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 |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements | ||
| GLBL 210 |  Global Issues and Globalization | 3 |
| One core methodology/methods course | 3 | |
| Approaches to American Indian Studies | ||
| Everyday Cultures: Folklore in America | ||
| Feminist Geographies | ||
| Quantitative Methods in Geography | ||
| Research Methods in Geography | ||
| Research Related Skills (for 3 credits) | ||
| Applied Experimental Research: Politics in the US and Europe | ||
| Peace Science Research | ||
| Microeconomic Foundations of Public Policy | ||
| Designing for Impact: Social Enterprise Lab | ||
| Research Methods | ||
| Data Analysis | ||
| Another core course: | 3 | |
| Local Cultures, Global Forces H | ||
| Anthropological Perspectives on Cultural Diversity | ||
| The Visual World H | ||
| Introduction to Islamic Civilization | ||
| Modern Muslim Societies | ||
| First-Year Seminar: Food Politics from an Organizational Communication Perspective | ||
| Perspectives in World Drama H | ||
| Survey of International and Development Economics H | ||
| Introduction to Environment and Society H, F | ||
| World Literatures in English | ||
| Globalization and the French-Speaking World | ||
| Geographies of Globalization | ||
| Cultural Geography | ||
| Development and Inequality: Global Perspectives F | ||
| Environmental Conservation and Global Change | ||
| Agriculture, Food, and Society | ||
| World Regional Geography | ||
| The World since 1945 | ||
| Global Communication and Comparative Journalism | ||
| Introduction to World Musics | ||
| The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense | ||
| Global Policy Issues H | ||
| Introduction to Comparative Politics H, F | ||
| International Relations and Global Politics H, F | ||
| Human Societies | ||
| Population Problems | ||
| Sex and Gender in Society | ||
| Gender and Global Change | ||
| 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. |
- 1
Of the seven courses in the thematic and world area concentrations, five must be numbered 200 and above.
- 2
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AAAD 101 | Introduction to Africa | 3 |
| AAAD 307 | 21st-Century Scramble for Africa | 3 |
| AAAD 315 | Political Protest and Conflict in Africa | 3 |
| AAAD 316 | Sustainable Development: Emergence, Debates, and Dynamics in Africa | 3 |
| AAAD 403 | Human Rights: Theories and Practices in Africa | 3 |
| AMST 277 | America's Role in the Global Environment | 3 |
| ANTH 130 | Anthropology of the Caribbean | 3 |
| ANTH 280 | Anthropology of War and Peace | 3 |
| ANTH 319 | Global Health | 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 | Monuments and Memory | 3 |
| ASIA/HIST/PWAD 281 | The Pacific War, 1937-1945: Its Causes and Legacy | 3 |
| ASIA 300/RELI 283 | The Buddhist Tradition: India, Nepal, and Tibet | 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 | Global Environmental Justice | 3 |
| GEOG 447 | Gender, Space, and Place in the Middle East | 3 |
| GEOG 452 | Mobile Geographies: The Political Economy of Migration | 3 |
| GEOG 453 | Political Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 460 | Geographies of Economic Change | 3 |
| GEOG 464 | Europe Today: Transnationalism, Globalisms, and the Geographies of Pan-Europe | 3 |
| GEOG 480 | Liberation Geographies | 3 |
| GLBL 87H | First Year Seminar: The Migratory Experience | 3 |
| GLBL 221 | The Migratory Experience F | 3 |
| GLBL 383 | Global Whiteness | 3 |
| GLBL 401 | Right Wing Populism in Global Perspective H | 3 |
| GLBL 415 | Dealing with Difference: Criminal Justice, Race, and Social Movements in Globalization | 3 |
