The College of Letters and Science, together with several of UWM's professional schools, offers a Bachelor of Arts and a Minor in Global Studies. These programs are designed to combine the acquisition of leadership, management, and communication skills with an in-depth understanding of global issues. Students in these programs will be uniquely prepared for careers in an increasingly integrated world.
Global Studies Courses
GLOBAL 101 Introduction to Global Studies I: People and Politics
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Fundamental aspects of globalization; how economic, political, and cultural globalism affects contemporary societies.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 190 Think Tank Learning Community I:
1 cr. Undergraduate.
Integration of social, artistic, and cultural forces into global business, economics, politics etc; discussion of case studies with working professionals.
Prerequisites: fr st only.
Course Rules: Retakable once w/chg in topic. Students may earn a max of 8 cr in the combination of Global 190, 290, 390, & 490. Not open for cr to sophs, jrs, or srs.
Last Taught: Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 192 First-Year Seminar:
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Specific topics announced in Schedule of Classes each time course is offered.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Open only to freshmen. Students may earn cr in just one L&S First-Year Sem (course numbers 192, 193, 194).
General Education Requirements: HU
Last Taught: Fall 2012.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 193 First-Year Seminar:
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Specific topics announced in Schedule of Classes each time course is offered.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Open only to freshmen. Students may earn cr in just one L&S First-Year Sem (course numbers 192, 193, 194).
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Spring 2006.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 194 First-Year Seminar:
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Selected topics announced in Schedule of Classes each time course is offered.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Open only to freshmen. Students may earn cr in just one L&S First-Year Sem (course numbers 192, 193, 194).
General Education Requirements: NS
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 199 Independent Study
1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
Independent work under supervision of faculty or academic staff member. For further information, consult the program director.
Prerequisites: 2.5 GPA; writ cons instr, prog dir, & asst dean for SAS.
Course Rules: Retakable to 6 cr max.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 201 Introduction to Global Studies II: Economics and the Environment
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Link between International trade and environmental change; conditions related to global economy; political impact of environmental change; human dimensions of international trade and environmental change.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 202 Introduction to Global Studies III: Globalization and Technology
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Globalization and information technology: history of and current trends in global transfer of technology; contemporary issues in information technology; media convergences and divisions.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 289 Internship in Global Studies, Lower Division
1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Application of basic principles of global studies in a business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate setting.
Prerequisites: Global 101(P); 2.25 gpa; cons supervising faculty member.
Course Rules: Min 40 hrs in internship req'd for 1 cr. Retakable to 6 cr max.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 290 Think Tank Learning Community II:
1 cr. Undergraduate.
Application of concepts of globalization to case studies presented by working professionals.
Prerequisites: soph st only.
Course Rules: Retakable once w/chg in topic. Students may earn a max of 8 cr in the combination of Global 190, 290, 390, & 490. Not open for cr to fr, jrs, or srs.
Last Taught: Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 297 Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: acceptance for Study Abroad Prog.
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 299 Ad Hoc:
1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires only dept & assoc dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one add'l sem.
Prerequisites: none; add'l prereqs may be assigned to specific topic.
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 311 Contexts for Global Management
3 cr. Undergraduate.
How globalization can impact the success or failure of business decisions; how business decisions can impact globalization; management in a global context.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2013.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 321 The Global City in History
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Key issues in history of the global city from Mesopotamia to the age of globalization; changing role of urban centers; global dimensions of Milwaukee's history.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2008.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 351 Language, Media, and Social Practice in Global Communications
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Explores the impact of global communications on languages and cultures; examines implications of globalization for technologically mediated forms of communication and related social practices.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 361 Environment and Sustainability
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Different answers to 'what is sustainability?' given by ecological and social thinkers.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2014.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 362 System Failure: Globalization and Language Extinction
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Role of globalization in the projected extinction of a large number of the world's languages within the next century.
Prerequisites: jr st; a course in social science; a course in linguistic anthro; or cons instr.
Course Rules: AIS 362, Anthro 362, & Global 362 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2014, Spring 2012.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 371 Rethinking Global Security
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Basic concepts for international security in the age of globalization; sources of security and insecurity from a historical perspective.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 390 Think Tank Learning Community III:
1 cr. Undergraduate.
Application of concepts of globalization to case studies presented by working professionals.
Prerequisites: jr st only.
Course Rules: Retakable once w/chg in topic. Students may earn a max of 8 cr in the combination of Global 290, 390, & 490. Not open for cr to fr, sophs, or srs.
Last Taught: Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 421 Cities in the Global Economy
3 cr. Undergraduate.
How and why globalization leaves different imprints on cities; how cities in turn constantly restructure the form of the global economy.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 439 Culture and Global Health
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Contemporary global health through the lens of cultural anthropology and related social sciences; local communities' response to globally-directed intervention into disease.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Anthro 439 & Global 439 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 442 Humanitarianism in Global Perspective
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Anthropological study of global humanitarianism through specific case studies. Themes include politics of representation, intervention, war, genocide, trauma, child soldiers, and human trafficking.
Prerequisites: jr st; a social science course (P).
