Global Studies
Global Studies is a multidisciplinary department concerned with the study of the issues, people, and events that shape today's
increasingly globalized world. The department offers a four-year BA in a single
or combined honours program. We cultivate an environment that fosters
high academic achievement, while also preparing students for a range of professional careers after graduation.
Global Studies is
organized along three key areas of inquiry: "comparative development," "peace
and conflict," and "globalization and cultures." In addition to progressively
developing their knowledge in one or more of these areas, Global Studies
students are also challenged to apply a multidisciplinary range of theoretical
and methodological tools to think in critical, ethical, and creative ways.
Students are also required to develop a degree of second language competency,
and are encouraged - through the innovative Arts Global Experience (AGX) program - to complement classroom learning with experiential learning through an
international volunteer placement.
Honours BA, Combined Honours BA, Specialization, Option and Minor:
- Joanne Benham Rennick, PhD
- Timothy Donais, PhD
- John Ejobowah, PhD
- Sheri Lynn Gibbings, PhD
- Alex Latta, PhD, Undergraduate Advisor
- Sara Matthews, PhD
- Edmund Pries, PhD
- Tanya Richardson, PhD
- Alicia Sliwinski, PhD, Chair
- Alan Whiteside, PhD
- Ali Zaidi, PhD
- Honours BA Global Studies
- Honours BA Global Studies in Combination with another Honours BA Program
- Research Specialization
- Honours BA Global Studies with Concentrations
- Social Entrepreneurship Option
- Global Studies Minor
| Course # | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| GS101 | Introduction to Global Studies | 0.5 |
| GS102 | Mapping Global Studies: Culture, Conflict, Development | 0.5 |
| GS201 | Theories in Global Studies | 0.5 |
| GS202 | Methods in Global Studies | 0.5 |
| GS211 | Actors and Approaches in International Development | 0.5 |
| GS212 | Issues in International Development | 0.5 |
| GS220 | Being Human in a Global Age [1] | 0.5 |
| GS221 | The Cosmopolitan Village? | 0.5 |
| GS222 | Contemporary Western Societies | 0.5 |
| GS223 | World Religions in Global Perspective | 0.5 |
| GS231 | War, Culture and Conflict | 0.5 |
| GS232 | Peace and Conflict Transformation: An Introduction | 0.5 |
| GS300 | Global Studies Fieldwork | 0.5 |
| GS302 | Global Studies: A Case Study | 0.5 |
| GS305 | The Individualized World | 0.5 |
| GS311 | The Global Economy | 0.5 |
| GS312 | Special Topics in International Development | 0.5 |
| GS321 | Special Topics in Culture and Globalization | 0.5 |
| GS323 | Global Migrations, Refugees and Diasporas [2] | 0.5 |
| GS325 | Religion, Culture and Society | 0.5 |
| GS327 | Tourists, Tourism and the Globe | 0.5 |
| GS331 | Contemporary Case Studies in Peace and Conflict | 0.5 |
| GS332 | Gandhi: Non-Violence and the Struggle for Freedom | 0.5 |
| GS333 | War, Memory and Popular Culture | 0.5 |
| GS335 | Peacebuilding in the Shadow of War | 0.5 |
| GS337 | Peace Education [3] | 0.5 |
| GS340 | Special Topics in Global Studies | 0.5 |
| GS342 | Civil Society, Social Movements and Globalization | 0.5 |
| GS350 | Directed Studies | 0.5 |
| GS351 | Nature, Culture and Development | 0.5 |
| GS352 | UN Sustainable Development Goals | 0.5 |
| GS353 | Education and International Development [4] | 0.5 |
| GS355 | Indigenous Peoples in Global Context [5] | 0.5 |
| GS357 | Gender and Sexualities in Global Context | 0.5 |
| GS361 | Disasters and Development | 0.5 |
| GS364 | Social Innovation in the City | 1.0 |
| GS366 | Religion and Violence | 0.5 |
| GS388 | Field Course in Global Studies | 0.5 |
| GS391 | Global Experience Pre-Placement | 0.25 |
| GS392 | Global Experience Placement | 0.5 |
| GS393 | Global Experience Extended Placement | 1.0 |
| GS394 | Global Experience Post-Placement | 0.25 |
| GS396 | Semester Abroad: Pre-departure Learning | 0.25 |
| GS397 | Semester Abroad: On-exchange experience | 0.25 |
| GS398 | Global Studies in Practice | 0.5 |
| GS399 | Post-Field Placement | 0.5 |
| GS400 | Seminar in Global Studies | 1.5 |
| GS405 | Special Topics in Global Studies | 0.5 |
| GS411 | Global Justice | 0.5 |
| GS412 | Africa in a Changing World | 0.5 |
| GS413 | Globalization Unhinged | 0.5 |
| GS421 | Ethical Encounters | 0.5 |
| GS422 | Dialogue and Critique in an Age of Terror | 0.5 |
| GS425 | The Global Lives of Natural Resources | 0.5 |
| GS431 | Narratives Of/About Violence | 0.5 |
| GS434 | Armed Conflict and International Humanitarian Law | 0.5 |
| GS435 | Disarming Conflicts | 0.5 |
| GS450 | Directed Studies | 1.0 |
| GS451 | City Worlds | 0.5 |
| GS453 | Human Rights in Global Context | 0.5 |
| GS461 | Global humanitarianism: Between Gift and Power | 0.5 |
| GS488 | Senior Field course in Global Studies | 1.0 |
Senate/Editorial Changes
Senate Academic Planning Committee Revisions February 26, 2019: GS220/RE221 New Cross-listing; effective September 1, 2019.
Senate Academic Planning Committee Revisions February 26, 2019: GS323/RE323 New Cross-listing; effective September 1, 2019.
Senate Committee Addition April 17, 2018: GS337 New course; effective September 1, 2019.
Senate Committee Addition April 17, 2018: GS353 New course; effective September 1, 2019.
Senate Academic Planning Committee Revisions February 26, 2019: GS355/AN355/RE355 New RE355 Cross-listing; effective September 1, 2019.
