Undergraduate Minor

The Minor in Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities, which is administered by the College of Arts and Letters is designed to provide students the opportunity to acquire general knowledge of global studies within an arts and humanities framework.

The minor is available as an elective to students who are enrolled in bachelor’s degree programs at Michigan State University other than the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities.  With the approval of the department and college that administers the student’s degree program, the courses that are used to satisfy the minor may also be used to satisfy the requirements for the bachelor’s degree.

Students who plan to complete the requirements of the minor should consult the undergraduate advisor in the program for global studies in the College of Arts and Letters. 

Requirements for the Minor in Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities

Students must complete at least 15 credits from the following:

1. 1. The following course (3 credits):
   1. GSAH 201 Issues in Global Studies (3)
2. 2. Complete one of the following courses (3 credits):
   1. GSAH 301 Global Citizenship (3)
   2. GSAH 310 Questions of Justice in Global Contexts (3)
   3. GSAH 311 Global Perspectives on Borders and Migration (3)
   4. GSAH 312 Global Digital Cultures (3)
   5. GSAH 313 Violence and Power in Global Contexts (3)
   6. GSAH 314 Race, Gender, and Global Identities (3)
   7. GSAH 315 Globalization and the Arts (3)
   8. GSAH 391 Special Topics in Global Studies (3)
   9. GSAH 450 Senior Seminar in Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities (W) (3)
   10. GSAH 490 Independent Study (3)
3. 3. Complete 9 credits of additional electives from any combination of courses from the following:
   1. (a) GSAH 300-level courses not used to satisfy requirement b.
   2. (b) Language courses beyond the 202-level, or equivalent, or 200-level courses in a third language.
   3. (c) GSAH affiliated courses offered inside the college:
      1. AAAS 300 Survey in Africana Studies (3)
      2. AAAS 495 Advanced Research in African American and African Studies (3)
      3. ARB 460 Special Topics in Arabic Culture (W) (3)
      4. ARB 461 Introduction to Arabic Literature (W) (3)
      5. ASN 352 Readings in Asian/Asian, American/Asian Diaspora Literature and Visual Culture (3)
      6. ATD 426 History of Dress and Textiles (3)
      7. ATD 430 Dress, Culture and Human Behavior (3)
      8. ATD 431 Global Context for Sustainable Design (3)
      9. CHS 360 Chinese Film Studies (3)
      10. CHS 366 Chinese Culture: Tradition and Modernity (W) (3)
      11. CHS 466 Modern Chinese Literature and Films (W) (3)
      12. ENG 326 Readings in Drama and Performance Studies (3)
      13. ENG 350 Readings in African, African-American, and African Diaspora Literature (3)
      14. ENG 450 Seminar in African American Literature (3)
      15. ENG 351 Readings in Chicano and Latino Literatures (3)
      16. ENG 355 Readings in Sexuality and Literature (3)
      17. ENG 356 Readings in Jewish Literature (3)
      18. ENG 360 Studies in Postcolonial and Diaspora Literature (W) (3)
      19. ENG 426 Seminar in Drama or Performance Studies (3)
      20. ENG 448 Seminar in Gender and Literature (3)
      21. ENG 449 Seminar in Race, Ethnicity, and Literature (3)
      22. ENG 450 Seminar in African American Literature (3)
      23. ENG 452 Seminar in 20th and 21st Century British Literature (3)
      24. ENG 460 Seminar in Global and Postcolonial Literature (3)
      25. ENG 462 Seminar in Transatlantic Literature (3)
      26. ENG 466 Seminar in Literatures of the Pacific Rim (3)
      27. ENG 473B  Law and Literature (3)
      28. ENG 481 Seminar in Critical and Cultural Theory (3)
      29. ENG 482 Seminar in Feminist Literary and Cultural Theory (3)
      30. ENG 478A Literature, Technology, Representation (3)
      31. ENG 478B Literature and Visual Culture (3)
      32. FLM 300 History of Film to Midcentury (3)
      33. FLM 301 History of Film after Midcentury (3)
      34. FLM 311 Introduction to Documentary Filmmaking (3)
      35. FLM 350 National and Transnational Cinemas (3)
      36. FLM 355 Studies in Film Genres (3)
      37. FLM 380 Classical Film and Media Theory (3)
      38. FLM 381 Contemporary Film and Media Theory (3)
      39. FLM 400 Seminar in the History of Film (3)
      40. FLM 450 Studies in Ethnic Film (3)
      41. FLM 451 Studies in Postcolonial Cinema (3)
      42. FLM 452 Studies in Film, Gender, and Sexuality (3)
      43. FLM 455 Experimental Film and Media (3)
      44. FLM 460 Seminar in Digital Film and Emergent Media (W) (3)
      45. FLM 480 Seminar in Film and Media Theory (W) (3)
      46. HA 101 Western Art from the Paleolithic to Medieval Era (3)
      47. HA 102 Western Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary (3)
      48. HA 260 Asian Art (3)
      49. HA 271 African Art (3)
      50. HA 461 Selected Topics in Modern Asian Art (4)
      51. HA 462 The Arts of China (4)
      52. HA 471 Selected Topics in African Art (4)
      53. JPN 369 Introduction to Japanese Literature and Culture (3)
      54. JPN 469 Research Seminar in Japanese Literature and Culture (W) (3)
      55. LIN 225 Language and Gender (3)
