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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Global Studies B.A.
Sub-plan: Human Rights and Justice
Sample Plan: Human Rights and Justice
Total Credits: 120.0
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: 15.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
CLA 1001: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
Language :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 (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
GLOS 3145 - Global Modernity, the Nation-State, and Capitalism : 3.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
GLOS 4315 - Never Again! Memory & Politics after Genocide : 3.0 cr : GP
Regional Breadth Course 3.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
Experiential Learning (study abroad, internship, or service learning)
Many students who study abroad for 1 semester also fulfill Regional and Thematic requirements abroad
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
GWSS 3003 - Gender and Global Politics : 3.0 cr : SOCS, GP
SW 3501 - Theories and Practices of Social Change Organizing : 4.0 cr
Regional Elective Course 3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Upper Division) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
AFRO 3866 - The Civil Rights and Black Power Movement, 1954-1984 : 3.0 cr
GLOS 4104 - Crime and Human Rights : 3.0 cr
Regional Elective Course 3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :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 (Environment) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr