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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Globalization Studies and International Relations
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Institute for Globalization Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Institute Director: Sophie Raynard-Leroy
Undergraduate Advisor: Jeremy Marchese
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Minor Requirements
The minor provides a focused view of global processes through the critical examination from a variety of disciplinary perspectives of the world’s institutions, ideas, cultures, and historical traditions. Students develop the ability to examine the global and local repercussions of current social, cultural, political, and economic developments in the world by applying a variety of methods from the sciences, humanities, and social sciences. The curriculum encourages students to become engaged researches in the global flows of commodities, knowledge, and people, and their impact over existing social, economic, and political inequalities. The minor is open to all undergraduates regardless of academic major or place of residence. As part of the minor students should choose a Global Interaction Area and a Specialized Global Issue Track. Students are strongly encouraged to participate in study abroad programs. With the approval of the program advisor, credits earned for courses taken abroad may count toward fulfillment of the minor. In addition, the minor is part of the Undergraduate Academy for Globalization Studies and International Relations. Students are encouraged to actively participate in enrichment opportunities offered by the Academy. Declaration of the Minor The Globalization Studies and International Relations minor takes approximately 4 semesters (fall/spring) to complete. Students are encouraged to declare the minor before the start of their sophomore year but no later than the first semester of their junior year depending on the target date of graduation. Students should consult with the program advisor as soon as possible and plan their course of study for fulfillment of the requirements. General GLI Minor Requirements - Completion of the Minor requires 24 credits.
- All core courses must be taken at Stony Brook University.
- All courses required for the Minor must be passed with a letter grade of C or better.
Course Requirements for the Minor
Two courses chosen from the following:
Two courses in a Global Interaction Area
6 credits: 3 credits at the 100/200 level, 3 credits taken at the 300 level) Areas must be defined in consultation with the Program Advisor and 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 ): - Pacific Rim (East-Asia, East Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Western Americas)
- Indian Ocean world (South East Asia, Australia,
- 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)
Two courses in a Specialized Global Issue Track
See Global Issue Tracks ; 6 credits 3 credits at the 100/200 level, 3 credits taken at the 300 level - 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
- Colonial and Post-Colonial Globalizations: Gender, Race, and Class in a Global Context.
- Transnational Corporations, Trans-regional Institutions: Markets, Institutions, and Policies
Language Study (3 credits)
- 3 credits above the 100 level (or demonstrated equivalent competency) in one language other than English.
Notes:
Only with prior approval of the program advisor will study abroad be considered as a substitute for Requirement 3. |
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