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About the Program
As interactions between states, societies, and cultures increase, so do the responses to these interactions multiply. The Global Studies major allows students to explore such interactions and their outcomes. By bringing in both historical and contemporary material, the major provides students with the tools that they need in order to make sense of the world in which they live—as well as understanding how it got to be that way. Students pursuing an undergraduate degree in global studies will engage in thinking critically about how global change has (and can) come about during their lifetimes. The major aims to have students focus on relevant issues to them in a way that provides intellectual flexibility. The major will offer solid training in how to use acquired knowledge to become agents of positive change on the global issues that matter most to people here, and elsewhere around the world.
Global Studies Major
The Global Studies major requires students to choose a concentration and a geographic region in which to become an expert. It connects this regional specialization to language training. Global Studies majors will choose one of three concentrations: (1) Global Development, (2) Global Peace and Conflict, or (3) Global Societies and Cultures. This will allow students to focus their studies on a specific aspect of the “global.” At the same time, those pursuing this major will choose one of five regions (Asia, Africa, Europe/Russia, The Americas or the Middle East) in which to specialize, both in terms of content and language. In doing so, students have an opportunity to become an expert in a specific region, especially as it relates to larger questions that arise from global interaction. In addition, the major requires training in critical thinking—that is how to study a particular problem in a consistent and rigorous way. Students will work with faculty and the Global Studies advisors to devise a program that best captures their interests and allows them to reach their intellectual and professional potentials.
Global Studies Minor
The minor in Global Studies provides an opportunity to study one of five regions of the world within the context of Globalization: (1) Europe and Russia; (2) Africa, North and Sub-Saharan; (3) The Americas; (4) The Middle East and North Africa; (5) Asia.
Students who earn a grade of F, D-, D, D+ or NP may repeat the course only once. Regardless of the grade, the student receives for their second attempt (including F, D-, D or D+), the student may not repeat the course a third time.
Lower Division Requirements
The five required lower division courses must all be taken for a letter grade.
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This must be completed with a grade of C or better prior to declaring the major. A grade of C- does not satisfy this requirement. Note: this requirement may be repeated only once to achieve a grade of C or better.
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This class must be completed with a grade of B- or higher on the first attempt. Students who do not earn this grade are ineligible for the Global Studies major.
Foreign Language Requirement
Global Studies majors must demonstrate proficiency in a modern language other than English by the last semester of their senior year. This language must be connected, in either the past or the present, to the student’s geographic region of specialization. Proficiency is equivalent to the ability achieved in four college-level semesters (or two years). Language courses taken in high school do not satisfy this requirement. See below for details on how to fulfill the foreign language requirement.
Note: languages accepted by the College of Letters & Science are not automatically accepted by the Global Studies major. Please check with an adviser for eligible languages.
How to fulfill the foreign language requirement
There are a variety of ways to fulfill the four-semester language requirement for Global Studies, depending on the individual and his or her background and ability.
Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) test: An AP score of 5 or an International Baccalaureate (IB) score of 7 will complete this requirement. An AP score of 4 should generally place a student into the fourth-semester college-level course. A score of 3 will place a student into the third-semester college-level course. Documentation of AP scores must be provided.
Coursework: Any combination of college courses, summer programs, or college-level study abroad programs can satisfy the language requirement. At a minimum, students must complete the fourth semester (i.e., the second semester of intermediate level) of a language with a grade of C- or better in order to fulfill the requirement. The first, second, and third-semester courses may be taken on a Pass/No Pass basis.
Language courses need not be taken at UCB. Courses taken at a community college or any accredited school or university may be acceptable. Transcripts must be submitted and evaluated by an adviser. A one-semester upper division course taken abroad in the target language may satisfy the foreign language requirement, depending on the school and program followed. For more information, see an adviser concerning language study abroad.
High school completion in a non-English language and Proficiency Tests: Students with native, advanced background or those who were educated in a non-English language through the completion of high school or the equivalent may wish to satisfy this requirement with that experience. This requires a language proficiency exam. Moreover, it limits the geographic focus within global studies, because it must be connected to language. This is not especially recommended, as it limits what students within the major can study.
Chinese, Japanese, and Korean proficiency exams are administered by East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALC) in the week before instruction starts every semester. Check the EALC website at http://ealc.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate/proficiency-exams. Results of the exam will indicate the level of the foreign language that students are eligible to register for. In order to waive the language requirement, test results must show that the student has completed the equivalent of four semesters of language studies (end of intermediate level) or higher.
Note: EALC waitlists all students that register for language courses regardless of when registration takes place, and the department scheduler adjusts student enrollment based on the results of the placement exam during the first week of instruction.
