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2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Global Studies - Asian Option (GSAS) - BA Major
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BA Major - Global Studies
58 S.H. (No Minor Required)
This major has two parts:
- Part I (Global Perspectives) provides students a general framework that organizes the different aspects of globalization.
- Part II (Regional Perspectives) offers students an opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge about one of the following regions of the world: Asia, Europe, Latin America, or North America.
Students can examine the impact of global developments on the region they choose to study, and conversely, the impact of regions in influencing global forces. The emphasis upon global-regional interaction is the distinguishing feature of this program. Part I: Global Perspectives
(24 S.H.) Required Courses (6 S.H.)
Major Electives (18 S.H.)
Electives (for majors and minors) are organized in the following four categories:
- Global Environment: Courses in this category consider the wholeness of the physical environment of the globe, the potential of its resources to meet human needs, the effects of human activity on the global environment, and the ways in which its resources can be responsibly managed.
- Global Governance: Courses in this category examine whether current international organizations can adequately cope with contemporary problems caused by globalization. These courses also examine efforts by various groups and countries to develop rules, norms, and institutions that can respond consistent with universal standards of human dignity and responsibility.
- Global Society and Culture: Courses in this category explore the emergence of common norms, values, and behavior around the world as a result of globalization and the spread of technology. They also examine expression and culture in different parts of the world and the dynamic of conflict and cooperation between local and global cultures.
- Global Economy: Courses in this category deal with the emergence of the global market economy, the way in which it operates, and the reaction of governments and non-governmental groups.
Students may not count more than nine credits from any one of these categories as credit toward the major. Recreation, Tourism, and Therapeutic Recreation - RTTR
Global Society and Culture
Communication Studies - CMST
Educational Foundation, Research and Technology - EFRT
Mass Communication - MCOM
Recreation, Tourism, and Therapeutic Recreation - RTTR
Business Administration – BUSA
Economics (ECON) and Finance (FIN)
Part II: Regional Perspectives
(34 S.H.)
Students must choose one of the following areas of concentration: Asian Studies, European Studies, Latin American Studies, or North American Studies. Required Courses (3 S.H.)
Foreign Language and Cultural Immersion (16 S.H.)
A minimum of 12 credits in Chinese or Japanese is required. The remaining four credits can be fulfilled by taking additional courses in these languages or by taking an equivalent number of credits in one or more of the following ways (see Note below):
Students who test out of lower-division language courses must complete the remaining credits in one or more of the ways listed above. World language requirements can be waived for students if an Asian language is their first language and if they take an equivalent number of credits as listed above with the permission of the department chair..
Note: Students who received a high school diploma from a Chinese- or Japanese-speaking country cannot register for CHIN 101 - Beginning Chinese I / JPN 101 - Beginning Japanese I or CHIN 102 - Beginning Chinese II / JPN 102 - Beginning Japanese II . Electives – Regional Perspectives (15 S.H.)
Elective courses in Regional Perspectives are classified in these categories:
- Societies in Transition: Courses in this category relate to the geography of the selected region, the history of its peoples, and various aspects of its evolving societies.
- Power, Wealth, and the Environment: Courses in this category pertain to the general political and economic institutions, policies and processes in selected region. They also explore the impact of economic development on the physical environment and examine the policies proposed/adopted to deal with this phenomenon.
- Cultural Identity and Expressions: Courses in this category pertain to the heterogeneity of societies in the selected region and the richness of its
social and cultural group life, including how these groups express themselves in different ways.
Students must take at least one course from each category. Courses listed in more than one category can satisfy the requirements of only one category. Some courses for this requirement will be available at Akita International University (AIU) in Japan and the Hebei University of Technology in China. Power, Wealth, and the Environment
Cultural Identity and Expressions
Note:
◎ = Oral Intensive
◆ = Math/Critical Analysis Intensive
△ = Writing Intensive
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