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Global Studies Major (BA)
Global Studies Major (BA)

Global Studies Major (BA)

  • ID:HU100022
  • Level:4-Year Bachelor's Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirement

  • Official secondary school transcript (with English translation)

English Requirement

  •  Proof of English proficiency for non-native English speakers Minimum scores: - TOEFL (iBT): 79 - IELTS: 6.5 • SAT or ACT (may be taken in place of TOEFL or IELTS or other English proficiency exams; not required for transfer students) 

Other Requirement

  •  Letter of recommendation

  • CONDITIONAL ADMISSION

    • Students who are academically qualified but have not met Hamline’s minimum English proficiency requirement may receive conditional admission. Students are referred to the Global Language Institute (gli.edu) or ELS Language Center (els.edu) in Saint Paul, where they may study English until achieving the school’s highest level of English. Once they have successfully completed this, they will transfer directly to Hamline. 

Course Information

A student graduating with a global studies major will be able to:

  • Analyze transnational/transcultural issues using field specific concepts

  • Apply methodological approaches from more than a single discipline

  • Formulate a global studies research question

  • Work in a language other than his/her first language

  • Communicate in depth knowledge of a region of the world or cultural group.

  • Use technology as a resource for research and communication.

Majors can specialize in the following thematic tracks:

  • Global Governance

  • Global Economy and Development

  • Global Environmental Sustainability

  • Global Justice

  • Global Cultural Flows

This can be done through their choice of Upper-Level Electives. Majors must work with their Global Studies advisor to determine which courses fall under each thematic track.

To link the global to the local, majors will pursue thematic tracks in conjunction with a regional concentration in one of the following geographic areas:

  • Africana

  • East Asia

  • Europe

  • Latin America

  • Middle East

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Global Studies Courses

  • GLOB 1300 - Gender Perspectives from the Global South

  • GLOB 1910 - Introduction to Global Studies

  • GLOB 3020 - Interdisciplinary Research Methods

  • GLOB 3100 - African Crises in Global Perspective

  • GLOB 3200 - Cultural Politics of Global Health

  • GLOB 3300 - Gender Perspectives from the Global South

  • GLOB 3500 - Global Justice

  • GLOB 3550 - International Organizations

  • GLOB 3600 - Human Rights in a Globalized World

  • GLOB 3650 - Model United Nations

  • GLOB 3700 - Social Media and Contentious Politics in the Global Age

  • GLOB 5010 - Honors Project

  • GLOB 5900 - Senior Research Seminar

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

Alumni of the German program within Hamline's Modern Languages department often go in to law school, the Peace Corps, NGO experiences, positions of clergy, public administration, and public service.  

Kyle Frackman

Kyle is currently teaching at University of Massachusetts in Amherst, having gotten his Ph.D. there two years ago.  

Andrea Richter

Andrea will be finishing next year at Georgetown with a Ph. D. in European Economics. She has already begun to work for the State Department on European-related projects, in part because of work she did in her last two summers at Hamline with the Council of Europe.  

Andrew Lazella

Andrew has his Ph.D in philosophy and is a German Fulbright alumnus. He is currently teaching at McGill in Toronto.

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