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Nov 21, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue
Global Studies, BA
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Requirements for the Major
The major has five required components:
- a foundational component;
- an analytical component;
- a topical component;
- a senior seminar and project;
- an international experience.
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 or 400-level courses count as core credit only for students in the Honors Program. In catalogue year 2022-23 and beyond, all other students need to take an HS 200-level course to fulfill the second HS/EN core.
Sociology
SC 100 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
- Two courses may be outside of the Global Studies disciplines
- Two courses must be at the 300-level or higher
- Courses may not double count for the analytical component (i.e. a course that is approved for both the analytical and topical component may only count toward one of those components).
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.
- CL 228 - Peace and War in Ancient Rome
- FR 332 - Trauma and Testimony
- HS 213 - A Century of Diplomacy: United States Foreign Policy Since 1890
- HS 218 - The Civil Rights Era
- HS 223 - Women and Gender in the Middle East
- HS 224 - Warfare in the Eastern Mediterranean from Troy to Iraq
- HS 228 - Peace and War in Ancient Rome
- HS 233 - Communism: A Global History
- HS 244 - African American History through Film
- HS 248 - Violence and Holiness in Twentieth-Century El Salvador or
- TH 209 - Violence and Holiness in Twentieth-Century El Salvador
- HS 262 - History and Politics of the Balkans or
- PS 333 - History and Politics of the Balkans
- HS 263 - East Asian Empires Since 1600
- HS 319 - Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
- HS 342 - Health and Illness in Latin America
- HS 364 - War Memory
- HS 373 - Contesting Empire: Nationalism and Decolonization in the Afro-Atlantic World
- HS 390 - Gender and Sexuality in Latin America
- HS 474 - Seminar: Holocaust Memory in Germany and America
- HS 489 - Seminar: America in the Middle East
- HS 492 - Seminar: Minority Identity and Citizenship in the Modern World
- HS 495 - Seminar: East Asia in the Global 1960's
- PL 228 - Philosophical Perspectives: Philosophy and Genocide
- PL 305 - The Ethics and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention
- PS 304 - Politics of the Middle East
- PS 307 - The Global Politics of Migration
- PS 310 - Protest and Mobilization in Authoritarian Regimes
- PS 334 - Global Justice
- PS 335 - Refugees and International Politics
- PS 352 - Gender, Human Rights, and Conflict
- PS 360 - Transitional Justice
- PS 361 - 9/11 and American Foreign Policy
- PS 363 - Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
- PS 364 - International Relations through Non-Western Lenses
- PS 369 - Russian Foreign Policy
- PS 404 - Seminar: Politics of Resistance in Contemporary China
- PS 423 - Genocide, Trauma, Memory: Mass Atrocity in the Twenty-first Century
- 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 and Peace Studies
- SC 363 - Special Topics in Global Studies
- SC 373 - Sociology of Human Rights
- SC 376 - Israel-Palestine: Conflict Narratives, Media Framing, and Peace-Building
- SC 377 - Social Movements and Social Protest
- SC 441 - Seminar: Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation in Divided Societies
- TH 323 - Worship, Culture, and Justice
- TH 370 - Liberation Theology: Roots, Branches, and Critiques
- Appropriate course as approved by program director
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 326 - The Crusades in Medieval Visual Culture
- AH 327 - Islamic Art
- EN 376 - Postcolonial Literature
- FR 332 - Trauma and Testimony
- HS 213 - A Century of Diplomacy: United States Foreign Policy Since 1890
- HS 216 - A Queer History of Europe and North America
- HS 220 - Colonial Africa
- HS 223 - Women and Gender in the Middle East
- HS 227 - Introduction to Modern Latin America
- HS 230 - The Early Middle Ages
- HS 233 - Communism: A Global History
- HS 235 - Modern Germany
- HS 237 - History of the Soviet Union
- HS 248 - Violence and Holiness in Twentieth-Century El Salvador or
- TH 209 - Violence and Holiness in Twentieth-Century El Salvador
- HS 249 - The History of Mexico
- HS 250 - Introduction to Islamic History
- HS 255 - Indian History, Culture, and Religion through Film
- HS 262 - History and Politics of the Balkans or
