Required Courses:
ECN 101 Principles of Microeconomics| The course examines how individuals and firms make choices within the institution of free-market capitalism. Individuals decide how much of their time to spend working and what to buy with the earnings of their labor. Firms decide how much to produce and in some cases what price to charge for their goods. Together these choices determine what is produced, how it is produced, and for whom it is produced in our economic system. Fulfills requirement: Quantitative Reasoning. 3 credits. |
| This course extends the study of consumer and producer choices to discover how they affect the nation's economy. Macroeconomics deals with the economy as a whole as measured by the key variables of inflation, unemployment, and economic growth. Emphasis is on both Keynesian and classical theories and how they predict what monetary and fiscal policies can be used to affect these variables and reach national economic goals. Fulfills requirement: Quantitative Reasoning. 3 credits. |
*GLB 101
GLB 305
GLB 400 (3 credits)
GLB 405
GLB 498
GLB 499
POL 245 International Relations| This course uses the levels of analysis approach to understand international politics and theories in international relations to draw connections between concepts and world issues. Fulfills requirement: Critical Thinking through Writing. 3 credits. |
| Students will learn various qualitative and quantitative research methods in political science and how to write an empirical research design. Fulfills requirement: Quantitative Reasoning. Prerequisite: SOC 300. 3 credits. (This course is cross-listed with SOC 301) |
| An introduction to the sociological perspective with a focus on how individual behavior is shaped by the social context. The nature and characteristics of human societies and social life are examined from a perspective known as the "sociological imagination". Topics range from the influence of culture on human behavior, the development of the self, group dynamics, deviance, population, and social inequality. Fulfills requirement: Intercultural Competence. 3 credits. |
| The major objective of this course is to help students become aware of the degree to which behavior (including one's own) is culturally determined. As we continue to move toward a global society with increasingly frequent intercultural contacts, we need more than simple factual knowledge about cultural differences; we need a framework for understanding inter-cultural communication and cross-cultural human relations. Through lecture, discussion, simulations, case- studies, role-plays and games, students will learn the inter-cultural communication framework and the skills necessary to make them feel comfortable and communicate effectively with people of any culture and in any situation involving a group of diverse backgrounds. Fulfills requirement: Intercultural Competence. 3 credits. |
One of the following:
ECN 331 International Finance| This course extends the Keynesian Macroeconomic model to incorporate international financial flows; the determinants of the balance of payments; foreign exchange markets; exchange rate regimes; history of international economic institutions; and macroeconomic policy options. The course contains lectures, student presentations, theoretical problem solving, economic analysis of real-world events, reading, analyzing, and writing on academic and current event articles. Prerequisites: ECN 202. 3 credits. |
| This course introduces the theory and practice of international economic relations. It includes not only the history and purpose of trade and the traditional theory of the gains from trade, but also the more modern theory of trade with imperfect competition. The history and nature of the institutional structures of trade (World Trade Organization) are covered. Fulfills requirement: . Prerequisites: ECN 201. 3 credits. |
| This is an introduction to the study of comparative politics: the comparison of political systems in order to understand how and why these systems function differently. The course is built around three fundamental questions: What is comparative politics? What kinds of phenomena do we compare? What are the major theoretical approaches that guide our studies? We also examine distinctions between the "developing" and the "developed" worlds, and between authoritarian and democratic political regimes. The last half of the semester is devoted to the study of individual country case studies, with an emphasis on those in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East. Fulfills requirement: Intercultural Competence. This course satisfies a requirement of the College Honors
program. Enrollment is open to all majors. 3 credits. (This course is cross-listed with HIS 253) |
| This course develops an understanding of the practice of global human rights. This course is taught every other summer at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Fulfills requirement: . 3 credits. |
POL 280
POL 312 United States Foreign Policy| This course examines the domestic interests, values, and political institutions and international forces and pressures that shape the conduct of United States foreign policy. Fulfills requirement: Critical Thinking through Writing. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or permission of the
instructor. 3 credits. |
GLB 500
GLB 550
GLB 599 (requires 3-6 credits of POL-500)
POL 380 European Union Simulation| This course offers an enriching, hands-on, interdisciplinary exploration of the dynamic processes of policy formation in the core institutions of the European Union. Near the end of the semester, students participate in the simulation in Washington D.C., organized by the Mid-Atlantic European Union Simulation Consortium (MEUSC). This experiential learning program endeavors to connect American students to EU policy makers and policy making in a unique way, utilizing the simulation experience to bridge the gap between the academic study of the EU and the actual political processes of the European Union. Students engage in discussions and debates about the EU that are current and topical in EU decision-making circles. A distinct theme is chosen as the focus of the simulation each year. Fulfills requirement: Immersive Experience,Intercultural Competence. This course may be repeated for credit as topic changes. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing.
Course may be repeated for credit. This course satisfies a
requirement of the College Honors program. Enrollment is
open to all majors. 3 credits. |
Students who declare the Global Studies major after the completion of GLB-101 are required to complete a community-based project in another required course for the major.
Global Experiences:
A study abroad experience of at least 4 weeks' duration. Majors are required to participate in at least one approved non-U.S., off-campus program offered by the LVC Study Abroad office. This may include a full semester of study abroad or an approved alternative program, such as full semester-exchange programs, mini-terms (4 to 8 weeks), short-term (4 weeks), or summer programs that may or may not be led by LVC faculty. Courses taken in off-campus programs can be accepted for credit to the major, although approval for such credit is contingent on equivalent courses in the LVC catalog.