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BA- Development

Global Studies:  Development

Core Courses (24-39 units)

Language Skill Requirement Units GE
Intermediate level proficiency 0-16  
Cultural Perspectives (choose one) Units GE
ANTH 203: Cultural Anthropology 3 D1
GEP 203:  Humany Geography 3 D2
Environmental Perspectives (choose one) Units GE
GEP 201: Global Environmental Systems 4 B1
GEP 206:  Society, Environment, and Dev. 3 D2
Political Perspectives (choose one) Units GE
POLS 315: Modern Political Ideologies 4 D5
POLS 303: Comparative Political Analysis 4  
POLS 304:  Theory and Analysis-International Relations 4  
Historical Perspectives (choose one) Units GE
HIST 202: Dev of the Modern World 3 D2
HIST 380: 20th Century World 3 D2
Religious & Ethical Perpectives (choose one) Units GE
PHIL 302: Ethics and Human Value Theory 3 C2
POLS 307: Perspectives-Holocaust & Genocide 3 D5
SOCI 431: Sociology of Religion 3-4 C2
ENG 304: War and Peace Lecture Series 3  
World Regions Overview Units GE
GEP 305: World Regions in Global Context 4 D5
Community Service Units GE
GLBL 350A: Introduction to Community Service 1  

Development Concentration (24 units)

Take at least 3 courses in Group II and no more than 2 courses in Group III. Group III courses must align with a student's language expertise and/or career aspirations. Students applyinging for Peace Corps Certification may substitute one cours for an upper-division course in their work sector.

Group I- International Relations
Courses Titles (Available at SSU) Units GE
POLS 304: Theory & Analysis of International Relations 4  
POLS 345:  Model UN, when developing world 4  
POLS 447:  Nonviolent Strategies in International Relations 4  
POLS 448: Political Violence, Terrorism and Law 4  

 

Group III- Regional

Region: Europe-Course Titles Units GE HIST 416:  Eastern Europe (1918-1989) 4   HIST 417:  Russian Empire 4   HIST 418:  Fall of European Communism 4   HIST 419:  Soviet Union 4   POLS 351:  Politics of Russia 4  

POLS 352:  Politics of Eastern Europe

4  
Region:  Latin America-Course Titles Units GE
GEP 327:  Latin America and the Caribbean 4  
HIST 342:  Modern Latin America 4  
HIST 348:  Race and Ethnicity in Latin America 4  
HIST 449:  Gender and Sexuality in Latin America 4  
POLS 453:  Politics of Latin America 4  
SPAN 307:  Cultures of Latin America 4  
Region:  Asia-Course Titles Units GE
HIST 435:  History of Modern China 4  
POLS 450:  Politics of Asia 4  
Region:  Africa-Course Titles Units GE
GEP 328:  Africa, south of the Sahara 4  

Capstone (14 units)

Course Title Units GE Cross Cultural Experience 0   GLBL 497: Community Service 3   GEP 320: Geopolitics 4   GLBL 496:  Senior Capstone Pre-Seminar (Fall) 3   GLBL 496:  Senior Capstone Seminar (Spring) 4