Global Studies: Security
This track examines the ever-changing world of global security. In addition to exploring traditional notions of security based on the nation-state and the international system, coursework in this track considers a wide range of issues including global health, the environment, human rights, peace-building efforts, 21st century conflict, social movements, migration, ethnicity, and identity. The Global Security track prepares students for careers relevant to various aspects of global conflict management and/or sustainability, such as those in government agencies and diplomacy, non-profit organizations, international organizations, and the public policy community.
If you are interested in this track and are an enrolled UWM student, use the button to complete an interest form and an advisor will contact you to review the requirements and help you proceed to a formal declaration of the major. 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 Security Track
To earn the Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies through the Global Security track, students must complete the requirements listed below. Students in this track must complete at least 36 credits in L&S upper-division (numbered 300 or above) courses.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Global Security Track Core | ||
| ECON 103 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 104 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 210 | Economic Statistics | 3 |
| or MTHSTAT 215 | Elementary Statistical Analysis | |
| GLOBAL 371 | Rethinking Global Security | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
GLOBAL/ANTHRO 442 | Humanitarianism in Global Perspective | |
GLOBAL 447 | The Global Politics of Human Rghts | |
GLOBAL 471 | Strategies for Realizing Security in Global Contexts | |
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
ANTHRO 540 | Applications of Anthropology | |
ANTHRO 560 | Introduction to Research Methods in Anthropology | |
ANTHRO 561 | Techniques and Problems in Ethnography | |
GEOG 215 | Introduction to Geographic Information Science | |
GEOG 525 | Geographic Information Science | |
POL SCI 390 | Political Data Analysis | |
WGS 411 | Women's and Gender Studies Research Methods: (with appropriate subtitle) | |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
COMMUN 365 | Negotiation Skills Workshop | |
COMMUN 665 | Introduction to Mediation | |
COMMUN 675 | Communication in International Mediation and Peacebuilding | |
| Global Security Track Electives | ||
| Select 24 credits (see below) | 24 | |
| Total Credits | 45-46 | |
Global Security Electives
Students must complete 24 credits from the following lists, with at least 15 credits selected from List A. There is no minimum number of credits that must be taken from List B.
List A Electives
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANTHRO 156 | Food and Culture | 3 |
| ANTHRO 355 | Globalization, Culture, and Environment | 3 |
| ANTHRO 440 | Medical Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTHRO/GLOBAL 447 | The Global Politics of Human Rights | 3 |
| ANTHRO 448 | Cultural and Human Ecology | 3 |
| ANTHRO 449 | The Human Economy | 3 |
| ANTHRO 450 | Political Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTHRO 543 | Cross-Cultural Study of Religion | 3 |
| ART 309/509 | Issues in Contemporary Art: | 3 |
| BMS 232 | Introduction to Nutrition | 3 |
| BMS 539 | Public Health Microbiology | 2 |
| BMS 540 | Public Health Microbiology Lab | 2 |
| CES 210 | Introduction to Conservation and Environmental Science | 3 |
| COMMUN 350 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| COMMUN 363 | Communication in Human Conflict | 3 |
| COMMUN 365 | Negotiation Skills Workshop (if not selected above) | 3 |
| COMMUN 450 | Cross-Cultural Communication | 3 |
| COMMUN 550 | International and Global Communication | 3 |
| COMMUN 631 | Current Topics in Interpersonal Communication/Conflict Management: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| COMMUN 665 | Introduction to Mediation (if not selected above) | 3 |
| COMMUN 675 | Communication in International Mediation and Peacebuilding | 3 |
| COMMUN 681 | Seminar in Communication in a World of AIDS | 3 |
| COMPLIT 232 | Literature and Politics: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| COMPLIT 350 | Topics in Comparative Literature: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| COMPLIT 365 | Literatures and Cultures of the Americas: | 3 |
