Melinda Negron-Gonzales
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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Melinda Negron-Gonzales
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James Ramsay
PROFESSOR
Global Studies Minor
Global Studies Minor
Focus on the myriad ways that people, markets, organizations and governments have been linked across national borders throughout history
Globalization is a complex web of interwoven processes that affect virtually all facets of our daily lives, from pop culture to economics, politics to climate and everything in between. Many of the pressing problems of the 21st Century – climate change, environmental sustainability, terrorism, pandemics, etc. – transcend national boundaries and will need to be solved as a global community. The Global Studies minor explores the challenges and opportunities that arise from living in an increasingly inter-connected world and also cultivates cross-cultural awareness by encouraging students to view issues from different cultural perspectives.
The Global Studies minor has four thematic pillars: culture & society, governance & conflict, economics & interdependence, and environment & health.
Governance & Conflict: explores the challenges of global governance in an increasingly inter-connected world of societies with different political and economic systems; analyzes the causes and effects of conflict and examines techniques for conflict resolution
Culture & Society: explores the values, norms, art and literature of different cultures around the world and throughout history, and their inter-relatedness
Environment & Health: explores human security issues, such as food security, health and disease, environmental sustainability and climate change
Economics & Interdependence: explores the politics, policies and practices of international trade and finance, and the development and effects of economic interdependence
Curriculum & Requirements
All five courses applied to the Global Studies minor must be completed with a minimum grade of C- and an overall GPA of 2.0. Students must take at least three 500-level or above courses to complete the minor.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required courses | ||
| PS 520 | Globalization: Politics, Economics and Culture | 4 |
| Select four approved courses in at least two of the following thematic pillars: | 16 | |
| I. Governance & Conflict | ||
| United States in World Affairs | ||
| Environmental and Human Security | ||
| Political Violence and Terrorism | ||
| Political and Social Change in Developing Countries | ||
| Women and War | ||
| People on the Move: Immigration and Refugee Policy in Global Perspective | ||
| Model United Nations | ||
| World Politics | ||
| Comparative Politics of the Middle East | ||
| Explorations (European Crisis 1900-1945) | ||
| Explorations (Justice, Violence and Society) | ||
| Selected Topics Politics and Society (International Human Rights) | ||
| International Relations: Interdisciplinary Approach | ||
| Dictatorship and Democracy | ||
| II. Culture & Society | ||
| Global Perspectives on the Human Condition: An Introduction to Anthropology | ||
| Introduction to Art History | ||
| British Literature III: Revolts, Renewals, Migrations | ||
| Introduction to Postcolonial Literatures in English | ||
| Introduction to African Literatures in English | ||
| Special Topics in Literature | ||
| World History to the 16th Century | ||
| World History in the Modern Era | ||
| Foreign Cultures | ||
| Origins of European Society | ||
| Twentieth Century Europe | ||
| Humanities I | ||
| Humanities II | ||
| III. Environment & Health | ||
| Our Changing Planet | ||
| Diseases of the 21st Century | ||
| Global Science Exploration | ||
| Dynamic Earth | ||
| Regional Geography of the Western World | ||
| Regional Geography of the Non-Western World | ||
| Environmental and Human Security | ||
| Politics of Food | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| IV. Economics & Interdependence | ||
| United States in World Affairs | ||
| International Marketing Strategy Management | ||
| Introduction to Macroeconomic Principles | ||
| Political and Social Change in Developing Countries | ||
| Politics of Food | ||
| World Politics | ||
| International Relations: Interdisciplinary Approach | ||
| Total Credits | 20 | |
For more information contact Melinda Negron-Gonzales, minor supervisor, at Melinda.Negron@unh.edu.
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