programs. Students should consult with the Global Studies academic program manager about new courses and study abroad courses that may be approved for the Global Studies major. The full list of Global Studies requirements is also available in .pdf format.
I. Required General Education Course
| History |
79-104 |
Global Histories (9 units) |
II. Global Studies Introductory and Capstone Courses
Students must earn a final grade of "C" or better for these courses to count toward the major.
| History |
79-275 |
Introduction to Global Studies (9 units) |
| History |
79-400 |
Advanced Seminar in Global Studies (12 units) |
III. Language Requirement
Demonstrating intermediate to advanced level proficiency in a language other than English is a crucial component of the major in Global Studies. Normally this requirement can be satisfied by successfully completing a course conducted in the second language at the 300 level or above for French, German, Italian, or Spanish, or the fourth semester (Intermediate II) level or above for Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, or Russian. Comparable proficiency for other languages can be considered. Additional advanced cultural, historical, and literary study in the second language is strongly recommended. Courses in a language other than English may also be counted as GS distribution courses or GS electives as appropriate, and students may receive credit for “Language Across the University” courses and appropriate internship and service learning options.
IV. Theoretical and Topical Core Courses
To gain a solid foundation in the theories and analytical topics underpinning the B.A. in Global Studies, students select 18 units (typically two classes) from the core courses listed below. Students must earn a final grade of "C" or better in these courses to fulfill the theoretical and topical core course requirement.
| English |
76-453 |
Post-Colonialism Theory: Literature of Empire |
History
|
79-276 |
The Global and the Local: Theory, Practice, and History in the Anthropology of Globalization |
| History |
79-277 |
Globalizing States: Culture, Power, and Politics
|
| History |
79-278
|
Rights to Representation: Indigenous People and Their Media |
| History |
79-280 |
Experiencing Globalization |
| History |
79-292 |
China Inside Out: Going Global, 19th to 21st Centuries |
| History |
79-297 |
Dilemmas and Controversies in Anthropology |
| History |
79-313 |
Objects of Value |
| History |
79-314 |
The Politics and Culture of Memory |
| History |
79-317 |
Art, Anthropology, and Empire |
| History |
79-318 |
Sustainable Social Change: History and Practice |
| History |
79-376 |
Nationalism and Ethnicity |
| History |
79-377 |
Food, Culture and Power: A History of Eating |
| History |
79-380 |
Ethnographic Methods |
| History |
79-381 |
Energy, Environment, and Globalization in the Americas |
V. Transnational, Global, and Regional Courses
To gain insight into how complex transnational and global processes shape and are affected by local, national, and regional dynamics, students will select 27 units (typically three courses) from one or both of the subcategories below.
Transnational and Global Courses
| English |
76-318 |
Communicating in the Global Marketplace |
| English |
76-322 |
Global Masala: South Asians in the Diaspora |
| English |
76-327 |
Poetry of the Americas |
| English |
76-337 |
Global Literature (Fictions of Globalization) |
| English |
76-353 |
Global Women's Writing |
| English |
76-440 |
Diaspora and Transnationalism |
| English |
76-448 |
The Global Renaissance |
| History |
79-212 |
China and Its Neighbors: Minorities, Conquerors and Tribute Bearers |
| History |
79-224 |
Mayan America |
| History |
79-233 |
The US and the Middle East since 1945 |
| History |
79-237 |
Comparative Slavery |
| History |
79-251 |
India/America: Democracy, Diversity, Development |
| History |
79-254 |
The Jewish Diaspora in Latin America |
| History |
79-282 |
Europe and the World |
| History |
79-286 |
Gandhi and King: Nonviolent Leadership in a Globalized World |
| History |
79-288 |
Bananas, Baseball, and Borders: A History of Latin America-US Relations |
| History |
79-295 |
Race Relations in the Atlantic World |
| History/Phil. |
79-298/80-447 |
Global Justice |
| History |
79-299 |
Trafficking Persons: Children in a Global Context |
| History |
79-312 |
International Human Rights Institutions in Theory and Practice |
| History/ML |
79-337/82-230 |
China and Europe in the Modern World: The Great Divergence Debate in Economic History |