Students planning to take a proficiency exam in a non-Asian language in order to waive the language requirement should consult with a Global Studies adviser. Proficiency tests may be taken once per semester.
Upper Division Requirements
Eight courses divided into two categories: All courses must be taken for a letter grade. It is worth noting here, as elsewhere, that the student’s language training should match up with the particular world region on which the student has decided to focus.
Course List
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Core Courses (4)
Select one concentration course: GLOBAL 100D for Global Development, GLOBAL 100P for Global Peace & Conflict and GLOBAL 100S for Global Societies and Cultures. This course provides an introduction to the concentration field and exposes students to the relevant theoretical, historical, and contemporary literature for that concentration.
Disciplinary Courses: Choose two courses from the same disciplinary area for your concentration. These should be selected from the Disciplinary Course List (Appendices A1-A3 in the Global Studies handbook). The courses wherever possible should speak to each other about a particular problem or approach in which you are interested.
Critical Thinking Class/Methodology. We strongly suggest that you take GLOBAL/IAS 102 in your sophomore or very early in your junior year. This class provides a foundation for how to engage and understand a variety of sources and issues within the field of global studies. Students and faculty alike report improved student learning as a result of taking this class early in one’s college career. Other approved courses can be found in Appendix C.
Geographic Focus (4)
Students must enroll in one of these classes, which provide a broad overview of a particular region in its modern global context. It must match the rest of the student’s geographic focus.
Three courses that focus on the same region, which can be selected from Appendices B1-B3 of the Global Studies Handbook. These courses should also be able to converse with one another about a specific area of interest.
1. No more than 3 upper-division courses taken off of the UC Berkeley campus, including courses taken at other universities, EAP, and Study Abroad, may count towards major requirements. (Courses taken at UCDC are the one exception to this rule.)
2. No more than 3 upper division courses may be taken from the same department.
3. A cross-listed course will not always count in the department through which a student is enrolled. It will count in what is known to be the originating department of the course. Students who intend to enroll in a cross-listed course and to apply the course toward an upper division major requirement should see an advisor prior to enrolling.
4. Courses cannot be double-counted within the major (for example, students may not use the same course to fulfill both a Critical Thinking course and a Geographic Focus course requirement).
5. All courses in the major must be taken for a letter grade. The one exception is foreign language: only the fourth-semester level class must be taken for a letter grade. The first, second, and third-semester language classes may be taken Pass/Not Pass.
6. Online courses are not accepted in the major (STAT W21 is the one exception to this rule).
Minor Requirements
The minor in Global Studies provides an opportunity to study one of five regions of the world within the context of Globalization:
Europe and Russia
Africa, North and Sub-Saharan
The Americas
The Middle East and North Africa
Asia
Completing the Minor
To apply for the minor, students must have completed at least one course for the minor at UCB with a grade of B or better, or have completed at least two courses for the minor (not necessarily at UCB) with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and not be in the final semester of undergraduate work. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year during the spring, summer and fall semesters.
Minor Rules:
No more than two courses may be taken from the same department
All courses counting for the minor must be taken for a letter grade
A minimum of three courses must be taken at UC Berkeley. All transfer courses must be approved by an advisor
GLOBAL 197, 198 and 199 cannot be used to fulfill minor requirements
A minimum GPA of 2.0 must be achieved in all course work used to satisfy the minor requirements
Only one course can count for both a major and a minor
A complete Global Studies minor application consists of:
Choose any three courses that align with your chosen region from either Appendix B1, B2 or B3 in the Global Studies handbook. The three courses you choose must be from the same region, but may from any of the B appendices. (For example, one course from appendix B1 and two courses from appendix B2.)
Student Learning Goals
Learning Goals for the Major
1) Acquire historical and geographical knowledge, and develop language skills;
2) Develop strong interdisciplinary training, gaining control over key concepts in the social sciences and/or the humanities (see below);
3) Apply an interdisciplinary approach to the study of contemporary global issues;
4) Demonstrate analytical skills, as well as those in critical reading and writing, through research; and
5) Synthesize the ways in which local circumstances influence global events, and vice-versa.
Major Map
Major Maps help undergraduate students discover academic, co-curricular, and discovery opportunities at UC Berkeley based on intended major or field of interest. Developed by the Division of Undergraduate Education in collaboration with academic departments, these experience maps will help you:
Explore your major and gain a better understanding of your field of study
Connect with people and programs that inspire and sustain your creativity, drive, curiosity and success
Discover opportunities for independent inquiry, enterprise, and creative expression
Engage locally and globally to broaden your perspectives and change the world
Reflect on your academic career and prepare for life after Berkeley
Use the major map below as a guide to planning your undergraduate journey and designing your own unique Berkeley experience.
