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The
Global Studies Program aims to encourage and enable students to achieve
global literacy defined as a multidisciplinary approach to contending
perspectives on global problems, their historical origins, and their
possible solutions. To this end, the Global Studies program offers
courses and experiences designed to equip students with the factual
knowledge and analytical skills necessary to comprehend, and engage
with, foundational questions of global analysis (e.g., the
commonalities and variations between human cultures), identifiable
global themes (e.g., war and peace, economic development, globalization
and trade, environmental sustainability), and the specifics of
particular contemporary global problems (e.g., regional conflicts,
weapons proliferation, environmental degradation, movement for
political integration and autonomy, the AIDS crisis).
Students electing the Global Studies major are required to declare a
primary major before they declare a Global Studies major. No more than
two courses (eight semester hours) can be taken in any one discipline
to fulfill the requirements for the issue concentration for the Global
Studies major. In addition, students may not apply more than two
courses (eight semester hours) from each other major or minor.
Faculty: The Global Studies Committee administers this program: St. Clair, Chair, Cotten, Crawford, Hames, Klein, Manfredi, Martinez-Carbajo.
A. Global Studies Core - 16 semester hours
1. ANTH/HIST/POLS 210: Global Perspectives - The World in Change (4)
2. Select two courses from the following three:
ANTH/HIST/POLS 210: Global Perspectives - The World in Change (4)3. GLST 499: Research Seminar (four semester hours)
ECON 111: Principles of Microeconomics: Global and Environmental (4)
HIST 215: Modern World History (4)
B. Issue Area Concentrations - 16 semester hours
Four courses must be taken from one of the five concentrations outlined below.
At least three of the four courses counted toward a concentration must be at the 300 level or higher.
C. Language
Students must demonstrate proficiency in a language relevant to their coursework and at a level consistent with Option 1 of the College of Arts and Sciences foreign language requirement. This may be accomplished through a proficiency examination or through the equivalent of 16 semester hours of coursework.
D. Off-Campus Study Component
Majors are required to participate in an off-campus study program overseas. While abroad students must earn eight semester hours of credit related to the global studies core or the student's global studies concentration. At least four credits must be related directly to the student's global studies concentration. For example, this study abroad requirement could be met by taking two appropriate J-term courses, or by eight semester hours of appropriate coursework taken during a semester abroad. Language study coursework does not necessarily count for this requirement; coursework must deal with the contemporary world and its issues. Obtaining pre-approval for credit is encouraged. Local internships related to an area concentration and involving a cross-cultural setting may be allowed in exceptional circumstances. The Global Studies chair must approve exceptions.
E. Senior Research Project
The senior project is a general university requirement in all programs and majors. Students will normally satisfy this requirement by completing a research project or paper in GLST 499.
1. ANTH/HIST/POLS 210: Global Perspectives - The World in Change (four semester hours)
2. Select Two courses from the following three:
ANTH/HIST/POLS 210: Global Perspectives - The World in Change (4)
ECON 111: Principles of Microeconomics: Global and Environmental (4)
HIST 215: Modern World History (4)
3. Three courses in one concentration, at least two must be at the 300 level or higher
Students must take one semester of 200-level college coursework in a foreign language or demonstrate equivalent proficiency.
Students must take at least four credit hours of study abroad coursework related to the contemporary world and its issues. For example, one appropriate January Term (J-Term) course that would apply toward the student's concentration.
A. Development and Social Justice
Courses:
ECON 333: Economic Development: Comparative Third World Strategies (4)
ENGL 233: Post-Colonial Literature (4)
HIST 335: Central America and the Caribbean: History and Development (4)
HIST 340: Modern Japan (4)
INTC 244: Post-Colonial Issues (4)
INTC 245: History and Perspectives on Development (4)
POLS 380: Politics of Global Development (4)
SOCI 362: Families in the Americas (4)
SPAN 301: Advanced Grammar and Composition (when crosslisted with International Core)(4)
SPAN 322: Latin American Culture and Civilization (4)
B. Responses to International Violence and Conflict
Courses:
ANTH 375: Law, Politics, and Revolution (4)
COMA 304: Intercultural Communication (4)
COMA 340: Conflict and Communication (4)
INTC 326: Quest for Global Justice (4)
POLS 331: International Relations (4)
POLS 332: International Conflict Resolution (4)
POLS 431: Advanced International Relations (4)
RELI 230: Religion and Culture (When the topic is: Religion, Violence and Colonialism) (4)
C. World Health
Courses:
ANTH 380: Sickness, Madness, Health (4)
ECON 323: Health Economics (4)
INTC 242: Population, Hunter, and Poverty (4)
PHED 362: Healing Arts(4)
RELI 230: Religion and Culture (When the topic is: Religion, Healing, and the Body)(4)
D. Globalization and Trade
Courses:
ANTH 377: Money, Power and Exchange (4)
BUSA 201: Value Creation in the Global Environment (4)
COMA 393: Communication Abroad: Studies in Culture (4)
ECON 331: International Economics (4)
POLS 347: Political Economy (4)
POLS 381: Comparative Legal Systems (4)
POLS 383: Modern European Politics (4)
E. Transnational Movements and Cultural Diversity
Courses:
ANTH 330: Native North Americans (4)
ANTH 360: Ethnic Groups (4)
ANTH 387: Special Topics in Anthropology (When the topic is: First Nations) (4)
ENGL 232: Women Writers of the Americas (4)
ENGL 343: Voices of Diversity: Post-Colonial Literature and Theory (4)
FREN 221: French Literature and Films of the Americas (4)
FREN 301: Advanced Grammar and Composition (When crosslisted with the International Core)(4)
GERM 301: Advanced Grammar and Composition (When crosslisted with the International Core) (4)
HIST 344: Andean History (4)
PSYC 335: Cultural Psychology (4)
SPAN 341: Latino Experience in the US (4)
RELI 227: Christian Theology (When the topic is: Theologies of Liberation and Democracy) (4)
RELI 230: Religion and Culture (When the topic is: Religion and Culture in Indian Country) (4)
Students may petition the Chair of Global
Studies for the inclusion of courses that meet issue concentration
requirements but that are not taught regularly enough to be listed here.
Course Offerings -- GLST
GLST 495: Internship
A project, usually undertaken during a study-abroad experience and
supervised by a PLU faculty member, that combines field experience,
research, and writing on issues related to the student's issue
concentration in Global Studies. Local internships that involve
transnational issues and constituencies will also be considered.
Prerequisite: prior consent of the chair of the Global Studies
Committee and of the supervising PLU faculty member. (4)
GLST 499: Capstone: Research Seminar – SR
Required of all students majoring and minoring in Global Studies,
this is a capstone seminar that culminates in the writing of an
extensive research paper. Prerequisite: ANTH/HIST/POLS 210. (4)