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Dec 04, 2024
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2019-2020 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Global Studies, BA
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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
(7 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 courses) Students complete this component by choosing four courses that focus on a specific topic or theme.
- Four courses are required to complete the topic
- At least two different Global Studies disciplines must be represented
- One course may be outside of the Global Studies disciplines
- Two courses must be at the 300-level or higher
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.
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.
- HS 315 - The French Revolution and Napoleon
- HS 319 - Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
- HS 324 - Warfare in the Eastern Mediterranean from Troy to Iraq
- 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 373 - Contesting Empire: Nationalism and Decolonization in the Afro-Atlantic World
- 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 372 - The Vietnam War through Film and Literature
- HS 376 - Memories of Nagasaki and Hiroshima
- HS 382 - Crime and Punishment in Latin America
- HS 390 - Gender and Sexuality in Latin America
- HS 395 - Violence and Holiness in Twentieth-Century El Salvador
- HS 397 - Women and Gender in the Middle East
- HS 398 - Global Histories of Disability
- HS 417 - Germans in Africa, Africans in Germany
- 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 487 - Seminar: Comparative Revolutions in Latin America
- HS 489 - Seminar: America in the Middle East
- HS 491 - Seminar: Migration, Displacement, and Refugees: 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 404 - Seminar: Politics of Resistance in Contemporary China
- PS 426 - Conflict, Peace, and Reconciliation in the Balkans
- PS 472 - Seminar: Warfare and Human Nature
- PS 480 - Seminar: Poland and the Holocaust
- SC 339 - Conflict, War, and Peace
- SC 362 - Global Inequalities
- SC 363 - Special Topics in Global Studies
- 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 215 - Violence and Holiness in Twentieth-Century El Salvador
- TH 370 - Liberation Theology: Roots, Branches, and Critiques
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.
- AH 204 - Islamic Art
- AH 326 - The Crusades in Medieval Visual Culture
- EC 341 - Special Topics in Economics (with permission from the Global Studies Director)
- EC 390 - Growth, Globalization and History
- EN 376 - Postcolonial Literature
- EN 385 - Seminar in Postcolonial Literature
- HS 303 - The Early Middle Ages
- HS 318 - Creation of Modern Germany: 1770-1992
- HS 325 - Europe Since 1945 through Film
- HS 332 - The Enlightenment in Europe
- HS 373 - Contesting Empire: Nationalism and Decolonization in the Afro-Atlantic World
- HS 363 - A Century of Diplomacy: United States Foreign Policy Since 1890
- 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 395 - Violence and Holiness in Twentieth-Century El Salvador
- HS 397 - Women and Gender in the Middle East
- HS 414 - Women in Europe
- HS 416 - Sex and the City
- HS 417 - Germans in Africa, Africans in Germany
- HS 442 - Health and Illness in Latin America
- HS 446 - Modern Latin American Cities
- HS 396 - The Modern Middle East through Literature and Film
- HS 461 - Seminar: The African Diaspora
- HS 478 - Global Histories of Sexuality
- HS 489 - Seminar: America in the Middle East
- HS 491 - Seminar: Migration, Displacement, and Refugees: Middle East
- ML 307 - Topics in Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies
- 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
- PL 228 - Philosophical Perspectives: Philosophy and Genocide
- 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 404 - Seminar: Politics of Resistance in Contemporary China
- SC 104 - Cultural Anthropology
- SC 210 - Introduction to Gender and Sexuality Studies
- SC 230 - Introduction to Czech Culture and Business
- SC 376 - Israel-Palestine: Conflict Narratives, Media Framing, and Peace-Building
- SC 378 - Islamic Social Movements
- SC 441 - Seminar: Reconciliation and Justice after Violent Conflict
- TH 215 - Violence and Holiness in Twentieth-Century El Salvador
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 a sustained, immersive academic experience that is international in nature to graduate with the major. Study abroad, either for a semester, a year or a summer, is the preferred option. This can be done via a Loyola-approved program, or via a program taken through another university with the prior approval of the Global Studies Director.
If study abroad is impossible, a student may fulfill the International Experience requirement by either completing the requirements for a minor in a foreign language (recommended), or by taking a service-learning course in which the student works with individuals or communities in global contexts. To pursue the service-learning substitute for study abroad, the student must get prior approval from the Global Studies Director and complete an approval form. Service-learning course options vary by semester and cannot be guaranteed. After the service-learning course is completed, the student must ask the course instructor to send confirmation of the student's service work to the Director of Global Studies.
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 or anticipated international experience.
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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