Global Studies
101 Stephens Hall
Phone: 510-642-1738
Fax: 510-642-9850
globalstudies.berkeley.edu
Please make an appointment through CalCentral to see a Global Studies advisor.
Academic Opportunities
Study Abroad
Students may fulfill up to 3 upper division requirements with courses taken abroad. Any courses taken to fulfill the language requirement may also be counted toward the major and are not included in the 3-course limit. Students considering study abroad should carefully read the “Study Abroad Information and Course Approval Form,” which is available at the Global Studies Office and on the Student Resources page at the website globalstudies.berkeley.edu. Students must also meet with a Global Studies adviser prior to their departure to review prospective courses of study and again upon their return to have their coursework reviewed and approved. Information about overseas study is available at the Berkeley Programs for Study Abroad office in 160 Stephens Hall, 510-642-1356, eapucb@berkeley.edu.
Please note: Study abroad courses will not be pre-approved by Global Studies to count toward the major requirements.
Related Courses
Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018
This course is designed as an introduction to Global Studies. Using a social science approach, the course prepares students to think critically about issues of international development, conflict, and peace in a variety of societies around the world. As such it provides students with a basic theoretical introduction to the impact of global interaction as well as an opportunity to explore such interaction in a variety of case studies. Introduction to Global Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for GLOBAL 10A after passing DEV STD C10, GEOG C32 or PACS 10.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Summer 2023 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2023 Second 6 Week Session
Global Studies 10B serves as an introduction to the Global Studies curriculum. Global Studies 10B introduces students to global issues through the lens of the humanities, such as art, literature, film, and culture. The topic of Global Studies 10B will vary from year to year, depending on the instructor. Students in each iteration of this course will learn about salient global interactions from a variety of cultural perspectives. Critical Issues in Global Studies: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022
This course is designed as an introduction to Global Studies. Using a social science approach, the course prepares students to think critically about issues of international development, conflict, and peace in a variety of societies around the world. As such, it provides students with a basic theoretical introduction to the impact of global interaction as well as an opportunity to explore such interaction in a variety of case studies. Introduction to Global Studies: Read More [+]
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022
The Freshman Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small seminar setting. Freshman seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment is limited to 15 freshmen. Freshman Seminar In Global Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final Exam To be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022
This course focuses on the history of global interaction, with a particular emphasis on the relationships between states and societies. Though it begins with a brief exploration of antiquity, it emphasizes world developments since the 15th century. The purpose of the course is to gain a better understanding of the rise and decline of states, empires, and international trading systems. Taking a panoramic view of the last 500 years, it explores the ways in which disparate places came closer together, even while it seeks to explain how those places maintained their own trajectories in the face of outside intervention. Survey of World History: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for GLOBAL 45 after completing IAS 45, or IAS N45. A deficient grade in GLOBAL 45 may be removed by taking IAS 45, or IAS N45.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Summer 2023 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2022 Second 6 Week Session
This course focuses on benchmarks of the history of various nations and civilizations. It begins with the ancient Greeks, Romans, and Chinese, but emphasizes world developments since the 15th century. The purpose of the course is to gain a better understanding of the rise and decline of states, empires, and international trading systems. Therefore, political and economic structures and developments as well as military factors will be presented along with the more traditional historical perspectives. Survey of World History: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for GLOBAL N45 after completing GLOBAL 45, IAS 45, or IAS N45. A deficient grade in GLOBAL N45 may be removed by taking GLOBAL 45, IAS 45, or IAS N45.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2022
This course will examine data science ideas in the context of Global Studies. The class will teach students to work actively with data and to interpret and critique their analyses of data. Students will learn to leverage data science skills in relation to explicit ways of knowledge creation; utilize tools in basic data literacy, including misuse of statistics, intentional and unintentional; examine ways of text and natural language processing concepts through cases related to different areas of Global Studies specifically, and social sciences generally; examine complex factors that influence the way we learn, build and interpret data. Topics vary by instructor. Data Science and Global Studies: Read More [+]
Terms offered: Spring 2018
This course examines whether the convergence between the ‘new Right’ and the ‘new Left’ has successfully addressed the central challenge of contemporary global development studies. It asks students to assess the multiple, nonlinear, and interconnected paths of change in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East that are now taking place. It explores the context of intensified global integration and capitalist development. Students will consider what changes in this context mean for larger social change, especially given ongoing global economic crises and rapidly evolving relations. Global Development: Theory, History, Geography: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for GLOBAL 100D after passing DEVSTD 100.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022
This course will look at peace (and conflict) in a wide variety of formats and contexts, and will examine both the theories that seek to explain peace and the practices that compose it. The course is structured around a series of modules, each dealing with a different facet of peace and/or conflict. Approaches to Peace and Conflict: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for GLOBAL 100P after passing PACS 100.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021
