Global Studies Concentration

Last updated - April, 2013

Program Description

This program explores the complex global issues facing our world in the 21st century. It is built around the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Global Challenges project which uses the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Seven Revolutions framework. IDS 805 Global Challenges was created in collaboration with several scholars from institutions around the USA. The seven areas of future global challenge include: population, resources, technology, information, economies, conflict, and governance. All seven challenges will be introduced in IDS 805 Global Challenges which will be required before taking other courses in the concentration. Additional concentration courses will focus upon more knowledge acquisition in each challenge area.

Additional Program Admissions Requirements

This concentration requires a 3.0 GPA on the last 60 undergraduate credit hours.

Program Curriculum

Course	Credits
Core
IDS 801 Introduction to Graduate Liberal Studies	1
IDS 802 Ways of Knowing in Comparative Perspective	3
IDS 803 Origins and Implications of the Knowledge Society	3
IDS 804 Information Literacy	3
Concentration
IDS 805 Global Challenges*	3
Choose 15 credits from the list below. No more than 6 credits from any one department.	15
ECFI 644 International Economics HHP 610 Global Health INT 660 Global Telecommunications Policy INT 610 Public Policy, Law, and Ethics in INT INT 684 Foundations of Information Systems Security LDRS 800 Organizational Leadership POLS 611 Policy Analysis POLS 630 International Organizations and World Politics POLS 631 American Foreign Policy POLS 632 Problems and Issues in World Politics SOC 681 NGOs: Global Social Innovation Elective Course Approved by Advisor
Culminating Experience
IDS 820 Projects in Liberal/Professional Studies	3
* students must successfully complete IDS 805 before enrolling in other concentration courses.
TOTAL	31