Global Studies Major, B.A.
Global studies is an interdisciplinary curriculum that brings together diverse perspectives and frameworks to analyze the complex relationships between local, national, and global structures.
The Curriculum in Global Studies provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to develop effective and innovative responses to some of today's most critical global challenges — such as racial and gender injustice, economic inequality, increasing war and conflict, migration and displacement, and environmental crisis — by training them in a variety of methodologies drawn from multiple academic disciplines and supporting them with internationally renowned faculty across more than ten departments at UNC.
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Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the global studies program, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate facility with a range of approaches to knowledge typically found in global studies
- Discuss current academic perspectives on central global and trans-cultural issues
- Discuss major themes and movements in area studies and link them to broader global developments
- Construct logical and coherent arguments to support their analysis of global and trans-cultural issues from a diversity of perspectives (e.g. international politics, global economics, transnational culture, global health and environment)
Requirements
In addition to the program requirements, students must
- earn a minimum final cumulative GPA of 2.000
- complete a minimum of 45 academic credit hours earned from UNC–Chapel Hill courses
- take at least half of their major core requirements (courses and credit hours) at UNC–Chapel Hill
- earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.000 in the major core requirements. Some programs may require higher standards for major or specific courses.
For more information, please consult the degree requirements section of the catalog.
Code | Title | Hours |
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Core Requirements | ||
GLBL 210 | 3 | |
One core methodology/methods course | 3 | |
Quantitative Methods in Geography | ||
Applied Experimental Research: Politics in the US and Europe | ||
Microeconomic Foundations of Public Policy | ||
Designing for Impact: Social Enterprise Lab | ||
Another core course: | 3 | |
Anthropological Perspectives on Cultural Diversity | ||
Perspectives in World Drama H | ||
Survey of International and Development Economics H | ||
Human Societies | ||
Population Problems | ||
Four courses from one of the following thematic areas 1 | 12 | |
Three courses from one of the following world areas 1 | 9 | |
Additional Requirements | ||
Credit for six levels of modern language study. 2 | 9-10 | |
Total Hours | 39-40 |
H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
F | FY-Launch class sections may be available. A FY-Launch section fulfills the same requirements as a standard section of that course, but also fulfills the FY-SEMINAR/FY-LAUNCH First-Year Foundations requirement. Students can search for FY-Launch sections in ConnectCarolina using the FY-LAUNCH attribute. |
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Of the seven courses in the thematic and world area concentrations, five must be numbered 200 and above.
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Students may choose six levels of one language or four levels of one language and two of another. The primary language must be relevant to the declared world area concentration. The curriculum urges students to continue the study of a foreign language to a level as close as possible to fluency. The first three levels of a foreign language can count toward the General Education requirement and have not been included as additional hours for the major.