This course offers an introduction to ways of thinking about, and visualizing, “the global” over time. People from different societies and cultures have been drawn together as a result of processes that can best be conceived of as “flows” of people, capital, ideas and goods. Using a panoramic lens, we will explore a series of interactions, analyzing the wide-ranging effects of those interactions and the artifacts they produced. By studying a variety of encounters, we will cultivate a broader sense of how the “global” has been defined and experienced through the lens of cultural interaction. Globalization itself is not a new phenomenon; it can be traced back centuries if not millennia. Global Societies and Cultures: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021
This course examines whether the convergence between the ‘new Right’ and the ‘new Left’ has successfully addressed the central challenge of contemporary global development studies. It asks students to assess the multiple, nonlinear, and interconnected paths of change in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East that are now taking place. It explores the context of intensified global integration and capitalist development. Students will consider what changes in this context mean for larger social change, especially given ongoing global economic crises and rapidly evolving relations. Global Development: Theory, History, Geography: Read More [+]
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022
This course, required for students in the Global Studies major, will teach students to identify and evaluate arguments, explain conflicting evidence, interpret tables, charts, and graphs and evaluate the ethical implications of scholarly work. Students will explore how research questions are framed and developed and learn how to determine which method and approach is best suited to answering a particular research question. Critical Thinking In Global Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for GLOBAL 102 after passing IAS 102.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
Required prerequisite for all students intending to enroll in GLOBAL H195. Course provides an introduction to interdisciplinary research strategies for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data. Course integrates the study of the fundamental theories of social science with the practical techniques of social science research methods. Honors Methodology and Theory: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Open only to students meeting the requirements for participation and who intend to enroll in the honors seminar during the spring term. Consent of instructor
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for GLOBAL H102 after passing IAS H102
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course will analyze emerging trends, patterns, and problems associated with the phenomenon of globalization. Particular attention will be given to world economic and social integration, ethno-religious nationalism and identity politics, domestic politics, and foreign policy. Special emphasis is placed on the prospects of peace and world order in the post-cold war era. Global Change and World Order: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for GLOBAL 105 after passing PACS 149.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021
This course seeks to introduce Global Studies majors to the regions of Europe and Russia and its significance to the larger study of the globe. The course will be divided into three parts based on the three concentrations within the Global Studies major: Society and Culture, Development, Peace and Conflict. Each of these sections, examines key topics for understanding the region and its relationship to other parts of the globe. Europe/Russia In Global Context: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021
This course will provide students majoring in Global Studies with an introduction to Africa and its significance to the globe. We will address issues related to Africa that span all three concentrations of the major (Society and Culture, Development, Peace and Conflict). In particular, we will focus on the following four themes:conflict, identity, development and technology.
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022
This course seeks to introduce Global Studies majors to the region of Latin America and the Caribbean and its significance to the larger study of the globe. The course will be divided into three parts based on the three concentrations within the Global Studies major: Society and Culture, Development, Peace and Conflict. Each of these sections, examines key topics for understanding the region and its relationship to other
parts of the globe. Latin America In Global Context: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021
This course provides Global Studies majors with an introduction to the Middle East region, broadly defined. It takes an interdisciplinary approach, joining the fields of history, political science, anthropology, religious studies, economics, and Middle Eastern studies. Students will be introduced to major historical themes in the study of Middle Eastern societies that are relevant in understanding contemporary intellectual debates and the origins, nature, and trajectory of war and peace in the region. Focusing on the 20th century, the course explores how the modern Middle East evolved politically, socially, and economically into a region burdened by webs of power and influence. Middle East In Global Context: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021
This course provides students with an introduction to Asia in global context. The course employs a Global History approach, which emphasizes national histories as a part of a series of global processes. It explores how countries in Asia, regardless of their diverse cultures, have been drawn into the development of global capitalism. This course addresses all of the Global Studies major’s concentrations, i.e. Societies and Cultures, Development, Peace and Conflict.
Terms offered: Spring 2018
This course examines the origins of South Asian conflicts. It draws on contemporary case studies from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives. Domestic developments will be covered in detail, and will also be situated in the larger context of global interactions and governance. Regional issues, such as nuclear proliferation and terrorism, are addressed, as are other contentious issues such as the status of Kashmir, the spread of identity-based conflicts, and gender-related violence. Conflicts In Regional Perspective: Asia.: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2020
This course uses the analytic of globalization and an interdisciplinary approach to provide an overview of contemporary India, focusing mainly, though not exclusively, on urban India.
