Foundation courses (required)
Modern Languages - second year competency, plus either one course at the 300/400 level, or one year of another language.

Study Abroad - one semester required, two semesters recommended (courses taken abroad may satisfy requirements for core courses or electives of the Global Studies major).

OCST 301

Core courses (required):
GLBS 101 Introduction to Global Studies and Intercultural Communication
ANTH 110 Cultural Anthropology
HIST 107 The World in the 20th Century
POLS 271 World Politics
GLBS 495 Global Issues Seminar

General Global Studies Track
Choose 16 elective credits from at least two of the Categories 1 - 6 below, including at least 2 courses at the 300/400 level.

International Relations Track
Choose 16 elective credits from Categories 1, 2, 3, and 4, including at least 2 courses at the 300/400 level.

International Business Track
Choose 15 elective credits from Category 3, including at least 2 courses at the 300/400 level.

Categories of electives

1. History

HIST 111 Europe in Modern Times
HIST 151 The Rise and Fall of Iberia, 1450-1950
HIST 301 America in War during the 20th Century
HIST 302 The Vietnam War
HIST 310/311 Topics in History (upon approval)
HIST 315/316 Modern Europe
HIST 322 Modern Europe II: Nationalism and Imperialism
HIST 330 Modern Germany
HIST 332 The History of Russia
HIST 333 Nazi Holocaust
HIST 343 World War I
HIST 347 World War II
HIST 371 American Diplomacy, 1763-1898
HIST 372 America as a World Power, 1898-Present
HIST 416 Modern France

2. Political Science

POLS 251 European Politics
POLS 253 Dictatorship and Democracy
POLS 261 Political Development in the Third World
POLS 282 Latin American Politics
POLS 342 Globalization
POLS ENVS 345 International Environmental Politics
POLS 200/300/400 Topics (upon approval)

3. Economics and Business

ECON 201 Microeconomics*
ECON 202 Macroeconomics*
ECON/FIN 458 International Financial Management
BUSI 457 International Business
MKTG 489 International Marketing
ECON/BUSI/FIN 495 Topics (upon approval)

*ECON 201 and 202 will be core requirements until ECON 100 receives final approval.

4. Cultural Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Studies

ANTH 300 Africa and Africans
ANTH 303 Health and Culture
ANTH 304 Language and Culture
ANTH 307 Magic and Religion
ANTH 310 Cultural Ecology and Disease
ANTH 312 The Anthropology of Violence
ANTH 320 The Islamic World
ANTH 460/461 Special Topics in Anthropology
ANTH 470 Anthropology Field Work
FREN 242 Paris: History, Art, and Culture
FREN 307 Contemporary French Culture
FREN 402 French-speaking Africa
GRMN 307 German History and Culture
SPAN 210 Global Perspectives: Spain
SPAN 211 Global Perspectives: Costa Rica
WMST 200/300 Global Topics in Womens Studies

5. Art, Literature, and Communications

ARTH 121 Wild Spirits and Divine Kings
ARTH 123 Art of China
ARTH 124 Non-Western Art
ARTH 301-302 African Art
ARTH 363 History of World Ceramics
ARTH 300/400 Topics in Non-Western Art Seminar
COMM 400 Special Topics in Communication [e.g. Global Media]
ENGL 251 World Literature I
ENGL 252 World Literature II
ENGL 322 Irish Literary Traditions: 1690 to the Present
ENGL 381 International Women Writers
FNAR 200/300 Topics in Fine Arts (upon approval)
FREN 301 Reading French Texts
FREN 305 French Literature II
GRMN 302 German Literature II
SPAN 311 Peninsular Culture and Literature
SPAN 313 Latin American Culture and Literature II
SPAN 403 Readings in Modern Peninsular Literature
SPAN 404 Readings in Modern Latin American Literature
SPAN 480 Topics in Hispanic Literature
MUSC 211 World Music
MUSC/THEA 190 The Performing Arts: A Global Perspective
THEA 305/ANTH 205 Cultural Perspectives in Theatre and Performance

6. Philosophy and Religion

RLGS 105 Introduction to World Religions
RLGS 252 Judaism and Islam
RLGS 253 Hebrew Religions Tradition
RLGS 265 Asian Religions
RLGS 305 Comparative Mythology
RLGS 307 Myth, Ritual, and the Creative Process
RLGS 308 Artists, Shamans and Cosmology
RLGS/HIST/PHIL 359 History of Chinese Thought
RLGS 369 Buddhism
RLGS 374 Myth, Yoga, and Philosophy of India

Total Credits: 44 or 45

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Global Studies Careers
Global Studies Major Course Requirements
Modern Languages
Study Abroad
Comparative Cultures