Introductory course:
GLB 101
Global Studies minors are required to complete a community-engaged learning project. Students who declare the Global Studies minor after the completion of GLB 101 are required to complete a community-based project in another required course for the minor.
Core 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: Social Scientific Inquiry,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: Social Scientific Inquiry,Quantitative Reasoning. 3 credits. |
| 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. |
| 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. Skill
development includes research and communication. Fulfills requirement: Social Scientific Inquiry,Human Diversity. 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: . 3 credits. |
3 credits of
language at the 300-level or above.
A study abroad experience of at least 4 weeks' duration: Minors 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 minor, although approval for such credit is contingent on equivalent courses in the LVC catalog.