Students will be introduced to the debates surrounding colonial modernity, as an earlier globalizing era, this serving as background for considering contemporary India. Topics covered include: the Indian middle class,
urban life, Hindu nationalism and other social movements, the postcolonial public, expressive culture, the changing nature and role of casts. No background on India is required. Globalization In India: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course considers issues of Global Development within Latin America . Students will explore a variety of topics, depending on current research and/or the instructor. Issues that this course might consider include, but are not limited to: poverty and inequality, environmental conditions and sustainability, as well as migration.
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
This course analyzes the ecological, socio-economic and policy challenges and opportunities facing the rural population of Latin America in today’s globalized economy. After a critique of the impacts of conventional, agro-export development models of agricultural development (green revolution, non-traditional export crops, biotechnology, biofuels, etc.) the elements of a sustainable agroecological development path are discussed, a path that emphasizes: farmers empowerment, local production for food sovereignty, poverty reduction, cultural identity and natural resource and biodiversity conservation. Technical, institutional, policy and market requirements for sustainable agriculture are also analyzed in detail. Perspectives For Sustainable Rural Development: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
There are environmental implications to how we pursue development. There are debates, emerging from unequal distribution of environmental impacts and unequal distribution of wealth, about how to respond to environmental crises. In this course, we will look at the history of economic development, the emergence of environmental awareness and the history of the politics of the environment. We will look at contemporary debates over our economic model, energy, agricultural production, and rural and urban development. Finally, we will analyze the types of public policies being implemented to address environmental concerns, as well as their impacts. We conclude by reflecting on how we, as a society, need to rethink development. Development and the Environment: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Spring 2022
International migration has been growing rapidly. In this course, we will examine global migration patterns and factors that drive migration - from violence to lack of economic opportunity to environmental conditions. We will also examine conditions in receiving countries that generate demand for immigrant labor, and transnational social networks that help facilitate migration. Immigration has transformed receiving countries into multicultural societies, straining traditional notions of national identity, and increasingly producing a nativist backlash. We will examine recent immigration policy and explore laws, policies and agreements with regard to migration, how migration impacts economic development, and human trafficking. Global Migration: The Political Economy of Displacement: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
This course is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of international development education. Through the use of lectures, discussions, and multimedia presentations, students will examine three core themes: 1) the purpose of education; 2) how contemporary development policy conceptualizes education; 3) education as a tool for social transformation. To the extent possible, the course draws connections between theory and practical case studies of international education programs, policy statements, and initiatives. Education and International Development: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Summer 2023 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2023, Fall 2021
What is globalization? What are the implications of living in a "global world" for education? How can education be used as a tool to promote global social justice and prosperity? In this course, we will address these and other related questions through collective reading assignments, class discussions, and online collaboration through our learning platform (bSpace or other). Education in a Global World: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for EDUC W142 after completing EDUC 142. A deficient grade in EDUC W142 may be removed by taking EDUC 142.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 10 hours of lecture and 0 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
The course investigates key aspects of political transition including the following concepts: powersharing and transitional governance; legitimacy, stability and the conundrum of first elections; constitution making processes and the transitional sequence itself. The course will also examine debates concerning democratization and cultural aspects of governance in the Arab World and the Horn of Africa. New Approaches to Crisis In the MENA: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2020
This course explores the nature of interpersonal and group conflict, resolution, and their relationship to culture. The course examines the intersection between conflict and race and ethnicity in particular, with an emphasis on the major racial/ethnic groups in the United States. Other dimensions of diversity such as gender, class, and sexual orientation in conflict situations are also explored. The goal is to apply this understanding to resolving intercultural conflicts through mediation. Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for GLOBAL 132 after passing PACS 150.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020
Inspired by the changed meaning of international conflict and the expanding mission of conflict resolution in the post-cold war era, this course will study the contemporary context and issues of conflict by examining the evolution in thinking about conflict, the resolution, and their application in practice. International Conflict: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for GLOBAL 133 after passing PACS 151.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course will investigate the special issues involved with facilitating resolution of cross/multicultural conflicts. Topics will include cultural contrasts (e.g., values, communication, and problem solving styles), mediator (facilitator/negotiator), credibility, cultural (including gender) contributions to conflict resolution and unique ethical dilemmas. Course includes field immersion, conflict resolution process evaluation and design, and the opportunity to participate in mediation of a cultural mediation. Multicultural Conflict Resolution: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for GLOBAL 134 after passing PACS 154.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Spring 2019
