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Twin Cities Campus
Global Studies MinorGlobal Studies Department
College of Liberal Arts
The minor 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 across the globe.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Minor Requirements
After completing GLOS 3144 and GLOS 3145, students declare a thematic and regional concentration and complete an additional 9 credits, including at least one theme breadth requirement, one region breadth requirement, and one elective course in their theme or region. Students may earn a BA or a minor in global studies, but not both.
Minor Courses
Take exactly 2 course(s) totaling exactly 8 credit(s) from the following:
·
GLOS 3144 - Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies
(3.0 cr)
or
GLOS 3144H - Honors: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3145 - Global Modernity, the Nation-State, and Capitalism
(3.0 cr)
or
GLOS 3145H - Honors: Global Modernity, the Nation-State, and Capitalism
(3.0 cr)
Thematic Breadth Courses
Take 1 or more course(s) totaling 3 - 4 credit(s) from the following:
Environment and Sustainable Development
Take 0 or more course(s) from the following:
·
GLOS 3303 {Inactive}
[SOCS, ENV]
(3.0 cr)
or
GEOG 3379 - Environment and Development in the Third World
[SOCS, ENV]
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3305 - Science for Sale: Environment, Capital, and Medicine
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 4311 - Power, Justice & the Environment
[DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
or
SOC 4311 - Power, Justice & the Environment
[DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
Global and Cultural Analysis
Take 0 or more course(s) from the following:
·
AMST 3114 - America in International Perspective
[DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3143 - Place, Community, Culture
[CIV]
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3602 - Other Worlds: Globalization and Culture
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3605 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 3705 - The History of the Premodern Book
(3.0 cr)
·
Global Political Economy
Take 0 or more course(s) from the following:
·
POL 3833 - The United States and the Global Economy
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3231 - Geography of the World Economy
[SOCS, GP]
(3.0 cr)
or
GEOG 3331 - Geography of the World Economy
[SOCS, GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3219 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 3419 - History of Capitalism: Uneven Development Since 1500
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3415W - Global Institutions of Power: World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and World Trade Organization
[GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
SOC 3417W - Global Institutions of Power: World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and World Trade Organization
[GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 4221 - Globalize This! Understanding Globalization Through Sociology
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
or
SOC 4321 - Globalize This! Understanding Globalization through Sociology
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
Human Rights and Justice
Take 0 or more course(s) from the following:
·
GLOS 3401W - International Human Rights Law
[GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
POL 4485 {Inactive}
[CIV]
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 5403 - Human Rights Advocacy
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3412 - What is Equality?
[CIV]
(3.0 cr)
or
GLOS 5412 {Inactive}
[CIV]
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 4104 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
GLOS 4104H {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
SOC 4104 - Crime and Human Rights
(3.0 cr)
or
SOC 4104H - Honors: Crime and Human Rights
(3.0 cr)
·
Population, Migration, Identity
Take 0 or more course(s) from the following:
·
GEOG 3371W - Cities, Citizens, and Communities
[DSJ, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3143 - Place, Community, Culture
[CIV]
(3.0 cr)
·
HIST 3415 - Migrations in Modern Global History
[HIS, GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
HIST 3797 - History of Population
[SOCS, GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3701W {Inactive}
[SOCS, GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
GEOG 3381W - Population in an Interacting World
[SOCS, GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
Regional Breadth Requirement
Take 1 or more course(s) totaling 3 - 4 credit(s) from the following:
Africa
Take 0 or more course(s) from the following:
·
AFRO 3141 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
AFRO 3432 - Modern Africa in a Changing World
[HIS, GP]
(3.0-4.0 cr)
or
HIST 3432 - Modern Africa in a Changing World
[HIS, GP]
(3.0-4.0 cr)
·
East Asia
Take 0 or more course(s) from the following:
·
EAS 3461 - Introduction to East Asia I: The Imperial Age
(3.0-4.0 cr)
or
HIST 3461 - Introduction to East Asia I: The Imperial Age
(3.0-4.0 cr)
·
EAS 3462 - From Subjects to Citizens: The History of East Asia From 1500 to the Present
[HIS, GP]
(3.0-4.0 cr)
or
EAS 3462H - Honors: From Subjects to Citizens: The History of East Asia from 1500 to the Present
[HIS, GP]
(3.0-4.0 cr)
or
HIST 3462 - From Subjects to Citizens: The History of East Asia From 1500 to the Present
[HIS, GP]
(3.0-4.0 cr)
or
HIST 3462H - Honors: From Subjects to Citizens: The History of East Asia from 1500 to the Present
[HIS, GP]
(3.0-4.0 cr)
·
Europe
Take 0 or more course(s) from the following:
·
GLOS 3920 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
HIST 3721 - Studies in 20th-Century Europe From the Turn of the Century to the End of World War II: 1900-45
(3.0 cr)
·
POL 3451W - Politics and Society in the New Europe
[GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
POL 4461W - European Government and Politics
[GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3921 {Inactive}
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
or
GEOG 3161 - Europe: A Geographic Perspective
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3422 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 3722 - Studies in 20th-Century Europe From the End of World War II to the End of the Cold War: 1945-91
[HIS, GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
Islamic World
Take 0 or more course(s) from the following:
·
GLOS 3643 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 3546 - Islam and the West
(3.0 cr)
or
RELS 3714 - Islam and the West
