Center for Global & International Studies

Minor in Global and International Studies

Academic Director: Eric Hanley, Associate Director, Center for Global and International Studies
Academic Advisor: Heidi Hulse, hhulse@ku.edu

Requirements for the minor

There are two requirements for the minor. First, students are required to complete 18 hours of course work, 12 of which must be numbered 300 or above, distributed as follows:

• 2 courses (6 hours) from the core course options for the Global and International Studies Major:
  • ANTH 108/308 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
  • ABSC 150 Community Leadership
  • ECON 104 Introductory Economics or ECON 142 Principles of Microeconomics or ECON 144 Principles of Macroeconomics
  • GEOG 100 World Regional Geography or GEOG 102 Principles of Human Geography
  • HIST 103 Environment and History or HIST 302 Key Themes in World History
  • POLS 150 Introduction to Comparative Politics or POLS 170 Introduction to International Politics
  • SOC 130 Comparative Societies
• 2 courses (6 hours) on one region from the Regional Expertise list for the GIST major (see link to Course Menu below)
• 2 courses (6 hours) on one field of specialization from the Substantive Specialization list for the GIST major (see link to Course Menu below)

Second, students are required to satisfy the CLAS Bachelor of Arts degree foreign language requirement. This may be done in any one of the following ways: (1) pass the proficiency examination in one foreign language; (2) complete a fourth-semester-level course in one foreign language; or (3) complete any foreign language course that has a fourth-semester-level course as a prerequisite.

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Academic Advisor: Heidi Hulse, hhulse@ku.edu