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

Themes

Culture, Power, Place

Ways of Knowing Requirement (Choose 1 course, 3 credits)

  • Anth 3003: Cultural Anthropology
  • CSCL 3115: Cinema and Ideology
  • CSDS 5301: Society, Ideology, and the Production of Art

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

  • Glos 3602: Other Worlds—Globalization and Culture

Electives (Choose 3 courses, 9 credits)

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

Environment and Sustainable Development

Ways of Knowing Requirement (Choose 1 course, 3 credits)

  • Geog 3001: Geographic Inquiry and Human Development
  • Geog 3531: Numerical Spatial Analysis
  • Geog 3561: Principles of Geographic Information Science
  • Statistics (to be determined by student & Major Advisor)

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 3 courses, 9 credits)

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

Governance, Peace, and Justice

Ways of Knowing Requirement (Choose 1 course, 3 credits)

  • Anth 3003: Cultural Anthropology
  • Pol 3085: Quantitative Analysis in Political Science
  • Pol 4887: Thinking Strategically in International Politics
  • Statistics (to be determined by student & Major Advisor)

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 3 courses, 9 credits)

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

International Political Economy

Ways of Knowing requirement (Choose 1 course, 3 credits)

  • Geog 3531: Numerical Spatial Analysis
  • Geog 3561: Principles of Geographic Information Science
  • Pol 3085: Quantitative Analysis in Political Science
  • Statistics (to be determined by student & Major Advisor)

Theme specific breadth requirement (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 3 courses, 9 credits)

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

Population, Migration, and Identity

Ways of Knowing requirement (Choose 1 course, 3 credits)

  • Geog 3531: Numerical Spatial Analysis
  • Geog 3561: Principles of Geographic Information Science
  • Hist 3797: History of Population
  • Statistics (to be determined by student & Major Advisor)

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 3 courses, 9 credits)

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