Global Service Minor
The global service minor provides students with the opportunity to add a global perspective to any major, in addition to providing a solid grounding in intercultural communication and the foundations of global citizenship. Students are able to tailor coursework to their own professional and personal objectives, so the minor is a suitable complement to a BA or BS degree in any school or department.
Global studies minors must complete 24 global studies (subject code GLBL) course credits, 12 of which must be upper division, with a grade of C– or better or P. Course selection is up to the individual student, but for advising purposes tracks are suggested for students coming from different majors. Tracks have been designed to align with particular career goals. Student may elect up to 12 lower-division credits, which share a common purpose of fostering critical and cross-cultural thinking as well as encouraging students to seek out and understand diverse perspectives and ways of approaching and communicating about current global issues. The 12 required upper-division credits allow a deeper investigation of issues, regions, and cultures and also hone skills in research, effective writing, and oral presentation to address rapidly changing and complex current and future issues.
Students select a professional sector concentration and a world region concentration.
• The six sector concentrations are: Youth in Development, Health, Environment, Community Economic Development, Education and Agriculture
• The three world region concentrations are: Latin America, West Africa, World at large
All students complete four required core competencies and students who select Latin America or West Africa complete a fifth.
• Core competency 1: Professional Sector Concentration (12 credits)
• Core competency 2: Intercultural Competence (12 credits)
• Core competency 3: Practical experience (non-credit)
- Students complete 50 hours practical experience related to their professional sector concentration. Site supervisor certifies satisfactory completion of hours and tasks.
• Core competency 4: Professional and leadership development - 3 activities (non-credit)
- Resume review/critique with UO Career Center or Faculty Mentor
- Attend a workshop on interview skills with the UO Career Center
- Develop and carry out a significant leadership experience and submit a 2-page reflection paper on it.
• Core competency 5: Language proficiency (variable; up to 8 credits)
- Latin America-focused students: Two 200-level Spanish courses or equivalent proficiency
- West Africa-focused students: One 200-level course in a Romance language, or equivalent proficiency
Education Concentration
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Education Concentration | ||
| Three Courses from the Professional Sector: | 12 | |
| Education and Social Change | ||
| Foundations of Student Health and Well-Being | ||
| Special Studies: [Topic] | ||
| Design for Learning Language Systems | ||
| Teaching English Pronunciation | ||
| Behavior and Classroom Management | ||
| Early Literacy for Diverse Learners | ||
| Childhood in Cross-Cultural Perspective | ||
| Environmental Education Theory and Practice | ||
| Intercultural Competence: | 12 | |
| Cross-Cultural Communication | ||
or CRES 440 | Dialogue across Differences | |
or BA 365 | Cross-Cultural Negotiation | |
Two Intercultural Competence Electives | ||
Health Concentration
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Health Concentration | ||
| Three Courses from the Professional Sector: | 12 | |
| Communication Disorders in Society and Media | ||
| Medical Terminology | ||
| Diversity in Human Services | ||
| Healthy Communities | ||
| Introduction to Food Studies | ||
| Global Health and Development | ||
| Seminar: [Topic] | ||
| Foundations of Disability I | ||
| Experimental Course: [Topic] | ||
| Experimental Course: [Topic] | ||
| Global Mental Health | ||
| Global Reproductive Health | ||
| Population Displacement and Global Health | ||
| Tropical Diseases in Africa | ||
| Intercultural Competence: | 12 | |
| Cross-Cultural Communication | ||
or CRES 440 | Dialogue across Differences | |
or BA 365 | Cross-Cultural Negotiation | |
Two Intercultural Competence Electives | ||
Environment Concentration
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Environment Concentration | ||
| Three Courses from the Professional Sector: | 12 | |
| Introduction to Environmental Studies: Natural Sciences | ||
| Earth's Surface and Environment | ||
| Special Studies: [Topic] | ||
| Global Environmental Issues and Alternatives | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| Environmental Justice | ||
