(19-20 SH)

Tim Seidel, advisor
The minor in global studies is ideal for students in the liberal arts, engineer- ing, nursing, business, or any other field where critical thinking and global
competency are valued. The minor offers students the opportunity to study the interrelated processes shaping today's increasingly interdependent world. As with the global studies major, the minor will require that a student's cross-cultural (which should be a minimum of six weeks in the region) and foreign language requirements correspond to their declared regional focus. A minor in global stud- ies will entail at least ten semester hours taken from the core (including either the
Introduction to Global Studies or the Social Sciences Capstone in consultation with your advisor), three semester hours from a thematic focus, and six semester hours from a regional focus (fulfilled through the student's cross-cultural).

Core (10-11 SH)

GS 101 Introduction to Global
Studies2

OR

SSC 490 Social Sciences Capstone2
Choose three of the following courses:
SOC 334 Cultural Anthropology3
ECON 201 Survey of Economics3
HIST 122 Global Past II2

OR

HIST 123 Global Past III2
PXD 375 Globalization and Justice3
REL 223 World Religions3
SOC 336 Methods of Social Research .3

Thematic Focus (3 SH)

In consultation with your advisor, choose 3 SH of approved coursework in one of the global studies thematic concentrations of Global Sustainability, Global Justice and Peacebuilding, or Global Societies and Cultures.

Regional Focus (6 SH)

These 6 SH will be fulfilled through the student's cross-cultural (which should be a minimum of six weeks in the region) in one of the global studies regional concen- trations of Latin America, Middle East, Asia, or Central/East Africa.