- PS 333 - History and Politics of the Balkans
- HS 263 - East Asian Empires Since 1600
- HS 281 - Search for the Divine: Hindu, Christian, Muslim, and Buddhist Ways in India
- HS 308 - Medieval Bodies
- HS 317 - Germans in Africa, Africans in Germany
- HS 328 - Sex and the City
- HS 330 - Gender, Race, and Class in Modern Europe
- HS 342 - Health and Illness in Latin America
- HS 373 - Contesting Empire: Nationalism and Decolonization in the Afro-Atlantic World
- HS 390 - Gender and Sexuality in Latin America
- HS 396 - The Modern Middle East through Film
- HS 470 - Seminar: European Imperial Societies
- HS 478 - Seminar: Global Histories of Sexuality
- HS 492 - Seminar: Minority Identity and Citizenship in the Modern World
- HS 495 - Seminar: East Asia in the Global 1960's
- ML 211 - Topics in European Culture and Civilization
- ML 307 - Topics in Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies
- ML 362 - The Early Latino Experience in the United States
- ML 392 - Introduction to Latin American and Latino Studies
- PL 228 - Philosophical Perspectives: Philosophy and Genocide
- PS 302 - Chinese Politics
- PS 304 - Politics of the Middle East
- PS 306 - Politics of Russia
- PS 307 - The Global Politics of Migration
- PS 308 - China and Globalization
- PS 309 - Political Economy of Development
- PS 311 - African Politics
- PS 323 - Politics of Asian Religions and Environmental Sustainability
- PS 332 - Politics through Literature and Film
- PS 334 - Global Justice
- PS 335 - Refugees and International Politics
- PS 336 - Politics and Globalization of Taiwan
- 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 423 - Genocide, Trauma, Memory: Mass Atrocity in the Twenty-first Century
- SC 209 - Cultural Anthropology
- SC 210 - Introducing Gender and Sexuality Studies
- SC 339 - Conflict and Peace Studies
- SC 376 - Israel-Palestine: Conflict Narratives, Media Framing, and Peace-Building
- SC 378 - Islam and Politics
- SC 441 - Seminar: Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation in Divided Societies
- SN 329 - Spanish in the United States
- TH 323 - Worship, Culture, and Justice
- WR 385 - Special Topics in Creative Writing (with permission from the Global Studies Director)
- Appropriate course as approved by program director
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. Some spring break immersions and Maymester programs also fulfill the international experience, but these offerings vary year to year and so prior consultation with the Global Studies Director is required. Study abroad 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 completing the requirements for a minor in a world language (recommended); by completing an internship that is relevant to Global Studies, or by taking a service-learning course in which the student works with individuals or communities in global contexts.
To pursue the internship or service-learning substitutes for study abroad, the student must get prior approval from the Global Studies Director. The student may or may not choose to enroll in GT 401. An internship does not have to earn academic credit in order for it to fulfill the International Experience.
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 plan to take:
To meet the second English/history core requirement, majors should plan to take a 200-level non-Western HS (200-299) course selected from the list of HS analytical component courses. Only 300-level or 400-level courses fulfill the core requirement for Honors students.
Global Studies students who take an English course to fulfill the second core requirement have to take an additional HS course to fulfill major requirements.
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.
Typical Program
An example of a typical program of courses are as follows:
Fall Term
- EC 348 - Development Economics or
- Other Global Studies EC Analytical Component Course
- Global Studies Topical Component Course
- Global Studies Topical Component Course
- Math/Science Core
- Elective
Spring Term
- Global Studies Topical Component Course
- Ethics Core
- Elective
- Elective
- Elective
Fall Term
- Global Studies Topical Component
- Elective
- Elective
- Elective
- Elective
Notes:
- Students must complete the Diversity-Justice requirement by completing two Diversity-Justice designated courses anywhere in their curriculum (see Diversity-Justice Requirement under Curriculum and Policies).
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