Academic Catalog

Global Studies (GBLS)

GBLS 1101 Introduction to Global Studies. (Formerly 101) This interdisciplinary course will survey and interrogate the major events and processes such as colonialism, imperialism and globalization that shape and inform the contemporary world. From the perspectives of selected regions, Latin America, non-Latin America, the Middle East and the Mediterranean, the course will explore the 21st-century challenges they face and the solutions they offer for preserving and inhabiting the new, global, interdependent world. 3 semester credit hour/s. 
Designation: Political, Global, and Economic Systems (QPE); Global 
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Fall Term)
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GBLS 2202 World Systems and the Global Imaginary. (Formerly 102) This course introduces students to different disciplinary approaches to the study of globalization through an exploration of economic and political world systems and the global imaginary, with a special focus on topics such as social media and violence, globalization of culture, global cities, or migration/immigration. 3 semester credit hour/s. 
Designation: Political, Global, and Economic Systems (QPE); Global 
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Spring Term) 
GBLS 2291 Special Topics in Global Studies. (Formerly 291) Explores diverse subjects and themes within Global Studies according to the interest of faculty and students. 1-6 semester credit hours. Typically offered: Periodically. 1-6 semester credit hour/s. Course Repeatable. Maximum number of units allowed: 12. 
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Periodically) 
GBLS 3300 Junior Seminar: Topics in Global Studies. (Formerly 300) Junior year seminar which takes as its focus one topic of global significance (e.g. global poverty, AIDS, development). Topic varies by year and instructor. 3 semester credit hour/s. 
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Periodically) 
GBLS 3302 Theories of Global Studies. (Formerly 302) Course examines the major theoretical concepts in the field of Global Studies such as capitalism, communism, socialism, transnationalism and globalization. 3 semester credit hour/s. 
Designation: Global 
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Spring Term) 
GBLS 3395 Independent Study. (Formerly 395) Independent study of a Global Studies theme in consultation with Global Studies professors. 3 semester credit hour/s. Department Consent Required.  
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Spring Term) 
GBLS 4399 Senior Thesis. (Formerly 399) Senior capstone experience. Prerequisite: GBLS 1101 and GBLS 2202 or senior standing. 3 semester credit hour/s. 
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Spring Term)