Tracks and Courses
Requirements: Students enrolling in the Minor must have their Plan of Study approved by a LAS Global Studies advisor.
1. Global Markets and Governance
The economy is intricately connected to institutions at the local, national, and international levels that affect market practices and outcomes. This track focuses on the institutions and social relations that govern global markets.
- ANTH 368 ‘America’ in the World
- ECON 220 Intl Economic Principles
- GLBL 220 Governance
- BADM 380 International Business
- HIST 310 Global Capitalism in History
- HIST 380 US in an Age of Empire
- PS 180 Intro Politics of Globalization
- PS 220 Intro to Public Policy
- PS 356 Comparative Political Economy
- PS 382 Intl Political Economy
- PS 384 Politics of Globalization
- PS 282 Governing Globalization
- PS 321 Principles of Public Policy
- PS 340 Politics in Int’l Development
- SOC 261 Gender in Transnational Perspective
2. Science, Technology, and Markets
Technological innovations in transportation and communications are driving business location decisionmaking and operations at the global scale. This track is aimed at science and technology majors with entrepreneurial ambitions as well as students in the social sciences and humanities investigating the interface between science, technology, and society.
- ANTH 374 Anthropology of Science & Technology
- ANTH 423 Economic Anthropology
- GGIS 204 Cities of the World
- GGIS 205 Business Location Decisions
- GGIS 479 Business Applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- PHYS 150 Physics of Societal Issues
- SOC 350 Technology and Society
3. Global Encounters
Participation in the global economy requires firms to be geographically dispersed and capable of partnering with a global audience of stakeholders. This track is focused on the historical and crosscultural understanding necessary to engage in global markets.
- ANTH 104 Talking Culture
- ANTH 270 Language in Culture
- ANTH 271 Language in Culture- ACP
- CMN 476 Commercialism and the Public
- CWL 114 Global Consciousness and Literature
- CWL 441 Themes in Narrative-section: Literature and Global Finance
- ENG 274 Literature and Society
- HIST 221 Modern China
- HIST 260 History of Russia
- HIST 405 History of Brazil from 1808
- HIST 430 India from Colony to Nation
4. Markets, Development, and the Environment
Global markets can create positive environmental outcomes in the locations where it operates. This track focuses on the challenges in designing, building, and evaluating sustainable environmental and development outcomes, including ecological modernization, market environmentalism, and political ecology.
- ANTH 278 Climate Change and Civilization
- ANTH 379 Medical Anthropology
- ANTH 420 Case Studies in Global Heritage
- ANTH 466 Class, Culture and Society
- ECON 411 Public Sector Economics
- ECON 414 Urban Economics
- ECON 450 Development Economics
- ECON 482 Health Economics
- ENG 476 Topics in Literature and Environment
- ESE 200 Earth Systems
- GGIS 101 Global Development & Environment
- GGIS 287 Environment & Society
- GGIS 210 Contemporary Social and Environmental Problems
- GGIS 410 Geography of Development & Underdevelopment
- GLBL 250 Development
- GLBL 350 Poverty in a Global Context
- GLBL 450 Poverty Interventions & Evaluation
- HIST 202 American Environmental History
- SOC 364 Impacts of Globalization
- SOC 373 Social Stratification
- SOC 447 Environmental Sociology
- SOC 470 Social Movements
5. The Global Workforce
Global production systems depend on the effective organization and participation of workers in the global workforce. This track focuses on human resources, organizational structures, and group communication in the contexts of working class history and global labor markets.
- ANTH 466 Class, Culture and Society
- CMN 212 Intro to Organizational Comm
- CMN 232 Intro to Intercultural Comm
- CMN 411 Organizational Comm Assessment
- CMN 412 Adv Organizational Comm
- CMN 413 Adv Small Group Communication
- ECON 440 Economics of Labor Markets
- GLBL 392 Int Diplomacy and Negotiation
- HIST 450 European Working Class History
- HIST 480 U.S. Working Class History
- PSYC 245 Industrial Org Psych
- PSYC 352 Attitude Theory and Change
- PSYC 455 Organizational Psych
6. Analytical Tools & Languages
Investigating global market-society relations requires a basic level of competence in communication skills, research methods, and analytical techniques. This track offers students a range of languages, methods, and skills oriented courses that build such competency.
- ANTH 260 World Ethnography
- BTW 250 Principles Bus Comm
- BTW 261 Principles Tech Comm
- BTW 271 Persuasive Writing
- CMN 211 Business Communication
- CMN 321 Strategies of Persuasion
- CMN 323 Argumentation
- CS 105 Intro Computing: Non-Tech
- ECON 202 Economic Statistics
- FR 485 Commercial & Econ French I
- FR 486 Commercial & Econ French II
- GER 320 German for Business
- GER 321 German for Economics
- GGIS 379 Introduction to GIS
- GGIS 380 Introduction to GIS II
- GGIS 479 Business Applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- GGIS 473 Computer Cartography
- HNDI 412 Business Hindi
- HIST 391 Oral History Methods
- RUSS 305 Business Russian
- SOC 280 Introduction to Social Statistics
- SOC 380 Social Research Methods
- SOC 481 Survey Research Methods
- SPAN 142 Spanish in the Professions
- SPAN 202 Spanish for Business
- SPAN 332 Spanish and Entrepreneurship
- STAT 200 Statistical Analysis
- TRST 405 Commercial & Technical Translation