Global Studies, BA: Global Communications
The Global Communications track focuses on technology, media, communications, information science and technology transfer and their intersection with language, culture, and identify. Students build technical competencies along with a broader understanding of technology’s impact on human lives. This track prepares students for careers in fields such as marketing, international business, advertising, information technology, new media, and translation.
Students who complete 21 or more of their elective credits in information sciences will have their Global Studies degree jointly awarded by the College of Letters & Science and the College of Community Engagement & Professions.
If you are interested in this track and are an enrolled UWM student, use the button to start the declaration of major process. Students are strongly encouraged to declare before earning 75 credits.
Major Requirements
To earn the Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies, students in all tracks must complete 120 credits, including a minimum of 36 credits in upper-division courses (numbered 300 or above), while fulfilling the requirements below. GPAs of at least 2.000 overall and 2.500 in the selected track are required for graduation. Students also are responsible for completing the University-wide General Education Requirements.
Beyond the University-wide General Education requirements, students must also complete an additional 6 credits of Humanities GER courses and an additional 6 credits of Social Science GER courses, some of which are required or elective courses in the major.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Global Studies Core | ||
| GLOBAL 101 | Introduction to Global Studies I: People and Politics (SS) | 3 |
| GLOBAL 201 | Introduction to Global Studies II: Economics and the Environment (SS) | 3 |
| GLOBAL 202 | Introduction to Global Studies III: Globalization and Technology (SS) | 3 |
| Global Studies Capstone 1 | ||
| GLOBAL 550 | Global Studies Integrated Capstone: | 3 |
| World Regions | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
GEOG 110 | The World: Peoples and Regions (SS) | |
HIST 132 | World History Since 1500 (HU) | |
POL SCI 106 | Politics of the World's Nations (SS) | |
| Foreign Language | ||
Six semesters (or equivalent) of a single foreign language with passing grades | ||
| International Experience | ||
| Students will be required to complete 2 of the options below: | ||
Option 1: 3-9 credits of study abroad | ||
Option 2: 1-6 credits of an international internship | ||
Option 3: 1-6 credits of a domestic internship with a global organization or clear international focus | ||
| Total International Experience Credits | 12 | |
| Tracks | ||
| Select one of the following tracks: | ||
Global Communications | ||
Global Health | ||
Global Management | ||
Global Security | ||
Global Sustainability | ||
| Total Credits | 27 | |
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GLOBAL 550 is required for all tracks except Global Management, which has a separate capstone experience.
Global Communications Track
To earn the Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies through the Global Communications track, students must complete the following requirements.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Global Communications Track Core | ||
| ECON 103 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 104 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| GLOBAL 351 | Language, Media, and Social Practice in Global Communications | 3 |
| GLOBAL 451 | Access, Security, and Intercultural Contexts in Global Communications | 3 |
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
BUS ADM 230 | Introduction to Information Technology Management | |
COMMUN 103 | Public Speaking | |
COMMUN 105 | Business and Professional Communication | |
ENGLISH 205 | Business Writing 1 | |
ENGLISH 206 | Technical Writing 1 | |
ENGLISH 214 | Writing in the Professions: (with appropriate subtitle) 1 | |
ENGLISH 431 | Topics in Advanced Communications: (with appropriate subtitle) 1 | |
ENGLISH 435 | Rhetoric and Professional Writing 1 | |
ENGLISH 436 | Technical Documentation 1 | |
ENGLISH 449 | Internship in the Humanities 1 | |
JAMS 201 | Media Writing 1 | |
INFOST 110 | Introduction to Information Science and Technology | |
INFOST 250 | Introduction to Network and Systems Administration | |
| Global Communications Track Electives | ||
| Select 27 credits (see below) | 27 | |
| Total Credits | 45 | |
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At least one writing course must be selected.
Global Communications Electives
Students must complete 27 credits from the following lists of courses, with a minimum of 15 credits taken from List A. There is no minimum number of credits that must be selected from Lists B-E. Electives from Lists C-E should be courses about the country or region in which the student will pursue language study and/or study abroad. Any individual course may count only once toward degree requirements. Students in this track who are awarded their degree by L&S only must complete at least 36 credits in L&S upper-division (numbered 300 or above) courses.
