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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

COLS101College Success

1 credits
GLBL130Introduction to Global Studies

3 credits
CMTH102Introduction to Communication

3 credits
ENGL101English I

3 credits
 
PHIL121World Religions

3 credits
OR
ARTA101Art History Survey

3 credits
 
MDLAModern Language +

3 credits
Total Credit Hours:16

Second Semester

ENGL151LEnglish II

3 credits
GEOG101World Geography

3 credits
 
SOCA102GCultural Anthropology

3 credits
OR
SOCA103GPrinciples of Sociology

3 credits
 
MATH150Introductory Statistics

3 credits
MDLAModern Language +

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
 
POLS202International Relations

3 credits
CISC101Introduction to Computers

3 credits
CMTH215Intercultural Communication

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: 62-63

  • One course must be designated Diversity and Global Awareness (D).
  • One Directed Elective must be completed in a Writing Intensive (WI) section.
  • One out of three Directed Electives must be at the 200-level.

+ 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.

+++Directed Electives: BUSA115, ECON201, ECON251G, ENGL215G, ENGL250G, ENGL260G, ENGL264G, ENGL265G, GEOG121, GEOG140, GEOG271, HIST123, HIST140, HIST167, HIST168G, HIST173G, HUMA140G, HUMA150, HUMA250G, PHIL204, POLS101, POLS202, POLS205, SOCA160