Course Rules: Anthro 442 & Global 442 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2010.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 443 Medicine and Pharmaceuticals in the Global Age
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The practices of medicine and the distribution of pharmaceuticals globally.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 440(R).
Course Rules: Anthro 443 & Global 443 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2017, Spring 2015.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 446 The Re-Configuring Global Order
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Contemporary and past global forces re-configuring our world systems and economic and political orders.
Prerequisites: jr st
Last Taught: Summer 2014.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 447 The Global Politics of Human Rghts
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Historical and theoretical context of human rights discourse; anthropology of human rights; case studies of efforts to protect human rights in particular social settings.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Course Rules: Anthro 447 & Global 447 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2014, Spring 2012, Fall 2007.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 448 Intellectual Property in the Global Information Economy
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Emerging conflicts between the intellectual property rules and new information technologies; all aspects - copyright, patent, trademarks - in global contexts of biotechnology, software, print, digital media, and music industries.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2013, Summer 2011, Fall 2008.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 451 Access, Security, and Intercultural Contexts in Global Communications
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Information equity and access in a globalized context, including issues of security, intercultural communication, and current uses of communication technologies.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 461 The Politics and Policy of Sustainability
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Principles of environmental policy, governance, and management for global sustainability.
Prerequisites: jr st; CES 210(P) or cons instr.
Course Rules: CES 461, FrshWtr 461, & Global 461 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 471 Strategies for Realizing Security in Global Contexts
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Present-day strategies of those working to create or effect greater security in a global context.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 488 Elective Internship in Global Studies
1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Application of basic principles of global studies in a business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate setting.
Prerequisites: jr st; 6 cr Global 300-level or above; 2.5 gpa; cons supervising faculty member.
Course Rules: Credit granted for academic work based on 40 hours in internship for each credit. Retakable to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Summer 2015.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 489 Internship in Global Studies, Upper Division
1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Application of basic principles of global studies in a business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate setting.
Prerequisites: jr st; 6 cr Global 300-level or above; 2.5 gpa, cons supervising faculty member.
Course Rules: Min 40 hours in internship req'd for 1 cr. Retakable to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 490 Think Tank Learning Community IV:
1 cr. Undergraduate.
Application of concepts of globalization to case studies presented by working professionals.
Prerequisites: sr st only.
Course Rules: Retakable to 4 cr max w/chg in topic. Students may earn a max of 8 cr in the combination of Global 190, 290, 390, & 490. Not open for cr to fr, sophs, or jrs.
Last Taught: Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 497 Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: jr st; acceptance for Study Abroad Prog.
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 499 Ad Hoc:
1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires only dept & assoc dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one add'l sem.
Prerequisites: jr st; add'l prereqs may be assigned to specific topic.
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2008, Fall 2005.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 500 Global Studies Capstone Seminar:
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Integration of coursework in the Global Studies curriculum. Majors enroll in designated section for their Global Studies track.
Prerequisites: jr st; declared global studies major; or cons instr.
Course Rules: Not retakable.
Last Taught: Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 541 Cross-Cultural Management
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Business cultures around the world; the impact of cultural differences in international management and negotiations.
Prerequisites: jr st; Bus Adm 330(P); admis to Bus Adm major or declared Global Studies program.
Course Rules: Bus Adm 541 & Global 541(411) are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 550 Global Studies Integrated Capstone:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Integration of coursework for students in the Global Communications, Health, Security, Sustainability, and Urban Development tracks.
Prerequisites: jr st; satisfaction of OWC-A GER; declared Global Studies major or cons instr.
Course Rules: May be taken w/chg in topic to 6 cr max.
General Education Requirements: OWCB
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Spring 2017.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 551 Global Communications Capstone: Future Trends
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Global Studies-Global Communications capstone. Communication challenges that constitute & complicate global experiences; ways to respond in a manner that demonstrates competence as global communicators.
Prerequisites: jr st; declared Global Studies major; or cons instr.
Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of Global 500 w/same topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 561 Preparing for Sustainable Peacebuilding and Social Change
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Analytical framework for understanding the key social dynamics that affect sustainable social change.
Prerequisites: jr st; Global 361(P) & 461(P), or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2015, Fall 2013.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 571 Global Security Capstone: Future Trends
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Global Studies-Global Security capstone. Examination of justice and power broadly defined as they pertain to emerging trends & efforts to address anticipated problems.
Prerequisites: jr st; declared Global Studies major; or cons instr.
Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of Global 500 w/same topic.
General Education Requirements: OWCB
Last Taught: Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 597 Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enable students studying or interning abroad to receive course credit at appropriate level.
Prerequisites: jr st; Global Studies or MSP advisor approval.
Course Rules: Retakable with change in topic.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 697 Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enable students studying or interning abroad to receive course credit at appropriate level.
Prerequisites: jr st; Global Studies or MSP advisor approval.
Course Rules: Retakable with change in topic.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule
GLOBAL 699 Advanced Independent Study
1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
See Independent Study in current catalog. For further information, consult Global Studies Coordinator.
Prerequisites: jr st; 2.5 gpa; writ cons instr, prog coord, & asst dean for SAS.
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2016, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013.
Current Offerings: http://uwm.edu/schedule