Global Studies
https://www.uwgb.edu/global-studies/
The minor in Global Studies encourages students to become aware of how contemporary political, economic, social, and environmental problems affect vast regions and diverse communities. The curriculum links global awareness to local concerns, emphasizes the responsibilities of democratic citizenship, and engages the challenges of human rights and justice, values and ethics, resource flows, cultural resistances, and environmental crises. The requirements of 24 credits complement general education at the introductory level, promote sharp thematic study in the upper-level core, and encourage practical experiences outside the classroom.
Key questions are: What is globalization? What accounts for the phenomena of globalization? When did the world’s polity, economy, environment, culture, and society become global? What analytical tools exist to help students understand globalization’s influence on politics, cultures, values and ecosystems?
An interdisciplinary introduction provokes students to think about how globalization touches their lives and to analyze distinct responses to globalization’s effects on societies, governments and natural resources. Introductory courses are drawn from existing general education requirements. Students should check carefully the prerequisites for upper-level courses in the minor before choosing lower-level general education courses.
Global Studies upper-level core courses help students acquire knowledge about globalization from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives, historical experiences, and cultural preferences. Core requirements address the implications of globalization for citizens, states and communities around the world, include surveys of recent literature, and strengthen communication skills and critical thinking.
Students are encouraged to participate in travel courses and study abroad offered by the University. Some travel courses contain global content and may be applied to the Global Studies minor. Please contact an adviser concerning appropriateness of a specific travel course. At least two years of a modern foreign language is strongly recommended.
Minor
Code | Title | Credits |
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Supporting Courses | 9 | |
Introduction to Environmental Sciences | ||
World Regions and Concepts: A Geographic Analysis | ||
Choose one of the following courses: | ||
Varieties of World Culture | ||
Macro Economic Analysis | ||
Human Disease and Society | ||
World Civilizations I | ||
World Civilizations II | ||
Women in the Performing Arts | ||
World Food and Population Issues | ||
Global Politics and Society | ||
Environment and Society | ||
City Life and Globalization | ||
Upper-Level Courses | 15 | |
Choose five courses from the thematic categories below. At least one courses must be from each categories | ||
Global Democracy: institutions and citizenship | ||
The U.S. and the World | ||
German Politics and Society | ||
Studies in Comparative History | ||
Comparative Politics | ||
International Relations | ||
Foreign and Defense Policies | ||
Global Environmental Sustainability: natural resources, climate change and human needs and services | ||
Family, Kin, and Community | ||
Environmental Sustainability | ||
Global Climate Change | ||
War and Civilization | ||
Special Topics in Nursing (Topic: Global Aspects of Healthcare) | ||
Global Environmental Politics and Policy | ||
Cultural Psychology | ||
Global Peoples: nationality, ethnicity, race and religion | ||
Geography of South America | ||
Global Environmental History | ||
The Rise of Islamic Civilization to 1800 | ||
Globalization and Cultural Conflict | ||
Topics in World Cultures | ||
Politics of Developing Areas | ||
Total Credits | 24 |
Faculty
David N Coury; Professor; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Kevin J Fermanich; Professor; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison*
Ekaterina M Levintova; Professor; Ph.D., Western Michigan University
Sarah A Meredith-Livingston; Professor; D.M.A., University of Iowa
Cristina M Ortiz; Professor; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Christine L Vandenhouten; Professor; Ph.D., Marquette University, chair*
Tohoro F Akakpo; Associate Professor; Ph.D., Michigan State University*
Marcelo P Cruz; Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of California - Los Angeles
Steven J Meyer; Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Lincoln*
Eric J Morgan; Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder
Heidi M Sherman; Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Kevin M Kain; Lecturer; Ph.D., Western Michigan University