Thematic Areas
International Politics, Nation-States, Social Movements
Code | Title | Hours |
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AAAD 101 | 3 | |
AAAD 307 | 21st-Century Scramble for Africa | 3 |
AAAD 315 | 3 | |
AAAD 316 | 3 | |
AAAD 403 | 3 | |
AMST 277 | 3 | |
ANTH 130 | Anthropology of the Caribbean | 3 |
ANTH 280 | 3 | |
ANTH 319 | 3 | |
ANTH 360 | Latin American Economy and Society | 3 |
ANTH 375 | Memory, Massacres, and Monuments in Southeast Asia | 3 |
ANTH 468 | State Formation | 3 |
ARTH/HIST 514 | 3 | |
ASIA/HIST/PWAD 281 | The Pacific War, 1937-1945: Its Causes and Legacy | 3 |
ASIA 300/RELI 283 | 3 | |
ENEC/PLCY 372 | Global Environment: Policy Analysis and Solutions | 3 |
ENEC/POLI 254 | International Environmental Politics | 3 |
ENGL 279 | Migration and Globalization | 3 |
GEOG 423 | Social Geography | 3 |
GEOG 435 | 3 | |
GEOG 447 | Gender, Space, and Place in the Middle East | 3 |
GEOG 452 | Mobile Geographies: The Political Economy of Migration | 3 |
GEOG 453 | 3 | |
GEOG 460 | 3 | |
GEOG 464 | Europe Today: Transnationalism, Globalisms, and the Geographies of Pan-Europe | 3 |
GEOG 480 | Liberation Geographies | 3 |
GLBL 87H | 3 | |
GLBL 221 | 3 | |
GLBL 383 | 3 | |
GLBL 401 | 3 | |
GLBL 415 | Dealing with Difference: Criminal Justice, Race, and Social Movements in Globalization | 3 |
GLBL 450 | 3 | |
GLBL 481 | 3 | |
GLBL 487 | 3 | |
GLBL 489 | 3 | |
GLBL 491H | Major Controversies in Human Rights | 3 |
HIST 101 | 3 | |
HIST/PWAD 205 | 3 | |
HIST/PWAD 206 | 3 | |
HIST/PWAD 207 | 3 | |
HIST 276 | 3 | |
HIST 510 | Human Rights in the Modern World H | 3 |
HIST 570 | The Vietnam War | 3 |
HIST 577 | United States Foreign Relations in the 20th Century | 3 |
LING 543 | Language in Politics | 3 |
MEJO 446 | 3 | |
MUSC 291 | 3 | |
POLI 130 | 3 | |
POLI 231 | Latin America and the United States in World Politics | 3 |
POLI 234 | Comparative Politics of the Global South | 3 |
POLI 235 | 3 | |
POLI 236 | Politics of East-Central Europe H | 3 |
POLI 238 | 3 | |
POLI 239 | 3 | |
POLI 252 | International Organizations and Global Issues H | 3 |
POLI 253 | Problems in World Order | 3 |
POLI 255 | 3 | |
POLI 260 | 3 | |
POLI 431 | African Politics and Societies | 3 |
POLI 433 | Politics of the European Union H | 3 |
POLI 435 | 3 | |
POLI 438 | 3 | |
POLI 442 | 3 | |
POLI 443 | American Foreign Policy: Formulation and Conduct | 3 |
POLI 444 | 3 | |
POLI 448 | The Politics of Multilevel Governance | 3 |
POLI 449 | Beg, Borrow, or Steal: How Governments Get Money and Its Effects on Accountability | 3 |
POLI 450 | Contemporary Inter-American Relations H | 3 |
POLI 451 | Race, Ethnicity, and Political Change in Comparative Perspective | 3 |
POLI 457 | International Conflict Processes | 3 |
POLI 459 | Trans-Atlantic Security H | 3 |
POLI 470 | Social and Political Philosophy H | 3 |
POLI 471 | Contemporary Political Thought H | 3 |
POLI/PWAD 150 | 3 | |
POLI/PWAD 469 | Conflict and Intervention in the Former Yugoslavia H | 3 |
PWAD 250 | 3 | |
PWAD 252 | International Organizations and Global Issues H | 3 |
PWAD 352 | The History of Intelligence Operations | 3 |
PWAD 489 | Empire and Diplomacy H | 3 |
RELI 181 | 3 | |
SOCI 111 | Human Societies | 3 |
SOCI 121 | Population Problems | 3 |
SOCI 274 | Social and Economic Justice | 3 |
WGST 388 | 3 | |
WGST 410 | 3 |
H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
F | FY-Launch class sections may be available. A FY-Launch section fulfills the same requirements as a standard section of that course, but also fulfills the FY-SEMINAR/FY-LAUNCH First-Year Foundations requirement. Students can search for FY-Launch sections in ConnectCarolina using the FY-LAUNCH attribute. |