| CES 210 | Introduction to Conservation and Environmental Science | 3 |
| CRM JST 291 | Current Issues in Criminal Justice: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| CRM JST 410 | Comparative Criminal Justice | 3 |
| ECON 351 | Introduction to International Economic Relations | 3 |
| ECON 353 | Economic Development | 3 |
| ENGLISH 443 | Grant Writing | 3 |
| ETHNIC 350 | Advanced Topics in Comparative Ethnic Studies: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| ETHNIC 375 | Global Violence, Disease, and Death | 3 |
| GEOG 231 | Muslim Geographies: Identities and Politics | 3 |
| GEOG 309 | Nationalities and Nations of the World | 3 |
| GEOG 310 | General Climatology | 3 |
| GEOG 350 | Conservation of Natural Resources | 3 |
| GEOG 400 | 3 | |
| GEOG 443 | Cities of the World: Comparative Urban Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 464 | Environmental Problems | 3 |
| GEOG 540 | Globalization and the City | 3 |
| GEOG 564 | Urban Environmental Change and Social Justice | 3 |
| GLOBAL 299 | Ad Hoc: (with appropriate subtitle) | 1-6 |
| GLOBAL 321 | The Global City in History | 3 |
| GLOBAL 421 | Cities in the Global Economy | 3 |
| GLOBAL/ANTHRO 442 | Humanitarianism in Global Perspective (if not selected above) | 3 |
| GLOBAL/ANTHRO 443 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals in the Global Age | 3 |
| GLOBAL/ANTHRO 447 | The Global Politics of Human Rghts (if not selected above) | 3 |
| GLOBAL 448 | Intellectual Property in the Global Information Economy | 3 |
| GLOBAL 499 | Ad Hoc: (with appropriate subtitle) | 1-6 |
| HIST 210 | The Twentieth Century: A Global History | 3 |
| NURS 101 | Cultural Diversity in Health Care | 3 |
| NURS 110 | 3 | |
| NURS 365 | Current Topics of Nursing: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| PEACEST 203 | Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies | 3 |
| PH 101 | Introduction to Public Health | 3 |
| PH 375 | Topics in Public Health: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| PHILOS 350 | Introduction to the Comparative Study of Religion | 3 |
| POL SCI 175 | Introduction to International Relations | 3 |
| POL SCI 316 | International Law | 3 |
| POL SCI 330 | The Politics of International Economic Relations | 3 |
| POL SCI 337 | International Organization and the United Nations | 3 |
| POL SCI 338 | Seminar in International Relations: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| POL SCI 365 | Theories and Methods in International Politics | 3 |
| POL SCI 370 | International Conflict | 3 |
| POL SCI 371 | Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict | 3 |
| RELIGST 350 | Advanced Topics in Religious Studies: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| SOCIOL 235 | Social Change in the Global Economy | 3 |
| SOCIOL 327 | Data, Technology, and Society | 3 |
| SOCIOL 495 | Seminar in Sociology: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| WGS 401 | Global Feminisms | 3 |
| WGS 500 | Advanced Social Science Seminar in Women's and Gender Studies: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
List B Electives
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AFRIC 232 | Survey of African Societies and Cultures | 3 |
| AFRIC 299 | Ad Hoc: (with appropriate subtitle) | 1-6 |
| AFRIC 311 | African Religious Thought and Social Organizations | 3 |
| AFRIC 320 | Black Cultures in Latin America and the Caribbean | 3 |
| AFRIC 329 | Economic Growth and Sustainable Development in Africa | 3 |
| AFRIC 450 | Cultural Transmissions: Black Africa and Black America | 3 |
| AFRIC 565 | Selected Texts/Topics in African & African Diaspora Studies: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| ANTHRO 250 | Women's Roles in Cross-Cultural Perspective | 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 |
| ANTHRO 349 | Seminar in Ethnography and Cultural Processes | 3 |
| ANTHRO 441 | Nature, Knowledge, and Technoscience in Anthropological Perspective | 3 |
| BUS ADM 330 | Organizations | 3 |
| CHINESE 320 | Contemporary Chinese Societies through Film | 3 |
| CIV ENG 492 | Environmental Impact Assessment | 3 |
| COMPLIT 233 | Literature and Film: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| COMPLIT 461 | Film-Fiction Interaction: | 3 |
| ECON 447 | Labor Economics | 3 |
| ECON 454 | International Trade | 3 |
| ECON 455 | International Finance | 3 |