| History |
79-355 |
World Citizenship |
| History |
79-383 |
Epidemic Disease and Public Health |
| History |
79-384 |
Garbage Gone Global: Managing Surplus, Waste, and Desire |
| History |
79-385 |
The Making of the African Diaspora in the New World |
| Philosophy |
80-136 |
Social Structure, Public Policy, and Ethics |
| Philosophy |
80-244 |
Environmental Ethics |
| Philosophy |
80-348 |
Health, Development, and Human Rights |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-304 |
The Francophone World |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-345 |
Introduction to Hispanic Literary and Cultural Studies (various topics) |
| SDS |
88-326 |
Theories of International Relations |
| SDS |
88-359 |
Globalization |
Regional Courses: Africa
| History |
79-225 |
West African History in Film |
| History |
79-226 |
Introduction to African History: Earliest Times to 1780 |
| History |
79-227 |
Introduction to African History: 1780-1994
|
| History |
79-236 |
Introduction to African Studies |
| History |
79-290 |
States/Stateless Societies and Nationalism in West Africa |
| History |
79-291 |
Globalization in East African History |
| History |
79-386 |
Entrepreneurs in Africa: Past, Present, and Future |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-404 |
Francophone Realties: Africa |
| SDS |
88-370 |
African Politics |
Regional Courses: The Middle East
| History |
79-229 |
Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1884-1948 |
| History |
79-230 |
Arab-Israeli Conflict and Peace Process since 1948 |
| History |
79-307 |
Religion and Politics in the Middle East |
| History |
79-398 |
Documenting the 1967 Arab-Israeli War |
| History |
79-399 |
American-Arab Encounters (via video w/Qatar) |
Regional Courses: Eastern and Southern Asia and the Pacific
| English |
76-354 |
South Asian Literature |
| History |
79-358 |
Claiming the Pacific: Pacific Islanders Struggles for Survival |
| Mod.Lang. |
82-431 |
China and the West |
| SDS |
88-411 |
The Rise of the Asian Economies |
Regional Courses: The Americas
| History |
79-220 |
Development of Caribbean Culture |
| History |
79-221 |
Development and Democracy in Latin America |
| History |
79-222 |
Between Revolutions: The Development of Modern Latin America |
| History |
79-235 |
Caribbean Cultures |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-343 |
Latin America: Language and Culture |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-445 |
U.S. Latino Literature |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-451 |
Studies in Latin American Literature and Culture (various topics)
|
| Mod. Lang. |
82-454 |
The Hispanic Caribbean |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-455/56 |
Topics in Hispanic Studies (various topics)
|
Regional Courses: Europe
| History |
79-202 |
Flesh and Spirit: Early Modern Europe, 1400-1800 |
History
|
79-205 |
20th Century Europe |
| History |
79-206 |
The European Union at the Crossroads |
| History |
79-207 |
Development of European Culture |
| History |
79-213 |
Nationalities and the New States of the Former USSR |
| History |
79-323 |
Family, Gender, and Sexuality in European History, 500-1800 |
| History |
79-321 |
The Rise of the Modern Nation State |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-320 |
Contemporary Germany, Austria, and Switzerland |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-323 |
Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in the Twentieth Century
|
| Mod. Lang. |
82-415/416 |
Topics in French and Francophone Studies
|
| Mod. Lang. |
82-441 |
Studies in Peninsular Literature and Culture |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-491 |
Literature, Politics, and Film in Russia and East Europe Today |
VI. Electives
Students are required to take an additional 27 units of elective courses, selected from one or both of the subcategories below. Category IV and V courses listed above that are not used to fulfill those requirements may be counted as electives in addition to the courses listed below.
Those students who wish to pursue an optional Global Studies Senior Thesis (9 units) as one of their electives may do so by arrangement with Global Studies faculty; the thesis will often involve work in a language other than English. This option is not to be confused with the two-semester Dietrich College Senior Honors Thesis, for graduating with college-level honors.
Thematic Elective Courses
| Bus. Admin. |
70-342 |
Managing Across Cultures |
Bus. Admin.
