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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Globalization Studies and International Relations, BA
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Institute for Globalization Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Arts in Globalization Studies and International Relations
Institute Director: Sophie Raynard-Leroy
Undergraduate Advisor: Jeremy Marchese
Minors of particular interest to students majoring in Globalization Studies and International Relations: Africana Studies, Asian and Asian American Studies, China Studies, English, Environmental Humanities, French Language and Literature, Hispanic Languages and Literature, History, History of Health, Science, and the Environment, International Studies, Italian Studies, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science, Russian Studies, South Asian Studies, Spanish Language and Literature, Sustainability Studies, Theatre, Women’s and Gender Studies, Writing and Rhetoric.
The Globalization Studies and International Relations Major is an interdisciplinary program that combines academic perspectives from the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering to study, research, and create knowledge on global and trans-regional issues. This program’s central objects of study are the emerging changes wrought to human communities by both historic and on-going processes of globalization. Globalization has brought a new level of complexity to traditional issues emerging from the interaction of human groups, cultural traditions, environmental, legal, economic and technological. This complexity has changed both the character of the challenges and also enabled new potential for solutions to them. The curriculum in this major encourages students to become critical examiners and engaged researches of these interactions by focusing on global flows of commodities, traditions, diseases, knowledge, technologies, and people. They will also focus on how these flows impact existing social, economic, and political inequalities.
As part of the major, students complete a set of core courses each combining theoretical and experiential components. Each student will choose a specific Global Interaction Area of their interest, and a Specialized Global Issues Track. These will become their areas and issues of specialization and expertise as they tackle the complex set of phenomena associated with globalization. Students are required to either participate in a semester abroad study program, or to complete a semester long internship in an institution, business, or government agency that engages directly with the student’s area and issues specializations. The program educates leaders and researchers in global issues, international service, diplomacy, and activism. We also prepare students to pursue graduate study in programs that train professionals in a wide variety of fields, from diplomacy and consultants, to research journalism and social entrepreneurship.
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Requirements for the Major in Globalization Studies and International Relations (GLI)
The major in Globalization Studies and International Relations leads to the Bachelor of Arts degree. Completion of the major requires 45 credits. All courses offered for the major must be passed with a letter grade of C or higher. Foundation Courses (15 credits)
Language Study (9 credits)
- 9 credits above the 100 level, or demonstrated equivalent competency, in one language other than English.
Global Areas and Global Issues (21 credits; 9 from Global Interaction Areas and 12 from Specialized Global Issues Tracks)
Global Interaction Areas (9 credits: 3 at the 100/200 level, 6 credits taken in upper division courses [300-400 level]
Specific choice of courses are made through consultation with the advisor. Choice of specific courses is made through consultation with the program advisor.
Areas to be defined by student in consultation with the program advisor. These areas should be defined according to specific global flows and historic interrelations rather than as traditional geographical areas. Some examples of these Global Interaction Areas (see Global Interaction Areas for courses): - Pacific Rim (East-Asia, South-East Asia, East Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Western Americas)
- Indian Ocean world (South East Asia, South Asia, Australia, East Africa)
- Transatlantic (West Africa, Western Europe, North and South America)
- Mediterranean (Southern Europe, Northern Africa, Middle East)
- Eurasia (Central Asia, Europe)
- Americas (North and South America, Caribbean)
- Global Africa (Africa and African diaspora)
- Larger Middle East (North-Eastern Africa, Middle East, Eastern Mediterranean, Arabian Gulf)
- Specialized Global Issues Tracks (12 credits: 6 at the 100 and 200 levels, 6 at the 300 and 400 levels):
Choice of one of six clusters of coursework organized around a set of interrelated issues (see Global Issues Tracks) - Global Cities: Challenges and Realities of Accelerating Urbanization Processes
- Human, Cultural, and Biological Migration: Global Diasporas and Ethnicities
- Global Development and Sustainability: Environment, Well-Being, Economy, and Policy
- Cultural and Political Representation: Global Narratives, Global Policies and their modes of dissemination.