Global Economics, Trade, Development
Code | Title | Hours |
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AAAD 212 | 3 | |
AAAD 307 | 21st-Century Scramble for Africa | 3 |
AAAD 410 | 3 | |
ANTH 320 | Anthropology of Development | 3 |
ANTH 468 | State Formation | 3 |
BUSI 611 | International Development: Focus on Indigenous Issues | 3 |
BUSI 617 | Global Marketing | 3 |
ECON 360 | Survey of International and Development Economics H | 3 |
ECON 434 | History of Economic Doctrines | 3 |
ECON 450 | Health Economics: Problems and Policy | 3 |
ECON 460 | 3 | |
ECON 461 | European Economic Integration | 3 |
ECON 465 | 3 | |
ECON 468 | Socialism, Planning, and the Contemporary Russian Economy | 3 |
ECON 469 | 3 | |
ECON 560 | 3 | |
GEOG 428 | 3 | |
GEOG 453 | 3 | |
GEOG 458 | Urban Latin America: Politics, Economy, and Society | 3 |
GEOG 460 | 3 | |
GEOG 464 | Europe Today: Transnationalism, Globalisms, and the Geographies of Pan-Europe | 3 |
GLBL 413 | 3 | |
PLAN 574 | Political Economy of Poverty and Inequality | 3 |
PLAN 773 | Economic Development Seminar | 3 |
POLI 435 | 3 | |
POLI 442 | 3 | |
SOCI 58 | 3 |
H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
Global Health and Environment
Code | Title | Hours |
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ANTH 147 | 3 | |
ANTH 151 | 3 | |
ANTH 238 | 3 | |
ANTH 312 | From the Equator to the Poles: Case Studies in Global Environmental Change | 3 |
ANTH 318 | 3 | |
ANTH 319 | 3 | |
ANTH/WGST 443 | 3 | |
ANTH/WGST 445 | 3 | |
ANTH 446 | Poverty, Inequality, and Health | 3 |
ANTH 470 | Medicine and Anthropology | 3 |
ANTH 473 | Anthropology of the Body and the Subject | 3 |
ARAB 214 | 3 | |
ENEC/POLI 254 | International Environmental Politics | 3 |
ENEC/GEOG 264 | Conservation of Biodiversity in Theory and Practice | 3 |
ENEC 325 | 3-4 | |
ENEC 330 | Principles of Sustainability | 3 |
ENEC 370 | Agriculture and the Environment H | 3 |
ENEC/PLCY 372 | Global Environment: Policy Analysis and Solutions | 3 |
ENEC/GEOG 437 | 3 | |
ENEC 510 | Policy Analysis of Global Climate Change | 3 |
ENGL 268 | 3 | |
ENVR 600 | Environmental Health | 3 |
ENVR 610 | Global Environmental Health Inequities | 3 |
FREN 305 | Healthcare in France and the Francophone World | 3 |
GEOG 212 | 3 | |
GEOG 222 | Health and Medical Geography | 3 |
GEOG 237 | Natural Resources | 3 |
GEOG 269 | 3 | |
GEOG 334 | Human Ecology of Health and Disease | 3 |
GEOG 435 | 3 | |
GEOG 437 | 3 | |
GEOG 446 | Geography of Health Care Delivery | 3 |
GEOG 457 | 3 | |
GEOG/ENEC 451 | 3 | |
GLBL 483 | 3 | |
HPM 660 | International and Comparative Health Systems | 3 |
MHCH 610 | Issues in Maternal and Child Health | 3 |
PLCY 565 | Global Health Law & Policy | 3 |
SOCI 469 | Health and Society | 3 |
WGST 388 | 3 |
H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
Transnational Cultures, Identities, Arts
Code | Title | Hours |
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AAAD 210 | African Belief Systems: Religion and Philosophy in Sub-Saharan Africa | 3 |
AAAD 284 | 3 | |
AAAD/WGST 200 | 3 | |
AMST/ENGL/POLI 248/WGST 249 | 3 | |
ANTH 102 | 3 | |
ANTH 123 | 3 | |
ANTH 147 | 3 | |
ANTH 259 | Culture and Identity | 3 |
ANTH 280 | 3 | |
ANTH 284 | 3 | |
ANTH 320 | Anthropology of Development | 3 |
ANTH 334 | Art, Nature, and Religion: Cross-Cultural Perspectives | 3 |
ANTH 429 | 3 | |
ANTH 477 | Visual Anthropology | 3 |
ARTH 155 | 3 | |
ARTH/HIST 514 | 3 | |
ASIA 150 | 3 | |
ASIA/RELI 183 | 3 | |
CMPL 143 | 3 | |
COMM 574 | War and Culture | 3 |
DRAM 486 | 3 | |
ENGL 164 | 3 | |
FREN 280 | 3 | |
FREN 355 | Visual Francophone Studies | 3 |
FREN 375 | Francophone Literature and Film | 3 |
FREN 377 | The Evolution of Frenchness since WWII | 3 |
GEOG 56 | 3 | |
