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Jul 21, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Global Studies and Human Geography, Global Studies Concentration, B.S.
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Political and Global Affairs
David Carleton, program coordinator
615-898-2708
pga@mtsu.edu
The Global Studies concentration provides students with a systematic awareness of the global forces and processes directly transforming contemporary societies and individuals. Students achieve a thorough understanding of globalization through a course of study that combines study abroad and language skills with a broad-based educational background. This approach empowers Global Studies students with the tools to pursue graduate work, professional service, and careers in public and private sectors-here and abroad. Where there is the need-national, international, or intercultural-Global Studies students have the education and expertise to meet ever-changing global demands.
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Degree Requirements
| True Blue Core (TBC) |
41 hours |
| Major Requirements |
30 hours* |
| Foreign Language |
12 hours |
| Minor |
15-18 hours |
| Electives |
19-25 hours |
| TOTAL |
120 hours |
*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.
True Blue Core (41 hours)
True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.
The following courses required by the program meet True Blue Core requirements:
Major Requirements (30 hours)
Courses for Field of Study
Students will select one of the following fields of study: Global Human Diversity and Multiculturalism (for those students interested in aspects of culture), Global Governance and Commerce (for those students interested in government, global affairs, and commerce), and Global Gender (for those students with interest in gender from a global perspective). Students will select 12 upper-division hours (3000- and 4000-level) of electives to meet the field of study requirement. No more than nine (9) hours can be selected from a specific or single discipline. Courses selected for each field of study will be global, multicultural, or transnational in nature and reflect the interest and career goals of the student. The student will select these 12 hours with the approval and guidance of the Global Studies advisor. Courses that may be used for fields of study are provided below. Each contains a global, international, or multicultural component. Note: Other courses may be used that are not on the list only with the approval of the program director. Courses for each field of study will be selected from the following colleges:
- Global Human Diversity and Multiculturalism: Courses will be selected from the College of Liberal Arts, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences, and the College of Media and Entertainment.
- Global Governance and Commerce: Courses will be selected from the College of Liberal Arts and the Jones College of Business.
- Global Gender: Courses will be selected from the College of Liberal Arts, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences, and the College of Media and Entertainment.
Global Human Diversity and Multiculturalism
Global Governance and Commerce
Foreign Language (12 hours)
Global Studies majors will successfully complete 12 hours in foreign languages that best suits their academic and career needs. At least 6 hours must be in one language.
Curriculum: Global Studies and Cultural Geography, Global Studies Concentration
Sophomore
- Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
- Human Society and Social Relationships/Electives 6 credit hours
- Scientific Literacy 8 credit hours
- Foreign language 6 credit hours
- Major field area 3 credit hours
- History and Civic Learning 6 credit hours
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