Study a World Language
Many global studies students choose to learn a world language to enhance what they are learning in the program.
Global Studies
Build the expertise to thrive in an interconnected world, pursue your passions and impact issues facing the global community.
Through the global studies program, students can take a wide range of classes to explore issues facing the global community that match their unique passions and interests. Global studies is a great fit for students who love exploring international issues and culture, care about global issues and can work independently.
Programs of Study
Major in Global Studies
A student majoring in global studies chooses one or two of 7 concentration areas. All students will have an introduction to global studies, and will take part in the Senior Seminar course which includes community research and career preparation.
Concentrations include:
- Development Studies (poverty, inequality, socioeconomic development)
- Global Environmental Studies (environmental and sustainability issues)
- Global Systems and Processes (international relations, the United Nations, the World Bank, etc.)
- World in Dialogue (cultural issues, cooperation between differences)
- Asian Studies
- European Studies
- Latin American Studies
Minor in Global Studies
The global studies program offers two minors:
- Cross-Cultural Interaction
- International Affairs
Career
Global studies prepares you for a wide variety of career paths from working in government, NGOs, nonprofits, and businesses. Many students go abroad after graduation, gaining work experience and learning language.
Recent grads have gone to:
- Ukraine with the Peace Corps
- Argentina and Hungary with ELCA's Young Adults in Global Mission
- Chile, as an international student coordinator at a university
- China, as a teaching assistant
- Thailand, as a missionary
- Ghana, as a refugee caseworker
- Japan, South Korea, France, Poland & Slovakia, teaching English
Some students also go on to graduate school, pursuing a variety of disciplines including: social and public policy, law, ethnic studies, international relations, international human rights law, international peace studies and journalism.
Global studies graduates have also found employment with organizations like America Abroad Media in Washington, D.C., New Futures in Seattle, Wash., Center for New Americans at the University of Minnesota Law School, World Endeavors in Minneapolis and United Planet in Boston, Mass.
