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Global Studies, Associate in Arts

Overview

Narrative

To meet the need for graduates who are able to function effectively in an interconnected society, the Global Studies program offers a liberal arts education, focused on international relations, area studies, and/or the environment, with a choice of cultural experiences and languages. The program will serve students who wish to transfer to a four-year institution as well as students who wish to work in local businesses with a global reach, or government agencies and non-profit organizations serving diverse populations from other countries.

Graduates of the program will be exposed to a wide diversity of knowledge, be asked to do practical thinking and problem-solving, and offered opportunities to explore global challenges and changes through international trips and exchanges.

Features

Foundational courses in communication, statistics, science, and political science will be complemented with courses in cultural anthropology and world geography. Contextual courses will help the student begin to build competency in the environment, or political science, or area studies, and their elective and language choices will allow them to further specialize in a region or culture. Study Abroad spring break courses, while not explicitly included in the course of study, are an advantageous complement to the core and directed studies.

Transfer Possibilities

Lehigh University - Global Studies

Temple University - Global Studies

Drexel University - Global Studies

Penn State University - Global Studies

Cedar Crest College - Global Studies

Muhlenberg College - International Studies

Albright College - International Relations

Dickinson College - International Studies

Kutztown University - International Studies Minor

East Stroudsburg University - International Relations w/in Political Science

Outcomes

Graduates of the program will

  • Model the characteristics of an active, ethically aware and connected citizen.
  • Articulate how the diverse range of human differences influence the historical and current formation of artistic, economic, social, scientific, cultural or political institutions.
  • Articulate how the range of human differences influence each individual’s experience of equality and inequality within a society, its institutions, or its cultures.
  • Analyze how individuals and institutions have addressed persistent global challenges.
  • Assess and evaluate plans to address open-ended and diverse global problems.

Courses

First Semester

CMTH102Speech Communication

3 credits

ENGL101English I

3 credits

GLBL130Introduction to Global Studies

3 credits

 

PHIL121World Religions

3 credits

OR

ARTA101Art History Survey

3 credits

 

SOCA103Principles of Sociology

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:15

Second Semester

ENGL151LEnglish II

3 credits

GEOG101World Geography

3 credits

MATH150Introductory Statistics

3 credits

MDLAModern Language +

3 credits

SOCA102GCultural Anthropology

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:15

Summer Semester

Summer Study Abroad or

Field Experience & Academic Research in Global Studies ++

Total Credit Hours:3

Third Semester

BIOS126Environmental Science

4 credits

OR

GEOG210Weather and Climate

4 credits

 

CISC101Introduction to Computers

3 credits

CMTH215Intercultural Communication

3 credits

MDLAModern Language +

3 credits

Directed Elective +++

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:16

Fourth Semester

GLBL230Global Studies Capstone

3 credits

Directed Elective +++

3 credits

Directed Elective +++

3 credits

Science Elective (SCI)

3/4 credits

Total Credit Hours:12-13

Total Credit Hours: 61-62

  • One Directed Elective must be completed in a Writing Intensive (WI) section

+ The student is recommended to take a language elective before the summer semester abroad. 6 credits of the same language are required.

++ Not all study abroad courses may run every summer. Options include: INTS200 (for a total of 3 cr), INTS201, INTS202, INTS250, POLS150, POLS170, GLBL160, SOCA268

Electives

+++ Directed Electives include the following choices in political science, environmental studies, and area studies:

BUSA115Intro to International Business

3 credits

ECON201Macroeconomics

3 credits

ECON251GMicroeconomics

3 credits

ENGL215GMulticultural Adolescent Lit

3 credits

ENGL250GLatin American Literature

3 credits

ENGL260GContemporary Literature

3 credits

ENGL264GIrish Literature

3 credits

ENGL265GAfrican-American Literature

3 credits

GEOG121Environmental Sustainability

3 credits

GEOG140Investigating Climate Change

3 credits

GEOG271Introduction to Geographic Infor mation Systems

4 credits

HIST123African Civilizations

3 credits

HIST140Modern Chinese History

3 credits

HIST167Vietnam

3 credits

HIST168History of the Middle East

3 credits

HIST173Modern European Hist 1815-Pres

3 credits

HUMA140GIntro to Women & Gender Studies

3 credits

HUMA150Nature of the Environment

3 credits

HUMA250GResearch Methods in the Social Sciences

3 credits

PHIL204Asian Philosophies

3 credits

POLS101Intro to Political Science

3 credits

POLS202International Relations

3 credits

POLS205Women and Politics

3 credits

SOCA160Issues in Contemporary Genocide and Mass Violence

3 credits