Global Studies Major, BA - Global Politics and Economy Concentration

Paul K. Gellert, Sociology

The Global Studies major focuses on understanding connections between different parts of the world. The Global Politics and Economy concentration has a social sciences orientation and requires more coursework in the social sciences than the humanities. Globalization, or the trans-national exchange of investments, commodities, people, politics, technologies, and cultures, is both a characteristic of the contemporary world and the culmination of large-scale, long-term social change. Although globalization, at times, seems dominated by new economic and political formations more powerful than the traditional nation-state, it has also mobilized new expressions of local and transnational discontent and resistance.

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, global studies curriculum helps students understand the implications of global change, allowing the university community to confront what is occurring in our immediate locale by examining what is going on elsewhere. Bringing together faculty and students from diverse perspectives creates an interdisciplinary understanding of the disruption and integration resulting from changing configurations of nations, global processes, and identities.

College Requirements

Arts and Sciences

Prerequisite

GLBS 250 - Introduction to Global Studies 3 Credit Hours *

Major Requirements

The major requires 31-32 credit hours in the form of ten courses. No course may be counted toward more than one of the following categories. No more than 3 credit hours may be taken under the 300-level. Any courses taken to fulfill a core requirement cannot be used to fulfill a regional studies or methods/foreign language requirement. A student may choose to concentrate in global society and culture, global politics and economy, or language, politics, and culture. Three hours of independent study or off-campus study can be used to substitute for a core course. Courses are to be distributed as follows:

A. Select two courses: Global society and culture

AFST 421 - Comparative Studies in African and African American Societies 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 315 - The African Diaspora 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 370 - Gender and Globalization 3 Credit Hours *
ANTH 413 - Dynamics of Health and Illness 3 Credit Hours
CNST 482 - Special Topics in Global Cinema 3 Credit Hours *
ENGL 331 - Race and Ethnicity in American Literature 3 Credit Hours *
ENGL 454 - 20th-Century International Novel 3 Credit Hours
FREN 410 - Topics in Medieval/Early Modern French Literature 3 Credit Hours (taught in French)
FREN 415 - Topics in Modern French and Francophone Literature 3 Credit Hours (taught in French) *
FREN 420 - French Cinema 3 Credit Hours (taught in English) or
CNST 420 - French Cinema 3 Credit Hours (taught in English)
FREN 450 - Special Topics in French and Francophone Literature 3 Credit Hours (taught in French)
GEOG 341 - Introduction to Urban Studies: Social and Spatial Origins of Contemporary Cities 3 Credit Hours *
GEOG 345 - People and Environment 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 442 - Urban Spaces and Urban Society 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 445 - Cities in a World System 3 Credit Hours *
GEOG 462 - Geographies of Race and Racism 3 Credit Hours
HIME 366 - History of the Middle East and the Islamic World, 600 – 1050 3 Credit Hours
HIST 374 - Traveling the Globe in the Premodern World 3 Credit Hours
HIST 385 - Studies in World History 3 Credit Hours
HIST 410 - Infectious Disease: A Global History 3 Credit Hours
ITAL 314 - Highlights of Italian Civilization, Culture, and Identity 3 Credit Hours (taught in English) *
WLC 300 - Global Texts and Cultures 3 Credit Hours (taught in English)
WLC 482 - Special Topics in Global Cinema 3 Credit Hours *
MUCO 290 - Soundscapes: Exploring Music in a Changing World 3 Credit Hours *
MUCO 380 - Music in World Cultures 3 Credit Hours * (Note: GLBS Majors/minors may take without music prerequisite)
MUCO 410 - Special Topics in Musicology 3 Credit Hours
MUCO 411 - Music of Appalachia 3 Credit Hours *
MUCO 413 - Music and the African Diaspora 3 Credit Hours *
MUCO 416 - Global Soundtracks 3 Credit Hours *
MUCO 421 - Music of Bali, Indonesia 2-3 Credit Hours
MUEN 311 - Afro-Diasporic Percussion Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
MUEN 312 - Balinese Gamelan 1 Credit Hours
PHIL 441 - Global Justice and Human Rights 3 Credit Hours
PORT 315 - Aspects of Luso-Brazilian Literature 3 Credit Hours
REST 232 - Religion and Society in Global Perspective 3 Credit Hours *
REST 302 - Anthropology of Religion 3 Credit Hours
REST 305 - Contemporary Religious Thought and Practice 3 Credit Hours
REST 332 - Introduction to Islam 3 Credit Hours
REST 372 - Contemporary Buddhism 3 Credit Hours
REST 375 - Theravada Buddhism 3 Credit Hours
SPAN 331 - Introduction to Hispanic Culture 3 Credit Hours
SPAN 333 - Survey of Spanish-American Literature: 1700-Present 3 Credit Hours
SPAN 346 - Language and Culture of the Hispanic Business World 3 Credit Hours (taught in Spanish)
SPAN 433 - Gender and Sexuality in Hispanic Literature and Culture 3 Credit Hours (taught in Spanish)
WGS 330 - Music, Gender, and Sexuality 3 Credit Hours
WGS 412 - Gender, Performance Art, and the Avant Garde 3 Credit Hours