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3681 - Gender and the Family in the Islamic World
(3.0 cr)
or
GWSS 3681 - Gender and the Family in the Islamic World
(3.0 cr)
or
RELS 3716 - Gender and the Family in the Islamic World
(3.0 cr)
or
SOC 3681 - Gender and the Family in the Islamic World
(3.0 cr)
·
Latin America
Take 0 or more course(s) from the following:
·
ECON 4311 - Economy of Latin America
(3.0 cr)
·
HIST 3401W - Early Latin America to 1825
[HIS, GP, WI]
(4.0 cr)
or
LAS 3401W - Early Latin America to 1825
[HIS, GP, WI]
(4.0 cr)
·
HIST 3402W - Modern Latin America 1825 to Present
[HIS, GP, WI]
(4.0 cr)
or
LAS 3402W - Modern Latin America 1825 to Present
[HIS, GP, WI]
(4.0 cr)
·
SPAN 3512 - Modern Latin America
(3.0 cr)
·
Middle East
Take 0 or more course(s) from the following:
·
HIST 3505 - Survey of the Modern Middle East
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
POL 4867W {Inactive}
[GP, WI]
(4.0 cr)
·
Russia
Take 0 or more course(s) from the following:
·
HIST 3637 - Modern Russia: From Peter the Great to the Present
(3.0 cr)
·
RUSS 3512 - Russian Art and Culture
[AH, GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
HIST 3264 - Imperial Russia: Formation and Expansion of the Russian Empire in the 18th and 19th Centuries
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 5264 - Imperial Russia: Formation and Expansion of the Russian Empire in the 18th and 19th Centuries
(3.0 cr)
·
HIST 3265 - 20th-Century Russia: The Collapse of Imperial Russia, the Revolutions, and the Soviet Regime
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 5265 - 20th-Century Russia: The Collapse of Imperial Russia, the Revolutions, and the Soviet Regime
(3.0 cr)
·
South Asia
Take 0 or more course(s) from the following:
·
GLOS 3961 {Inactive}
[GP, SOCS]
(3.0 cr)
or
ANTH 3023 {Inactive}
[GP, SOCS]
(3.0 cr)
or
AMES 3676 {Inactive}
[GP, SOCS]
(3.0 cr)
Elective
Students must take one elective course in either the theme or the region of concentration, chosen in consultation with a global studies adviser.
Take 1 or more course(s) totaling 3 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
Thematic/Regional Elective
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Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3144/GloS 3144H |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3144/GloS 3144H |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3145/GloS 3415H |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3145/GloS 3415H |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Geog 3379/GloS 3303 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 4311/Soc 4311 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 4311/Soc 4311 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Geog 3331/GloS 3231 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Geog 3331/GloS 3231 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3219/Hist 3419 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3415W/ Soc 3417W |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3415W/ Soc 3417W |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 4221/Soc 4321 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 4221/Soc 4321 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 5403/Law 6058 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3412/GloS 5412 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 4104/GloS 4104H/Soc 4104/ |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 4104/GloS 4104H/Soc 4104/ |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Hist 3797/Hist 5797 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Geog 3381W/GLOS 3701W |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Soc 3511/Soc 3511H |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Soc 3511/Soc 3511H |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 -4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Hist 3432/Afro 3432 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 -4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Hist 3432/Afro 3432 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 -4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EAS 3461/Hist 3461 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 -4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EAS 3461/Hist 3461 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 -4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EAS 3462/EAS 3462H/HIST 3462/H |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 -4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EAS 3462/EAS 3462H/HIST 3462/H |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 -4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EAS 3462/EAS 3462H/HIST 3462/H |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 -4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EAS 3462/EAS 3462H/HIST 3462/H |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Hist 3721/5721 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Fall Even, Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Pol 4461W/5461 |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd, Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Geog 3161/GLoS 3921 |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 4344/GloS 4344 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 4344/GloS 4344 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3422/Hist 3722 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3643/Hist 3546/RelS 3714 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3643/Hist 3546/RelS 3714 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3681/GWSS 3681/RelS 3716/ |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3681/GWSS 3681/RelS 3716/ |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3681/GWSS 3681/RelS 3716/ |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3681/GWSS 3681/RelS 3716/ |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Hist 3401W/HIST 3401V/LAS 3401 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Hist 3401W/HIST 3401V/LAS 3401 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Hist 3402W/LAS 3402W |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Hist 3402W/LAS 3402W |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AMES3806/Arab/Hist/MELC3505/55 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Hist 3264/Hist 5264 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Hist 3264/Hist 5264 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Hist 3265/Hist 5265 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Hist 3265/Hist 5265 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Hist 3489/GloS 3969 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Hist 3489/GloS 3969 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |