Concentration Program Learning Outcomes: Global Studies

1. Identify and describe global economic and political systems and their interconnectedness.
2. Analyze and critique global systems using competing theories of development: modernization and dependency theories, for example.
3. Identify, locate and describe key aspects of world geography.
4. Describe, analyze and critique theories and strategies of environmental sustainability.
5. Describe, analyze and critique key events, themes and trends in world history and the history of globalization.
6. Describe, analyze and critique key works and ideas of world humanities and the arts within an intercultural context.
7. Describe, analyze and critique debates regarding the universality of culture, religion, and values.
8. Develop intercultural competency through role play, field trips, modern language learning, and/or international field study experiences.