For a minor in Global and International Studies, students must:
- Complete at least 15 semester credit hours of approved course work, including one of the courses below. Both may be taken for credit toward the minor:
- Complete at least 9 of the 15 hours in residence, and at least nine (9) credit hours of the 15 hours of the 15 hours at the 3000 or 4000 level.
- Earn a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.00 in all courses used in fulfillment of the minor.
- Select 12 hours from the following list according to the recommended concentrations. Courses for the GIS minor may not include more than six (6) credit hours in any one department, and no course may count toward another minor or major. Other requirements and pre-requisites may apply:
Affiliate Faculty Mentors
Below is a list of faculty mentors in Comparative Cultural Studies and other departments and colleges who have been invited to act as Affiliated Faculty mentors to students taking the Global and International Studies minor.
Topics:
Myth, Belief and Society
Carl Lindahl, English
Marie-Theresa Hernández, Modern and Classical Languages
Helen Rose Ebaugh, Sociology
Andrew Gordon, Comparative Cultural Studies
Rebecca Storey, Comparative Cultural Studies
Migration and Diaspora
Hosam Aboul-Ela, English
James Conyers, African American Studies
Susan Kellogg, History
Transnationalism and Globalization
Alessandro Carrera, Modern and Classical Languages
Ruxandra Prodan, Economics
Lois Parkinson Zamora, Comparative Cultural Studies
Health and Healing
Williams Monroe, English
Janis Hutchinson, Comparative Cultural Studies
Visual Cultures and Modern Media
Rex Koontz, Art
Xavia Karner, Sociology
Michelangelo Sabatino, Department of Architectural History and Theory, College of Architecture
Regions:
Hemispheric America (Comparative American Cultures)
Hosam Aboul-Ela, English
Anadeli Bencomo, Hispanic Studies
Susan Kellogg, History
Kayla Price de Guadian, Language Acquisition Center
Marie-Theresa Hernández, Modern and Classical Languages
Lois Parkinson Zamora, Comparative Cultural Studies
The Afro-Atlantic World
James Conyers, African American Studies
Kairn Kleiman, History
Kenneth Brown, Comparative Cultural Studies
Susan Rasmussen, Comparative Cultural Studies
The Pacific Rim
Yali Zou, Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies, College of Education
Sharon Wen, Modern and Classical Languages
Greater Asia
Helen Rose Ebaugh, Sociology
Sharon Wen, Modern and Classical Languages
Yali Zou, Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies, College of Education
The Middle East
Emran El-Badawi, Modern and Classical Languages
Hosam Aboul-Ela, English
Europe, including the Former Soviet Union
Ruxandra Prodan, Economics Thomas Behr, Comparative Cultural Studies
David Phillips, Philosophy
Susan Scarrow, Political Science
Sarah Fishman, History
Periods:
Antiquity
Richard Armstrong, Modern and Classical Languages
Francesca Behr, Modern and Classical Languages
Kairn Kleiman, History
Medieval/Early Modernity
Francesca Behr, Modern and Classical Languages
Jamie Ferguson, English
Modernity
Anadeli Bencomo, Hispanic Studies
Susan Scarrow, Political Science
Alessandro Carrera, Modern and Classical Languages
Michelangelo Sabatino, Department of Architectural History and Theory, College of Architecture