| Research: [Topic] | ||
| Advanced Climatology: [Topic] | ||
| Earth Resources and the Environment | ||
| Population and Environment | ||
| Environment and Development | ||
| Experimental Course: [Topic] | ||
| Environmental Management | ||
| Green Cities | ||
| International Environmental Politics | ||
| Community, Environment, and Society | ||
| Natural Resource Policy | ||
| Environmental Physiology | ||
| Intercultural Competence: | 12 | |
| Cross-Cultural Communication | ||
or CRES 440 | Dialogue across Differences | |
or BA 365 | Cross-Cultural Negotiation | |
Two Intercultural Competence Electives | ||
Agriculture Concentration
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture Concentration | ||
| Three Courses from the Professional Sector: | 12 | |
| Introduction to Ecology | ||
| The Natural Environment | ||
| Introduction to Environmental Politics | ||
| Introduction to Food Studies | ||
| Cultures of India and South Asia | ||
| International Water Policy | ||
| Contemporary Food Systems | ||
| Sustainability | ||
| Political Ecology | ||
| Soil Science | ||
| Plants: Fall and Plants: Winter and Spring Plants | ||
| Urban Farm | ||
| Analyzing Landscape Systems | ||
| Folklore and Foodways | ||
| Immigration and Farmworkers Political Culture | ||
| Experimental Course: [Topic] | ||
| Experimental Course: [Topic] | ||
| Environmental Issues: [Topic] | ||
| Sustainable Agriculture | ||
| Global Food Security | ||
| Experimental Course: [Topic] | ||
| Intercultural Competence: | 12 | |
| Cross-Cultural Communication | ||
or CRES 440 | Dialogue across Differences | |
or BA 365 | Cross-Cultural Negotiation | |
Two Intercultural Competence Electives | ||
Youth in Development Concentration
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Youth in Development Concentration | ||
| Three Courses from the Professional Sector: | 12 | |
| Foundations of Student Health and Well-Being | ||
| Issues for Children and Families | ||
| Atlantis, Aliens, and Archaeology | ||
| Special Studies: [Topic] | ||
| Cross-Cultural Communication | ||
| Child and Adolescent Development | ||
| Gender, Media, and Diversity | ||
| Race and Popular Culture: [Topic] | ||
| Sociology of the Family | ||
| Experimental Course: [Topic] | ||
| Prevention of Youth Violence | ||
| Developmental Psychology | ||
| Hormones and Behavior | ||
| Intimate Relationships | ||
| Cognitive Development | ||
| Human Development in the Family Context | ||
| Human Growth and Development | ||
| Intercultural Competence: | 12 | |
| Cross-Cultural Communication | ||
or CRES 440 | Dialogue across Differences | |
or BA 365 | Cross-Cultural Negotiation | |
Two Intercultural Competence Electives | ||
Community Economic Development Concentration
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Community Economic Development | ||
| Three Courses from the Professional Sector: | 12 | |
| GLBL 199 | Special Studies: [Topic] | 1-5 |
| GLBL 260 | Culture, Capitalism, and Globalization | 4 |
| CS 122 | Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving | 4 |
| BA 316 | Management: Creating Value through People | 4 |
| GLBL 420 | Global Community Development | 4 |
| GLBL 422 | Aid to Developing Countries | 4 |
| PS 340 | International Political Economy | 4 |
| PS 348 | Women and Politics | 4 |
| EC 330 | Urban and Regional Economic Problems | 4 |
| EC 340 | Issues in Public Economics | 4 |
| EC 350 | Labor Market Issues | 4 |
| EC 370 | Money and Banking | 4 |
| EC 390 | Problems and Issues in the Developing Economies | 4 |
| EC 440 | Public Economics | 4 |
| EC 462 | Economics of Transportation | 4 |
| PPPM 407 | Seminar: [Topic] | 1-5 |
| PPPM 440 | Land-Use Planning and Policy | 4 |
| ANTH 329 | Immigration and Farmworkers Political Culture | 4 |
| Intercultural Competence: | 12 | |
| Cross-Cultural Communication | ||
or CRES 440 | Dialogue across Differences | |
or BA 365 | Cross-Cultural Negotiation | |
or BA 361 | Cross-Cultural Business Communication | |
Two Intercultural Competence Electives | ||
Intercultural Competence Approved Electives
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Intercultural Competence Approved Elective List | ||
| CRES 440 | Dialogue across Differences | 2 |
| BA 361 | Cross-Cultural Business Communication | 4 |
| BA 365 | Cross-Cultural Negotiation | 4 |
| GLBL 434 | Language Issues for International Studies | 4 |
| CRES 351 | Roles of a Diplomat | 2 |
| ES 256 | Introduction to Native American Studies | 4 |
| GLBL 370 | International Human Rights | 4 |
| LT 428 | Teaching English Culture and Literature | 4 |
| LING 101 | Introduction to Language | 4 |