Global Studies
Global Studies is a multidisciplinary department concerned with the study of global societies, issues and events that shape today’s world. The department offers a BA in a single or combined honours program in four years. We cultivate an environment that fosters high academic achievement, while also preparing students for a range of professional careers after graduation.
Students are expected to work through three areas of inquiry: “comparative development,” “peace and conflict,” and “globalization and cultures.” In so doing, they are required to progressively develop their knowledge, proceeding from general concepts and issues into more specific and advanced theories, as well as research methodologies. They are also required to apply a multidisciplinary range of conceptual and analytical tools to think in critical, ethical, and innovative ways. Finally, students are also required to develop a degree of second language competency and may choose to complete an experiential component in their program of study by participating in a volunteer placement nationally or abroad.
Honours BA, Option and Minor:
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Full-Time Faculty
- Michel Desjardins, PhD, Chair
- Timothy Donais, PhD
- Boye Ejobowah, PhD
- Rhoda Howard-Hassmann, PhD
- Shahnaz Khan, PhD
- Alex Latta, PhD
- Sara Matthews, PhD
- Alicia Sliwinski, PhD
- Ali Zaidi, PhD, Undergraduate Advisor
Course Offerings
| Course # | Title | Credits |
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| GS101 |
Introduction to Global Studies |
0.5 |
| GS201 |
Theories in Global Studies |
0.5 |
| GS202 |
Methods in Global Studies |
0.5 |
| GS211 |
The Theories of Development [1] |
0.5 |
| GS212 |
The Practices of Development [2] |
0.5 |
| GS221 |
Globalization and Cultures: The Cosmopolitan Village? |
0.5 |
| GS222 |
Contemporary Western Societies: Globalization and Cultures |
0.5 |
| GS231 |
War and Conflict: An Introduction |
0.5 |
| GS232 |
Peace and Conflict Transformation: An Introduction |
0.5 |
| GS300 |
Global Studies Fieldwork |
0.5 |
| GS302 |
Global Studies: A Case Study |
0.5 |
| GS305 |
The Individualized World |
0.5 |
| GS310 |
Field Course in Global Studies |
1.0 |
| GS311 |
Neoliberalism and its Critics |
0.5 |
| GS323 |
Global Migrations, Refugees and Diasporas [3] |
0.5 |
| GS325 |
Islam Culture and Society |
0.5 |
| GS327 |
Tourists, Tourism and the Globe |
0.5 |
| GS331 |
Contemporary Global Conflicts and the Search for Peace |
0.5 |
| GS335 |
Peacebuilding in the Shadow of War |
0.5 |
| GS340 |
Special Topics in Global Studies |
0.5 |
| GS350 |
Directed Studies |
0.5 |
| GS351 |
Nature, Culture and Development |
0.5 |
| GS360 |
Directed Studies |
1.0 |
| GS361 |
Disasters and Development |
0.5 |
| GS398 |
Global Studies in Practice |
0.5 |
| GS399 |
Post-Field Placement |
0.5 |
| GS400 |
Seminar in Global Studies |
1.0 |
| GS405 |
Special Topics in Global Studies |
0.5 |
| GS411 |
Global Justice |
0.5 |
| GS421 |
Ethical Encounters |
0.5 |
| GS422 |
Dialogue and Critique in an Age of Terror |
0.5 |
| GS431 |
Narratives Of/About Violence |
0.5 |
| GS435 |
Disarming Conflicts |
0.5 |
| GS441 |
Ecological Citizenship |
0.5 |
| GS451 |
City Worlds |
0.5 |
| GS461 |
Global humanitarianism: The paradoxes of giving |
0.5 |
Senate/Editorial Changes
Senate Revision January 19, 2010: OL301 cross-listed as HR301; effective September 1, 2010. Senate Revision January 19, 2010: OL301 cross-listed as HR301; effective September 1, 2010. Senate Revision April 12, 2010: GS323
New exclusion;
effective September 1, 2010.
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Academic & Related Dates 2010/2011
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