| GLBL 450 | Social Change in Times of Crisis: Knowledge, Action, and Ontology H | 3 |
| GLBL 481 | NGO Politics H | 3 |
| GLBL 487 | Social Movements: Rethinking Globalization H | 3 |
| GLBL 489 | Paradigms of Development and Social Change H | 3 |
| GLBL 491H | Major Controversies in Human Rights | 3 |
| HIST 101 | A History of Lies, Conspiracies, and Misinformation | 3 |
| HIST/PWAD 205 | War, Diplomacy, and Statecraft, 1618-1815 | 3 |
| HIST/PWAD 206 | War, Diplomacy, and Statecraft, 1815-1945 | 3 |
| HIST/PWAD 207 | The Global Cold War | 3 |
| HIST 276 | The Modern Middle East | 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 | Global Communication and Comparative Journalism | 3 |
| MUSC 291 | Music and Politics | 3 |
| POLI 130 | Introduction to Comparative Politics H, F | 3 |
| POLI 231 | Latin America and the United States in World Politics | 3 |
| POLI 234 | Comparative Politics of the Global South | 3 |
| POLI 235 | The Politics of Russia and Eurasia H | 3 |
| POLI 236 | Politics of East-Central Europe H | 3 |
| POLI 238 | Politics of the Global South: Latin America H | 3 |
| POLI 239 | Introduction to European Government H | 3 |
| POLI 252 | International Organizations and Global Issues H | 3 |
| POLI 253 | Problems in World Order | 3 |
| POLI 255 | International Migration and Citizenship Today H | 3 |
| POLI 260 | Crisis and Change in Russia and Eastern Europe | 3 |
| POLI 431 | African Politics and Societies | 3 |
| POLI 433 | Politics of the European Union H | 3 |
| POLI 435 | Democracy and Development in Latin America H | 3 |
| POLI 438 | Democracy and International Institutions in an Undivided Europe | 3 |
| POLI 442 | International Political Economy | 3 |
| POLI 443 | American Foreign Policy: Formulation and Conduct | 3 |
| POLI 444 | Terrorism and International Peace | 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 | International Relations and Global Politics H, F | 3 |
| POLI/PWAD 469 | Conflict and Intervention in the Former Yugoslavia H | 3 |
| PWAD 250 | Introduction to Peace and Security Studies | 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 | Modern Muslim Societies | 3 |
| SOCI 111 | Human Societies | 3 |
| SOCI 121 | Population Problems | 3 |
| SOCI 274 | Social and Economic Justice | 3 |
| WGST 388 | The International Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health | 3 |
| WGST 410 | Comparative Queer Politics | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AAAD 212 | Africa in the Global System | 3 |
| AAAD 307 | 21st-Century Scramble for Africa | 3 |
| AAAD 410 | Gender, Sexuality, and Development in Contemporary Africa | 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 | International Economics | 3 |
| ECON 461 | European Economic Integration | 3 |
| ECON 465 | Economic Development | 3 |
| ECON 468 | Socialism, Planning, and the Contemporary Russian Economy | 3 |
| ECON 469 | Asian Economic Systems | 3 |
| ECON 560 | Advanced International Economics | 3 |
| GEOG 428 | Global Cities: Space, Power, and Identity in the Built Environment | 3 |
| GEOG 453 | Political Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 458 | Urban Latin America: Politics, Economy, and Society | 3 |
| GEOG 460 | Geographies of Economic Change | 3 |
| GEOG 464 | Europe Today: Transnationalism, Globalisms, and the Geographies of Pan-Europe | 3 |
| GLBL 413 | Socialist and Decolonial Ecologies | 3 |
| PLAN 574 | Political Economy of Poverty and Inequality | 3 |
| PLAN 773 | Economic Development Seminar | 3 |
| POLI 435 | Democracy and Development in Latin America H | 3 |
| POLI 442 | International Political Economy | 3 |
| SOCI 58 | First-Year Seminar: Globalization, Work, and Inequality | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 147 | Comparative Healing Systems | 3 |
