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Minor

Global Studies Minor

University of California, Los Angeles College of Letters and Science 105 courses

About This Program

The Global Studies minor offers students a multidisciplinary curriculum in the humanities and social sciences through which they can explore the complex and multifaceted interconnections that characterize the contemporary world. The minor is designed to complement and enrich studies in their major.

Degree Requirements

The Minor (22 to 25 units)

Complete five courses from the following categories with at least two from the core:

The Minor (22 to 25 units): Culture and Society

Code Course Title Credits
ANTHRO 146 Urban Anthropology 4
ANTHRO M148 (When) Do Leaders Make Differences? 5
ASIA AM M130C Chinese Immigration 4
ASIA AM 170 Transnational Perspectives on Asian America 4
ASIA AM 172C Transnational Bollywood 4
ASIA AM 178 Critical Refugee Studies 4
ASIAN 135 Asian Foodways across Borders 4
CCAS 120 Immigration and Chicano Community 4
CCAS 143 Mestizaje: History of Diverse Racial/Cultural Roots of Mexico 4
CCAS CM147 Transnational Women's Organizing in Americas 4
COM LIT 100 Introduction to Literary and Critical Theory 5
COM LIT M148 Contemporary Arab Film and Song 4
EDUC 109A Globalization and Learning 4
ENGL 130 Introduction to Postcolonial Literatures 5
ENGL 131 Studies in Postcolonial Literatures 5
ENGL 133 Transatlantic Literatures and Cultures 5
ENGL 134 Nationalism and Transnationalism 5
FILM TV 106C Third Cinema and Its Legacies 6
FILM TV 112 Film and Social Change 6
FILM TV M124 Sex, Race, and Difference in Transnational Film 6
FRNCH 121 Studies in Francophone Cultures and Literatures 4
FRNCH 142 Francophone Cinema 4
GENDER 102 Power 4
GENDER M147C Transnational Women's Organizing in Americas 4
GENDER M162 Sociology of Gender 5
GEOG 141 Cultural Geography of Modern World 4
GEOG 151 Uneven Development Geographies: Prosperity and Impoverishment in Third World 4
GEOG 175A Japan in World: Culture, Place, and Global Connections 4
GEOG 175B Contemporary China 4
GLBL ST 125 Los Angeles as Global City: Exporter and Importer of Global Culture 4
GLBL ST 140 Hollywood and the Immigrant Experience in America 4
GLBL ST 141 Hollywood and Tales of Underrepresented Communities 4
HNRS 138 Empire, Border Crossing, and Multiethnic Literature of the U.S. 5
KOREA 153 Korea West Encounters 4
POL SCI M184A Black Experience in Latin America and Caribbean I 4
RELIGN M107 Islam in West 5
SEASIAN C150 Indigenous Peoples of Southeast Asia 4
SEASIAN 157 Gender Issues in Southeast Asia 4
SOC GEN 134 Food and Health in Global Perspective 4
SOCIOL 151 Comparative Immigration 4
SOCIOL 152 Comparative Immigrant Integration in the U.S. 4
SOCIOL 154 Race and Ethnicity in Latin America 4
SOCIOL M162 Sociology of Gender 5
SOCIOL 191F Undergraduate Seminar: Sociology of Globalization 5

The Minor (22 to 25 units): Governance and Conflict

Code Course Title Credits
ASIA AM 171A Critical Issues in U.S.-China Relations 4
ASIA AM M171D Critical Issues in U.S.-Philippine Relations 4
ASIA AM 171E Critical Issues in U.S.-Vietnam Relations 4
CCAS 151 Human Rights in Americas 4
ENVIRON M125 Environmentalism: Past, Present, and Future 4
GEOG M131 Human Impact on Biophysical Environment 4
GEOG 148 Political Geography 4
GEOG 149 Border Studies: Globalization, Nation, Identity 4
HIST 121E History of Modern Europe: Era of Total War, 1914 to 1945 4
HIST 121F History of Modern Europe: World War II and Its Aftermath, 1939 to Present 4
HIST 144 America in World 4
HIST 176B History of Southeast Asia: Southeast Asia since 1815 4
INTL DV 140 Decolonizing Political Economy: Colonialism and Development 4
POL SCI 120A Foreign Relations of U.S. 4
POL SCI M122B Global Environment and World Politics 4
POL SCI 123A International Law 4
POL SCI 123B International Organizations 4
POL SCI 125A Arms Control and International Security 4
POL SCI 126 Peace and War 4
POL SCI 132A International Relations of Middle East 4
POL SCI M132B International Relations of Middle East 4
POL SCI 137A International Relations Theory 4
POL SCI 169 Special Studies in Comparative Politics 4
SOCIOL 182 Political Sociology 4
URBN PL M165 Environmentalism: Past, Present, and Future 4

The Minor (22 to 25 units): Markets and Resources

Code Course Title Credits
ANTHRO 143 Economic Anthropology 4
CCAS M119 Chicano/Latino Community Formation: Critical Perspectives and Oral Histories 4
CCAS M125 U.S./Mexico Relations 4
CCAS 176 Globalization and Transnationalism: Local Historical Dynamics and Praxis 4
ECON 111 Theories of Development 4
ECON 113 Globalization and Gender 4
ECON 121 International Trade Theory 4
ECON 122 International Finance 4
ENVIRON 134 Environmental Economics with Data Analysis 4
GEOG M127 Global Environment and Development: Problems and Issues 4
GEOG 135 Africa and African Diaspora in Americas 4
GEOG 145 Slavery and Human Trafficking 4 to 5
GEOG 150 Economic Geography 4
GLBL ST 120 Introduction to International Business 4
GLBL ST 145 Rethinking Global Capitalism: Race, Class, Gender, History 4
HIST 120A East-Central Europe: Long 19th Century, 1780 to 1914 4
INTL DV M120 Political Economy of Development 4
I M STD 155 Theory, Research, and Methods in Study of International Migration 4
POL SCI 124A International Political Economy 4
POL SCI 151B African Politics: Political Economy of Africa 4
POL SCI M167C Political Economy of Development 4
POL SCI 167D Political Institutions and Economic Development 4
PUB AFF 111 Microeconomics: Market Failures and Inequality 4
SPAN 135 Topics in Early Modern Studies 4
SOCIOL 183 Comparative and Historical Sociology 4

The Minor (22 to 25 units): Global Learning Institute

After completing at least two courses from Global Studies 102, 103, 104, Global Studies minors are highly encouraged to participate in a summer Global Learning Institute at one of several locations around the world. The courses may be applied toward any two of the elective categories (culture and society, governance and conflict, and markets).

Code Course Title Credits
GLBL ST 110A Globalization in Context 5
GLBL ST 110B Globalization in Context Research Seminar 5
GLBL ST 112AD Globalization in Context: Markets and Resources 5
GLBL ST 112BD Globalization in Context Seminar: World Markets and Resources 5
GLBL ST 113AD Globalization in Context: Governance and Conflict 5
GLBL ST 113BD Globalization in Context Seminar: World Governance 5
GLBL ST 114AD Globalization in Context: Culture and Society 5
GLBL ST 114BD Globalization in Context Seminar: World Culture and Society 5

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