B. Select five courses: Global Politics and Economy courses

AGNR 480 - How to Feed the World 3 Credit Hours
ALEC 485 - Global Sustainable Development Goals 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 325 - Migration and Transnationalism 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 414 - Political Anthropology 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 415 - Environmental Anthropology 3 Credit Hours *
ANTH 419 - Anthropology of Human Rights 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 420 - Disasters 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 422 - Anthropology of Global Inequality 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 426 - Decolonization 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 432 - Anthropology of Warfare, Violence, and Peace 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 441 - Topics in Cultural Method and Theory 3 Credit Hours
AREC 420 - International Agricultural Trade and Marketing 3 Credit Hours
ECON 305 - Markets, Ethics, and Capitalism 3 Credit Hours
ECON 322 - The Global Economy: Trade and Development 3 Credit Hours
ECON 362 - Environmental and Natural Resource Policy 3 Credit Hours
ECON 421 - International Economics 3 Credit Hours
ECON 463 - Environmental Economics 3 Credit Hours
FWF 420 - International Natural Resource Issues 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 331 - Natural Hazards 3 Credit Hours *
GEOG 333 - Climate Change and Human Response 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 340 - Economic Geography in the Modern World 3 Credit Hours *
GEOG 344 - Population Geography 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 441 - Cities as Economic Engines 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 444 - The Age of Migration 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 449 - Geography of Transportation 3 Credit Hours *
GEOG 451 - The Global Economy 3 Credit Hours
GLBS 491 - Foreign Study 1-15 Credit Hours (and other departments) (with permission of Director)
WLC 482 - Special Topics in Global Cinema 3 Credit Hours *
MUCO 290 - Soundscapes: Exploring Music in a Changing World 3 Credit Hours *
POLS 249 - Introduction to Comparative Politics 3 Credit Hours (Note: Major only allows one 200-level class)
POLS 265 - Introduction to International Relations 3 Credit Hours (Note: Major only allows one 200-level class)
POLS 350 - Sources of Political Change in the Global South: Coups, Climate, and Conflict 3 Credit Hours
POLS 461 - Comparative Public Policy: Ideas, Interests, and Institutions 3 Credit Hours *
POLS 464 - Fear and Bias in Migration Politics 3 Credit Hours
POLS 470 - International Law 3 Credit Hours
POLS 471 - International Political Economy 3 Credit Hours
POLS 474 - International Organization 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 342 - Globalization and Justice 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 345 - Social Movements 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 363 - Food, Agriculture, and Society 3 Credit Hours *
SOCI 442 - Comparative Poverty and Development 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 446 - The Modern World System 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 460 - Capitalism and Racism 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 461 - Immigration Politics and Policies 3 Credit Hours

C. Select two regional studies courses:

Although not required, Global Studies faculty highly recommend that students choose clusters of courses in a particular region to deepen their knowledge. Please consult your advisor for assistance in course selection.

D. Select one course from Option I or II:

Option I: Methods options

ANTH 410 - Principles of Cultural Anthropology 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 320 - Cultural Geography: Core Concepts 3 Credit Hours *
GEOG 340 - Economic Geography in the Modern World 3 Credit Hours *
GEOG 415 - Quantitative Methods in Geography 4 Credit Hours *
PHIL 360 - Philosophy of Science 3 Credit Hours
POLS 301 - Research Methods I 3 Credit Hours
REST 300 - Method and Theory in Religious Studies 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 331 - Sociological Research 3 Credit Hours *

Option II: Advanced language options

Upper-Division Modern Foreign Language (in Chinese, Japanese, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Russian, or Arabic)

