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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Global Studies B.A.
Sub-plan: Global and Cultural Analysis
Sample Plan: Global and Cultural Analysis
Total Credits: 117.0
The sample plan below shows you one of several possible ways to complete this degree. Your academic plan may look different if you have already fulfilled some requirements, if you have multiple course options to choose from in your major, or if courses don't fit your schedule in a given term. Use Graduation Planner to make your customized plan, and work with your academic adviser to ensure that you are on track to graduate on time.
Year 1 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
Language (a language appropriate to their chosen regional concentration ) :5.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
CLA 1001: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
GLOS 1112 - Social Justice and Globalization : 3.0 cr : GP
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
Language (a language appropriate to their chosen regional concentration ) :5.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
POL 1025 - Global Politics : 3.0 cr : SOCS, GP
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
Language (a language appropriate to their chosen regional concentration ) :5.0 cr
GLOS 3144 - Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies : 3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
Language (a language appropriate to their chosen regional concentration ) :5.0 cr
GLOS 3145 - Global Modernity, the Nation-State, and Capitalism : 3.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
ANTH 3003 - Cultural Anthropology : 3.0 cr
GLOS 3602 - Other Worlds: Globalization and Culture : 3.0 cr
Regional Breadth Course 3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
AMST 3114 - America in International Perspective : 3.0 cr : DSJ
COMM 3451W - Intercultural Communication: Theory and Practice : 3.0 cr : WI
Regional Elective Course 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
GWSS 3404 - Transnational Sexualities : 3.0 cr : GP
Regional Elective Course 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
GLOS 3981W - Capstone Seminar : 3.0 cr : WI
Regional Elective Course 3.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr