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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 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.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Minor Requirements
Students declare a thematic and regional concentration with the Global Studies advisor.
Students may earn a BA or a minor in global studies, but not both.
Core Courses
Take exactly 2 course(s) totaling exactly 6 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 Anchor Courses
Take exactly 1 course(s) totaling 3 - 4 credit(s) from the following:
Cultural Production and Everyday Practice
Take 0 - 1 course(s) from the following:
·
GLOS 3143 - Place, Community, Culture
[CIV]
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3602 - Other Worlds: Globalization and Culture
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3609 - Novels and Nations
[LITR, GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
Political Economy and Environmental Change
Take 0 - 1 course(s) from the following:
·
GLOS 3707 - Disposable People?: Surplus Value, Surplus Humanity
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3215 - Supercapitalism: Labor, Consumption & the Environment in the New Global Economy
(3.0 cr)
or
SOC 3215 - Supercapitalism: Labor, Consumption & the Environment in the New Global Economy
(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 3613W - Stuffed and Starved: The Politics of Eating
[SOCS, GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
GLOS 3613V {Inactive}
[SOCS, GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
SOC 3613W - Stuffed and Starved: The Politics of Eating
[SOCS, GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
SOC 3613V {Inactive}
[SOCS, GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3225 - The Power of the 1%: Global Philanthropy and the Making of a New World
(3.0 cr)
or
SOC 3225 - The Power of the 1%: Global Philanthropy and the Making of a New World
(3.0 cr)
·
Human Rights and Justice
Take 0 - 1 course(s) from the following:
·
GLOS 3401W - International Human Rights Law
[GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3412 - What is Equality?
[CIV]
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 4315 - Never Again! Memory & Politics after Genocide
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
or
GLOS 5315 - Never Again! Memory & Politics after Genocide
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
or
JWST 4315 - Never Again! Memory & Politics after Genocide
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
or
SOC 4315 - Never Again! Memory & Politics after Genocide
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
or
SOC 5315 - Never Again! Memory & Politics after Genocide
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
Global Health and Mobile Populations
Take 0 - 1 course(s) from the following:
·
GLOS 3305 - Science for Sale: Environment, Capital, and Medicine
(3.0 cr)
Regional Breadth Requirement
Take 1 or more course(s) totaling 3 - 4 credit(s) from the following:
Africa
Take 0 - 1 course(s) from the following:
·
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)
·
AFRO 3433 - Economic Development in Contemporary Africa
[SOCS, GP]
(3.0 cr)
or
APEC 3061 - Economic Development in Contemporary Africa
[GP, SOCS]
(3.0 cr)
·
AFRO 3478W - Contemporary Politics in Africa and the Colonial Legacy
[GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
POL 3478W - Contemporary Politics in Africa and the Colonial Legacy
[GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
East Asia
Take 0 - 1 course(s) from the following:
·
GEOG 3211 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
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)
·
HIST 3478 - Tigers and Dragons: The Rise of the East Asian Economies, 1930-Present
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 5478 - Tigers and Dragons: The Rise of the East Asian Economies, 1930-Present
(3.0 cr)
·
Europe
Take 0 - 1 course(s) from the following:
·
GEOG 3161 - Europe: A Geographic Perspective
[GP]
(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)
·
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)
·
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)
·
Islamic World
Take 0 - 1 course(s) from the following:
·
AMES 3871 - Islam: Religion and Culture
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 3493 - Islam: Religion and Culture
(3.0 cr)
or
RELS 3712 - Islam: Religion and Culture
(3.0 cr)
·
GEOG 3145 - The Islamic World
[SOCS, GP]
(3.0 cr)
or
RELS 3711 - The Islamic World
[SOCS, GP]
(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 - 1 course(s) from the following:
·
ECON 4311 - Economy of Latin America
(3.0 cr)
·
POL 3479 - Latin American Politics
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
SPAN 3221 - Interpreting Colonial Latin America: Empire and Early Modernity
(3.0 cr)
·
SPAN 3222 - Interpreting Modern and Contemporary Latin America
(3.0 cr)
·
SPAN 3512 - Modern Latin America
(3.0 cr)
·
HIST 3401W - Early Latin America to 1825
[HIS, GP, WI]
(4.0 cr)
or
HIST 3401V {Inactive}
[HIS, GP, WI]
(4.0 cr)
or
LAS 3401W - Early Latin America to 1825
[HIS, GP, WI]
(4.0 cr)
or
LAS 3401V {Inactive}
[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)
·
POL 4492 - Law and (In)Justice in Latin America
(3.0 cr)
or
POL 5492 - Law and (In)Justice in Latin America
(3.0 cr)
·
Middle East
Take 0 - 1 course(s) from the following:
·
HIST 3505 - Survey of the Modern Middle East
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
HIST 3509 - Approaches to the Study of the Middle East
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3021W - Anthropology of the Middle East
[SOCS, GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
ANTH 5021W - Anthropology of the Middle East
[SOCS, GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
RELS 3707W {Inactive}
[SOCS, GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
RELS 5707W {Inactive}
[SOCS, GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
Russia
Take 0 - 1 course(s) from the following:
·
HIST 3637 - Modern Russia: From Peter the Great to the Present
(3.0 cr)
·
POL 4474W - Russian Politics: From Soviet Empire to Post-Soviet State
[WI]
(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 advisor.
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] |
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] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3609/GWSS 3304 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3215/Soc 3215 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3215/Soc 3215 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every 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 3415W/ Soc 3417W |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3613W/GloS 3613V/Soc 3613 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3613W/GloS 3613V/Soc 3613 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3225/ Soc 3225 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3225/ Soc 3225 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
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 3412/GloS 5412 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 4315/Soc 5315/JwSt 4315/ |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 4315/Soc 5315/JwSt 4315/ |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 4315/Soc 5315/JwSt 4315/ |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 4315/Soc 5315/JwSt 4315/ |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 4315/Soc 5315/JwSt 4315/ |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3705/Soc 3505 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3705/Soc 3505 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
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 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Afro 3433/ApEc 3061 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Afro 3433/ApEc 3061 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Afro 3478W/Afro 5478/Pol 3478W |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Afro 3478W/Afro 5478/Pol 3478W |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
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: | GloS 3278/Hist 3478/Hist 5478 |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3278/Hist 3478/Hist 5478 |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd 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: | Hist 3721/5721 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3422/Hist 3722 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & 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: | ALL 3871/Arab 3036/RelS 3715/H |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ALL 3871/Arab 3036/RelS 3715/H |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ALL 3871/Arab 3036/RelS 3715/H |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Geog 3145/GloS 3645/RelS 3711 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Geog 3145/GloS 3645/RelS 3711 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
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] |
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] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | LAS 4479/Pol 3479/Pol 5479 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Span 3221/Tldo 3002 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Span 3222/Tldo 3222 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic 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] |
Course Equivalencies: | Pol 4492/Pol 5492 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Pol 4492/Pol 5492 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AMES3806/Arab/Hist/MELC3505/55 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3021W/Anth 5021W/RelS 370 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3021W/Anth 5021W/RelS 370 |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
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 |