Institute for Global Studies
214 Social Sciences
269 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-624-9007
Fax: 612-626-2242
E-mail: igs@umn.edu

Global Studies Minor Concentration Requirements

Thematic Requirements (Minor)

Culture, Power, Place

Theme specific breadth requirement (Choose 1 course, 3 credits)

  • Glos 3602: Other Worlds: Globalization and Culture

Electives (Choose 1 course in theme or region, 3 credits)

Please refer to the appropriate semester’s Approved Course List for current offerings.

Environment and Sustainable Development

Theme specific breadth requirement (Choose 1 course, 3 credits)

  • Geog 3376: Political Ecology of North America
  • Geog 3379: Environment and Development in the Third World
  • GloS 3302: Debating "Development": Contested Visions
  • GloS 3301: Environment and Empire
  • Geog 4002: Social Theory and the Environment

Electives (Choose 1 course in theme or region, 3 credits)

Please refer to the appropriate semester’s Approved Course List for current offerings.

Governance, Peace, and Justice in a Global Context

Theme specific breadth requirement (Choose 1 course, 3 credits)

  • Anth 4057 Politics and Law
  • Hist 3422 World History in the 20th Century
  • Pol 3835 International Relations
  • Pol 3873 Global Citizenship and International Ethics
  • Pol 4883 Global Governance
  • Pol 4485 Human Rights and Democracy in the World

Electives (Choose 1 course in theme or region, 3 credits)

Please refer to the appropriate semester’s Approved Course List for current offerings.

International Political Economy

Theme specific breadth requirement (Choose 1 course, 3 credits)

  • ApEc 3007, Applied Macroeconomics: Policy, Trade, and Development
  • Econ 3041 The Prospective World Economy
  • Econ 4401 International Economics
  • Geog 3331 Geography of the World Economy
  • Pol 4889 Governments and Global Trade and Money

Electives (Choose 1 course in theme or region, 3 credits)

Please refer to the appropriate semester’s Approved Course List for current offerings.

Population, Migration, and Identity

Theme specific breadth requirement (Choose 1 course, 3 credits)

  • Geog 3381: Population in an interacting world
  • Soc 3511. World population problems
  • Pa 5301. Population methods and issues for the United States and Third World

Electives (Choose 1 course in theme or region, 3 credits)

Please refer to the appropriate semester’s Approved Course List for current offerings.

Regional Requirements (Minor)

East Asia

Region specific breadth requirement (Choose 1 course, 3 credits)

  • Hist 3461 Introduction to East Asia I: The Imperial Times
  • Hist 3462 Introduction to East Asia in Modern Times 1600-2000

Electives (Choose 0-1 courses, 0-3 credits)

Please refer to the appropriate semester’s Approved Course List for current offerings.

Europe

Region specific breadth requirement (Choose 1 course, 3 credits)

  • Geog 3161 Europe: A Geographic Perspective
  • Hist 3722 20th Century Europe From the End of WWII to the End of the Cold War
  • Pol 3451 Politics and Society in the New Europe

Electives (Choose 0-1 courses, 0-3 credits)

Please refer to the appropriate semester’s Approved Course List for current offerings.

Latin America

Region specific breadth requirement (Choose 1 course, 3 credits)

  • Geog 4121 Latin America
  • Hist 3401 Early Latin America to 1825
  • Hist 3402 Modern Latin America 1825 to present
  • Pol 4479 Latin American Politics
  • Span 3512 Modern Latin American Civilization

Electives (Choose 0-1 courses, 0-3 credits)

Please refer to the appropriate semester’s Approved Course List for current offerings.

Middle East

Region specific breadth requirement (Choose 1 course, 3 credits)

  • Arab/Hist 3505 “Survey of the Middle East”
  • Glos 3940 “Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies” (depends upon semester, please refer to the Global Studies approved course list for semester specific details).

Electives (Choose 0-1 courses, 0-3 credits)

Please refer to the appropriate semester’s Approved Course List for current offerings.

Russia

Region specific breadth requirement (Choose 1 course, 3 credits)

  • Geog 3181 Russian and its Environs
  • Hist 3637 Modern Russia: From Peter the Great to the Present

Electives (Choose 0-1 courses, 0-3 credits)

Please refer to the appropriate semester’s Approved Course List for current offerings.

South Asia

Region specific breadth requirement (Choose 1 course, 3 credits)

  • Anth 3023 Society and Cultures of India
  • Hist 3488 Genesis of Modern India
  • Hist 3489 20th Century India

Electives (Choose 0-1 courses, 0-3 credits)

Please refer to the appropriate semester’s Approved Course List for current offerings.