GE Pathway: Global Connections

The Global Connections GE Pathway seeks to explore the interconnections between people, resources, technologies, and organizations that shape our world.  It uncovers the impacts of global issues on our ever-changing world.  Additionally, this pathway will enable students to become active and engaged global citizens.  Interdisciplinary coursework drawn from a variety of academic disciplines will explore how the global and the local are becoming connected and impacting individuals’ lives and communities every day.  This pathway will allow students to explore these connections through a variety of academic lenses, including disciplines from the humanities, social and behavioral sciences, and public administration.

Students interested in this pathway, have the option of completing a GE minor. See information on GE Minor: Global Competency.

Course List:
To complete this pathway, students are advised to complete four courses (12 units), one course from each of the following categories:
At least one course must be a Writing Intensive course (WI)

GE Category E -- Foundation Seminar

• CAL 1120: Global You/U (G)

GE Category C4 -- Upper Division Arts & Humanities
Choose one of the following

• CAL 3300: Arts and Ideas in A Changing Global World (G)
• CAL 3700: African Arts Heritage (DI, G)
• CAL 3750: Exploring the World of Islam through Literature (DI, G)
• CAL 3888: Asian Humanities in a Globalized World (DI, G)
• COMM 3334: Global Cinema (G)
• ENG 3000: Studies in Global Literatures (DI, G)
• FREN 3900: Voices & Visions from the Francophone World (G, WI)
• MUS 3500: Global Music (G)
• PHIL 3001: Philosophy in the World (G, WI)
• SPAN 3900: Voices & Visions from the Hispanic World (G, WI)
• WLL 3940: Mediterranean Languages and Identities (DI, G)
• WLL 3950: Languages & Cultures (DI, G)

GE Category D3 -- Social Science Disciplinary Perspectives
Choose one of the following

• ANTH 1400: World History to c. 1500 (DI, G)
• or HIST 1400: World History to c. 1500
• ECON 2202: Principles of Macroeconomics (G)
• GEOG 1650: World Regions and Peoples (DI, G)
• HIST 1440: World History from c. 1500

GE Category D4 -- Upper Division Social Science
Choose one of the following

• GEOG 5150: Global Governance and the United Nations System (G)
• PA 3150: Society, Business, & Global Governance (DI, G)
• SSCI 3000: Global Issues and Perspectives (DI, G)
• SSCI 3001: Global Issues and Perspectives (DI, G, WI)