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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Global Studies B.A.
Sub-plan: Global Political Economy
Sample Plan: Global Political Economy
Total Credits: 117.0
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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
Elective :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 (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
GEOG 3331 - Geography of the World Economy : 3.0 cr : SOCS, GP
Regional Breadth Course 3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Upper Division) :3.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
AMST 4301 - Workers and Consumers in the Global Economy : 3.0 cr : DSJ
ECON 3101 - Intermediate Microeconomics : 4.0 cr
Regional Elective Course 3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
GWSS 3406 - Gender, Labor, and Politics : 3.0 cr : SOCS, GP
SOC 4321 - Globalize This! Understanding Globalization through Sociology : 3.0 cr : GP
Regional Elective Course 3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
GLOS 3981W - Capstone Seminar : 3.0 cr : WI
Regional Elective Course 3.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr