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Dec 17, 2024
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2017-2018 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Global Studies, B.A.
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Major in Global Studies
The major has five main components:
- a foundational component;
- an analytical component;
- a topical component;
- a capstone senior seminar and project;
- study abroad or equivalent.
Each component is described below:
Foundational Component
(6 required courses) These courses introduce students to social scientific approaches to global issues and to the basics of quantitative analysis.
Analytical Component
(4 courses) These courses deepen and expand the analytical perspectives and knowledge bases addressed in the foundational courses. They are broadly comparative or global in focus. Students choose one course from each departmental grouping listed below:
History (non-Western)
HS 300-level courses also satisfy the second core requirement in history; only HS 400-level courses count as core credit for students in the Honors Program.
Sociology
SC 101 prerequisite waived for global studies majors (manual registration required).
Topical Component
(4 four courses from at least two of the four departments): Students complete this component by choosing four courses that focus on a specific topic or theme. Within the four courses, two of the global studies disciplines of economics, history, political science, and sociology must be represented. One course may be outside of the global studies disciplines. Two courses must be at the 300-level or above. Courses may be taken at Loyola and through a variety of study abroad programs. Courses taken through study abroad programs must be approved by the global studies advisor. Students may choose one of the topics listed below. Courses currently not listed below may be approved for each topic with the permission of the global studies advisor. As specified in topic 4 below, students may also develop a topic of their own by drafting a proposal and obtaining the authorization of their advisor and of the director of Global Studies.
Topic 1: Globalization and Sustainable Development
Economies, societies and cultures have become increasingly integrated. This topic focuses on the dynamics of global change at the economic, social, political, cultural and environmental level. Also, this topic focuses on the factors that impinge on the economic and social progress of countries and regions in parts of the world that are considered less developed. These countries and regions are most often found in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, and Eastern Europe. Important aspects of this topic will include the sources of underdevelopment, the extent and dynamics of inequality and poverty, and the impact of colonization and decolonization on the political, economic and social evolution of these regions.
- BL 104 - Twisted Planet: Global Issues in Biology
- BH 282 - International Business (or IB 282 )
- CH 114 - Global Environment
- EC 304 - Survey of International Economics
- EC 341 - Special Topics in Economics
- EC 348 - Development Economics
- EC 360 - Environmental Economics
- EC 370 - Cost-Benefit Analysis
- EC 390 - Growth, Globalization and History
- EC 440 - International Financial Economics
- EC 446 - International Trade
- EN 376 - Postcolonial Literature
- EN 385 - Seminar in Postcolonial Literature
- FI 340 - Global Financial Management
- HS 307 - Peace and War in Ancient Rome
- HS 308 - White Man's Burden: Colonialism and the Historical Origins of Racism
- HS 336 - History of Development
- HS 343 - American Environmental History
- HS 363 - A Century of Diplomacy: United States Foreign Policy Since 1890
- HS 368 - The Atlantic World: Readings, Approaches, and Explorations
- HS 371 - East Asia in the Modern World
- HS 372 - The Vietnam War through Film and Literature
- HS 375 - Indian History, Culture, and Religion through Film
- HS 377 - History of Modern China
- HS 378 - History of Modern Japan
- HS 380 - History of South Asia in the Twentieth Century
- HS 382 - Crime and Punishment in Latin America
- HS 388 - Conquest and Colonization in Africa: 1884-1965
- HS 389 - Women and Social Change in Modern Africa
- HS 390 - Gender and Sexuality in Latin America
- HS 417 - Germans in Africa, Africans in Germany
- HS 442 - Health and Illness in Latin America
- HS 461 - Seminar: The African Diaspora
- HS 490 - Seminar: Environmental History in Latin America
- HS 484 - Seminar: The Chinese Revolution
- HS 489 - Seminar: America in the Middle East
- IB 282 - International Business (or BH 282 )
- IB 415 - International Management
- IB 472 - Cross-Cultural Exchanges
- IB 473 - Global Strategic Alliances
- IS 360 - Management of Global Information Technology
- LW 411 - Environmental Law and Policy
- PL 314 - Environmental Ethics
- PS 302 - Chinese Politics
- PS 303 - Latin American Politics
- PS 304 - Politics of the Middle East
- PS 307 - The Global Politics of Migration
- PS 308 - China and Globalization
- PS 353 - Global Democratization
- PS 357 - The Politics of Globalization
- PS 360 - Transitional Justice
- PS 364 - International Relations through Non-Western Lenses
- PS 365 - International Politics
- PS 366 - International Political Economy
- PS 378 - First Critics and Defenders of Global Capitalism
- SC 361 - Social Inequality
- SC 362 - Global Inequalities
- SC 373 - Sociology of Human Rights
- SC 374 - Sociology of Development
- SC 422 - Seminar: Gender, Sexuality, and Capitalism
- SC 440 - Seminar: Global Sociology
- TH 392 - Globalization, Inculturation, and Justice (or HN 392 )
Topic 2: Conflict, Justice, and Human Rights
Violence is a universal feature of human societies, affecting the lives of individuals as well as of entire communities - local, national and transnational. To build a world more just and peaceful, we need to study how conflicts arise, how they develop and how they can be solved. Moreover, to reaffirm human rights for individuals and minorities we need to study their historical evolution, and examine the existence and implications of injustice and infringements on human rights.
