2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog

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2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Global Studies (BA)

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Total required hours: 128

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I. General Education Requirements

First Year or Transition Year Seminar (4 hrs)
Integrative Studies (28 hrs)
Modern Language (0, 4 or 8 hrs)
Mathematics (4 hrs)
Note: This major requires
MATH 1240 - Statistics I
Health and Physical Education Lifestyles (1 hr)
Senior Year Experience (4 hrs)
Writing Intensive Requirement (click the General Education Requirements link below for details)

See
General Education Requirements for All Degree Programs
for specifics.

II. Major Requirements (48 hrs)

A. Foundation Courses (all courses required)

ECON 2200 - Principles of Macroeconomics 4 hrs (MATH 1240 is pre-req)
GLST 1000 - Introduction to Global Studies - Writing Intensive 4 hrs
POLS 1300 - Introduction to Global Politics 4 hrs

B. Modern Language (1 course required)

Students are required to acquire intermediate proficiency in a language by taking one course beyond the University modern language general education requirement. For students who have received credit for a language offered at the 1000 level, they should take at least one additional course at the 2000 level that continues the sequence for which they have received credit. Students may also meet this requirement through taking language coursework in a study abroad program approved by the History Department chairperson. When appropriate language coursework is not offered at the time, students may meet this requirement through taking a course approved by the chairperson at the 3000 or 4000 level that is directly related to the language or region in which the language is spoken or by taking a placement exam. Since fluency in a foreign language is essential to understanding a foreign culture, students are encouraged to acquire fluency. Have the chairperson inform the Registrar in writing of the course being used to fulfill this requirement.

C. Global Processes and Systems (2 courses required)

ANTH 3100 - Globalization and Cultural Identity 4 hrs
ENGL 2233 - Studies in World Literatures 4 hrs
HIST 4210 - The Industrial Revolution in a Global Perspective 4 hrs
POLS 2270 - Comparative Government 4 hrs
POLS 2400 - Democratic Theory 4 hrs
POLS 3870 - Terrorism and Genocide 4 hrs
SOCL 3040 - Global Social Change 4 hrs

D. Concentration (select one)

East Asia Concentration

3 courses from this group; 1 course from any of the other concentrations

HIST 1400 - Survey of Pre-Modern Asia 4 hrs
HIST 1450 - Survey of Modern Asia 4 hrs
HIST 2550 - Democracy in Asia 4 hrs
HIST 3330 - Modern China 4 hrs
HIST 3350 - Modern Japan 4 hrs
HIST 4500 - Vietnam in the Twentieth Century 4 hrs
HIST 4560 - Modern Korea 4 hrs
POLS 4850 - East Asian Politics 4 hrs
RELG 3400 - Buddhism and Daoism in Dialogue 4 hrs
RELG 2500 - The Muslim Faith and Its Place in the Modern World 4 hrs

Europe Concentration

3 courses from this group; 1 course from any of the other concentrations

ARTH 2100 - Impressionists and Pop Artists Modern Art 1863-1963 4 hrs
ENGL 2215 - Studies in British Literatures 1700-1900 4 hrs
ENGL 2220 - Studies in British Literature After 1900 4 hrs
HIST 2350 - Politics and Society in Modern Britain 4 hrs
HIST 3400 - War and Revolution 4 hrs
HIST 4050 - European Intellectual History 4 hrs
HIST 4100 - The Holocaust in Contemporary History 4 hrs
HIST 4210 - The Industrial Revolution in a Global Perspective 4 hrs

African Concentration

3 courses from this group; 1 course from any of the other concentrations

HIST 1500 - African History to 1800 4 hrs
HIST 2450 - Southern Africa 1700 to Present 4 hrs
HIST 3650 - African Encounters with Development 4 hrs
HIST 4630 - African Independence Movements: 1940s-1970s 4 hrs
HIST 4660 - African History: Era of New Nations 4 hrs
POLS 4880 - African Politics 4 hrs

Latin American Concentration

3 courses from this group; 1 course from any of the other concentrations

Business and Economics Concentration

3 courses as directed below: 1 course from any of the other concentrations.

Note: This concentration requires additional pre-requisite courses.

2 courses from:
ECON 3300 - International Economics 4 hrs
ECON 4400 - Economic Development and Growth 4 hrs
IBM 3700 - International Business and Management 4 hrs
IBM 3850 - Cross-Cultural Management and Organization 4 hrs
1 course from:
POLS 3280 - Environmental Political Theory 4 hrs
POLS 3520 - Special Topics in Global Politics 4 hrs
POLS 4450 - Marxian Political Thought 4 hrs
POLS 4640 - Theories of Social Justice 4 hrs

E. Senior Year Aspects of Global Citizenship (1 course required)

HIST 3200 - Global Capitalism 4 hrs
POLS 4100 - International Law and Institutions 4 hrs
POLS 4690 - Globalization, Justice, and Democracy 4 hrs
POLS 4920 - Model United Nations 4 hrs

F. Senior Year Global Citizenship Capstone (required)

GLST 4950 - Capstone: Global Citizenship 4 hrs
Note to Majors: Students are highly encouraged to study abroad in a location that aligns with the Modern Language they have studied and their Regional or Topical Focus. This experiential learning will significantly deepen your understanding of other cultures and have a high impact on your learning. Students may also take an appropriate internship that is directly linked to their Regional or Topical Focus. Students may ask the chair of the History and Political Science Department to count such experiences towards the completion of the major.

III. Residency Requirements

In order to graduate from any university a student should take a significant proportion of the hours for his or her program of study from that university, take a significant proportion of hours in the major from that university, and take a significant proportion of the “signature elements” of that university’s general education requirements.

At Otterbein, at least 48 semester hours of coursework must be taken in Otterbein classes. MATH 0900 cannot be used to help fulfill this requirement. Of these hours:

at least 12 semester hours must be taken in each of a student’s majors at the 3000 level or above,
at least 4 semester hours (any level) must be taken in each minor, and
the INST dyad must be taken at Otterbein.

IV. Required Total Hours for the Degree (128 hrs)

If the coursework taken to fulfill the General Education Requirements and the requirements in your major do not equal 128 hours, select a sufficient number of electives to achieve that total.

V. Minimum GPA Overall and in the Major

A GPA of 2.0 overall as well as in the major must be achieved. To be licensed to teach, a GPA of 2.5 overall must be achieved.

VI. Application for Degree

A prospective graduate must complete an Application for Degree at the Registrar’s Office two terms prior to the term in which the degree is to be completed.

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Global Studies (BA)

I. General Education Requirements

II. Major Requirements (48 hrs)

A. Foundation Courses (all courses required)

B. Modern Language (1 course required)

C. Global Processes and Systems (2 courses required)

D. Concentration (select one)

East Asia Concentration

Europe Concentration

African Concentration

Latin American Concentration

Business and Economics Concentration

E. Senior Year Aspects of Global Citizenship (1 course required)

F. Senior Year Global Citizenship Capstone (required)

III. Residency Requirements

IV. Required Total Hours for the Degree (128 hrs)

V. Minimum GPA Overall and in the Major

VI. Application for Degree