Bachelor of Arts, Minor in Global Studies
The Global Studies Minor at Athabasca University is designed to provide the tools to understand the processes of globalization with a historical and sociological angle (as opposed to history or sociology with a global angle). Its holistic perspective breaks through the confines of scholarly specialization, and raises human global self-awareness as it affects every day popular life, action, psyche, imagination and consciousness on a mass, global scale. The transdisciplinary approach is invaluable for both the beginning student as well as the professional who seek to comprehend the past and present views of the globalizing phenomena, which is critical to understand the fundamental aspects of our society and its development.
Minor (30 credits, of which at least 15 must be at the senior (300/400) level)
Required core courses
(3 credits)
Elective courses
(Select a minimum of 12 credits from this list)
| ANTH 275 | Faces of Culture: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | (3) |
| CMNS 308 | Understanding Statistical Evidence | (3) |
| CLST 325 | Understanding Cultural Studies | (3) |
| ECON 248 | Macroeconomics | (3) |
| ENGL 341 | World Literature | (6) |
| GEOG 201 | Introductory Human Geography | (3) |
| GLST/ENVS 243 | Environmental Change in a Global Context | (3) |
| GLST/GEOG 200 | World Regional Geography | (3) |
| GLST/POEC 230 | Globalization and World Politics | (3) |
| GLST/INTR/POEC 395 | Political Economy of Development: People, Processes, and Policies | (3) |
| PHIL 252 | Critical Thinking | (3) |
| SOSC 366 | Research Methods in the Social Sciences | (3) |
| WGST 201 | An Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies | (3) |
Focus areas
(Select 15 credits in one of the following focus areas):
Global Studies at AU has the following five focus areas:
- Global Economy and Development
- Global Governance and Conflict
- Global Cultures and Societies
- Global Media and Communication
- Global Literatures and Languages
Focus area electives
1: Global Economy and Development
| ECON 366 | Economic Development | (3) |
| ECON 401 | The Changing Global Economy | (3) |
| ECON 475 | International Trade | (3) |
| ECON 476 | International Finance | (3) |
| ECON/LBST 330 | Workers and the Economy | (3) |
| ENVS 461 | The History and Politics of Ecology | (3) |
| GEOG 201 | Introductory Human Geography | (3) |
| GEOL 313 | Our Physical Resources | (3) |
| GOVN 450 | Public Budgeting and Financial Management in a Globalized World | (3) |
| GLST/INTR/POEC 395 | Political Economy of Development: People, Processes, and Policies | (3) |
| MKTG 414 | International Marketing and Exporting | (3) |
| POEC 302 | Theories and Approaches to Political Economy | (3) |
| POEC 393 | Canada and the Global Political Economy | (3) |
| SOCI 450 | Environmental Sociology | (3) |
2: Global Governance and Conflict
3: Global Cultures and Societies
4: Global Media and Communication
| CMNS 201 | Introduction to Mass Media | (3) |
| CMNS 302 | Communication in History | (3) |
| CMNS 358 | Popular Culture and the Media | (3) |
| CMNS 402 | Global Communication | (3) |
| CMNS 423 | The Television Age | (3) |
| CMNS 202/POLI 291 | Media and Power in Canadian Society | (3) |
| HIST 404 | Historical Foundations of Modern Science | (3) |
| MKTG 420 | Advertising and Promotion | (3) |
| POLI 480 | Politics of Our Networked World in the Digital Era | (3) |
5: Global Literature and Languages
| ANTH 354 | Language and Culture | (3) |
| ANTH 401 | Ethnography, the Writing of Culture | (3) |
| CMNS 425 | Film and Genre | (3) |
| ENGL 306 | The Literature of Work | (3) |
| ENGL 307 | Women in Literature | (3) |
| ENGL 308 | Indigenous Literature in Canada | (3) |
| ENGL 351 | Comparative Canadian Literature I | (3) |
| ENGL 433 | Post-Colonial Literatures | (6) |
| FREN 358 | Initiation à la littérature d'expression française I | (3) |
| FREN 374 | Introduction à la littérature canadienne-française | (6) |
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Updated March 14, 2023 by Office of the Registrar (calendar@athabascau.ca)