- EC 320 - The Political Economy of War
- HS 315 - The French Revolution and Napoleon
- HS 319 - Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
- HS 333 - The Second World War
- HS 346 - Revolutionary America
- HS 347 - Our Rights: A History of Civil and Human Rights Law in America
- HS 359 - African American History through Film
- HS 363 - A Century of Diplomacy: United States Foreign Policy Since 1890
- HS 366 - The Civil Rights Era
- HS 369 - Jesuits in Latin America from 1549-Present
- HS 372 - The Vietnam War through Film and Literature
- HS 376 - Memories of Nagasaki and Hiroshima
- HS 382 - Crime and Punishment in Latin America
- HS 386 - Soldiers and Guerrillas in Modern Latin America
- HS 390 - Gender and Sexuality in Latin America
- HS 397 - Women and Gender in the Arab World
- HS 417 - Germans in Africa, Africans in Germany
- HS 418 - Mussolini and Fascist Italy
- HS 442 - Health and Illness in Latin America
- HS 443 - Apartheid and Its Demise in South Africa
- HS 444 - War and Revolution: East Asia, 1937-1954
- HS 474 - Holocaust Memory in Germany and America
- HS 480 - Seminar: Cold War in Southern Africa
- HS 481 - Seminar: The History of Disability in Comparative Perspective
- HS 487 - Seminar: Comparative Revolutions in Latin America
- HS 488 - Seminar: Political Violence and Terrorism in the Modern World
- HS 489 - Seminar: America in the Middle East
- ML 404 - Another America, Central America
- PL 228 - Philosophical Perspectives: Philosophy and Genocide
- PS 304 - Politics of the Middle East
- PS 307 - The Global Politics of Migration
- PS 352 - Gender, Human Rights, and Conflict
- PS 359 - Approaches to American Foreign Policy
- PS 360 - Transitional Justice
- PS 363 - Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
- PS 364 - International Relations through Non-Western Lenses
- PS 369 - War
- PS 376 - International Law
- PS 472 - Seminar: Warfare and Human Nature
- PS 480 - Seminar: Poland and the Holocaust
- SC 221 - Sociology of Race, Class, and Gender
- SC 338 - Conflict, War, and Peace
- SC 362 - Global Inequalities
- SC 373 - Sociology of Human Rights
- SC 375 - Political Sociology
- SC 376 - Israel-Palestine: Conflict Narratives, Media Framing, and Peace-Building
- SC 377 - Social Movements and Social Protest
- SC 441 - Seminar: Reconciliation and Justice after Violent Conflict
- TH 370 - Liberation Theology: Roots, Branches, and Critiques
- TH 396 - Christianity and Global Justice
Topic 3: Identity, Place, and Power
The process of globalization entails a fundamental tension between global dynamics and our specific, multi-layered national, religious, cultural, class, gender, and professional identities. How is globalization affecting the way we shape our identity as individuals and as a community? And how do our local, contextual, specific identities contribute to shape the process of globalization? Included in this topic are courses on ethnic identity, religion, gender, and nationalism. The issues of exile, migration and displacement are also addressed.
