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Dec 05, 2025
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GLST 101 - Introduction to Global Studies
Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-4
Introduction to the interdisciplinary field of global studies. Examination of globalization, the interdependence of people, nations and institutions through the lenses of history, geography, politics, anthropology, and economics. Overview of major processes and outcomes of global interaction, cooperation and conflict.
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-4 - Lower Division Social and Behavioral Sciences
Possible Instructional Methods: Hybrid or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- define and explain essential terms and concepts in global studies;
- analyze globalization from a holistic perspective;
- examine the cultural, historical, political, economic, linguistic, and ecological dimensions of globalization;
- discuss the contributions of the social sciences (specifically, anthropology, economics, environmental studies, history, geography, linguistics, and political science) to the study of globalization; and
- analyze and evaluate arguments in debates over various issues related to globalization (e.g., free trade, global warming).
GE-4. Lower-division Social and Behavioral Sciences Electives Learning Outcomes
- Explain how social, political, and economic institutions and/or principles intersect with each other.
- Describe how people produce, resist, and/or transform social, political, and economic institutions/principles.
- Investigate contemporary and/or historical events/issues from a social science perspective.
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