L61 FYP 116 AMPERSAND: Geographies of Globalization & Development An optional trip at the end of the semester, after exams, will provide further opportunities for hands-on learning and interaction with organizations and people involved in the themes of the course. Through the program's additional weekly workshop, you will develop the skills and the critical consciousness to consider what it means to be a "global citizen" in today's world. Second semester, you will engage in a community-based learning project in which you partner with a local organization to explore tangible ways to foster and practice solidarity within the St. Service learning, study abroad, and internships open paths to careers in government, international organizations, law, business, education, and planning.Offering fundamental skills relevant to Global Studies, this First-Year Ampersand Program examines what it means to be a citizen of the world, challenging its participants to engage in both demanding texts and real-life scenarios. This two-semester course sequence led by three instructors from different disciplines will equip you to think critically and holistically about how our own mental maps compare to the realities of a globalized world, as well as how language plays a role in refugee resettlement within the legal, healthcare, and educational systems. The program also fosters the development of skills that are highly prized in the global workforce, such as cross-cultural sensitivity, analysis of historical context, ability to work in English and an additional language, and rich comparative skills. Coursework across multiple academic departments emphasizes critical thinking and provides several disciplinary frameworks for understanding global issues. In this major, students will learn the skills necessary to be responsive to a changing global environment as well as develop the skills to help lead change.īoise State’s Global Studies program offers a balanced core of courses in the humanities and social sciences. The Global Studies major will prepare students to work in a fluid global context in which people and businesses are on the move, where there are stark differences in people’s access to basic material goods, where there is increasing demand for natural resources and public spending, and where there is consistent contact among individuals and groups that hold different values and interests. The Global Studies major aims to prepare students as ethical, civically engaged citizens and members of a global community and workforce that increasingly demands an understanding of the complex, diverse, dynamic, and interconnected nature of today’s world. National governments, international organizations, businesses, and citizens engage with each other in a wide variety of settings as they seek to address pressing problems. The world is currently experiencing high levels of migration, communication, travel, cultural exchanges, and trade, all of which connect people across national borders. Citizens, communities, businesses and governments are influenced by local conditions but they are also strongly impacted by economic, social, and political processes that occur across the globe. Our world is increasingly interconnected.
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