PROGRAM ADVISOR: DR. DENISE G. MILLS
Mission Statement for the Global Studies Minor
The mission of the Global Studies minor is to complement and enhance the Daemen College mission to “prepare students for life and leadership in an increasingly complex world” who “recognize the importance of a global perspective” and who are committed to the “well-being of both their local and global communities.”
Through coursework, international experience and service learning abroad or with local immigrant or refugee communities, Daemen students completing the Global Studies minor will demonstrate the knowledge, insight, and skills to work for and with people, organizations and businesses with a global focus.
Global Studies Minor:
Select ONE of the following foundational courses:
- IND120 Introduction to Global Studies (3)
- PSC 121 International Relations (3)
- PSC 210 Politics of Globalization (3)
- HIS 106 World History II (3)
Select 12 credits from the listing of Global Studies courses below. NOTE:
- Maximum of 6 credits may be taken under any one rubric.
- One language-learning course may be substituted in place of the course options listed below and with the permission of the Global Studies Program Director.
- International Service Learning and local Service Learning experiences dealing with refugee/international populations may be applied toward the 12 credits with the approval of the Global Studies Program Director.
- Additional studies may be allowed. Students wishing to take courses other than those on the list below must submit their request, with rationale for the substitution, to the Global Studies Program Director. Substitutions are subject to the approval of the Global Studies Committee.
- International Experience: All experiences are subject to the approval of the Global Studies Committee. Experiences will be submitted to the Global Studies Program Director. The international experience:
- may be short or long term;
- may be credit bearing, volunteer, group or individual.
- Completion of a non-credit study abroad course is required prior to departure on the international experience. Consult the Global Studies Program Director for details.
- Foreign Language studies are recommended but not required for the minor:
- Study of the language of the nation of the international experience is encouraged – coursework at Daemen or through study abroad.
- In-country language learning is highly encouraged.
GLOBAL STUDIES COURSES TO BE SELECTED FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST. NOTE: Students may petition the program director to include other relevant coursework.
- BA201 Introduction to International Business (3)
- BA 220 Diversity and Cross-Cultural Management (3)
- ECO 206 The Economics of Sustainable Development (3)
- ECO 343 Global Economic Geography (3)
- SUST310 Global Water Issues (3)
- GEO117 World Geography (3)
- HCS 201 Survey of Eastern and Western Complementary Medical Approaches (3)
- HCS 335 Critical Issues in Global Health (3)
- HIS 104 Global Environmental History (3)
- HST 230 Problems of the Third World (3)
- HST 324 Global Environmental History (3)
- IND 215 Refugee Studies (3)
- IND 448 International Service Learning (1-3)
- LIT 201 /202 World Lit I & II (3/3)
- LIT 230 Exile Literature (3)
- LIT 314 Magic Realism in Literature & Film (3)
- LIT 317 Gender Trouble (3)
- LIT 329 Imagining Trauma (3)
- LNG 309 Language in Society (3)
- MGT 306 International Management (3)
- MKT 310 Foreign Markets of International Business (3)
- PHI 225 Readings in World Culture (3)
- PHI 328 Comparative Genocide (3)
- PSC 101 Comparative Politics (3)
- PSC 121 International Relations (3)
- PSC 210 Politics of Globalization (3)
- PSC 213 Sustainability & Third World Development (3)
- PSC 231 Global Governance (3)
- PSC/ECO 232 International Political Economy (3)
- PSC 236 Sports and International Politics (3)
- PSC 238 Dictatorship and Democracy in World Politics (3)
- REL 105 God & Violence
- REL 308 Spiritual Traditions of the World
- SUST 322 Alternative & Renewable Energy Issues
- SUST 338 Food & Agriculture Issues