{"id":23263,"date":"2022-11-18T11:51:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T11:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=23263"},"modified":"2025-06-13T16:35:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T23:35:52","slug":"global-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/undergraduate\/majors\/global-studies","title":{"rendered":"Global Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" id=\"top\">BACHELOR OF ARTS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-highlight-paragraph-grey-background\"><a id=\"top\" name=\"top\"><\/a>On this page: <a href=\"#major\">Major Description<\/a> | <a href=\"#learning-objectives\">Learning Objectives<\/a> | <a href=\"#degree\">Degree Planning<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left is-style-highlight-paragraph has-gold-200-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fb05d50b7bb418df89f1a72a09e9ba48\" id=\"major\"><em><strong>Do courses like&nbsp;Human Rights and Resistance&nbsp;or&nbsp;History of Economic Nationalism&nbsp;sound interesting to you? <\/strong><br><strong>Do you want to explore a career in Public Policy, Foreign Affairs, or Humanitarianism?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Global Studies<\/strong>&nbsp;(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<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\n    <div class=\"responsive-embed widescreen\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UW Bothell Global Studies Program\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PU40_kQIw2g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-h-3-font-size\">PURPOSE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-highlight-paragraph-grey-background\">Students in the&nbsp;Global Studies&nbsp;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<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-h-3-font-size\">PRACTICE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-highlight-paragraph-grey-background\">Courses&nbsp;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<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-h-3-font-size\">PROFESSION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-highlight-paragraph-grey-background\">Using their ability to work effectively with global and diverse perspectives, graduates in the&nbsp;Global Studies&nbsp;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<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"learning-objectives\"><a id=\"objectives\" name=\"objectives\"><\/a>Learning objectives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">The Global Studies curriculum advances the five core IAS <a href=\"\/ias\/undergraduate\/learning-objectives\">learning objectives<\/a>. Students taking courses and\/or majoring in Global Studies will address the following learning objectives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Link economic, political and cultural processes that unite and\/or divide people and places across the globe.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identify how power structures are produced through local, national and transnational levels and inform individual and collective experiences.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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<li>Recognize and communicate the historical depth of global inequities, systems of power and legacies of resistance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collaborate with peers and various community partners in scholarly and creative activities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn creative and critical approaches to pose and address questions about the world, and your place in it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-purple-400-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fb9e6cd5fff933363b94154402e0e2fb is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"faculty\" name=\"faculty\"><\/a>Contacts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"mailto:cnesvig@uw.edu\">Chelsea Nesvig<\/a><br>Research Librarian<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-highlight-paragraph-grey-background has-purple-400-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-32abdd898e863daea33ddfdf3bdae56f\">Please contact the Global Studies Faculty Coordinator if you have any questions, concerns or ideas about the Global Studies major.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"degree\"><a id=\"requirements\" name=\"requirements\"><\/a>Plan your degree<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plan your career<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BACHELOR OF ARTS On this page: Major Description | Learning Objectives | Degree Planning Do courses like&nbsp;Human Rights and Resistance&nbsp;or&nbsp;History of Economic Nationalism&nbsp;sound interesting to you? 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