Learning Goals for Global Studies Majors
By the time of graduation, majors should have acquired the following knowledge and skills:
- Acquire historical and geographical knowledge, and develop language skills
- Develop strong interdisciplinary training, gaining control over key concepts in the social sciences and/or the humanities (see below)
- Apply an interdisciplinary approach to the study of contemporary global issues
- Demonstrate analytical skills, as well as those in critical reading and writing, through research
- Synthesize the ways in which local circumstances influence global events, and vice-versa