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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2017-2018
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The major enables students to analyze problems of global and/or comparative scope,
generalize from that analysis, identify potential outcomes consistent with the theoretical
models, and apply these theoretical models to different levels of global and comparative
analysis. Students in the major are strongly encouraged to achieve fluency in a foreign
language. The global and comparative studies major prepares students for graduate study
in the social sciences or law, to enter public service, and/or to join the private for-profit or
not-for-profit sectors.
Upon completion of the global and comparative studies major, students will be able to
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describe foundational concepts in global and comparative studies, such as
interdependence, development, sustainability, and human and international
security, and apply these concepts in comparative analysis
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use comparative research methods to conduct comparative analysis engaging
significant topics in global and comparative studies from the perspectives of
economics, political science, and sociology
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deploy interdisciplinary empirical analytic resources and comparative modes of
study to frame research questions and test hypotheses
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understand global systems and/or a component of those systems
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develop critical insights about globalization in terms of institutions, processes,
and trends
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articulate critical insights about globalization and comparative studies and
communicate the results of research
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engage in meaningful dialogue regarding topics in global and comparative
studies
Major Requirements
The following courses are required (14 units):
EC 201
GCS 100
GCS 204
GCS 304
GCS 397
GCS 470
GCS 472
seven units from the following; at least 4 units must be at the 300 or 400 level; and at
least one unit must come from Economics, one unit from Political Science, and one
unit from Sociology, listed below
Economics
EC 308
EC 310
EC 340
EC 410
EC 430