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BACHELOR OF ARTS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>On this page: Major Description<\/a> | Learning Objectives<\/a> | Faculty<\/a> | Degree Planning<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do courses like\u00a0Human Rights and Resistance<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0History of Economic Nationalism<\/em>\u00a0sound interesting to you?
Do you want to explore a career in Public Policy, Foreign Affairs, or Humanitarianism?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Global Studies<\/strong> (GST) major at the University of Washington Bothell engages students in active learning about critical policy and governance issues that provide insight about living and working in globally-connected environments. Academic and other learning experiences about political and social movements as well as demographic changes focus on theories of nationalism, representation, feminism, and postcolonialism to understand the practice of globalization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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PURPOSE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Students in the Global Studies major are passionate about understanding global and intercultural issues that unite or divide people and places. Global Studies majors spend time in conversation about topics like diplomacy, human rights, and global challenges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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PRACTICE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Courses focus on project-based learning about the political, economic, and cultural forces that shape our regions, nations, and the world. Engagement in research and practice with digital mapping help students demonstrate global interconnectedness and interdependency to the public.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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PROFESSION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Using their ability to work effectively with global and diverse perspectives, graduates in the Global Studies major serve in business, education, law, social services, security and defense, and public administration across various governmental sectors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>Learning objectives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Global Studies curriculum advances the five core IAS learning objectives<\/a>. Students taking courses and\/or majoring in Global Studies will address the following learning objectives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Link economic, political and cultural processes that unite and\/or divide people and places across the globe.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Identify how power structures are produced through local, national and transnational levels and inform individual and collective experiences.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Practice cultural humility by considering transnational histories and geographies from the lived experiences, creative expressions and intellectual perspectives of marginalized groups.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Recognize and communicate the historical depth of global inequities, systems of power and legacies of resistance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Collaborate with peers and various community partners in scholarly and creative activities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Learn creative and critical approaches to pose and address questions about the world, and your place in it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Faculty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Please contact the Faculty Coordinator if you have any questions about the curriculum for this major.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Julie Shayne<\/a>
    <\/strong>Faculty Coordinator<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Chelsea Nesvig<\/a>
    <\/strong>Research Librarian<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    All GST faculty<\/strong><\/em><\/summary>\n

    Karam Dana, Raissa DeSmet, Ben Gardner, Maryam Griffin, Min Tang, Christian Anderson, Johanna Bissat, Ching-In Chen, Silvia Ferreira, Martha Groom, Susan Harewood, Alka Kurian, Jason Lambacher, Masahiro Sugano<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    <\/a>Plan your degree<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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    Plan your career<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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