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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Global Studies B.A.
Sub-plan: Africa
Sample Plan: Africa
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: 16.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
CLA 1001: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Freshman Composition :3.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
Elective :4.0 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 (Literature) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
GLOS 3145 - Global Modernity, the Nation-State, and Capitalism : 3.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
Elective :1.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 13.0 cr
AFRO 3432 - Modern Africa in a Changing World : 3.0 cr : HIS, GP
Thematic Breadth Course 3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :4.0 cr
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 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
ANTH 3003 - Cultural Anthropology : 3.0 cr
HIST 3431 - Early Africa and Its Global Connections : 3.0 cr : HIS, GP
Thematic Elective Course 3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Upper Division) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
Thematic Elective Course 3.0 cr
Thematic Elective Course 3.0 cr
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
HIST 3456 - Social and Intellectual Movements in the African Diaspora : 3.0 cr : HIS, GP
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
AFRO 3433 - Economic Development in Contemporary Africa : 3.0 cr : SOCS, GP
GLOS 3981W - Capstone Seminar : 3.0 cr : WI
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr