Department: Global Studies

CodeNameDescription
GS 210Planet Earth: People and PlaceIntroduction to our earth as home to people and place through geographic approaches that analyze cultural, societal, economic, political, and environmental change. Topics include: human dimensions of climate change; sustainability; spatial analysis t...
GS 250Selected TopicsTopics and issues in international studies. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
GS 290Introduction to Global StudiesIntroduces methods and questions of the international studies field through regionally diverse case studies and analyses. Topics may include identity, culture, geopolitics, war, environment, health, media, migration, and inequality.
GS 350Selected TopicsSelected topics in related subjects as arranged by the program coordinator. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
GS 388InternshipMay be taken for a grade or pass/fail. Up to one unit may be applied towards the major, only when a grade is awarded. No more than 1.5 units of internship in any one department and 3.5 units of internship overall may be counted toward required degree...
GS 390Independent StudyTopics independently pursued under supervision of faculty member.
GS 400Senior SeminarFollow up on core concepts and approaches introduced in International Studies 290; sets of international issues and relationships are studied using tools and approaches of several disciplines. Seminar topics change from semester to semester. While re...
GS 406Summer Undergraduate ResearchDocumentation of the work of students who receive summer fellowships to conduct research [or produce a creative arts project] in the summer. The work must take place over a minimum of 6 weeks, the student must engage in the project full-time (at leas...