- EC 341 - Special Topics in Economics
- EC 390 - Growth, Globalization and History
- EN 376 - Postcolonial Literature
- EN 385 - Seminar in Postcolonial Literature
- GR 359 - History and Development of German Business
- HS 303 - The Early Middle Ages
- HS 310 - Early Modern Britain, 1450-1700
- HS 318 - Creation of Modern Germany: 1770-1992
- HS 325 - Europe Since 1945 through Film
- HS 332 - The Enlightenment in Europe
- HS 363 - A Century of Diplomacy: United States Foreign Policy Since 1890
- HS 369 - Jesuits in Latin America from 1549-Present
- HS 372 - The Vietnam War through Film and Literature
- HS 375 - Indian History, Culture, and Religion through Film
- HS 376 - Memories of Nagasaki and Hiroshima
- HS 381 - Search for the Divine: Hindu, Christian, Muslim, and Buddhist Ways in India
- HS 390 - Gender and Sexuality in Latin America
- HS 394 - The Beautiful Game: The History of Modern Latin America
- HS 397 - Women and Gender in the Arab World
- HS 414 - Women in Europe
- HS 417 - Germans in Africa, Africans in Germany
- HS 418 - Mussolini and Fascist Italy
- HS 442 - Health and Illness in Latin America
- HS 446 - Modern Latin American Cities
- HS 449 - The Modern Middle East through Literature and Film
- HS 461 - Seminar: The African Diaspora
- HS 489 - Seminar: America in the Middle East
- ML 342 - From Plymouth Rock to Ellis Island: An Examination of Immigration to America
- ML 359 - History and Development of German Business
- ML 362 - The Early Latino Experience in the United States
- ML 365 - Home Here and Abroad: Why It Matters So Much
- ML 392 - Introduction to Latin American and Latino Studies
- PS 304 - Politics of the Middle East
- PS 306 - Politics of Russia
- PS 355 - Religion and the State in Asia
- PS 360 - Transitional Justice
- PS 363 - Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
- PS 364 - International Relations through Non-Western Lenses
- PS 396 - Politics of Eastern Europe
- PS 397 - Politics of Western Europe
- SC 104 - Cultural Anthropology
- SC 210 - Introduction to Gender Studies
- SC 230 - Introduction to Czech Culture and Society
- SC 376 - Israel-Palestine: Conflict Narratives, Media Framing, and Peace-Building
- SC 378 - Islamic Social Movements
- SC 422 - Seminar: Gender, Sexuality, and Capitalism
- SC 441 - Seminar: Reconciliation and Justice after Violent Conflict
- TH 384 - Christianity and Islam
Topic 4: Individualized Topic
This topic crosses the topical boundaries of topics 1, 2, and 3; students interested in shaping a topic of their own will have to draft a one-page proposal that suggests a title, offers a brief rationale, and lists some of the courses they intend to take; students will have to discuss their project with their advisor and - after an agreement between student and advisor has been reached - submit the final proposal to the Global Studies director for acceptance, copying the advisor.
Senior Seminar in Global Studies
(GT 400 ): The course is intended as an opportunity for integrating students' experience of the global studies program. It consists of a senior project, guest lectures, and other integrative work selected by the instructor. The course is offered each spring semester.
International Experience
Global studies majors must participate in an international experience, in which the student has sustained interaction with settings and communities outside of the United States. Study abroad is the preferred route to fulfilling this requirement. Study abroad may involve a summer, one semester, or two semester experience, as coordinated by the Office of International Programs. In the case that study abroad is not possible for the individual student, a minor in a foreign language is a permissible equivalent. If neither the foreign language minor nor study abroad is possible, service-learning in a course with global content or an internship are permissible to fulfill this requirement in consultation with the Global Studies Director.
Cross-Counting
For students who choose to double-major in global studies and another major, or who choose to major in global studies and minor in one or two minors, global studies departmentally-approved courses cross-count for both majors and for the major and one or two minors so long as the policy of the other department or program is in agreement. The global studies department imposes no limit on this cross-counting. Students interested in double-majoring (or majoring and minoring) should consult both departments early in their career.
Suggested Core Courses for Global Studies
To meet the first history core requirement, majors should consider one of the following:
Because a broad understanding of international issues and traditions is essential, students are strongly encouraged to take a world religion course as the second core theology requirement; for example:
To meet the natural science core requirement, majors should consider one of the following:
In addition students are encouraged to use Loyola's core language requirement to attain competency in the language that is most relevant to their topical focus.
Bachelor of Arts
Requirements for a major and an example of a typical program of courses are as follows:
Spring Term
- Global Studies Topical Component
- Global Studies Topical Component
- Global Studies Topical Component
- Elective
- Elective
Fall Term
- Ethics Core
- Elective
- Elective
- Elective
- Elective
Notes:
Students must complete the diversity core requirement through a designated diversity core, major, or elective course (see Diversity Core Requirement under Curriculum and Policies).
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