|
70-365 |
International Trade and International Law
|
| English |
76-238 |
Media and Film Studies |
| English |
76-239 |
Introduction to Film Studies |
| English |
76-241 |
Introduction to Gender Studies |
| English |
76-378 |
Community Literacy and Intercultural Interpretation |
| English |
76-386 |
Language and Culture |
| English |
76-387 |
Sociolinguistics |
| English |
76-450 |
History of Critical Ideas: Problems of Reading, Interpretation & Spectatorship: Law, Culture and the Humanities |
| History |
79-239 |
Food Fights in American History, 1877-Present |
| History |
79-268 |
History of the Russian Military |
| History |
79-281 |
Introduction to Religion |
| History |
79-296 |
Perspectives on Social Protest |
| History |
79-311 |
Introduction to Anthropology |
| History |
79-319 |
Bohemians and Other Cultural Rebels |
| History |
79-320 |
Women, Politics, and Protest |
| History |
79-325 |
Art and Religion |
| History |
79-329 |
Health and the Environment in US History |
| History |
79-330 |
Medicine and Society |
| History |
79-331 |
Body Politics: Women and Health in America |
| History |
79-332 |
Medical Anthropology |
| History |
79-333 |
Biology and Society: Evolution, Animal Experimentation and Eugenics |
| History |
79-334 |
Law, Ethics, and the Life Sciences |
| History |
79-342 |
Introduction to Science and Technology Studies |
| History |
79-349 |
The Holocaust in Historical Perspective |
| History |
79-368 |
Poverty, Charity and Welfare |
| History |
79-382 |
History of Biomedical Research |
| History |
79-506 |
Global Studies Internship |
| Philosophy |
80-247 |
Ethics and Global Economies |
| Philosophy |
80-335 |
Deliberative Democracy |
| Philosophy |
80-344 |
Management, Environment, and Ethics |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-215 |
Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature and Culture |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-311 |
Arabic Language and Culture I |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-312 |
Arabic Language and Culture II |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-358 |
Literacies Across Language and Culture |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-384 |
Language and Culture: Language in its Social Context |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-506 |
Hispanic Studies Internship |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-541 |
Hispanic Studies: Special Topics |
| SDS |
88-205 |
Comparative Politics |
| SDS |
88-314 |
Politics through Film (summer only) |
| SDS |
88-357 |
Comparative Foreign Policy: China, Russia and the US |
| SDS |
88-362 |
Diplomacy and Statecraft |
| SDS |
88-368 |
Conflict, Human Rights, and Development |
| SDS |
88-378 |
International Economics |
| SDS |
88-384 |
Conflict and Conflict Resolution in International Relations |
| SDS |
88-408 |
Attitudes, the Media, and Conflict in International Relations |
| SDS |
88-410 |
The Global Economy: A User's Guide |
| SDS |
88-412 |
Economics of Global Warming |
Nation-based Elective Courses
History
|
79-231 |
American Foreign Policy - 1945 to the Present |
| History |
79-315 |
Hawaii: America’s Pacific Island State |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-344 |
Language and Culture: U.S. Latinos |
| Univ-Wide |
99-333 |
Brazil Today (mini, 3 units) |
| History |
79-261 |
Chinese Culture and Society |
| History |
79-262 |
Modern China |
| History |
79-263 |
China's Cultural Revolution (mini, 6 units) |
| History |
79-264 |
China in the Age of Reform, 1978-2008 (mini, 6 units) |
| History |
79-309 |
20th Century China Through Film |
| History |
79-310 |
Religions of China |
| History |
79-375 |
China’s Environmental Crisis |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-333 |
Introduction to Chinese Language and Culture |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-433 |
Topics in Contemporary Culture of China |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-434 |
Studies in Chinese Traditions |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-440 |
Studies in Chinese Literature and Culture
|
| Univ-Wide |
99-332 |
China Today (mini, 3 units) |
| History |
79-258 |
French History: From the Revolution to De Gaulle |
| History |
79-259 |
France During World War II |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-303 |
French Culture |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-305 |
French in its Social Contexts |
| History |
79-256 |
20th Century Germany |
| History |
79-257 |
Germany and the Second World War |
| History |
79-326 |
History of German Cinema/History of Modern Germany through its Cinema |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-327 |
The Emergence of the German Speaking World |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-425 |
Studies in German Literature |
| Mod. Lang./History |
82-426/79-260 |
Topics in German Literature and Culture
|
| Mod. Lang. |
82-427 |
Nazi and Resistance Culture |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-428 |
History of German Film |
| Univ-Wide |
99-331 |
India Today: Industry, Innovation, and Education (mini, 3 units) |
| History |
79-255 |
Irish History |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-361 |
Introduction to Italian Culture |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-362 |
Italian Language and Culture: Italy as Seen through Film |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-273 |
Introduction to Japanese Language and Culture |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-278 |
Japanese Literature in Translation |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-473/474 |
Topics in Japanese Studies |
| History |
76-265 |
Russian History from the First to the Last Tsar |
| History |
79-266 |
Russian History from Communism to Capitalism |
| History |
79-267 |
The Soviet Union in World War II: Military, Political, and Social History |
| History/ML |
79-269/82-492 |
Historical Imagination in 19th Century Russian |
| History |
79-389 |
Stalin and Stalinism |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-293 |
Introduction to Russian Culture |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-294 |
Topics in Russian Language and Culture |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-296 |
A Century of Russian Film |
| Univ-Wide |
99-334 |
Russia Today (mini, 3 units) |
| Univ-Wide |
99-335 |
South Africa Today (mini, 3 units) |
| History |
79-272 |
Iberian Encounters: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Spain |
| Mod. Lang. |
82-342 |
Language and Culture: Spain |
