GOAL AREA 8: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Requirements
One course
Three credits
Goals
To increase students' understanding of the growing interdependence of nations and peoples and develop their ability to apply a comparative perspective to cross-cultural social, economic and political experiences.
Critical Thinking
The practice of critical thinking skills associated with possessing a global perspective, including ability to gather and apply factual information, skill at identifying alternative perceptions, recognition and articulation of value assumptions, analysis of connections between facts and assumptions, etc.
Student Competencies
Students will be able to:
- describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural aspects of societies in their historical and/or contemporary settings.
- analyze specific international problems, illustrating the cultural, economic, and political differences that affect their solution.
- understand the role of a world citizen and the responsibility world citizens share for their common global future.
- demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic differences.
Courses that satisfy this goal area include
ANTH 1110 Cultural Anthropology (3 credits)
ANTH2510
ANTH 2610 Women around the World (3 credits)
ANTH 2710 Anthropology of World Religions (3 credits)
ANTH2810
ARTH 2551 Art History Survey I (4 credits)
ARTH 2552 Art History Survey II (4 credits)
CHIN1111
CHIN1112
COMM 3120 Communication in a Diverse Society (3 credits)
*CRJS2221
ECON 1500 Historical Development of the Mixed Economy (3 credits)
*ED1111/ML1111
*ED1112/ML1112
ENGL 2357 British Literature to 1800 (3 credits)
ENGL 2358 Diverse British Literatures from 1800 to Present (3 credits)
ENGL 2370 World Literature to 1600 (3 credits)
ENGL 2377 World Literature from 1600 to Present (3 credits)
ENGL 2410 Myth (3 credits)
ENVR 3710 Indigenous Environmental Knowledge: Global Perspective (3 credits)
ENVR 3720 Food Sovereignty, Health & Indigenous Environments (3 credits)
ENVR 3750 Sustainable Communities: Global Indigenous Perspective (3 credits)
GEOG 1400 World Regional Geography (3 credits)
GEOG 2200 Introduction to Human Geography (3 credits)
GEOG 3810 Geography of Europe (3 credits)
GEOG 3820 Geography of East, South, and Southeast Asia (3 credits)
GER1111
GER1112
GER2211
GER2212
HST1304
HST1305
HST2580
HST2660
HST2700
HST3208
HST3409
HST3419
HUM1100
HUM2160
INST3317
INST3710
INST3720
INST3750
INTL 2100 Instructed International Tour (1-3 credits)
INTL 2200 International Study Experience - Humanities (1-3 credits)
INTL 2300 Comparative International Study Project (1-3 credits)
INTL 2400 International Study Experience Social Science (1-3 credits)
MUS2110
MUS2111
OJIB 1111 Elementary Ojibwe I (4 credits)
OJIB 1112 Elementary Ojibwe II (4 credits)
OJIB 2211 Intermediate Ojibwe I (4 credits)
OJIB 2212 Intermediate Ojibwe II (4 credits)
OJIB 3311 Advanced Ojibwe I (4 credits)
OJIB 3312 Advanced Ojibwe II (4 credits)
PHIL 2250 Human Nature (3 credits)
PHIL 2260 Women and Gender in Philosophy (3 credits)
PHIL 3310 Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (3 credits)
PHIL3360
PHIL3390
POL1300
POL1400
PSY3210
SOC3210
*SOWK 2110 Intercultural Communication (3 credits)
SPAN 1111 Elementary Spanish I (4 credits)
SPAN 1112 Elementary Spanish II (4 credits)
SPAN 2211 Intermediate Spanish I (3 credits)
SPAN 2212 Intermediate Spanish II (4 credits)
SPAN 3311 Advanced Spanish Communication I (4 credits)
SPAN 3312 Advanced Spanish Communication II (4 credits)
SPAN 3317 Topics in Latin America (3 credits)
SPAN 3320 Latin America and Spain Through Cinema (1-3 credits)
SPAN 3840 Contemporary Issues in the Spanish-speaking World (3 credits)
SPAN 3870 Intensive Immersion Practicum: Concordia Language Villages (1-12 credits)
SPAN 3971 Intercultural Immersion Internship (1-4 credits)
TADD 2100 History, Philosophy, and Application of Color (3 credits)
TADD 3350 History of Modern Art & Design: 1820-1945 (3 credits)
TADD 3360 History of Contemporary Art & Design: 1945-Present (3 credits)
OTHERS:
All-University course numbers 1956 and 2956 are available to any department for use as study-travel courses, subject to approval, and will satisfy this goal area.
*This course will satisfy Liberal Education at BSU, but does not qualify for inclusion in the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum as currently interpreted by Minnesota State, and may not be accepted as a Liberal Education course at other Minnesota State institutions or the University of Minnesota.