天普大学

We live in a time of ever-faster global integration. People, goods, services, and ideas now move with astonishing speed across national boundaries. Many of the major issues that shape our lives are global in scope: war and terrorism, climate change, migration, human rights, public health, economic growth and decline, religion and ideologies, fashion and music, media and technology. This interdisciplinary program invites students to reach across disciplines and learn from a wide array of knowledge and methods in order to be better prepared for a global world.

The Global Studies curriculum offers a foundation through a set of four introductory courses, as well as specialization in one of three concentrations: Global Security, Global Economy, and Global Cultures. The introductory courses will prepare students for the concentrations by studying alternative disciplinary and problem-based approaches to global studies. Within this general framework, the three concentrations will allow the students to identify a specialized program of study drawing from a structured set of concentration-specific requirements and electives, culminating in a research-based and writing-intensive capstone seminar. Each track offers many elective options and new courses are added each semester. Students are encouraged to work with their advisor to select the best options for their intended career path.

In order to develop a world perspective, students in Global Studies will take two full years (through 4th semester) of a foreign language and will either participate in an approved study abroad program or take additional area studies courses. Students will work with their advisor and the Education Abroad office to identify the best fit with their language skills, disciplinary interests, career plans, and financial capabilities.

DISTINCTION IN MAJOR

Global Studies majors will receive Distinction in the Major if they have earned an overall GPA of 3.25 or higher and a GPA of at least 3.5 in the courses required for the major (excluding the language requirement).

CAREER POTENTIAL

Global Studies is not a major with a limiting, predefined career destination. Today, a large and growing number of careers can and do feature international or global components. The major in Global Studies will offer students a broad but rigorous course of study that will combine the development of a sophisticated understanding of global changes, cultures, and perspectives while building critical analytical, communication, and intellectual skills they will need in any professional career.

This major is an obvious choice for students aiming specifically for an international career in government, business, or the non-profit sector, and its interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary nature will provide an appropriate foundation for work or graduate study in any field affected by global change.