Advanced multidisciplinary research in current issues and topics related to Global Societies and Cultures. This Global Studies course will focus on specific issues related to various societies and cultures around the world, with appropriate comparative material included. Topics will change depending on the instructor teaching. Special Topics in Global Societies and Cultures: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
"Recent World History Through Film" examines the recent history of the world through the lens of popular, critically-acclaimed, and international films. Some of the films’ makers purport to be telling the “truth” about world history, while others base the films only loosely on historical facts or circumstances. Course objectives are to develop a deeper understanding of recent world history by engaging with and analyzing a range of films. Prior knowledge of world history is not required. What is required is to be open-minded yet critical and to view these films as an avenue for finding out more about events, places, and global historical phenomena. Recent World History Through Film: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Summer: 3 weeks - 14 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2020, Fall 2018
This course studies Muslim-Jewish relations as they developed in the Middle East and North Africa from the rise of Islam to the present day. It analyzes how ethnic and religious boundaries were both drawn and transgressed in historical settings including Arabia in the time of Muhammad, Islamic Spain, the Ottoman Empire, and modern Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Morocco, and Israel. It asks how this shared cultural heritage is remembered and mobilized in the contemporary world, shedding light on the current state of Muslim-Jewish relations not only in the MENA but in Europe and the US as well. Films, memoirs, scripture, and historical works form the basis of our inquiry. Jews and Muslims: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Summer 2023 3 Week Session
This course examines South Korean and Japanese culture through the lens of contemporary film from 2000-2023. We use film as an entry-point to examine diverse topics in South Korean and Japanese culture including the rights and welfare of girls and women, spirituality and religion, urban and rural life, nature and the environment, wealth, poverty and inequality, family and society, employment and work-life, education and school experiences, ethnic diversity and responses to it, war and peace, immigration and emigration including diasporic communities, human resilience, natural disaster and responses to it, and human rights. Contemporary South Korean and Japanese Society and Culture Through Film: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Summer: 3 weeks - 14 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Summer 2017 First 6 Week Session
This course will study a wide spectrum of opinions and views on the issue of “comfort women.” Students will approach this topic in the context of wartime sexual and gender-based violence at a time when an imperial order was the norm. Students will also probe shifting narratives of wartime responsibilities in the post-war Japanese and Korean societies. Students will engage in issues of reparations, legal accountability, historical memories, truth and justice, apology and forgiveness, and reconciliation both at the personal and structural levels, by directly interacting with the conflict parties who represent such diverse positions. This is a summer study abroad course in Tokyo and Seoul. Contentious History and Memory: Comfort Women Issues in Japan and Korea: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Summer: 5 weeks - 18 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2023
This course examines the diversity and complexity of Muslim women’s lives and faith around the world. It explores changing constructions of gender and sexuality in the Islamic world over time; the interactions between Muslims and travelers, colonial administrators, the modern state, and local and transnational feminist, secularist, and Islamist movements; and, generally, continuing challenges to the very notion of what a “Muslim” is. The course draws on primary source texts as well as ethnography, literature, film, and media. Gender, Sexuality, and Islam: Read More [+]
Objectives & Outcomes
Student Learning Outcomes: By the end of this course, you will ideally be able to:
• demonstrate a competence of knowledge about Islam and Islamic practice
• have a deeper understanding of a range of historical and theoretical perspectives on gender, sexuality, and Islam
• compare and contrast the different views on women in Islam
• articulate how economic, social, political, and religious changes affecting Muslims have shaped their understanding, and expression, of gender identity and relationships in Islam;
• bring a critical and inquiring sensibility to the texts, structures, and ideas to which you are exposed
• collaborate effectively in a team
• confidently articulate complex ideas in a public setting
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Fall 2022, Spring 2021
Advanced multidisciplinary research in current issues and topics related to Europe and/or Russia. This Global Studies course will focus on specific issues related to the region with appropriate comparative material included.Topics will change depending on the instructor teaching the course. Special Topics In Europe/Russia: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
Advanced multidisciplinary research in current issues and topics related to Africa. This Global Studies course will focus on specific issues related to the region with appropriate comparative material included. Topics will change depending on the instructor teaching the course. Special Topics In Africa: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Students may enroll in multiple sections of this course within the same semester.
