Global Studies

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

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

• (951) 827-1254

Committee in Charge

Muhamad Ali, Ph.D. (Religious Studies) Juliann Emmons Allison, Ph.D. (Political Science) Christopher Chase-Dunn, Ph.D. (Sociology) Ariel Dinar, Ph.D. (Public Policy) Norman Ellstrand, Ph.D. (Botany and Plant

Sciences) Erith Jaffe-Berg, Ph.D. (Theatre) Mariam Beevi Lam, Ph.D. (Comparative Literature

and Foreign Languages) Bronwyn Leebaw, Ph.D. (Political Science) Perry Link, Ph.D. (Comparative Literature and

Foreign Languages) Christina Schwenkel, Ph.D. (Anthropology) Fariba Zarinebaf, Ph.D. (History) Milagros Peña Ph.D. Dean, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social

Sciences, ex officio

Global Studies is a broad-based study of processes and problems that transcend national boundaries, preparing students to become global thinkers and problem solvers for the twenty-first century. Global Studies crosses disciplines, drawing on the fine arts, social sciences, humanities, and sciences. The Global Studies major includes the study of global historical processes that have made the world more interconnected, as well as contemporary issues of global politics, violence, security, global 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 disciplines, as well as a single geographic area of study and a foreign language.

Global Studies is a way to give powerful support 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.

See Undergraduate Studies section.

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

The major requirements for the B.A. degree in Global Studies are as follows:

Students will not be admitted into the major until they have completed either GBST 001 or GBST 002 with a “C-“ grade or better.

• 1. Lower-division requirements (7 courses [at

least 24 units] plus foreign language):

• a) GBST 001, GBST 002

• b) Two introductory courses (courses

numbered 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 chosen from

HIST 010 or HIST 010W, HIST 015, HIST 020, or HIST 020W

• 2. Upper-division requirements (45 units)

Students must select eight courses with significant global content in at least two different disciplines and two courses in a single area, and at least one 100-level GBST course. ANTH 108, ANTH 109/GSST 109, ANTH 119, ANTH 126/AST 123/DNCE 123/MUS 123, ANTH 128/AST 128/DNCE 128/MUS 128/ THEA 176, ANTH 136, ANTH 140G, ANTH 140I, ANTH 140P, ANTH 163, ANTH 164/ LNST 164/ GSST 164, ANTH 168/ETST 148/ LNST 168, ANTH 170/BPSC 170, ANTH 176/ AST 127/DNCE 127/ETST 172/MUS 127 AHS 115/LNST 115, ANTH 143/GSST 185 AST 123/ANTH 126/DNCE 123/MUS 123, AST 127/ANTH 176/DNCE 127/ETST 172/MUS 127, THEA 176/ANTH 128/AST 128/DNCE 128/MUS 128, BPSC 170/ANTH 170, BUS 114, BUS 138, BUS 154B, BUS 178/ECON 178, BUS 185 CPLT 112/CLA 112/RLST 117, CPLT 121, CPLT 125, CPLT 141, CPLT 160 (E-Z), CRWT 143 DNCE 123/ANTH 126/AST 123/MUS 123, DNCE 127/ANTH 176/AST 127/ETST 172/MUS 127, DNCE 128/ANTH 128/AST 128/MUS 128/ THEA 176, DNCE 173 (E-Z)/MCS 153 (E-Z) ECON 124, ECON 170 (E-Z), ECON 182, ECON 183, ECON 185/LNST 185, ECON 187/ LNST 187 ENGL 121 (E-Z) ETST 100, ETST 104, ETST 109G, ETST 118/ MUS 129, ETST 148/ANTH 168/LNST 168, ETST 166, ETST 175/GSST 175 MCS 125 (E-Z)/LNST 125 (E-Z)/SPN 125 (E- Z), MCS 139/SOC 139, MCS 145 (E-Z)/ENGL 145 (E-Z), MCS 171/SPN 171, MCS 174 (E-Z)/ CPLT 174 (E-Z) GBST 090, GBST 191, GBST 195A, GBST 195B, GBST 195C, GBST 198-I SPN 102A, SPN 122B, SPN 145, SPN 179/ LNST 109/MCS 179/GSST 179, SPN 188 HIST 151 LNST 105/MCS 185/SPN 185, LNST 164/ ANTH 164/GSST 164, LNST 168/ANTH 168/ ETST 148, LNST 185/ECON 185, LNST 187/ ECON 187 MUS 122, MUS 123/ANTH 126/AST 123/ DNCE 123, MUS 125, MUS 126/ANTH 177/ GSST 126, MUS 127/ANTH 176/AST 127/ DNCE 127/ETST 172, 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 SOC 122, SOC 123, SOC 161, SOC 181, SOC 184 TFDP 161, THEA 176/ANTH 128/AST 128/ DNCE 128/MUS 128 URST 178/AHS 178, URST 182/SOC 182 GSST 108/PHIL 108, GSST 109/ANTH 109, GSST 126/ANTH 177/MUS 126, GSST 162/ RLST 162, GSST 164/ANTH 164/LNST 164, GSST 175/ETST 175, GSST 179/LNST 109/ MCS 179/SPN 179

• 3. Capstone requirement (4 units)

Students are required to complete their major with a capstone experience. The capstone must examine at least one global issue. Most students will satisfy this requirement by taking the Senior Thesis Seminar (GBST 193). Students may also conduct an individual project with the approval of the chair of Global Studies.

• 1. Lower-division requirements (22 units)

• a) GBST 001, GBST 002

• b) Proficiency of a foreign language at the

sixth quarter level

• c) One additional course in world history,

taken in consecutive sequence with the first world history course (can be used to satisfy college breadth)

• 2. Upper-division requirements (7 courses, 45

units)

• a) Seven Upper-division requirements (45

units). Students must select seven (7) courses with significant global content in at least two different disciplines and two (2) courses in a geographic area. Students may focus on the humanities or social science, but no more than seven

• (7) courses may be exclusively in either

humanities or social science. ANTH 108, ANTH 109/GSST 109, ANTH 119, ANTH 126, ANTH 128/AST 128/ DNCE 128/MUS 128, THEA 176, ANTH 136, ANTH 140G, ANTH 140-I, ANTH 140P, ANTH 163, ANTH 164/LNST 164/ GSST 164, ANTH 168/ETST 148, LNST 168, ANTH 170/BPSC 170, ANTH 176 AHS 115/LNST 115, AHS 143 AST 123, AST 127/ANTH 176/DNCE 127/ ETST 172/MUS 127, 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 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/GSST 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 LAS 105, LAS 168, LAS 187 LNST 164/ANTH 164/GSST 164, LNST 168/ANTH 168/ETST 148, LNST 185/ ECON 185, LNST 187/ECON 187 MUS 122, MUS 123, MUS 125, MUS 126/ANTH 177/GSST 126, MUS 127, MUS 129/ETST 118 POSC 109/RLST 173, POSC 110, POSC 120, POSC 124, POSC 125, POSC 126, POSC 128, POSC 133, POSC 150, POSC 160, POSC 268, POSC 267 PSYC 148 PBPL 191 RLST 113, RLST 144, RLST 145, RLST 149, RLST 175, RLST 246, RLST 246C SOC 122, SOC 123, SOC 161, SOC 181, SOC 184 TFDP 161, THEA 176/ANTH 128/AST 128/DNCE 128/MUS 128 URST 178 GSST 108/PHIL 108, GSST 109/ANTH 109, GSST 126/ANTH 177/MUS 126, GSST 162, GSST 164/ANTH 164/LNST 164, GSST 175/ETST 175, GSST 179