H&SS Minor in Global Systems and Management
The Global Systems and Management minor is intended for students wishing to develop skills essential for participating in emerging opportunities in global business systems, systems development, product development and global project management.
The minor exposes students to contemporary issues and practices facing organizations, managers and individuals working on a global scale across political, cultural and temporal boundaries. Graduates across all disciplines are increasingly likely to find themselves working as part of a global development team on a wide variety of business, consumer, and intellectual products and services. Students taking this minor will learn about global project management, outsourcing and cross-cultural communications from theoretical and practical viewpoints. An organized elective structure enables students to tailor the minor to reflect their specific interests.
Curriculum for the Minor in Global Systems and Management (54 units)
The Minor in Global Systems and Management is offered jointly across the departments and programs of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences with participation from the Tepper School of Business. The minor is administered by the H&SS Information Systems program. The minor requires that students complete a series of three core courses. The core IS courses do not requires prerequisites, the other core courses have minimal prerequisites, and all are offered at least once per year. In addition, minors are required to take at least one course in Communications, one or two courses in Humanities, Heritage and Culture and one or two courses in International Management.
Students are encouraged to complete a semester of study abroad. A wide variety of courses completed at appropriate foreign institutions as part of semester abroad can be substituted for the third core course requirement (76-442, 76-483 or 85-375). The minor faculty advisor should be consulted before embarking on the semester of study abroad to identify an appropriate course or courses at the foreign institution that can be used to provide an appropriate substitute for the minor requirement.
Courses taken to fulfill requirements in other major or minor programs may not be applied to the Global Systems and Management minor.
NOTE: The courses listed below have been offered with at least general regularity. Participating departments may subsequently develop and offer other courses that, while not listed here, are deemed appropriate for this minor. The minor faculty advisor should be consulted (especially when the schedule of courses to be offered for a given semester becomes available) to identify such additional courses. Additionally, students may develop and submit to the faculty advisor customized plans that substantially meet the requirements of this minor while allowing the student a personally-crafted learning experience. Proposals should generally be developed no later than the sophomore year, and the minor program started no later than junior year. Proposals will be evaluated for clarity of focus, coherence and depth in areas related to global project development and viability within the context of the College and university. Approval must be obtained prior to embarking on a customized course of study.
Required courses: 18 units. Complete three courses.
67-325 Global Systems Delivery Models (6 units)
67-326 Global Project Management (3 units)
One of the following *:
76-386 Language and Culture
76-442 Communication across Cultures
85-375 Cross Cultural Psychology
*Course may be substituted with an approved course(s) completed as part of a semester abroad. The course taken to fulfill this requirement can only be counted once toward completion of the minor.
Communications: 9 units. Complete one course.
76-270 Writing for the Professions
76-318 Communicating in the Global Marketplace
76-386 Language and Culture
76-442 Communication across Cultures
Humanities, Heritage and Culture: 9-18 units. Complete courses totaling 9-18 units (generally 1 or 2 courses).
79-270 Chinese Culture and Society
79-271 Modern China
79-288 Latin America and the United States from Alamo to Drug Wars
79-289 Society and Culture in South Asia
79-290 Between Revolutions: The Emergence of Modern Latin America: 1789-1917
79-350 Theories of International Relations
79-374 Women in Modern India
79-386 The Global Environment: Historical Perspectives and Policy Dilemmas
79-440 The Rise of Industrial Research and Development
82-304 The Francophone World
82-323 Germany, Austria and Switzerland in the 20th Century
82-333 Introduction to Chinese Language and Culture
82-383 Introduction to Second Language Acquisition
82-433 Topics in Contemporary Culture in China
82-480 Social and Cognitive Aspects of Bilingualism
82-487 On Writing in a Second Language
85-375 Cross Cultural Psychology
International Management: 9-18 units. Complete courses totaling 9-18 units (generally 1 or 2 courses).
70-342 Managing Across Cultures
70-365 International Trade and International Law
70-430 International Management
70-480 International Marketing
73-371 International Trade and Economic Development
73-372 International Money and Finance
88-326 International Relations
88-327 Politics of Economic Development
88-352/79-346 International Environmental Law and Policy
88-359 Globalization
88-378 International Economics
Please see Mr. Pajewski for course substitutions and double counting of courses with second majors and minors.
