Minor in Global Studies
The mission of the Global Studies program is to help students understand trans-national phenomena and to provide them with a solid background for decision-making in an increasingly interdependent world community. Students are encouraged to connect their knowledge of a particular region of the world to larger transnational processes and to examine their identities in a global frame. The interdisciplinary Minor and Concentration in Global Studies helps students develop skills to function in a global market and the depth of understanding necessary to be responsible citizens of planet Earth.
Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| GL-150 | Introduction to Global Studies | 3 |
| Three 200-level courses or higher | 9 | |
| One 300-level or higher course | 3 | |
| One additional course at any level | 3 | |
| No more than two courses with the same course prefix (e.g., PO, CH, HI) can be counted towards the minor. In line with University policy, no more than one course (3-4 credits) may be reused between a major and a minor. Students are strongly encouraged to elect a world language course other than English and/or a study abroad course that meets the Global Studies criteria. | ||
| Courses that count toward Global Studies including the following. This list is not exhaustive and is subject to change. Students may be able to count courses not listed here with the approval of the IDS Chair and Global Studies Advisory Board. | ||
| Total Credits | 18 | |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AB-102 | Beginning Arabic II | 3 |
| AB-210 | Intermediate Arabic I | 3 |
| AR-118 | Global Art History | 3 |
| AS-101 | Introduction to Asian Studies | 3 |
| BA-430 | Administrative Practices and Management | 3 |
| BA-440 | International Business and Management | 3 |
| BA-494 | International Marketing | 3 |
| BI-112 | Diseases and Mankind | 3 |
| BI-114 | Plants and Human Affairs | 3 |
| BI-117 | Humans and the Environment | 4 |
| BI-130 | Field Biology | 4 |
| BI-202 | Principles of Ecology | 4 |
| BI-380 | Biodiversity and Conservation Biology | 4 |
| BI-430 | Field Biology for Majors | 4 |
| CH-106 | Paper Or Plastics? | 3 |
| CH-320 | Environmental Chemistry | 4 |
| CM-350 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| CM-390 | Independent Media and Society | 3 |
| EC-206 | Urban Economics | 3 |
| EC-210 | Current Economic Issues | 3 |
| EC-301 | Economic Development | 3 |
| EC-307 | International Finance | 3 |
| EC-308 | International Trade | 3 |
| ED-271 | International and Comparative Education | 3 |
| ED-339 | Children's Literature: Multicultural Literature for PK-9 | 3 |
| EN-132 | World Literature | 3 |
| EN-167 | Literature and Human Rights | 3 |
| EN-169 | Ethnic Literature in the U.S. | 3 |
| EN-240 | Survey of Postcolonial and Transcultural Literature | 3 |
| EN-348 | Postcolonial Women's Writing | 3 |
| EV-320 | Environmental Chemistry | 4 |
| FR-210 | Intermediate French I | 3 |
| FR-211 | Intermediate French II | 3 |
| FR-321 | Advanced French Composition I | 3 |
| FR-323 | Advanced French Conversation | 3 |
| FR-331 | General French Civilization | 3 |
| FR-341 | Introduction to French Literature | 3 |
| FR-342 | Survey of French Literature I | 3 |
| FR-344 | Survey of French Literature II | 3 |
| FR-346 | Twentieth Century French Literature | 3 |
| GE-102 | Human Geography | 3 |
| GE-258 | Global Environmental Change | 3 |
| GE-285 | Sustainable Communities | 3 |
| GL-150 | Introduction to Global Studies | 3 |
| HC-202 | Introduction to Global Health | 3 |
| HC-228 | Health Ethics | 3 |
| HC-340 | Global Perspective in Public Health | 3 |
| HE-390 | Environmental Health | 3 |
| HI-103 | Connecting Ancient Worlds: World History to 1500 | 3 |
| HI-104 | Age of Empires: World History 1500 to the Present | 3 |
| HI-105 | Modern World History | 3 |
| HI-208 | American Immigrant History | 3 |
| HI-213 | Colonial Latin America | 3 |
| HI-214 | Modern Latin America | 3 |
| HI-216 | Economic History of the United States | 3 |
| HI-221 | African-American History I | 3 |
| HI-226 | Latin American History Through Film | 3 |
| HI-247 | Central America and the Caribbean | 3 |
| HI-248 | Seminar on Globalization & Human Rights | 3 |
| HI-261 | Middle East History I | 3 |
| HI-262 | Middle East History Ii: the Ottoman Empire, 1289-1920 | 3 |
| HI-263 | The Modern Middle East, 1900-present | 3 |
| HI-267 | US-Latin American Relations | 3 |
| HI-270 | History of Modern Italy | 3 |
| HI-276 | Jewish History I | 3 |
| HI-277 | Jewish History II | 3 |
| HI-278 | African History Before 1800 | 3 |
| HI-279 | African History Since 1800 | 3 |
| HI-280 | Introduction to African Diaspora History | 3 |
| HI-312 | 20th Century Europe I | 3 |
| HI-322 | Nationalism | 3 |
| HI-323 | Empire | 3 |
| HI-333 | Women in Latin America | 3 |
| HI-335 | Imperial Crossroads of Modern East Asia | 3 |
| HI-337 | Travels in Asia | 3 |
| HI-373 | African Immigration in the 20th Century | 3 |
| HI-375 | Popular Music and Performance in Modern Africa | 3 |
| MU-140 | World Music | 3 |
| MU-222 | African Drumming | 0.5-3 |
| NU-357 | Global Perspectives in Health | 3 |
| OT-411 | Occupational Therapy International Service Learning Experience | 2 |
| PH-170 | Introduction to Asian Philosophy | 3 |
| PH-172 | Chinese Philosophy | 3 |
| PH-177 | Introduction to Latin American Philosophy | 3 |
| PH-178 | Africana Philosophy | 3 |
| PH-241 | Genocide and Human Rights | 3 |
| PH-250 | Global Feminisms | 3 |
| PH-251 | Mass Violence Against Women | 3 |
| PO-120 | Global Politics | 3 |
| PO-202 | Globalization | 3 |
| PO-220 | European Politics | 3 |
| PO-221 | Asian Politics | 3 |
| PO-222 | Latin American Politics | 3 |
| PO-322 | Nationalism | 3 |
| PO-323 | Empire | 3 |
| PS-365 | Cultural Psychology | 3 |
| SO-110 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| SO-270 | Social Theory I | 3 |
| SO-425 | Global Capitalism | 3 |
| SP-210 | Intermediate Spanish I | 3 |
| SP-211 | Intermediate Spanish II | 3 |
| SP-321 | Advanced Spanish Composition I | 3 |
| SP-322 | Advanced Spanish Composition II | 3 |
| SP-323 | Advanced Spanish Conversation Through Film | 3 |
| SP-326 | Spanish for the Professions | 3 |
| SP-327 | Introduction to Translation | 3 |
| SP-331 | Spanish Civilization | 3 |
| SP-332 | Cultures of Latin America | 3 |
| SP-333 | Hispanic Presence in US | 3 |
| UR-213 | Human Identity and Urban Environment | 3 |
| UR-290 | Gender and the City | 3 |
| UR-360 | Environmental Systems and Public Policy | 3 |
| WL-210 | Intermediate World Language I | 3 |
| WL-211 | Intermediate World Language II | 3 |
Global Studies is an interdisciplinary program drawing from the faculty of many departments at Worcester State University.
Any students with questions, please contact the Chair of Interdisciplinary Studies, Dr. Aldo Garcia Guevara at aguevara@worcester.edu.