Degree Programs
We offer a major and a minor, with both allowing a significant amount of flexibility in order to accommodate a range of interests and career aspirations.
Through the GLBL Major, students establish strong multicultural communication skills, they explore global social problems from a range of disciplinary perspectives, and they develop a deep and cohesive understanding of the world. Students also choose a concentration, depending on whether they want to develop further expertise in a specific region (Area Studies), or on the challenges that lesser-developed regions of the world face (Development).
The GLBL Minor is ideal for students who want to have an international experience and develop a deeper understanding of the world, but also continue pursuing a different major. The minor develops students' multi-cultural communication skills, and their understanding of the region's history, economics, politics, culture and environment.
Program Learning Outcomes
KNOWLEDGE: Explain how contemporary social issues/problems are enmeshed in multi-faceted global systems, and how they involve a range of economic, political, cultural, environmental, and demographic conditions
ANALYSIS: Analyze empirical evidence using multiple analytical frameworks and perspectives to explain the complex conditions underlying contemporary issues/problems
COMMUNICATION: Demonstrate the communication and collaboration skills needed to work effectively in a global or multicultural context.
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION: Apply academic understanding of global social issues to an applied case, and prepare for a professional career