GEOG/ASIA 267 | 3 | |
GEOG 447 | Gender, Space, and Place in the Middle East | 3 |
GEOG 448 | Transnational Geographies of Muslim Societies | 3 |
GEOG 452 | Mobile Geographies: The Political Economy of Migration | 3 |
GLBL 383 | 3 | |
GLBL 486 | 3 | |
GLBL 492H | Global Food Films | 3 |
HIST 139 | 3 | |
ITAL 385 | 3 | |
MEJO/WGST 442 | Gender, Class, Race, and Mass Media | 3 |
MEJO 446 | 3 | |
MUSC 146 | 3 | |
MUSC 258 | 3 | |
RELI 121 | 3 | |
RELI 284 | 3 | |
RELI 285 | 3 | |
RELI 345 | 3 | |
RELI 428 | Religion and Anthropology H | 3 |
SPAN 344 | Latin@ American Cultural Topics | 3 |
SPAN 378 | 3 | |
WGST 124 | 3 | |
WGST 410 | 3 |
H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
World Areas
Africa
Code | Title | Hours |
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AAAD 101 | 3 | |
AAAD 200 | 3 | |
AAAD 201 | 3 | |
AAAD 210 | African Belief Systems: Religion and Philosophy in Sub-Saharan Africa | 3 |
AAAD 212 | 3 | |
AAAD 214 | 3 | |
AAAD 300 | 3 | |
AAAD 301 | Contemporary China-Africa Relations | 3 |
AAAD 307 | 21st-Century Scramble for Africa | 3 |
AAAD 315 | 3 | |
AAAD 316 | 3 | |
AAAD 318 | 3 | |
AAAD 320 | 3 | |
AAAD 329 | 3 | |
AAAD 388 | 3 | |
AAAD 391 | 3 | |
AAAD 400 | 3 | |
AAAD 403 | 3 | |
AAAD 410 | 3 | |
AAAD 414 | 3 | |
AAAD 421 | 3 | |
AAAD 487 | 3 | |
ANTH 226 | The Peoples of Africa | 3 |
ANTH 238 | 3 | |
ARTH 255 | African Art and Culture | 3 |
GEOG 268 | 3 | |
HIST 130 | 3 | |
HIST 279 | 3 | |
POLI 431 | African Politics and Societies | 3 |
WGST/HIST 313 | 3 |
H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
Asia
Code | Title | Hours |
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ANTH 330 | 3 | |
ANTH/ASIA 365 | Chinese Diaspora in the Asia Pacific | 3 |
ANTH 375 | Memory, Massacres, and Monuments in Southeast Asia | 3 |
ANTH/ASIA 545 | The Politics of Culture in East Asia | 3 |
ANTH/ASIA 574 | Chinese World Views | 3 |
ASIA/HIST 133 | 3 | |
ASIA 134 | 3 | |
ASIA 150 | 3 | |
ASIA 183 | 3 | |
ASIA 231 | 3 | |
ASIA 261 | 3 | |
ASIA 262 | 3 | |
ASIA/RELI 285 | 3 | |
ASIA 331 | 3 | |
ASIA 333 | 3 | |
ASIA 427 | 3 | |
CHIN 150 | 3 | |
CHIN 252 | 3 | |
CHIN 253 | 3 | |
CHIN 361 | 3 | |
CHIN 463 | 3 | |
CHIN 464 | 3 | |
CHIN 562 | 3 | |
GEOG 266 | 3 | |
GEOG/ASIA 267 | 3 | |
HIST 134 | 3 | |
HIST 136 | History of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh: South Asia since 1750 | 3 |
HIST 288 | Modern Japan | 3 |
JAPN 162 | 3 | |
JAPN 375 | 3 | |
JAPN 482 | 3 | |
KOR 150 | 3 | |
KOR 151 | 3 | |
KOR 232 | 3 | |
KOR 327 | 3 | |
KOR 346 | 3 | |
PHIL 213 | 3 | |
RELI 285 | 3 | |
RELI 287 | 3 | |
RELI 288 | 3 |
H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
Latin America
Code | Title | Hours |
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AAAD 260 | 3 | |
AAAD 278 | 3 | |
AAAD 460 | 3 | |
AAAD 461 | 3 | |
ANTH 360 | Latin American Economy and Society | 3 |
ANTH/FOLK 130 | Anthropology of the Caribbean | 3 |
ARTH 267 | 3 | |
GEOG 259 | 3 | |
GEOG 430 | Global Migrations, Local Impacts: Urbanization and Migration in the United States | 3 |
GEOG 457 | 3 | |
GEOG 458 | Urban Latin America: Politics, Economy, and Society | 3 |
GLBL 382 | Latin American Migrant Perspectives: Ethnography and Action | 3 |
HIST 142 | 3 | |
HIST 143 | 3 | |
HIST 145 | 3 | |
HIST 175H | Honors Seminar in Latin American History | 3 |
HIST 242 | 3 | |
HIST 248 | Guerrillas and Counterinsurgencies in Latin America | 3 |
HIST 532 | History of Cuba | 3 |
LTAM 101 | Introduction to Latin American Studies | 3 |
MUSC 147 | 3 | |
POLI 231 | Latin America and the United States in World Politics | 3 |
POLI 238 | 3 | |
POLI 434 | Politics of Mexico | 3 |
POLI 435 | 3 | |
POLI 450 | Contemporary Inter-American Relations H | 3 |
PORT 310 | 3 | |
PORT 370 | 3 | |
PORT 375 | 3 | |