      56. PHL 342 Environmental Ethics (3)
      57. PHL 350 Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy (3)
      58. PHL 353 Core Themes in Peace and Justice Studies (3)
      59. PHL 354 Philosophy of Law (3)
      60. PHL 356 Philosophical Aspects of Feminism (4)
      61. PHL 357 Philosophy of Karl Marx (3)
      62. PHL 440 Central Issues in Ethics (4)
      63. PHL 452 Ethics and Development (3)
      64. PHL 454 Topics in Philosophy of Law (3)
      65. PHL 456 Topics in Feminist Philosophy (4)
      66. PHL 460 Epistemology (3)
      67. PHL 461 Metaphysics (3)
      68. PHL 462 Philosophy of Mind (3)
      69. REL 101 Exploring Religion (3)
      70. REL 150 Introduction to Biblical Literature (3)
      71. REL 205 Myth, Self, and Religion (3)
      72. REL 215 Music and Religion (3)
      73. REL 260 Philosophy of Religion (3)
      74. REL 275 Magic and Mysticism: An Introduction to Esoteric Religion (3)
      75. REL 310 Judaism (3)
      76. REL 320 Christianity (3)
      77. REL 325 East Asian Buddhism (3)
      78. REL 330 Islam (3)
      79. REL 335 East Asian Religions (3)
      80. REL 355 Southeast Asian Religions (3)
      81. REL 360 African Religion (3)
      82. REL 411 Modern Jewish Thought (W) (3)
      83. REL 480 Comparative Studies in Religion (W) (3)
      84. STA 112 Art and Design: Concepts and Practices (3)
      85. STA 371 Art, Education and Society (3)
      86. THR 304 Topics in Acting/Directing II 1 to 6
      87. WRA 260 Writing, Rhetoric, Cultures, and Community (3)
      88. WRA 331 Writing in the Public Interest (W) (3)
      89. WRA 415 Digital Rhetoric (3)
      90. WRA 441 Social Justice as Rhetorical Practice (3)
      91. WS 153 Introduction to Women Authors (4)
      92. WS 201 Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies (3)
      93. WS 202 Introduction to Contemporary Feminisms and Gender Theories (3)
      94. WS 301 Sexual Violence Against Women and Children: Theory and Response (3)
      95. WS 312 African American Women (3)
      96. WS 353 Readings in Women Writers (3)
      97. WS 355 Readings in Sexuality and Literature (3)
      98. WS 356 Philosophical Aspects of Feminism (3)
      99. WS 403 Women and Change in Developing Countries (3)
      100. WS 404 Women and the Law in the United States (3)
      101. WS 412 Women in Modern European History (3)
      102. WS 413 Families in Historical Perspective (3)
      103. WS 425 Women and Criminal Justice (3)
      104. WS 448 Seminar in Gender and Literature (3)
      105. WS 456 Topics in Feminist Philosophy (4)
      106. WS 482 Seminar in Feminist Literary and Cultural Theory (3)
   4. (d) GSAH affiliated courses offered outside the college:
      1. ANP 321 Anthropology of Social Movements (3)
      2. ANP 330 Race, Ethnicity, and Nation: Anthropological Approaches to Collective Identity (3)
      3. ANP 410 Anthropology of Latin America (3)
      4. ANP 426 Urban Anthropology (3)
      5. ANP 436 Globalization and Justice: Issues in Political and Legal Anthropology (3)
      6. ANP 439 Human Rights: Anthropological Perspectives (3)
      7. HST 310 African American History to 1876 (3)
      8. HST 311 African American History since 1876 (3)
      9. HST 312 African American Women (3)
      10. HST 364 South Africa: From Shaka Zulu to Mandela (3)
      11. HST 383 The Caribbean (3)
      12. HST 487 Seminar in Comparative History (W) (3)
      13. JRN 265 International Journalism and Media (3)
      14. JRN 345 Images and Messages (3)
      15. JRN 372 Environment, Science and Health Journalism Special Topics (3)
      16. MC 324A Regional Politics, Cooperation, and Conflict in the Middle East (4)
      17. MC 324B Regional Politics, Cooperation, and Conflict in Sub Saharan Africa (4)
      18. MC 324C Regional Politics, Cooperation, and Conflict in Latin America and the Caribbean (4)
      19. MC 324D Regional Politics, Cooperation, and Conflict in Asia (4)
      20. MC 337 Global Public Health (4)
      21. MC 366 Film, History, and Nation (4)
      22. MC 369 Global Issues and Citizenship (W) (4)
      23. MC 372 Comparative Black Political Thought (4)
      24. MC 377 Cultural Politics and Post Colonialism (4)
      25. MC 382 Social Movements (4)
      26. MC 383 African American Politics (4)
      27. MC 85 Comparative Race and Ethnic Relations (4)
      28. MC 386 Women and Power in Comparative Perspective (4)
      29. MC 387 Jews and Anti-Semitism (4)
      30. MC 388 Sexual Politics: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (4)
      31. MC 482 Gender and Violent Conflict (4)
      32. PLS 304 Minority Politics (3)
      33. PLS 320 Judicial Politics (3)
      34. PLS 344 Politics of Developing Areas (3)
      35. PLS 351 African Politics (3)
      36. PLS 363 International and Domestic Political Conflict (3)
      37. PLS 364 Politics of the United Nations and International Organizations (3)
      38. PLS 422 Seminar in Political Science (W) (4)
      39. SOC 310 Global Migration (3)
      40. SOC 331 Political Sociology (3)
      41. SOC 375 Urban Sociology (3)
      42. SOC 452 Advanced Seminar in Environmental Sociology (3)
   5. (e) Special Topics courses offered by other programs with significant global studies content, as approved by the GSAH program director or the GSAH undergraduate advisor.