Interdisciplinary Minors

Global Systems

Faculty

Clark (coordinator)

Requirements

The interdisciplinary minor in global systems consists of 18 credits of non region-specific courses that deal with global connections or transactions. The minor is ideal for majors in business disciplines, economics, languages, geography, government and international politics, history, and other disciplines that take a global view. At least 9 credits must be at the 300 level or above.

1. 1 required course (3 credits): GOVT 149 Global Awareness

2. 5 elective courses (15 credits) chosen from at least two of the following fields:

• Field A: Government, geography, and administration of justice
  • ADJ 405 Law and Justice around the World
  • GEOG 101 Major World Regions
  • GEOG 301 Political Geography
  • GEOG 303 Conservation of Resources and Environment
  • GEOG 304 Geography of Population
  • GEOG 305 Economic Geography
  • GOVT 132 Introduction to International Politics
  • GOVT 348 Competencies for the Global Arena
  • GOVT 349 Issues in the Analysis of Global Systems
  • GOVT 444 Issues in International Studies
    
    
• Field B: Economics, anthropology, marketing, history, and sociology
  • ANTH 300 Civilizations
  • ANTH 312 Comparative Political Systems
  • ANTH 331 Refugees
  • ANTH 333 Humanitarian Action
  • ANTH 375 Anthropological Perspectives on History
  • ECON 360 Economics of Developing Areas
  • ECON 361 Economic Development of Latin America
  • ECON 380 Economies in Transition
  • ECON 390 International Economics
  • HIST 125 Introduction to World History
  • HIST 130 History of the Modern Global System
  • HIST 387 Topics in Global History
  • MKTG 407 International Business
  • SOCI 332 Sociology of Urban Communities
    
    
• Field C: Environmental science, nursing, systems engineering, urban and suburban studies, civil and infrastructure engineering
  • BIOL 307 Ecology
  • BIOL 377 Applied Ecology
  • CEIE 100 Environmental Engineering around the World
  • CEIE 450 Environmental Engineering Systems
  • CEIE 455 Introduction to Environmental Engineering
  • CEIE 456 Environmental Law
  • EVSC 206 Environmental Science II
  • NURS/HSCI 543 Global Health: Trends and Policy
  • SYST 201 Discrete Dynamic Systems Modeling
  • USST 301 Urban Growth in a Shrinking World
    
    
• Field D: Modes of communication
  • COMM 305 Foundations of Intercultural Communication
  • COMM 456 Comparative Mass Media
  • COMM 656 Global Communication
  • DANC 118 World Dance
  • MUSI 103 Musics of the World
  • MUSI 431 Music History in Society
  • THR 359 World Stages

Other courses such as UNIV or special topics courses may also fulfill the requirements of this program; the written permission of the coordinator is required prior to registration.

For more information, contact the coordinator in the Department of Public and International Affairs, Robinson Hall, Room A201, (703) 993-1400.