PORT 387 | 3 | |
PORT 388 | 3 | |
RELI 151 | 3 | |
SPAN 344 | Latin@ American Cultural Topics | 3 |
WGST 280 | 3 | |
WGST 352 | 3 | |
WGST 388 | 3 | |
WGST 465 | 3 |
H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
Middle East
Code | Title | Hours |
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ARAB 150 | 3 | |
ARAB 151 | 3 | |
ARAB 337 | 3 | |
ARAB 453 | 3 | |
ASIA 124 | 3 | |
ASIA/HIST/PWAD 277 | 3 | |
ASIA 359 | 3 | |
ASIA 435 | 3 | |
ASIA 462 | 3 | |
ASIA 471 | 3 | |
GEOG 447 | Gender, Space, and Place in the Middle East | 3 |
HIST 139 | 3 | |
HIST 276 | 3 | |
HIST 537 | Women in the Middle East | 3 |
HIST 538 | The Middle East and the West | 3 |
JWST 107 | Introduction to Modern Judaism | 3 |
RELI 64 | 3 | |
RELI 180 | 3 | |
RELI 181 | 3 | |
RELI 385 | 3 | |
RELI 480 | 3 | |
RELI 581 | 3 | |
RELI 583 | 3 | |
RELI 584 | 3 | |
SOCI 419 | 3 |
Western Europe and the European Union
Code | Title | Hours |
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ANTH 377 | European Societies | 3 |
ARTH 152 | 3 | |
ARTH 283 | 3 | |
CMPL/GSLL 270/JWST 239/RELI 239 | German Culture and the Jewish Question | 3 |
DTCH 405 | Topics in Dutch Culture: A Literary Survey | 3 |
ECON 461 | European Economic Integration | 3 |
ENGL 278 | 3 | |
EURO/HIST 159 | 3 | |
EURO 270 | 3 | |
FREN 305 | Healthcare in France and the Francophone World | 3 |
FREN 350 | 3 | |
FREN 372 | 3 | |
FREN 377 | The Evolution of Frenchness since WWII | 3 |
FREN 378 | French and European Transmigrations: Global Contexts | 3 |
FREN 386 | French New Wave Cinema | 3 |
FREN 388 | History of French Cinema I: 1895-1950 | 3 |
FREN 389 | History of French Cinema II: 1950 to the Present | 3 |
GEOG 464 | Europe Today: Transnationalism, Globalisms, and the Geographies of Pan-Europe | 3 |
GERM 302 | 3 | |
GERM 382 | Representations of Violence and Terrorism in Contemporary German Literature and Film | 3 |
GERM 560 | 3 | |
GSLL 255 | Germany and Cold War: Occupation, Division, Reunification, Renewed Conflict with Russia (1945-Today) | 3 |
HIST/EURO/POLI 257 | 3 | |
HIST 259 | 3 | |
HIST 262 | 3 | |
ITAL 320 | 3 | |
ITAL 330 | Italian History and Culture I | 3 |
ITAL 333 | 3 | |
ITAL 335 | 3 | |
ITAL 343 | 3 | |
ITAL 365 | 3 | |
ITAL 398 | Undergraduate Seminar in Italian | 3 |
POLI 232H | 3 | |
POLI 239 | 3 | |
POLI 433 | Politics of the European Union H | 3 |
POLI 438 | 3 | |
POLI 630 | Political Contestation in Europe | 3 |
PORT 388 | 3 | |
ROML 56 | 3 | |
SPAN 340 | Iberian Cultural Topics | 3 |
H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
Russia and Eastern Europe
Code | Title | Hours |
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GLBL 482 | Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Institutions H | 3 |
HIST 161 | 3 | |
HIST 162 | 3 | |
HIST 481 | From Communists to Capitalists: Eastern Europe since 1945 | 3 |
HIST 482 | Russia, Eurasian Empire | 3 |
HIST 483 | Nation and Religion in Russia | 3 |
HIST 484 | Islam in Tsarist and Soviet Russia | 3 |
JWST/PLSH 412 | From Communism to Capitalism: 20th- and 21st-Century Polish Literature and Culture | 3 |
POLI 235 | 3 | |
POLI 236 | Politics of East-Central Europe H | 3 |
POLI/PWAD 469 | Conflict and Intervention in the Former Yugoslavia H | 3 |
POLI/PWAD/SOCI 260 | 3 | |
RUSS 270 | 3 | |
RUSS 445 | 3 | |
SLAV 248 | Childhood and Adolescence in Slavic Literature H | 3 |
H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
Additional Information
The curriculum urges that in addition to fulfilling requirements, students continue the study of a foreign language to a level as close as possible to fluency. All majors should also make every effort to include a study abroad program in their undergraduate education, preferably in their sophomore or junior year.
