Seminar in Global and International Studies

Catalog description

Capstone Seminar focusing on critical themes and the development of the senior thesis for Global Studies Majors. This interdisciplinary course will offer a seminar on some current event, issue, or phenomenon that involves a significant proportion of the globe. Topics will vary each year and depend on the faculty member leading the course, but it may include subjects such as the European Union, global economic change, international pop culture, or international response to human rights violations. Students will develop, write, and workshop a global studies research thesis. Both written and oral work will be assigned and graded. Students will discuss material from a variety of academic fields such as political science, economics, sociology, history, anthropology, and cultural studies.