- Inequalities: Gender, Race, Class and Disability in a Global Context
- Transnational Corporations, Trans-regional Institutions: Markets, Institutions, and Policies
AFRICA AND AFRICAN DIASPORA
MIDDLE EAST: NORTH AFRICA AND SOUTH-WEST ASIA
Global Issues Tracks
These are listed according to existing offerings that the student, in consultation with program advisor, will combine into thematic clusters. HUMAN, CULTURAL, AND BIOLOGICAL MIGRATION: GLOBAL DIASPORAS AND ETHNICITIES
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY: ENVIRONMENT, WELL-BEING, ECONOMY, AND POLICY
CULTURAL AND POLITICAL REPRESENTATION: ART AND MEDIA IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT
INEQUALITIES: GENDER, RACE, AND CLASS IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT
TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND TRANSREGIONAL INSTITUTIONS: MARKETS, INSTITUTIONS, AND POLICIES
SBC Courses
This table illustrates major courses that can also be used to fulfill SBC requirements. (See Note 1 & Note 2) | SBC Category | Required Major Courses | Optional Major Courses (see Note 3) | | ARTS | | ARH 203, HUS 290 | | GLO | | AAS 201, AAS 216, AAS 440, AFH 329, AFH 330, AFS 221, AFS 306, AFS 365, AFS 374, AFS 380, AFS 383, ANT 102, ANT 250, ANT 380, ARH 203, ARH 391, CLT 220, EGL 376, GEO 104, HIS 101, HIS 102, HIS 213, HIS 214, HIS 216, HIS 221, HIS 227, HIS 248, HIS 249, HIS 250, HIS 251, HIS 286, HIS 307, HIS 340, HIS 373, HIS 374, HIS 381, HIS 383, HUF 216, HUF 219, HUF 318, HUG 229, HUI 216, HUS 254, HUS 255, HUS 261, HUS 290, LAC 200, POL 214, POL 216, SOC 248, SOC 344, SOC 348, SOC 365, WST 395 | | HUM | | AFH 206, CLT 266, EGL 274, EGL 276, HUF 216, HUS 254, HUS 255, HUS 261, WST 276 | | LANG (see Note 4) | | | | QPS | | | | SBS | GLI 211 | AAS 250, AFS 221, ANT 102, HIS 101, HIS 102, HIS 221, HIS 227, HIS 250, HIS 286, POL 103, POL 214, POL 216, SOC 105 | | SNW | | ATM 201, BIO 103, BIO 113, ENS 101, EST 102, GEO 105 | | TECH | | | | USA | | AAS 250, AFH 379, EGL 274, EGL 369, MUS 304, PHI 379 | | WRT | | | | STAS | GLI 320 | AAS 330, AAS 352, ANP 360, ATM 237, BIO 385, BIO 386, CSE 301, ENS 301, ENS 311, ENS 312, ENV 304, EST 201, EST 291, EST 330, HIS 281, MAR 315, MAR 340, MAR 394, MEC 280, MUS 300, PHI 364, PHY 237, SUS 343 | | EXP+ | | | | HFA+ | | AAS 300, AAS 305, AAS 440, AFH 249, AFH 329, AFH 330, AFH 339, AFH 368, AFH 379, ARH 317, ARH 329, ARH 391, CCS 301, CLT 221, CLT 335, CLT 361, CLT 362, EGL 249, EGL 368, EGL 369, EGL 376, GEO 311, HIS 286, HUF 318, JPN 332, KOR 332, MUS 304, PHI 366, PHI 367, PHI 377, PHI 379, SPN 415 | | SBS+ | GLI 330 | AAS 330, AAS 379, AFS 306, AFS 319, AFS 337, AFS 340, AFS 345, AFS 346, AFS 350, AFS 365, AFS 368, AFS 374, AFS 380, AFS 383, ANT 230, ANT 350, ANT 380,HIS 213, HIS 214, HIS 216, HIS 300, HIS 307, HIS 332, HIS 334, HIS 340, HIS 348, HIS 350, HIS 360, HIS 368, HIS 369, HIS 374, HIS 380, HIS 381, HIS 383, HIS 391, HIS 392, HIS 393, JPN 331, KOR 331, POL 309, POL 310, POL 313, POL 337, POL 374, SOC 344, SOC 348, SOC 364, SOC 365, SOC 374, WST 301, WST 395 | | STEM+ | | ATM 305, BIO 353 | | CER | GLI 340 | AFH 379, AFS 340, ARH 328, ATM 397, CCS 301, EGL 369, HIS 348, HIS 369, PHI 366, PHI 367, PHI 377, PHI 379 | | DIV (see Note 5) | | AFS 340, AFS 383, CCS 301, EGL 276, EGL 376, HIS 307, HIS 360, HIS 381, HIS 383, HUS 254, HUS 261, HUS 290, POL 310, WST 276, WST 301, WST 395 | | ESI | GLI 450 | AAS 216, HIS 332, MAR 315, MAR 394, SPN 415 | | SPK | GLI 211, GLI 450 | AFS 340, ARH 328 | | WRTD | GLI 450 | | Note 1: Some course information may be subject to change. Please contact your major advisor for additional consultation. Note 2: For majors that require study in a related area or completion of a minor, visit the respective program’s “Major SBC Courses” page to view expanded SBC options. Note 3: Denotes any course in which students can choose from more than one option. These may include, but are not limited to, major electives, concentration/track/specialization courses, or calculus/physics/chemistry sequences. Note 4: CEAS majors, the Athletic Training major, the Respiratory Care major, and the Clinical Laboratory Sciences major are exempt from the LANG learning objective. Students enrolled in the major in Social Work are exempt from the LANG learning objective, but are required to enroll in and pass with a letter grade of C or higher the first semester of an elementary foreign language course numbered 111, or satisfy through alternate methods. Note 5: Students are responsible for completing the general education requirements published in the Bulletin that was current as of the first semester of matriculation (or rematriculation). The following student groups must satisfy the DIV learning objective as part of their degree requirements: - Freshmen who matriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later
- Transfer students who matriculate in the Spring of 2020 or later
- Students who rematriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later
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