Students must complete all General Education requirements.
Sample Plan of Study
Sample plans can be used as a guide to identify the courses required to complete the major and other requirements needed for degree completion within the expected eight semesters. The actual degree plan may differ depending on the course of study selected (second major, minor, etc.). Students should meet with their academic advisor to create a degree plan that is specific and unique to their interests. The sample plans represented in this catalog are intended for first-year students entering UNC–Chapel Hill in the fall term. Some courses may not be offered every term.
First Year | Hours | |
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First-Year Foundation Courses | ||
IDST 101 | 1 | |
ENGL 105 or ENGL 105I | or | 3 |
First-Year Seminar or First-Year Launch | 3 | |
Triple-I and Data Literacy | 4 | |
Foreign language level 1 (language 1) | 4 | |
Foreign language level 2 (language 1) | 4 | |
Major Courses | ||
Core course #1 | 3 | |
Hours | 22 | |
Sophomore Year | ||
GLBL 210 | 3 | |
Foreign language level 3 (language 1) | 3 | |
Foreign language level 4 (language 1) | 3 | |
Core methodology/methods course | 3 | |
Theme/area course (2 courses) | 6 | |
Hours | 18 | |
Junior Year | ||
Foreign language level 5 (language 1) OR foreign language level 1 (language 2) | 3 | |
Foreign language level 6 (language 1) OR foreign language level 2 (language 2) | 3 | |
Theme/area courses (3 courses) | 9 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Senior Year | ||
Theme/area courses (2 courses) | 6 | |
Hours | 6 | |
Total Hours | 61 |
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This is just a recommendation. GLBL 210 can be an appropriate course for first-year students.
Special Opportunities in Global Studies
Honors in Global Studies
Honors study involves the completion of a substantial piece of original research and the formal presentation of the results in an honors thesis and oral defense. Those who successfully complete the program are awarded their B.A. degree with either honors or highest honors in global studies. Students who wish to submit a thesis for honors in global studies must have at least a 3.3 cumulative grade point average and, under normal circumstances, a 3.5 grade point average in the major and must enroll in GLBL 691H and GLBL 692H. GLBL 692H may count toward the major as a theme or area studies course with departmental approval. GLBL 691H will count as elective credit only. Each prospective honors student must submit a two- to three-page prospectus outlining their project in the spring of their junior year. Students accepted into the global studies honors program will enroll in GLBL 691H in the fall of their senior year and GLBL 692H in the spring of their senior year.
Study Abroad (Recommended, but Optional)
Global studies majors are encouraged to gain experiential knowledge of the countries and thematic concerns they are studying through participation in an approved study abroad program appropriate to their areas of concentration. Every effort will be made by the curriculum to integrate study abroad courses into the major. Students must receive course approval from the director of undergraduate studies prior to departure for a program abroad. No credit will be given unless programs are pre-approved.
Undergraduate Awards
All majors in the Curriculum in Global Studies who study abroad are considered for two study abroad awards that are presented each year. These funds may be used to defray any expenses associated with studying abroad.
The Michael L. and Matthew L. Boyatt Award Fund provides several meritorious awards each year of no more than $2,500 each. They are designated for majors who want to participate in a study abroad program pertinent to their area of concentration within global studies.
The Laura Hudson Richards Fund provides one award of $2,500 each year to a major in the Curriculum in Global Studies who demonstrates both academic excellence and financial need.
In addition, each spring the curriculum awards the Douglas Eyre Prize to the student writing the best honors thesis. The curriculum also selects an annual recipient of the Anne Scaff Award for service to the curriculum and for internationalizing the college. Students chosen to receive the Eyre Prize and Scaff Award are recognized at the curriculum’s spring commencement ceremony.
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