Hours & Format
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
Advanced multidisciplinary research in current issues and topics related to Asia. This Global Studies course will focus on specific issues related to Asia with appropriate comparative material included.Topics will change depending on the instructor teaching. Special Topics In Asia: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021
Advanced multidisciplinary research in current issues and topics related to China. This Global Studies course will focus on specific issues related to China with appropriate comparative material included. Topics will change depending on the instructor teaching.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit under special circumstances: 1. When topic changes. 2. No credit for both GEOG 164 and GLOBAL 151Q in Spring 2020.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Summer 2023, Fall 2021, Summer 2021 3 Week Session
This course explores special topics in Global Peace and Conflict Studies. Though topics will vary from semester to semester, this course will focus on specific issues of current research, whether about conflicts or about finding peaceful solutions to those conflicts. Special Topics: Global Peace and Conflict.: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 3 weeks - 15 hours of lecture per week 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
This course explores special topics, based on current research and interests and is focused on at least one global region. Using a social science perspective, students will engage in critical thinking about the way in which a particular region, or subset of a region, interacts with other states and societies. Special Topics: Global Middle East: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021
This course places the UN under the spotlight: history, culture and effectiveness and examines the organization’s key institutions in the context of a multipolar world. The course goal is to encourage students to think critically about the international system and the politics of global governance and to learn the necessary tools to research the United Nations and international organizations. The course is suitable for those interested in foreign policy, diplomacy, international relations and law and conflict management and resolution. UN UNPlugged: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
This course will explore the philosophical evolution of human rights principles in the realm of political theory and the influence of such principles as they have transformed into a coherent body of law. We will focus specifically on issues in international human rights law; the approach will be both thematic and comparative. Topics will include but are not limited to: human rights diplomacy; the influence of human rights in international legal practice; cultural and minority rights; genocide and the world community; cultural relativism and national sovereignty; international law and international relations; individual and collective rights; migration, labor, and globalization; and national, international, and nongovernmental organizations. International Human Rights: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for GLOBAL 173 after passing PACS 126. A deficient grade in PACS 126 maybe removed by taking GLOBAL 173.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Spring 2018
This course will describe the issues, policies and practices of counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency. Terrorism continues to increase in frequency and lethality. Insurgency too is more frequent and deadly (insurgency now is riskier than terrorism). The actors and methods increasingly overlap, so that terrorism and insurgency practically must be studied together. This course examines the concepts, history, motivations and methods of terrorism and insurgency, and ways in which the counter-terrorist and counter-insurgent side counter those motivations and methods, navigating the legal and ethical bounds. Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2018
This course teaches students how to analyse risks and security, to understand particular risks, to manage these risks from their root causes. Students will learn about risks from the global to the operational levels, from international conflict, natural risks, political instability, operational and logistical insecurity, physical site insecurity, transport insecurity, to information, communications, and cyber security. For instance, students will learn how to forecast political violence, control that violence, and co-opt political spoilers. Global Security Risks: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Spring 2023
This course situates the civil discourse of democracy in the larger context of political discourse in general. It does so at two levels: one that is academic and philosophical, and another that is personal and experiential. The course offers content for both reflection and practice. The course explains why democracy is currently in the crisis it is in, what the central role of civil/political discourse is in the context of democratic governance, and how the revival and expansion of civil/political discourse is essential to the project of restoring trust in democratic institutions. The course is international and comparative, drawing on an array of examples of world political systems, societies, and cultures, including the US. Political Discourse in the Twenty-first Century: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
Interdisciplinary research seminar for students in Global studies. Intensive writing on research questions in social science and public policy best approached from an interdisciplinary perspective. Course assumes intermediate to advanced knowledge of central focus or topic of course. Weekly discussions and critiques of readings and assignments. Final paper or project required. Topic must be approved by instructor. Topics vary from term to term. Senior Seminar: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021
Honors students are required to research and write a thesis based on the prospectus developed in GLOBAL H102. The thesis work is reviewed by the honors instructor and a second reader to be selected based on the thesis topic. Weekly progress reports required. Senior Honors Seminar: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Completion of GLOBAL H102 and consent of instructor; senior standing and GPA requirement met
Terms offered: Spring 2022
Supervised experience relevant to specific aspects of Global Studies in off-campus organizations. Regular individual meetings with faculty sponsor and written reports required. Field Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Upper division standing and consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of fieldwork per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 1-4 hours of fieldwork per week 8 weeks - 1-4 hours of fieldwork per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022
Directed group studies of selected topics which vary from year to year. Directed Group Study: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of directed group study per week 8 weeks - 2-7.5 hours of directed group study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022
