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Twin Cities Campus
Global Studies B.A.
Institute for Global Studies
College of Liberal Arts
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Requirements for this program are current for Fall 2005.
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Required credits to graduate with this degree: 120.
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Required credits within the major: 35.
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Degree: Bachelor of Arts.
This program offers students the opportunity to study the interrelated processes shaping today's increasingly interdependent world. Students examine political, economic, cultural, and social processes of local communities, nation states, transnational businesses, and social movements around the globe. The program requires students to integrate theoretical knowledge about broad global processes with regionally focused detailed knowledge of social and cultural systems and language. Students complete a common set of core courses providing a broad overview of issues and approaches to global studies. Each student then chooses a thematic and regional concentration. Coursework is completed by selecting from relevant courses offered by a broad range of departments.
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Admission Requirements
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As preparation for the major, students are encouraged to take 6 credits of related coursework as shown in "Preparatory Courses" listed in the program requirements and take at least one year of foreign language at the college level. Students must formally enroll in the major at the advising office, 232A Social Sciences Tower. Students must meet with an adviser to develop a program that meets major guidelines.
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions Web site.
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General Requirements
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All students are required to complete general University and college
requirements including writing and liberal education courses.
For more information about University-wide requirements, see the
liberal education requirements.
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Program Requirements
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Students are required to take 4 semester(s) of Appropriate to regional concentration..
Detailed information about concentrations is available in the Global Studies Handbook. Preparatory Courses
Take 6 or more credit(s) from the following:
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CSCL 1001 - Introduction to Cultural Studies: Rhetoric, Power, Desire, CD, OH (4.0 cr)
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CSCL 1301W - Reading Culture: Theory and Practice, OH, WI (4.0 cr)
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GEOG 1301W - Our Globalizing World, IP, SSCI, WI (4.0 cr)
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GLOS 1015W - Globalization: Issues and Challenges , HP, IP, WI (4.0 cr)
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HIST 1012W - The Age of Global Contact, HP, IP, WI (4.0 cr)
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HIST 1018 - The Age of Global Contact, HP, IP (3.0 cr)
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POL 1025 - Global Politics, IP, SSCI (4.0 cr)
Major Courses
GLOS 3145 - Theoretical Approaches to Global Studies (4.0 cr)
GLOS 3144 - Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies, IP, SSCI (4.0 cr)
Thematic Concentration
Choose a thematic concentration from the following options: Culture, Power, Place; Environment and Sustainable Development; Governance, Peace and Justice in a Global Context; International Political Economy; Population, Migration, and Identity. Courses must be chosen in consultation with a global studies adviser.
One to two breadth courses, depending on the theme (3 to 6 credits).
Ways of knowing course (at least 3 credits) appropriate for theme.
Two to three elective courses (6 to 9 credits), depending on theme.
Regional Concentration
Choose a regional concentration from: Africa, East Asia, Europe, Latin America, Russia, or South Asia. Courses must be chosen in consultation with a global studies adviser.
At least one regional breadth course.
At least three additional regional elective courses.
Experiential Learning and Senior Project
Students must participate in a relevant experiential learning opportunity through study abroad, the foreign language immersion program, an internship, or a service learning experience. Work completed in meeting these requirements may count towards the thematic or regional concentrations when approved by an adviser. Students must also complete a major project integrating their regional and thematic concentrations.
GLOS 3981W - Major Project Seminar, WI (3.0 cr)
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Program Sub-plans
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A sub-plan is not required for this program.
Honors
This is an honors sub-plan.
Eligibility is based on the GPA in the student's final 60 graded credits (the full semester in which the 60th credit is received will be included) at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus (transfer credits are not included). Satisfactory completion of at least four upper division honors opportunities after completion of the 60th semester credit is required. One of the four honors opportunities must be outside the major field, a second is achieved through the honors thesis or project, and at least two of the four must be honors classroom experiences. Students must complete the honors requirements for their degree within two years of the term in which they apply for graduation. All honors courses must be graded A-F. CLA Honors
Honors Opportunity 1
Honors Opportunity 2
A senior project that is acceptable for an honors project for cum laude and magna cum laude. For summa cum laude, students must complete a thesis which must be approved unanimously by a committee of three faculty members, two from the major department and one from outside the major.
HSEM 3xxx
or HSEM 4xxx
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