| ANTH 151 | Anthropological Perspectives on Food and Culture | 3 |
| ANTH 238 | Human Ecology of Africa | 3 |
| ANTH 312 | From the Equator to the Poles: Case Studies in Global Environmental Change | 3 |
| ANTH 318 | Human Growth and Development | 3 |
| ANTH 319 | Global Health | 3 |
| ANTH/WGST 443 | Cultures and Politics of Reproduction | 3 |
| ANTH/WGST 445 | Migration and Health | 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 | Medicine in the Arab World | 3 |
| ENEC/POLI 254 | International Environmental Politics | 3 |
| ENEC/GEOG 264 | Conservation of Biodiversity in Theory and Practice | 3 |
| ENEC 325 | Water Resource Management and Human Rights H | 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 | Social Vulnerability to Climate Change | 3 |
| ENEC 510 | Policy Analysis of Global Climate Change | 3 |
| ENGL 268 | Medicine, Literature, and Culture H | 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 | Environmental Conservation and Global Change | 3 |
| GEOG 222 | Health and Medical Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 237 | Natural Resources | 3 |
| GEOG 269 | Human-Environment Interactions in the Galapagos Islands | 3 |
| GEOG 334 | Human Ecology of Health and Disease | 3 |
| GEOG 435 | Global Environmental Justice | 3 |
| GEOG 437 | Social Vulnerability to Climate Change | 3 |
| GEOG 446 | Geography of Health Care Delivery | 3 |
| GEOG 457 | Rural Latin America: Agriculture, Environment, and Natural Resources H | 3 |
| GEOG/ENEC 451 | Population, Development, and the Environment | 3 |
| GLBL 483 | Comparative Health Systems H | 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 | The International Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AAAD 210 | African Belief Systems: Religion and Philosophy in Sub-Saharan Africa | 3 |
| AAAD 284 | Contemporary Perspectives on the African Diaspora in the Americas | 3 |
| AAAD/WGST 200 | Gender and Sexuality in Africa | 3 |
| AMST/ENGL/POLI 248/WGST 249 | Intersectionality: Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Social Justice | 3 |
| ANTH 102 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 123 | Habitat and Humanity | 3 |
| ANTH 147 | Comparative Healing Systems | 3 |
| ANTH 259 | Culture and Identity | 3 |
| ANTH 280 | Anthropology of War and Peace | 3 |
| ANTH 284 | Culture and Consumption | 3 |
| ANTH 320 | Anthropology of Development | 3 |
| ANTH 334 | Art, Nature, and Religion: Cross-Cultural Perspectives | 3 |
| ANTH 429 | Culture and Power in Southeast Asia | 3 |
| ANTH 477 | Visual Anthropology | 3 |
| ARTH 155 | African Art Survey | 3 |
| ARTH/HIST 514 | Monuments and Memory | 3 |
| ASIA 150 | Asia: An Introduction | 3 |
| ASIA/RELI 183 | Asian Religions | 3 |
| CMPL 143 | History of Global Cinema | 3 |
| COMM 574 | War and Culture | 3 |
| DRAM 486 | Latin American Theatre | 3 |
| ENGL 164 | Introduction to Latina/o Studies H | 3 |
| FREN 280 | French "Discoveries" of the Americas in Translation | 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 | First-Year Seminar: Local Places in a Globalizing World | 3 |
| GEOG/ASIA 267 | South Asia | 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 | Global Whiteness | 3 |
| GLBL 486 | Sports and Globalization H | 3 |
| GLBL 492H | Global Food Films | 3 |
| HIST 139 | History of Muslim Societies since 1500 | 3 |
| ITAL 385 | Italian Landscapes: Italy in the UNESCO World Heritage List | 3 |
| MEJO/WGST 442 | Gender, Class, Race, and Mass Media | 3 |
| MEJO 446 | Global Communication and Comparative Journalism | 3 |
| MUSC 146 | Introduction to World Musics | 3 |
