This track will prepare students for leadership in international and domestic careers in non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government, business, and transnational organizations. This track is based on interdisciplinary and professional knowledge, as well as conceptual frameworks, analytic tools, and methodologies from multiple fields. This track integrates students’ specialized skills within the broader interdisciplinary, intellectual, and public policy demands of the challenges confronting the world’s populations. Relevant topical areas that include environmental issues, health and food, international development, and social movements. Students in this pathway are interested in careers in sectors like political science, international and postsecondary education, sociology, policy analysis, diplomacy, humanitarian affairs, environmental policy, public and social affairs, human rights, international affairs, and communications.
Electives in Global Governance
Below find a list of electives approved for the Global Governance track. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list, and students are welcome to select courses outside of this listing with advisor approval.
Elective Courses
- ACE 406 Environmental Law
- ACE 411 Environment and Development
- ACE 451 Agriculture in International Development
- AFST 522 Development of African Studies
- ANTH 420 Case Studies Global Heritage
- ANTH 460 Heritage Management
- ANTH 466 Class, Culture, and Society
- ANTH 560 Anthropology and Law
- ANTH 594 Cultural Heritage
- ATMS 507 Climate Dynamics
- ECON 415 Environmental Economics
- ECON 418 Health Economics
- ECON 420 International Economics
- ECON 450 Development Economics
- ECON 455 Economics of Poverty Alleviation in Developing Countries
- ECON 550 Economics of Development and Growth
- EPOL 524 Education and Human Rights
- GGIS 410 Green Development
- GGIS 455 Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa
- GGIS 496 Climate & Social Vulnerability
- GGIS 520 Political Ecology
- HIST 410 Decolonization in Africa
- HIST 422 Socio-Economic History of Modern China
- HIST 486 Revivalism and Evangelism
- HIST 507 Problems in Latin American History
- LER 566 International HR Management
- NRES 439 Environmental and Sustainable Development
- NRES 454 GIS in Natural Resource Management
- PS 415 Europe and the Mediterranean
- PS 580 Proseminar in International Relations I
- PS 584 International Cooperation
- PS 589 Topics in International Relations
- RST 570 Cultural Aspects of Tourism
- SOC 447 Environmental Sociology
- SOCW 436 International Social Work and Development
- HK 414 International Health
- GLBL 450 Poverty Interventions and Evaluation
- GLBL 499 Special Topics
- GLBL 501 Perspectives on Global Studies