| ENGLISH 240 | Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| ENGLISH 316 | World Cinema: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| ENGLISH 431 | Topics in Advanced Communications: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| ETHNIC 102 | Transnational Migrations: People on the Move | 3 |
| ETHNIC 250 | Selected Topics in Ethnic Studies: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| GEOG 213 | Geography of Asia | 3 |
| GEOG 215 | Introduction to Geographic Information Science | 3 |
| GEOG 247 | Quantitative Analysis in Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 309 | Nationalities and Nations of the World | 3 |
| GEOG 330 | Europe: East and West | 3 |
| GEOG 340 | Biogeography | 3 |
| GEOG 403 | Remote Sensing: Environmental and Land Use Analysis | 4 |
| GEOG 410 | Gendered Geographies | 3 |
| GEOG 421 | 3 | |
| GEOG 470 | Geography of South Asia | 3 |
| GLOBAL 699 | Advanced Independent Study | 3 |
| HIST 180 | Latin American Society and Culture (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| HIST 192 | First-Year Seminar: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| HIST 200 | Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| HIST 282 | The Modern Middle East in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries | 3 |
| HIST 286 | The Korean War | 3 |
| HIST 287 | The Vietnam War | 3 |
| HIST 290 | Topics in Global History: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| HIST 372 | Topics in Global History: (subtitle) | 3 |
| HIST 375 | Contemporary European History, 1945 to the Present | 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 |
| HIST 434 | The United States as a World Power in the 20th Century | 3 |
| INTLST 550 | Senior Seminar in International Studies: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| INFOST 660 | Information Policy | 3 |
| PHILOS 204 | Introduction to Asian Religions | 3 |
| POL SCI 255 | Great Issues of Politics | 3 |
| POL SCI 300 | Western European Politics | 3 |
| POL SCI 302 | Politics of Eastern Europe | 3 |
| POL SCI 325 | Latin American Politics | 3 |
| POL SCI 326 | Brazilian Politics and Society | 3 |
| POL SCI 328 | The Arab-Israeli Conflict | 3 |
| POL SCI 339 | European Integration | 3 |
| POL SCI 340 | Politics of Nuclear Weapons | 3 |
| POL SCI 343 | Asian International Relations | 3 |
| POL SCI 346 | U.S.-Latin American Relations | 3 |
| POL SCI 423 | Conduct of American Foreign Affairs | 3 |
| SOC WRK 691 | Practice Methods in Social Work: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| SOCIOL 304 | Political Sociology | 3 |
| SOCIOL 325 | Social Change | 3 |
| SOCIOL 330 | Economy and Society | 3 |
| WGS 200 | Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies: A Social Science Perspective | 3 |
| WGS 290 | Selected Topics in Women's and Gender Studies: (with appropriate subtitle) | 3 |
| WGS 599 | Topics in Women's and Gender Studies: (with appropriate subtitle) | 1-3 |
Global Security Sample Study Plan
Sample Study Plan
| Year 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | ||
|
MATH 103
(QL-A) or MATH 105 |
3 | ||
|
ENGLISH 101
|
3 | ||
|
1st Semester Foreign Language |
3-5 | ||
|
GLOBAL 101
(SS) |
3 | ||
|
ECON 103
(SS) |
3 | ||
| Spring | Credits |
Arts GER |
3 |
ENGLISH 102
(OWC-A) |
3 |
2nd Semester Foreign Language |
3-5 |
GLOBAL 201
(SS) |
3 |
ECON 104
(SS) |
3 |
| Year 2 | |||
| Fall | Credits | ||
|
ECON 210
(QL-B) or MTHSTAT 215 |
3 | ||
|
3rd Semester Foreign Language |
3-4 | ||
|
GLOBAL 202
(SS) |
3 | ||
|
Global Security Elective |
3 | ||
|
HIST 132
(HU) |
3 | ||
| Spring | Credits |
L&S Humanities/Cultural Diversity |
3 |
4th Semester Foreign Language |
3-4 |
L&S Natural Science with Lab |
4-5 |
ENGLISH 240
(OWC-B) (HU) (and a Global Security Elective) |
3 |
Global Security Elective |
3 |
| Year 3 | |||
| Fall | Credits | ||
|
Global Security Elective (while abroad) |
3 | ||
|
5th Semester Foreign Language (while abroad) |
3 | ||
|
L&S Humanities (while abroad) |
3 | ||
|
Elective (while abroad) |
3-4 | ||
| Spring | Credits |
Global Security Upper-level Elective |
3 |
COMMUN 675
|
3 |
6th Semester Foreign Language (may be HU) |
3-4 |
POL SCI 390
|
3 |
L&S Upper-level Elective |
3-4 |
| Year 4 | |||
| Fall | Credits | ||
|
Global Security Elective |
3 | ||
|
Global Security Elective |
3 | ||
|
Global 442, 447 or 471 |
3 | ||
|
GLOBAL 371
|
3 | ||
|
L&S Humanities (if needed) |
3 | ||
| Spring | Credits |
Global Security Elecive |
3 |
L&S Natural Science |
3 |
GLOBAL 571
|
3 |
L&S Upper-level Elective (if needed) |
3 |
Domestic Internship with International Focus |
1-6 |