| MUSC 258 | Musical Movements: Migration, Exile, and Diaspora | 3 |
| RELI 121 | Introduction to Religion and Culture H | 3 |
| RELI 284 | The Buddhist Tradition: East Asia | 3 |
| RELI 285 | Monks, Magic, & Meditation: Theravada Buddhism Across Space and Time | 3 |
| RELI 345 | Black Atlantic Religions H | 3 |
| RELI 428 | Religion and Anthropology H | 3 |
| SPAN 344 | Latin@ American Cultural Topics | 3 |
| SPAN 378 | Afro-Hispanic Language Contacts | 3 |
| WGST 124 | Sex and Gender in Society | 3 |
| WGST 410 | Comparative Queer Politics | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AAAD 101 | Introduction to Africa | 3 |
| AAAD 200 | Gender and Sexuality in Africa | 3 |
| AAAD 201 | Introduction to African Literature | 3 |
| AAAD 210 | African Belief Systems: Religion and Philosophy in Sub-Saharan Africa | 3 |
| AAAD 212 | Africa in the Global System | 3 |
| AAAD 214 | Africa through the Ethnographic Lens | 3 |
| AAAD 300 | Cultures of Health and Healing in Africa | 3 |
| AAAD 301 | Contemporary China-Africa Relations | 3 |
| AAAD 307 | 21st-Century Scramble for Africa | 3 |
| AAAD 315 | Political Protest and Conflict in Africa | 3 |
| AAAD 316 | Sustainable Development: Emergence, Debates, and Dynamics in Africa | 3 |
| AAAD 318 | Politics of Art in Africa | 3 |
| AAAD 320 | Music of Africa | 3 |
| AAAD 329 | Islamic Cultures and Literatures in Africa | 3 |
| AAAD 388 | Black Feminist Thought & the Speculative Imagination | 3 |
| AAAD 391 | Human Development and Sustainability in Africa and the African Diaspora | 3 |
| AAAD 400 | Contemporary African Politics | 3 |
| AAAD 403 | Human Rights: Theories and Practices in Africa | 3 |
| AAAD 410 | Gender, Sexuality, and Development in Contemporary Africa | 3 |
| AAAD 414 | Senegalese Society and Culture | 3 |
| AAAD 421 | Introduction to the Languages of Africa | 3 |
| AAAD 487 | Intellectual Currents in African and African Diaspora Studies | 3 |
| ANTH 226 | The Peoples of Africa | 3 |
| ANTH 238 | Human Ecology of Africa | 3 |
| ARTH 255 | African Art and Culture | 3 |
| GEOG 268 | Geography of Africa | 3 |
| HIST 130 | Modern African History | 3 |
| HIST 279 | Modern South Africa H | 3 |
| POLI 431 | African Politics and Societies | 3 |
| WGST/HIST 313 | Women and the Law in Africa and the Middle East | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 330 | Melancholy Japan: Myth, Memory, and Everyday Life | 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 | Introduction to Chinese History | 3 |
| ASIA 134 | Modern East Asia | 3 |
| ASIA 150 | Asia: An Introduction | 3 |
| ASIA 183 | Asian Religions | 3 |
| ASIA 231 | Bollywood Cinema | 3 |
| ASIA 261 | India and Orientalism | 3 |
| ASIA 262 | Nation, Film, and Novel in Modern India | 3 |
| ASIA/RELI 285 | Monks, Magic, & Meditation: Theravada Buddhism Across Space and Time | 3 |
| ASIA 331 | Cracking India: Partition and Its Legacy in South Asia H | 3 |
| ASIA 333 | The Mahabharata: Remembered and Reimagined | 3 |
| ASIA 427 | Cold War Culture in East Asia: Transnational and Intermedial Connections | 3 |
| CHIN 150 | Introduction to Chinese Civilization | 3 |
| CHIN 252 | Introduction to Chinese Culture through Narrative | 3 |
| CHIN 253 | Chinese Language and Society | 3 |
| CHIN 361 | Chinese Traditional Theater | 3 |
| CHIN 463 | Narrative Ethics in Modern China | 3 |
| CHIN 464 | The City in Modern Chinese Literature and Film | 3 |
| CHIN 562 | Contemporary Chinese Urban Culture and Arts | 3 |
| GEOG 266 | Society and Environment in Southeast Asia | 3 |
| GEOG/ASIA 267 | South Asia | 3 |
| HIST 134 | Modern East Asia | 3 |
| HIST 136 | History of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh: South Asia since 1750 | 3 |
