Wilfrid Laurier University Undergraduate Academic Calendar - 2011/2012
Canadian Excellence
Faculty of Arts  Global Studies 

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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Course Offerings
Course #TitleCredits
GS101 Introduction to Global Studies [1] 0.5
GS201 Theories in Global Studies 0.5
GS202 Methods in Global Studies 0.5
GS211 Theories of Development [2] 0.5
GS212 Practices of Development [3] 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 [4] 0.5
GS305 The Individualized World 0.5
GS310 Field Course in Global Studies [5] 0.5
GS311 Neoliberalism and its Critics 0.5
GS323 Global Migrations, Refugees and Diasporas 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
GS342 Civil Society, Social Movements and Globalization [6] 0.5
GS350 Directed Studies 0.5
GS351 Nature, Culture and Development 0.5
GS361 Disasters and Development 0.5
GS398 Global Studies in Practice 0.5
GS399 Post-Field Placement 0.5
GS400 Seminar in Global Studies [7] 1.5
GS405 Special Topics in Global Studies 0.5
GS410 Senior Field course in Global Studies [8] 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
GS450 Directed Studies [9] 1.0
GS451 City Worlds 0.5
GS461 Global humanitarianism: The paradoxes of giving 0.5
 
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Senate/Editorial Changes

Senate Deletion April 25, 2011: GS360 deleted; effective September 1, 2011.

  1. Senate Revision April 25, 2011: GS101 Course description and note changes; effective September 1, 2011.

  2. Senate Revision April 25, 2011: GS211 Course title change; effective September 1, 2011.

  3. Senate Revision April 25, 2011: GS212 Course title change; effective September 1, 2011.

  4. Editorial Revision May 11, 2011: GS302 Irregular course note; effective September 1, 2011. 

  5. Senate Revision April 25, 2011: GS310 Course description and weight changes; effective September 1, 2011.

  6. Senate Addition April 25, 2011: GS342 New course; effective September 1, 2011.

  7. Senate Revision April 25, 2011: GS400 Course weight change; effective September 1, 2011.

  8. Senate Addition April 25, 2011: GS410 New course; effective September 1, 2011.

  9. Senate Addition April 25, 2011: GS450 New course; effective September 1, 2011.