List A
(A minimum of 15 credits must be completed from the following):
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AMLLC 216 | Survey of Civilization: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| ANTHRO 349 | Seminar in Ethnography and Cultural Processes | 3 |
| ANTHRO/LINGUIS 570 | Issues in Bilingualism | 3 |
| ART 227 | Design Workshop: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| ART 327 | Digital Media Workshop: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| ART 309 | Issues in Contemporary Art: | 3 |
| BUS ADM 230 | Introduction to Information Technology Management (if not selected above) | 4 |
| BUS ADM 335 | Introduction to Business Application Development | 3 |
| BUS ADM 360 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| BUS ADM 465 | International Marketing | 3 |
| BUS ADM 467 | Marketing Seminar: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| BUS ADM 495 | Special Topics in Business: (with appropriate subtitle) | 1-3 |
| BUS ADM 496 | International Business | 3 |
| BUS ADM 530 | Privacy and Information Security for Business | 3 |
| BUS ADM 532 | Web Development for Open Business Systems | 3 |
| BUS ADM 533 | Introduction to Connected Systems for Business | 3 |
| CHINESE 441 | Business Chinese | 3 |
| COMMUN 192 | First-Year Seminar: ("The Digital Mirror" subtitle) | 3 |
| COMMUN 313 | Human Communication and Technology | 3 |
| COMMUN 350 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| COMMUN 370 | Quantitative Research in Communication | 3 |
| COMMUN 402 | Gender and Communication | 3 |
| COMMUN 410 | Organizational Communication Technology | 3 |
| COMMUN 413 | Rhetoric and the Internet | 3 |
| COMMUN 450 | Cross-Cultural Communication | 3 |
| COMMUN 550 | International and Global Communication | 3 |
| COMMUN 655 | Cultural Training and Adjustment | 3 |
| COMMUN 665 | Introduction to Mediation | 3 |
| DANCE 122 | African Dance & Diaspora Technique I | 2-3 |
| DANCE 370 | World Movement Traditions: | 2-3 |
| ENGLISH 214 | Writing in the Professions: (with appropriate subtitle) (if not selected above) | 3 |
| ENGLISH 431 | Topics in Advanced Communications: (with appropriate subtitle) (if not selected above) | 3 |
| ENGLISH 435 | Rhetoric and Professional Writing (if not selected above) | 3 |
| ENGLISH 436 | Technical Documentation (if not selected above) | 3 |
| ENGLISH 437 | Project Management for Professional Writers | 3 |
| ENGLISH 439 | Information Design | 3 |
| ENGLISH 449 | Internship in the Humanities (if not selected above) | 1-4 |
| FILM 203 | Media Workshop: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| FILM 222 | Digital Filmmaking | 3 |
| FILM 255 | Introduction to Digital Arts | 3 |
| GEOG 215 | Introduction to Geographic Information Science | 3 |
| GERMAN 425 | Introduction to German Translation | 3 |
| GERMAN 474 | German for Professional Purposes | 3 |
| GLOBAL 311 | Contexts for Global Management | 3 |
| GLOBAL 541 | Cross-Cultural Management | 3 |
| ITALIAN 313 | Translation: Italian-English, English-Italian | 3 |
| JAMS 101 | Introduction to Mass Media | 3 |
| JAMS 201 | Media Writing (if not selected above) | 3 |
| JAMS 204 | News Writing | 3 |
| JAMS 207 | Introduction to Advertising and Public Relations | 3 |
| JAMS 231 | Publication Design | 3 |
| JAMS 232 | Photojournalism | 3 |
| JAMS 262 | Principles of Media Studies | 3 |
| JAMS 307 | Persuasive Media Writing and Production: | 3 |
| JAMS 320 | News Reporting | 3 |
| JAMS 336 | Media Graphics | 3 |
| JAMS 524 | Advertising and Public Relations Campaigns | 3 |
| JAMS 562 | Media Studies and Culture | 3 |
| INFOST 110 | Introduction to Information Science and Technology (if not selected above) | 3 |
| INFOST 120 | Information Technology Ethics | 3 |
| INFOST 240 | Web Design I | 3 |
| INFOST 310 | Human Factors in Information Seeking and Use | 3 |
| INFOST 330 | Electronic Information Retrieval Systems | 3 |
| INFOST 340 | Introduction to Systems Analysis | 3 |
| INFOST 410 | Database Information Retrieval Systems | 3 |
| INFOST 430 | Multimedia Application Development | 3 |
| INFOST 440 | Web Application Development | 3 |
| LINGUIS 420 | Introduction to Second Language Acquisition | 3 |
| LINGUIS 430 | Language and Society | 3 |
| LINGUIS 441 | Introduction to TESOL Methods | 3 |
| LINGUIS 510 | Methodologies in English Language Teaching | 3 |
| PEACEST 203 | Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies | 3 |
| RUSSIAN 419 | Introduction to Translation: Russian to English | 3 |
| SOCIOL 327 | Data, Technology, and Society | 3 |
