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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Global Studies B.A.
Sub-plan: Islamic World
Sample Plan: Islamic World
Total Credits: 119.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
CLA 1001: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :2.0 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
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
GLOS 3145 - Global Modernity, the Nation-State, and Capitalism : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
GLOS 3643 - Islam and the West : 3.0 cr
Thematic Breadth Course 3.0 cr
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :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: 15.0 cr
GLOS 3681 - Gender and the Family in the Islamic World : 3.0 cr
POL 4887 - Thinking Strategically in International Politics : 3.0 cr : MATH
Thematic Elective Course 3.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
ARTH 3015W - Art of Islam : 3.0 cr : AH, GP, WI
Thematic Elective Course 3.0 cr
Thematic Elective Course 3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
GLOS 3981W - Capstone Seminar : 3.0 cr : WI
HIST 3507 - History of Modern Egypt : 3.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr