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Concentration III - Global Studies

Dr. Mary Tacy, Coordinator

A student who completes the Global Studies concentration finds employment in governmental and non-governmental agencies such as the State Department, the CIA, international population bureaus and relief agencies, and economic development organizations. A student with a global studies background is also prepared for graduate school, law school and service opportunities such as the Peace Corps.

In addition to the Geography Core requirements, all students in the Global Studies Concentration must complete the following coursework:

Concentration Requirements

Required Courses

Description

Credit Hours

GEOG 300

Population Geography

3

GEOG 344 Economic Geography and Development Issues
3

GEOG 475

Political Geography

3

GEOG 390

Research Design

1

Global Issues Specialization Electives (see table below)
18
Cognate*
6

Total Hours		   
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34

Global Issues Specialization

Each student in the Global Studies concentration, with the approval of his/her advisor, must develop an 18-credit specialization in a global issue area such as World Population Patterns, World Agricultural Systems, Global Politics or Patterns of Economic Development.

Possible Specialization Courses

Description

ANTH 300

Anthropology of Diet and Nutrition

ANTH/SOCI/SOWK 348

Third World Societies

ANTH 355

Culture and Ecology

ANTH/SOCI 352

Birth, Death, Sex: Exploring Detnography

ECON 312

Comparative Economic Systems

ECON 365

Economic Development

ECON 405

Political Economy

GECO 270

International Economic Systems

GEOG 250 Agricultural Systems and Global Food Production

GEOG 335

Geography of Africa

GEOG 337 Geography of Latin America
GEOG 346 Geography of Europe
GEOG 348 Russia and the Former U.S.S.R.
GEOG 349 Geography of East Asia

GEOL 340

Soils and Land Use

HTH 367

Comparative International Health

HTH 368

International Health and Nutrition Studies

ISAT 311

Role if Energy in Modern Society

NUTR 380

Global Nutrition

POSC 339 Politics of Communist and Post-communist Systems
POSC 350 Latin American Politics
POSC 355 East Asian Politics
REL 312 Religions of East Asia
SOCI 339 Sociology of Women

*In addition to the above coursework, students will complete a cognate (6 credits) that demonstrates advanced competency in an approved skill area (e.g. foreign language, world regional focus, statistics/mathematical modeling, technical writing, economics or applied geographic information science). Finally, all students in the Global Studies Concentration are encouraged to participate in an international experience.