2018-2019 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2018-2019 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Global Studies, B.A.


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Global studies is a major that is cross-disciplinary and trans-national, offering a broad understanding of the world. Global studies focuses on the interrelationships of politics, society, economy, and technology in the modern world. It studies the impact of globalization on nation-states, religious institutions, ethnicity and ethnic problems, personal identity, information technologies, and business. Global studies also analyzes how human institutions, non-governmental agencies, and research institutes all contribute to the making of public opinion and policy, and how they react to the human, environmental, ethnical, political, and financial developments and crises in the contemporary world.

Global studies majors must meet the following requirements: a cumulative GPA of 3.0 from all colleges attended; and a cumulative GPA of 3.0 for all courses required within the major. These standards apply at the times of application for major approval and application for a degree. Global studies majors must complete a total of 45 credit hours within the major; they must also complete 12 credit hours, or its equivalent, in one foreign language. International students may satisfy this requirement in the English language through demonstrated proficiency or on a TOEFL exam. Global studies majors must take a minimum of 21 credit hours within the major at the 300 level and above, and a senior synthesis capstone course in which students engage in an independent research project; the distribution of the 21 credit hours is outlined below.

Baccalaureate Degree Requirements

All requirements for an undergraduate degree are listed in the undergraduate academic policies and regulations  section in this catalog. These requirements include a course requirement in religion or theology.

General Education Requirements


The 42 credit hours of general education requirements are presented in the Undergraduate Academic Information  section of this catalog. A course that meets a general education requirement may also meet a course requirement in the major or a course requirement in another discipline.

The following specific general education courses must be chosen to meet the requirements for the global studies major:

The following specific college requirement must be chosen to meet a requirement for global studies majors:

Foreign Language Requirement


Students are required to take 12 credit hours or its equivalent in one foreign language. The requirement may be met through courses at Fontbonne, or through foreign language study at any accredited university. For international students whose first language is not English, English may be used for the foreign language requirement.

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