This reading seminar, required of all MA students in Global Studies, will approach a particular topic in global studies each year. Covering a variety of themes, students will engage with the literature of the field, and begin to study the ways in which particular problems have been approached from a variety of disciplinary perspectives in the social sciences. MA Seminar for Global Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of seminar per week
Terms offered: Fall 2023
This course examines the region of Latin America and the Caribbean and its significance to the larger study of the globe. The course will be divided into three parts based on the three concentrations within the Global Studies program: Society and Culture, Development, Peace and Conflict. Each of these sections examines key topics for understanding the region and its relationship to other parts of the globe. Latin America In Global Context: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Advanced multidisciplinary research in current issues and topics related to Asia. This Global Studies course will focus on specific issues related to Asia with appropriate comparative material included.Topics will change depending on the instructor teaching. Special Topics In Asia: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Students may enroll in multiple sections of this course within the same semester.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022
This course explores special topics, based on current research and interests and is focused on at least one global region. Using a social science perspective, students will engage in critical thinking about the way in which a particular region, or subset of a region, interacts with other states and societies. Special Topics: Global Middle East: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Students may enroll in multiple sections of this course within the same semester.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022
This course will explore the philosophical evolution of human rights principles in the realm of political theory and the influence of such principles as they have transformed into a coherent body of law. We will focus specifically on issues in international human rights law; the approach will be both thematic and comparative. Topics will include but are not limited to: human rights diplomacy; the influence of human rights in international legal practice; cultural and minority rights; genocide and the world community; cultural relativism and national sovereignty; international law and international relations; individual and collective rights; migration, labor, and globalization; and national, international, and nongovernmental organizations. International Human Rights: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2020
This course is intended to prepare Global Studies MA students to be instructors in interdisciplinary/multi-departmental courses. It will serve as a forum to discuss problems and create innovative solutions to these problems. Focusing on course construction and operation, specialists from various disciplines will discuss strategies for moving outside of their areas of specialization and into broader areas of Global Studies. Graduate students will be provided training in building their own interdisciplinary courses from the ground up. Organizing syllabi, preparing lectures, devising written assignments, leading discussion sections, constructing evaluative mechanisms and grading them, will all be covered over the course of the semester. Professional Training: Teaching in Global Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Appointment as a graduate student instructor for one of the Global Studies or Political Economy undergraduate courses
Credit Restrictions: Required for graduate student instructors teaching in the Global Studies or Political Economy programs for the first time.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit up to a total of 8 units.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Global Studies/Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
* Indicates this faculty member is the recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award.
Faculty
* Maximilian Auffhammer, Professor. Climate change, econometrics, air pollution, environmental economics, energy economics. Research Profile
Margaret Chowning, Professor. Mexico, history, gender, women, Latin America. Research Profile
Emily Gottreich, Adjunct Professor. Middle Eastern Studies, Islamic Urban Studies, Jewish history, Morocco, North Africa, Sephardic Studies. Research Profile
Alan Karras, Associate Director, Interdisciplinary Social Science Programs and Senior Lecturer. International and Area Studies, Political Economy. Research Profile
Erin Murphy-Graham, Associate Adjunct Professor. Educational equity, cultural studies, gender equity, diversity, international education, alternative schooling, democratic education, ethnic issues. Research Profile
Alison Post, Assistant Professor. Regulation, infrastructure, water and sanitation. Research Profile
Khatharya Um, Associate Professor. Education, memory, Southeast Asian Studies, Asian American histories and communities, Southeast Asian diaspora, refugees, international migration, transnational and diaspora studies, genocide studies. Research Profile
Steven Vogel, Professor. Political science, political economy or comparative political economy, the Japanese model of capitalism, Japanese politics. Research Profile
Lecturer
Stephanie Ballenger, Lecturer. International and Area Studies, political economy, Latin American studies.
Peter Bartu, Lecturer. International and Area Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, Middle Eastern Studies.
David Beecher, Lecturer. International and Area Studies, Political Economy.
Karenjot Bhangoo Randhawa, Lecturer. International and Area Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies.
Crystal Chang, Lecturer. International and area studies, Asian Studies, Political science.
* Khalid Kadir, Lecturer. Global Poverty and Practice Minor, International and Area Studies, Political Economy .
Mario Muzzi, Lecturer. International and Area Studies.
Clara I. Nicholls, Lecturer. International and Area Studies, Latin American Studies.
Tiffany L. Page, Lecturer. International and Area Studies, Latin American Studies.
Lanchih Po, Associate Adjunct Professor. International and Area Studies, East Asian Languages and Cultures.
Noam Schimmel, Lecturer. Interdisciplinary Social Science Programs, Global Studies.
Clare Talwalker, Lecturer. Global Studies, Global Poverty and Practice, Political Economy, South Asia.
Keiko Yamanaka, Lecturer. Ethnic studies, Asian studies.
Darren C. Zook, Lecturer. International and Area Studies, Political Science.
Emeritus Faculty
Gillian Hart, Professor Emeritus. Geography Political economy, social theory, critical development, studies, gender, agrarian and regional studies, labor, Southern Africa, Southeast Asia.
* Michael J. Watts, Professor Emeritus. Islam, development, Africa, social movements, political economy, political ecology, geography, South Asia, peasant societies, social and and cultural theory, US agriculture, Marxian political economy. Research Profile
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