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2018-2019 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Global Studies, B.A. - 120 units

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Summary of Units:

Lower Division Major Requirements	9
Upper Division Major Requirements	24
Co-requisites	1-19
Additional General Education and other Graduation Requirements	68-86
Total Units	120

Lower Division Requirements - 9 units

GEOG 201 - Cultural and Historical Geography of the World Units: 3
GLST 200 - Introduction to Global Studies Units: 3
POLS 103 - Introduction to International Politics Units: 3
Students may substitute equivalent courses taken at other universities in each area by articulation agreement or by permission of the Global Studies Program Chair/Advisor.

Upper Division Requirements - 24 units

Required course - 3 units

GLST 499 - Capstone Units: 3

Discipline Area Electives - 21 units

Twenty-one units required from a minimum of three (3) discipline areas. The student must choose into which discipline area a cross-listed course would count (e.g., BUS 448 /ECON 448 /SOC 448 Sociology of Globalization and Development as either a Business and Economics discipline area course, or a Social Sciences discipline area course). Students must receive permission from the program advisor to substitute 490 courses (e.g., special topics) and courses taken during Study Abroad for electives listed below. A single UNIV 392 course may substitute for one elective course, provided it is not used to satisfy the Study Abroad corequisite requirement below.

Art, Communication, and Performing Arts

ART 330 - Critical Thinking in a Visual World Units: 3
ART 331 - Art, Society, and Mass Media (Cross-listed as COMM 331) Units: 3
ART 332 - Multicultural Art Movements Units: 3
ART 433 - Women, Art, and Society Units: 3
ART 436 - Modern Art Units: 3
COMM 321 - Intercultural Communication Units: 3
PAMU 332 - World Music Units: 3
PATH 344 - World Drama and Theatre (Cross-listed as ENGL 344) Units: 3

Business and Economics

BUS 448 - Globalization and Development (Cross-listed as ECON 448, SOC 448) Units: 3
ECON 470 - The World Economy Units: 3
ECON 471 - International Trade Units: 3
ECON 472 - International Macroeconomics Units: 3
ECON 473 - Development Economics Units: 3
MGT 410 - Management Of International Business Units: 3
MKT 410 - International Marketing Management Units: 3

Global Studies

GLST 435 - Global Cities Units: 3

Languages and Literature

ENGL 311 - Bilingual Literary Studies/Estudios Literarios Bilingues (Cross-listed as SPAN 311) Units: 3
ENGL 325 - Major Non-Western Authors Units: 3
ENGL 326 - Major British And European Authors Units: 3
ENGL 344 - World Drama and Theatre (Cross-listed as PATH 344) Units: 3
ENGL 355 - Literatures of Africa and the Diaspora (Cross-listed as FJS 355) Units: 3
ENGL 356 - Literatures of Asia and the Diaspora Units: 3
SPAN 301 - Advanced Spanish Grammar and Composition I Units: 3
SPAN 302 - Advanced Spanish Grammar and Composition II Units: 3
SPAN 334 - Spanish Language Drama and Theatre (Cross-listed as PATH 334) Units: 3
SPAN 411 - Civilizations and Cultures of Latin America Units: 3
SPAN 461 - Masterpieces Of Latin American Literature Units: 3

Sciences

BIOL 333 - Emerging Public Health Issues Units: 3
BIOL 335 - The Biosphere Units: 3
BIOL 433 - Ecology and the Environment Units: 4
CHEM 301 - Environmental Chemistry - Atmosphere and Climate Units: 3
ESRM 332 - Human Ecology (Cross-listed as ANTH 332) Units: 3
ESRM 440 - Population Studies (Cross-listed as SOC 440) Units: 3
ESRM 483 - Issues in Global Resource Management Units: 3

Social Sciences

ANTH 332 - Human Ecology (Cross-listed as ESRM 332) Units: 3
ANTH 442 - The African Diaspora (Cross-listed as HIST 442) Units: 3
CHS 401 - Latina/o Workers in a Global Economy Units: 3
HIST 320 - European History, 1945-present Units: 3
HIST 361 - History of Modern Latin America Units: 3
HIST 365 - Themes in World History Units: 3
HIST 366 - Oceans of World History Units: 3
HIST 380 - History of the Pacific Islands Units: 3
HIST 382 - Modern East Asia Units: 3
HIST 385 - The Modern Middle East Units: 3
HIST 396 - East Asia: Then and Now Units: 3
HIST 413 - World Religions and Classical Philosophies Units: 3
HIST 415 - Society and Radicalism Units: 3
HIST 451 - History of Africa Since 1800 Units: 3
HIST 452 - History of Southern Africa Since 1600 Units: 3
POLS 327 - International Relations of Selected Areas Units: 3
POLS 328 - United States Foreign Policy Units: 3
POLS 329 - International Law and Organizations Units: 3
POLS 334 - Peace Studies Units: 3
POLS 351 - International Relations of Africa Units: 3
POLS 352 - International Relations of Europe Units: 3
POLS 353 - International Relations of Latin America Units: 3
POLS 354 - International Relations of the Middle East Units: 3
POLS 355 - International Relations of South Asia Units: 3
POLS 403 - Comparative Foreign Policy Units: 3
POLS 426 - Politics of Developing Countries Units: 3
POLS 427 - Model United Nations Units: 3
POLS 428 - International Political Economy Units: 3
PSY 344 - Psychology and Traditional Asian Thought Units: 3
SOC 440 - Population Studies (Cross-listed as ESRM 440) Units: 3
SOC 448 - Globalization and Development (Cross-listed as ECON 448, BUS 448) Units: 3

Co-requisites - 1-19

1. Language Requirement – Students need to complete through the intermediate level (for example, through SPAN 202 ), a language other than English, or demonstrate equivalent proficiency as approved by the CI languages faculty. ASL courses will not be accepted.

2. Study Abroad Requirement – Students must successfully complete a minimum of one international study abroad experience (e.g., UNIV 392 [1-3 units], a CSU International Program, or a study abroad program approved by a Global Studies faculty advisor).

Additional General Education and other Graduation Requirements

To graduate, students must complete 120 units minimum (40 units must be upper division), including the following General Education (GE) and Graduation Requirements :

Additional lower division GE Area A-E requirements not met within major
American Institutions Requirement
Language Requirement (C- or better grade)
Multicultural Perspectives (MP) Mission Pillar Requirement
Nine units of Upper Division General Education (UDGE) courses, one each in Areas UDGE-B, UDGE-C, and UDGE-D
Free electives as needed to meet minimum units for graduation

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