• GS 3000: Globalization

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Required of all Global Studies and Cultural Geography majors. Explores concepts and history of globalization including forms and processes. Introduces historical antecedents and contemporary issues of globalization such as globalism verses globalization and Americanization, migration and cultural diffusion, civil discord, global and regional governance, technology, environment, media, gender and inequality, regionalism, and the cultural landscapes of globalization/globalism. Requires off-campus activities.
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• GS 3010: Education Abroad

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisite: GS 2010 or approval of department chair. Required of all Global Studies majors and minors. Completed after returning from the required education abroad experience, students reflect on their experiences abroad and its application to their coursework in the major/minor and application to their personal and professional lives. (Fall)
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• GS 3040: Contemporary Migration

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisite: Permission of department. Examines past and present trends in global migration; causes and effects of human movement; the impact migration has on host and home societies; emergence of transnational communities; evolving concepts of race, gender, and class in an era of accelerating globalization; and socioeconomic challenges caused by transnational immigration. Requires off-campus assignments.
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• GS 3050: Globalization Through Film

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Utilizes films to examine issues of globalization such as human diversity, movement of people and goods, and conflict. Compares and contrasts film's history (specifically Western cinema) from creation, promotion, and perpetuating views of global cultures with those films produced in Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Middle East. Some off-campus film viewing possible.
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• GS 3300: Global Studies Internship

  1.00 - 12.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: GS 2010, permission of department, and junior standing. Practical experience in a professional setting relating to Global Studies. Number of credit hours determined by hours interned and subject to advisor's approval. Six (6) hours can be applied to the major and three (3) to the minor. Pass/Fail. (Fall, Spring, Summer)
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• GS 3400: China Under Transformation

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Critical examination of the immense changes taking place in contemporary People's Republic of China. Topics covered include government, economy, political culture, family and children, sexuality, the Internet, films, avant-garde art, rock and roll, and sports with a special focus on how power and resistance to power exercised in various ways.
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• GS 3990: China and the World

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Critical examination of the nature and scope of China's global impact. Topics include international trade, human rights, security and cultural clashes with a special focus on understanding the complexity of China at the international level.
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• GS 3999: Independent Study in Global St

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisite: Permission of department. Allows senior students to explore a topic of interest related to global studies under supervision of a faculty member. May take many forms including but not limited to directed readings, applied work, assisting a faculty member with a research project, carrying out an independent research project, or other activities deemed appropriate by the supervising faculty member and the department. Public presentation of results required at completion of course. Not repeatable. (Fall, Spring, Summer)
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• GS 4000: Global Issue Human Trafficking

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: Permission of department; junior standing. Human trafficking examined globally in regards to issues of recruiting, transporting/transferring, and harboring/receiving persons through force for the purpose of exploitation. Laws and preventative measures also examined. Students research trafficking issues in global contexts and engage in Experiential Learning activities by volunteering in service projects with registered and certified local non-profit organizations, whose missions are to combat human trafficking locally and globally.
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• GS 4010: Global Warfare and Culture

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: Permission of department; junior standing. Examines the philosophical and organizational influences upon the evolution of warfare and culture through societal, strategic, organizational, military, and human dynamics. Development of a warrior ethos among various cultures also considered. Case studies and off-campus activities required.
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