Global Systems and Management (GSM) is one of several majors
and minors at Carnegie Mellon that provide students with an informed
perpective on global issues. 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.
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 requires students to complete one
Information Systems course (67-329 Contemporary Themes in Global
Systems), two courses in Communications, one or two courses in
Humanities, Heritage and Culture and one or two courses in International
Management. 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 any
requirement except for 67-329. The GSM 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.
Students may apply to double count up to one course which also fulfills a requirement in another major or minor program.
Complete courses totaling 9-18 units (generally 2 courses), defined
as History Department courses that are 200-level or above covering
international/regional studies that are outside of U.S. history; or
Modern Languages Department courses that are also 200-level or above,
also covering international/regional studies (and not language study).
International Management 9-18 units
Complete courses totaling 9-18 units (generally 1 or 2 courses).
The courses listed above appear to be offered with at least general regularity. Participating departments may subsequently drop specific courses or develop and offer other courses that, while not listed here, are deemed appropriate for Global Systems and Management Minor. Please see minor advisor for course substitutions.