| SPANISH 348 | Introduction to Translation: English to Spanish | 3 |
| TRNSLTN 201 | Introduction to Translation and Interpreting Studies | 3 |
| TRNSLTN 400 | Consecutive Interpreting | 3 |
| TRNSLTN 411 | Ethics in Translation and Interpreting | 3 |
| TRNSLTN 422 | Simultaneous Interpreting | 3 |
| TRNSLTN 450 | Community Interpreting and Translation | 3 |
List B
Topical Electives:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANTHRO 441 | Nature, Knowledge, and Technoscience in Anthropological Perspective | 3 |
| ANTHRO 543 | Cross-Cultural Study of Religion | 3 |
| ART 118 | Digital Arts: Culture, Theory, Practice | 3 |
| ART 317 | 3D Environments and XR | 3 |
| ARTHIST/ENGLISH/FILMSTD 111 | Entertainment Arts: Film, Television, and the Internet | 3 |
| BUS ADM 330 | Organizations | 3 |
| BUS ADM 436 | Systems Analysis and Design | 3 |
| COMPLIT 350 | Topics in Comparative Literature: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| COMPLIT 365 | Literatures and Cultures of the Americas: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| COMPLIT 461 | Film-Fiction Interaction: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| COMPSCI 112 | Introduction to the Internet and the World Wide Web | 3 |
| COMPSCI 113 | Introduction to Web Document Production | 3 |
| COMPSCI 251 | Intermediate Computer Programming | 3 |
| ENGLISH/ARTHIST/FILMSTD 111 | Entertainment Arts: Film, Television, and the Internet | 3 |
| ENGLISH 192 | First-Year Seminar: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| ENGLISH 210 | Global Englishes | 3 |
| ENGLISH 253 | Science Fiction: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| ENGLISH 290 | Introduction to Film Studies | 3 |
| ENGLISH 291 | Introduction to Television Studies | 3 |
| ENGLISH 316 | World Cinema: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| ENGLISH 320 | Studies in Film and Television Authorship: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| ENGLISH 394 | Theories of Digital Culture: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| ENGLISH 404 | Language, Power, and Identity | 3 |
| ENGLISH 434 | Editing and Publishing | 3 |
| ENGLISH 465 | Women Writers: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| ENGLISH 627 | Seminar in Literature and Culture: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| ENGLISH 630 | Seminar in Literature and the Other Arts: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| FILM 116 | Listening and Recording | 3 |
| FILM 201 | Introduction to Experimental Media Arts | 3 |
| FILMSTD/ARTHIST/ENGLISH 111 | Entertainment Arts: Film, Television, and the Internet | 3 |
| HIST 372 | Topics in Global History: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| INFOST 150 | Introduction to Information Resources on the Internet | 3 |
| INFOST 210 | Information Resources for Research | 3 |
| INFOST 250 | Introduction to Network and Systems Administration | 3 |
| INFOST 691 | Special Topics in Information Science: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| INTLST 550 | Senior Seminar in International Studies: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| JAPAN 331 | Reading Japanese Short Stories | 3 |
| JAMS 111 | Gender and the Media | 3 |
| JAMS 113 | Internet Culture | 3 |
| JAMS 116 | Journalism, Documentary, and Democracy | 3 |
| JAMS 280 | Selected Topics in Mass Communication: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| JAMS 450 | Race and Ethnicity in the Media | 3 |
| JAMS 460 | History of Mass Media | 3 |
| JAMS 559 | Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age | 3 |
| JAMS 614 | Seminar in Media and Public Opinion | 3 |
| JAMS 615 | Seminar in Media and Politics | 3 |
| JAMS 620 | Seminar in Global Media | 3 |
| LINGUIS 100 | The Diversity of Human Language | 3 |
| LINGUIS 210 | Power of Words | 3 |
| LINGUIS 350 | Introduction to Linguistics | 3 |
| LINGUIS 468 | Language in its Various Forms: (with appropriate subtitle ) | 3 |
| MUSIC 327 | Studio Techniques | 3 |
| MUSIC 328 | Interactive Electronic Music | 3 |
| SPANISH 341 | Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics | 3 |
List C
Area Studies Electives:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AFRIC 232 | Survey of African Societies and Cultures | 3 |
| AFRIC 311 | African Religious Thought and Social Organizations | 3 |
| AFRIC 320 | Black Cultures in Latin America and the Caribbean | 3 |
| AFRIC 450 | Cultural Transmissions: Black Africa and Black America | 3 |
| ANTHRO 320 | Peoples and Cultures of Africa | 3 |
| ANTHRO 322 | Europe in Anthropological Perspective | 3 |
