Curriculum
The Global and Area Studies major offers a flexible and interdisciplinary structure designed to develop global awareness, regional expertise, and strong language skills.
Two academic pathways:
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Cultures & Societies Stream: Focus on regional studies with intermediate language proficiency.
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Language Intensive Stream: Deep language immersion paired with regional and global themes.
Program Requirements:
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Prerequisites: 1 regional + 2 language courses (18 credits)
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Core: Methods, advanced language & experiential learning (30 credits)
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Capstone: Research, internship or directed study (6 credits)
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Electives: Tailored to chosen stream (18–24 credits)
Syllabus
Study Card
Regional and Disciplinary Concentrations
Regional Concentrations
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North America
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Latin America
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Europe
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Africa
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Asia
Language Concentrations
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Arabic
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French
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German
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Italian
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Japanese
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Korean
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Portuguese
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Russian
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Spanish
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Swedish
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Thai
Achieve a level of B1 and gain crucial communication skills to access other cultures and their music, popular culture and literature.
Cultural Exposure
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Academic exchanges
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Field trips
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Intensive language summer courses
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Internships (overseas/local)
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Cultural events
Travel, work and thrive throughout the world by learning about different cultures, societies, languages and political and economic systems through direct experience, exposure and people-to-people contacts.
