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Global Studies

Catalog pages 286-288

Subject abbreviation: GBST College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Susan Ossman, Ph.D., Director Committee Office, 3116 CHASS Interdisciplinary Building South

(951) 827-5524

Committee in Charge Juliann Allison, Ph.D. (Political Science) Veronica Benet-Martinez, Ph.D. (Psychology) Chrisopher Chase-Dunn, Ph.D. (Sociology) Marcelle Chauvet, Ph.D. (Economics) Walter Clark, Ph.D. (Music) Anil B. Deolalikar, Ph.D. (Economics) Alessandro Fornazzi, Ph.D. (Hispanic Studies) V.P. Franklin, Ph.D. (History) Miriam Lam, Ph.D. (Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages) Bronwyn Leebow, Ph.D. (Political Science) Perry Link, Ph.D. (Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages) Global Studies / 287 Henk Maier, Ph.D. (Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages) Alan McHughen (CNAS, Botany and Plant Sciences) Toby Miller, Ph.D. (Media and Cultural Studies) Kurt Schwabe, Ph.D. (Environmental Sciences) Stephen E. Cullenberg, Ph.D. Dean, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, ex officio

Major

Global Studies is a broad-based study of processes and problems that transcend nation- al boundaries, preparing students to become global thinkers and problemsolvers for the twenty-first century. Global Studies crosses dis- ciplines, drawing on the fine arts, social sci- ences, humanities, and sciences. The Global Studies major includes the study of global his- torical processes that have made the world more interconnected, as well as contemporary issues of global politics, violence, security, glob- al migrations, travel, social movements, global literature, arts and media, the global economic system of trade, finance and labor, global health and disease, and environmental change and sustainability. Students are grounded in two dis- ciplines, as well as a single geographic area of study and a foreign language.

Global Studies is a way to give powerful sup- port to re-conceptualize the meaning of place in the contemporary world and to retool faculty and students to become global thinkers. It focuses on transnational processes rather than relations among nations.

University Requirements

See Undergraduate Studies section.

College Requirements

See College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Colleges and Programs section.

Major Requirements

1. Lower-division requirements (7 courses [at

least 24 units] plus foreign language):

a) GBST 001, GBST 002

b) Two introductory courses (courses num-

bered 001–099) in each of two different disciplines.

c) Proficiency in a foreign language at the

sixth-quarter level

d) Two courses in world history

2. Upper-division requirements (45 units)

Students must select eight courses with sig- nificant global content in at least two differ- ent disciplines and two courses in a single area, and at least one 100-level GBST course.

ANTH 108, ANTH 109/WMST 109, ANTH 119, ANTH 126, ANTH 128/AST 128/ DNCE 128/MUS 128/THEA 176, ANTH 136, ANTH 140G, ANTH 140I, ANTH 140P, ANTH 163, ANTH 164/LNST 164/ WMST 164, ANTH 168/ETST 148/ LNST 168, ANTH 170/BPSC 170, ANTH 176 AHS 115/LNST 115, ANTH 143

AST 123, AST 127/ANTH 176/DNCE 127/ETST 172/MUS 127, THEA 176, BPSC 170/ANTH 170, BUS 114, BUS 138, BUS 154B, BUS 164, BUS 178, BUS 185

CPLT 112, CPLT 121, CPLT 125, CPLT 141, CPLT 160, CRWT 143

DNCE 123, DNCE 127, DNCE 128/ANTH 128/AST 128/MUS 128/THEA 176, DNCE 173 (E-Z)

ECON 124, ECON 170,ECON 182, ECON 183, ECON 185/LNST 185, ECON 187/ LNST 187

ENGL 121

ETST 100, ETST 104, ETST 109G, ETST 118/MUS 129, ETST 148/ANTH 168/LNST 168, ETST 166, ETST 175/WMST 175

MCS 125, MCS 139, MCS 145, MCS 171, MCS 174

GBST 090, GBST 191, GBST 195A, GBST 195B, GBST 195C, GBST 198-I

SPN 102A, SPN 122B, SPN 145, SPN 179, SPN 188

HIST 151

LNST 164/ANTH 164/WMST 164, LNST 168/ANTH 168/ETST 148, LNST 185/ECON 185, LNST 187/ECON 187

LAS 105, LAS 168, LAS 187

MUS 122, MUS 123, MUS 125, MUS 126/ANTH 177/WMST 126, MUS 127, MUS 129/ETST 118

POSC 107, POSC 110, POSC 120, POSC 124, POSC 126, POSC 128, POSC 133, POSC 150, POSC 160, POSC 267, POSC 268

PSYC 148

PBPL 191

RLST 175, RLST 246, RLST 246C

SOC 122, SOC 123, SOC 161, SOC 181, SOC 184

THEA 161, THEA 176/ANTH 128/AST 128/ DNCE 128/MUS 128

URST 178, URST 182

WMST 108/PHIL 108, WMST 109/ANTH 109, WMST 126/ANTH 177/MUS 126, WMST 162, WMST 164/ANTH 164/LNST 164, WMST 175/ETST 175, WMST 179

3. Capstone requirement (5 units)

Students are required to complete their major with a capstone experience. The cap- stone must look at at least one global issue. It may be an advanced seminiar on a topic of global significance, an independent major paper or research project supervised by a Global Studies faculty member, or a study abroad program approved by the Chair of Global Studies.