| ANTHRO 325 | Japanese Culture and Society | 3 |
| ANTHRO 326 | Peoples and Cultures of South Asia | 3 |
| ARABIC 390 | Islam: Religion and Culture | 3 |
| HIST 282 | The Modern Middle East in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries | 3 |
| HIST 378 | Revolution in China | 3 |
| HIST 392 | The History of Southern Africa | 3 |
| HIST 393 | History of Mexico | 3 |
| HIST 395 | History of Japan Since 1600 | 3 |
| JEWISH 328 | The Arab-Israeli Conflict | 3 |
| JEWISH 358 | The Jews of Modern Europe: History and Culture | 3 |
| JEWISH 379 | Introduction to Jewish History | 3 |
List D
Foreign Language Electives - Up to 6 credits beyond those taken to meet the foreign language requirement of upper-division courses (300 level or fifth semester and above) on contemporary culture or literature in a foreign language may count as electives for this track, provided that the language of instruction is not English. The following are recommended; however, see language program listings in this catalog for a complete list:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CHINESE 320 | Contemporary Chinese Societies through Film | 3 |
| FRENCH 324 | Contemporary French Language and Culture | 3 |
| FRENCH 426 | Growing Up French | 3 |
| FRENCH 427 | Advanced Written Expression | 3 |
| FRENCH 431 | Seminar in Literature of the Francophone World: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| FRENCH 432 | Seminar in French and Francophone Cultures: (with appropriate subtitle) | 1-3 |
| FRENCH 450 | Institutions and Culture of Contemporary France | 3 |
| FRENCH 592 | Seminar in French Language: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| GERMAN 145 | Views of Germany: | 3 |
| GERMAN 331 | German Grammar in Practice | 3 |
| GERMAN 332 | Presentation and Composition | 3 |
| GERMAN 333 | Texts and Contexts | 3 |
| GERMAN 334 | Introduction to German Studies | 3 |
| GERMAN 360 | German for the Global World | 3 |
| GERMAN 415 | Topics in German Studies: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| GERMAN 474 | German for Professional Purposes | 3 |
| GERMAN 489 | Internship in German, Upper Division | 1-6 |
| ITALIAN 312 | Contemporary Italian Language and Culture | 3 |
| PORTUGS 360 | Luso-Brazilian Culture: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| SPANISH 470 | Survey of Hispanic Literature and Civilization | 3 |
| SPANISH 472 | Survey of Spanish-American Literature and Civilization | 3 |
| SPANISH 474 | Survey of Spanish Literature and Civilization | 3 |
| SPANISH 491 | Topics in Hispanic Culture: | 3 |
List E
Literature-in-Translation – Credits in 100-level courses may be elected only prior to the student's study abroad:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| COMPLIT 208 | Global Literature from the 17th Century to the Present: (subtitle) | 3 |
| COMPLIT 230 | Literature and Society: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| COMPLIT 233 | Literature and Film: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| COMPLIT 360 | Seminar in Literature and Cultural Experience: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| COMPLIT 365 | Literatures and Cultures of the Americas: (subtitle) | 3 |
| COMPLIT 457 | Topics in French and Francophone Studies in Translation: (subtitle) | 3 |
| FRENCH 145 | Views of France: (subtitle) | 3 |
| FRENCH 357 | Literature of the French-Speaking World in Translation: (subtitle) | 3 |
| FRENCH 451 | Cinema of the French-Speaking World: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| GERMAN 112 | German Life and Civilization: Part II: | 3 |
| ITALIAN 145 | Views of Italy: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| ITALIAN 245 | Italy and Its Global Fictions: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| ITALIAN 258 | Contemporary Italian Society and Culture | 3 |
| ITALIAN 329 | Italian Cinema | 3 |
| ITALIAN 357 | Topics in Italian Culture in Translation: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| ITALIAN 457 | Topics in Italian Literature and Culture in Translation: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| JAPAN 200 | Japanese Culture and Its Effect on Language | 3 |
| POLISH 236 | Polish Culture in its Historical Setting | 3 |
| PORTUGS 225 | Understanding Brazil: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| RUSSIAN 245 | Russian Life and Culture | 3 |
| RUSSIAN 350 | Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy in Translation: Major Works | 3 |
| RUSSIAN 391 | Russian Literature and Culture in Translation: | 3 |
| SPANISH 225 | Understanding the Hispanic World: | 3 |