ARAB 331 - Culture and Daily Life in the Arab World 3 Credit Hours *
or
MEST 331 - Culture and Daily Life in the Arab World 3 Credit Hours *
ARAB 332 - Contemporary Issues and Current Events in the Arab World 3 Credit Hours *
or
MEST 332 - Contemporary Issues and Current Events in the Arab World 3 Credit Hours *
CHIN 331 - Advanced Chinese I 4 Credit Hours *
CHIN 332 - Advanced Chinese II 4 Credit Hours *
CHIN 431 - Chinese Literature and Culture 3 Credit Hours
CHIN 432 - Advanced Reading and Composition 3 Credit Hours
FREN 333 - Intermediate Composition and Grammar 3 Credit Hours *
FREN 334 - Intermediate Conversation and Phonetics 3 Credit Hours *
FREN 353 - Introduction to Literary Analysis in French 3 Credit Hours *
FREN 400 - Consecutive and Simultaneous French-English and English-French Translation 3 Credit Hours
FREN 410 - Topics in Medieval/Early Modern French Literature 3 Credit Hours
FREN 415 - Topics in Modern French and Francophone Literature 3 Credit Hours *
FREN 421 - Phonetics 3 Credit Hours
FREN 422 - Advanced Grammar 3 Credit Hours
FREN 431 - Highlights of French Civilization 3 Credit Hours *
FREN 432 - Contemporary French Culture 3 Credit Hours
FREN 433 - French and Francophone Women Writers 3 Credit Hours *
FREN 440 - Capstone Experience in French 3 Credit Hours
FREN 450 - Special Topics in French and Francophone Literature 3 Credit Hours
FREN 455 - Special Topics in French and Francophone History and Culture 3 Credit Hours
ITAL 341 - Intermediate Grammar, Composition and Conversation 3 Credit Hours *
ITAL 342 - Intermediate Grammar, Composition and Conversation 3 Credit Hours *
ITAL 405 - Topics in Italian Culture, History, and Literature 3 Credit Hours
ITAL 406 - Italian History through Art 3 Credit Hours
ITAL 409 - Directed Readings 3 Credit Hours
ITAL 412 - Advanced Literary Reading and Conversation 3 Credit Hours
ITAL 414 - Italian Cultural Studies 3 Credit Hours
ITAL 415 - History of Italian Theatre and Performance 3 Credit Hours
JAPA 351 - Advanced Japanese I 3 Credit Hours
JAPA 352 - Advanced Japanese II 3 Credit Hours
JAPA 451 - Introduction to Classical Japanese 3 Credit Hours
JAPA 452 - Reading in Modern Japanese Texts 3 Credit Hours
PORT 300 - Portuguese for Speakers of Another Romance Language 3 Credit Hours
PORT 303 - Highlights of Brazilian Civilization 3 Credit Hours
PORT 309 - Intermediate Conversation and Composition 3 Credit Hours *
PORT 326 - Brazilian Cinema 3 Credit Hours
PORT 409 - Advanced Conversation and Composition 3 Credit Hours
PORT 430 - Contemporary Brazilian Studies 3 Credit Hours *
PORT 432 - Topics in the Literature and Culture of the Portuguese-speaking World 3 Credit Hours
RUSS 311 - Russian Composition and Conversation 3 Credit Hours *
RUSS 312 - Russian Composition and Conversation 3 Credit Hours *
RUSS 323 - Russian through Theatrical Performance 3 Credit Hours
RUSS 401 - Advanced Grammar, Conversation, and Composition 3 Credit Hours
RUSS 402 - Advanced Grammar, Conversation, and Composition 3 Credit Hours
RUSS 451 - Senior Seminar 3 Credit Hours
SPAN 309 - Spanish for Bilinguals 3 Credit Hours
SPAN 312 - Language in Context II 3 Credit Hours
SPAN 315 - Spanish Phonetics and Phonology 3 Credit Hours
SPAN 410 - Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics 3 Credit Hours
SPAN 420 - Applied Linguistics 3 Credit Hours
SPAN 422 - Advanced Grammar and Translation 3 Credit Hours
SPAN 423 - Advanced Composition and Conversation 3 Credit Hours *
SPAN 430 - Topics in Hispanic Linguistics 3 Credit Hours
Any other upper-division Modern Foreign Language course not taught in English

E. Complete:

GLBS 480 - Capstone in Global Studies 1 Credit Hours

Note:

Additional courses not listed above may be petitioned for credit upon successful completion with the Director of Global Studies when the course content is consistent with the objectives of the major.

* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .

Undergraduates

Graduate Students