| HIST 288 | Modern Japan | 3 |
| JAPN 162 | Japanese Popular Culture | 3 |
| JAPN 375 | The Culture of Modern, Imperial Japan, 1900-1945 | 3 |
| JAPN 482 | Embodying Japan: The Cultures of Beauty, Sports, and Medicine in Japan | 3 |
| KOR 150 | History, Memory, and Reality in Contemporary Korea | 3 |
| KOR 151 | Education and Social Changes in Contemporary Korea | 3 |
| KOR 232 | Imagining the City in Modern Korea: Text, Image, Space | 3 |
| KOR 327 | Korean Diasporas | 3 |
| KOR 346 | Body Politics in Modern Korean Literature H | 3 |
| PHIL 213 | Asian Philosophy | 3 |
| RELI 285 | Monks, Magic, & Meditation: Theravada Buddhism Across Space and Time | 3 |
| RELI 287 | Modern Japanese Religions | 3 |
| RELI 288 | Chinese Religions | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AAAD 260 | Blackness in Latin America | 3 |
| AAAD 278 | Black Caribbeans in the United States | 3 |
| AAAD 460 | Race, Culture, and Politics in Brazil | 3 |
| AAAD 461 | Race, Gender, and Activism in Cuba | 3 |
| ANTH 360 | Latin American Economy and Society | 3 |
| ANTH/FOLK 130 | Anthropology of the Caribbean | 3 |
| ARTH 267 | Latin American Modernisms | 3 |
| GEOG 259 | Society and Environment in Latin America | 3 |
| GEOG 430 | Global Migrations, Local Impacts: Urbanization and Migration in the United States | 3 |
| GEOG 457 | Rural Latin America: Agriculture, Environment, and Natural Resources H | 3 |
| GEOG 458 | Urban Latin America: Politics, Economy, and Society | 3 |
| GLBL 382 | Latin American Migrant Perspectives: Ethnography and Action | 3 |
| HIST 142 | Latin America under Colonial Rule | 3 |
| HIST 143 | Latin America since Independence | 3 |
| HIST 145 | Latin American Indigenous Peoples | 3 |
| HIST 175H | Honors Seminar in Latin American History | 3 |
| HIST 242 | United States-Latin American Relations | 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 | Introduction to the Music of the Américas | 3 |
| POLI 231 | Latin America and the United States in World Politics | 3 |
| POLI 238 | Politics of the Global South: Latin America H | 3 |
| POLI 434 | Politics of Mexico | 3 |
| POLI 435 | Democracy and Development in Latin America H | 3 |
| POLI 450 | Contemporary Inter-American Relations H | 3 |
| PORT 310 | Advanced Communication in Portuguese: Media & Entertainment | 3 |
| PORT 370 | Modern Brazil through Literature and Film in Translation | 3 |
| PORT 375 | Portuguese and Brazilian Fiction in Translation | 3 |
| PORT 387 | Brazilian Religious Movements through Film and Literature | 3 |
| PORT 388 | Portuguese, Brazilian, and African Identity in Film | 3 |
| RELI 151 | Religion in Latin America | 3 |
| SPAN 344 | Latin@ American Cultural Topics | 3 |
| WGST 280 | Women and Gender in Latin American History | 3 |
| WGST 352 | Rahtid Rebel Women: An Introduction to Caribbean Women | 3 |
| WGST 388 | The International Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health | 3 |
| WGST 465 | Gender, (Im)migration, and Labor in Latina Literature | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ARAB 150 | Introduction to Arab Cultures | 3 |
| ARAB 151 | Arabic Literature through the Ages | 3 |
| ARAB 337 | Borders and Walls in the Arab World | 3 |
| ARAB 453 | Film, Nation, and Identity in the Arab World | 3 |
| ASIA 124 | Iranian Post-1979 Cinema | 3 |
| ASIA/HIST/PWAD 277 | The Conflict over Israel/Palestine | 3 |
| ASIA 359 | Literary Diasporas of the Middle East | 3 |
| ASIA 435 | The Cinemas of the Middle East and North Africa | 3 |
| ASIA 462 | The Arab-Jews: Culture, Community, and Coexistence | 3 |
| ASIA 471 | Gender and Sexuality in Middle Eastern Literature | 3 |
| GEOG 447 | Gender, Space, and Place in the Middle East | 3 |
| HIST 139 | History of Muslim Societies since 1500 | 3 |
| HIST 276 | The Modern Middle East | 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 | First-Year Seminar: Reintroducing Islam | 3 |
| RELI 180 | Introduction to Islamic Civilization | 3 |
| RELI 181 | Modern Muslim Societies | 3 |
| RELI 385 | Modern Muslims and the Qur'an | 3 |
| RELI 480 | Modern Muslim Literatures | 3 |
| RELI 581 | Sufism | 3 |
| RELI 583 | Religion and Culture in Iran, 1500-Present | 3 |
| RELI 584 | The Qur'an as Literature | 3 |
| SOCI 419 | Sociology of the Islamic World | 3 |
Western Europe and the European Union
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 377 | European Societies | 3 |
| ARTH 152 | Art in Life: An Introduction to Western Art from the Renaissance to the Modern Period H | 3 |
| ARTH 283 | Picturing Paris: 1800-2000 | 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 | Irish Writing, 1800-2000 | 3 |
| EURO/HIST 159 | Europe and the World Since 1900 | 3 |
| EURO 270 | Religion in Western Europe H | 3 |
| FREN 305 | Healthcare in France and the Francophone World | 3 |
| FREN 350 | Current Societal Issues: France and Beyond | 3 |
| FREN 372 | French and Francophone Studies since 1789 | 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 | Advanced Communication in German: Media, Arts, Culture | 3 |
| GERM 382 | Representations of Violence and Terrorism in Contemporary German Literature and Film | 3 |
| GERM 560 | 20th-Century German Philosophy and Modern Youth Cultures | 3 |
| GSLL 255 | Germany and Cold War: Occupation, Division, Reunification, Renewed Conflict with Russia (1945-Today) | 3 |
| HIST/EURO/POLI 257 | Politics, Society, and Culture in Postwar Germany | 3 |
| HIST 259 | Towards Emancipation? Women in Modern Europe | 3 |
| HIST 262 | History of the Holocaust: The Destruction of the European Jews | 3 |
| ITAL 320 | Italian Cities and Cultures: History, Power, and Ecology | 3 |
| ITAL 330 | Italian History and Culture I | 3 |
| ITAL 333 | Italian Film and Culture | 3 |
| ITAL 335 | Themes in Italian Film | 3 |
| ITAL 343 | Italian Culture Today: Modern Italy as a Nation 1860 to Present | 3 |
| ITAL 365 | Italian Food and Culture | 3 |
| ITAL 398 | Undergraduate Seminar in Italian | 3 |
| POLI 232H | Politics of the United Kingdom | 3 |
| POLI 239 | Introduction to European Government H | 3 |
| POLI 433 | Politics of the European Union H | 3 |
| POLI 438 | Democracy and International Institutions in an Undivided Europe | 3 |
| POLI 630 | Political Contestation in Europe | 3 |
| PORT 388 | Portuguese, Brazilian, and African Identity in Film | 3 |
| ROML 56 | First-Year Seminar: Italians in Search of Harmony | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GLBL 482 | Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Institutions H | 3 |
| HIST 161 | Russia Becomes an Empire | 3 |
| HIST 162 | Russia under the Last Tsars and Soviet Commissars | 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 | The Politics of Russia and Eurasia H | 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 | Crisis and Change in Russia and Eastern Europe | 3 |
| RUSS 270 | Crimes and Punishments: Russian Literature of the 19th Century | 3 |
| RUSS 445 | 19th Century Russian Literature and Culture | 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| First-Year Foundation Courses | ||
| IDST 101 | College Thriving | 1 |
| ENGL 105 or ENGL 105I | English Composition and Rhetoric or English Composition and Rhetoric (Interdisciplinary) | 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 | Global Issues and Globalization 1 | 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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