Paul Bowles, Professor Emeritus
Heather Smith, Professor and Acting Chair
Fiona MacDonald, Associate Professor
Agnieszka Pawlowska-Mainville, Associate Professor
Gabrielle Daoust, Assistant Professor
Luna KC, Assistant Professor
Ami Hagiwara, Senior Instructor
Website: www.unbc.ca/international-studies
Major in Global and International Studies (BA)
Joint Major in Economics and Global and International Studies (BA)
Joint Major in Global and International Studies and Political Science (BA)
Minor in Global and International Studies
Minor in Global Sustainability
Minor in Japanese Language and Culture
Our world is rapidly globalizing, bringing exciting opportunities and daunting challenges. Global and International Studies, hereafter referred to as Global Studies, seeks to tackle this brave new world in all its complexity. We train students to be global citizens, global thinkers, and global problem-solvers, and prepare them for global careers in academia, business, government, and the non-profit sector, among others. A unique feature of our program is that we train students in foreign languages.
Global Studies is a holistic and timely field of study whose scope is the whole Earth and whose eyes are on the future, aiding a global transformation toward healthy, just, peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable societies for all. The focus of our program is on the ‘big picture,’ international to global. Using multi-disciplinary, multi-perspective, local-to-global, and critical ways of thinking, students emerge from our program with knowledge of the macro-level structures, actors, processes, ideas, issues, and events shaping our planet and its societies.
Language Study in the Global and International Studies Department
Global and International Studies is the home of global language learning at ÂÜÀòÉäÇø. Join us for regularly scheduled courses in French, Japanese, and Spanish, and for beginner programming in other languages. Students may also minor in Japanese language and culture.
Introductory language courses offered by the Department of Global and International Studies are not designed for heritage speakers (speakers who have learned a given language at home or during childhood) or for students who have prior knowledge of the language in question. To ensure proper placement, such students must consult with the instructor, complete a language skill evaluation, and receive the permission of the instructor before registering for a language course.
French
| Beginning French I | |
| Beginning French II | |
| Intermediate French I | |
| Intermediate French II |
Japanese
| Beginning Japanese I | |
| Beginning Japanese II | |
| Intermediate Japanese I | |
| Intermediate Japanese II | |
| Japanese Conversation and Composition I | |
| Japanese Conversation and Composition II |
Spanish
| Beginning Spanish I | |
| Beginning Spanish II | |
| Intermediate Spanish I |
Other
| Beginning International Language I |
Major in Global and International Studies
The Global and International Studies major requires 57 credit hours of Global and International Studies coursework of which 21 credit hours are at the lower level, 30 credit hours at the upper level, and 6 credit hours from the Cultures and Regions requirement at either second- or third-year levels.
The minimum requirement for completion of a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Global and International Studies is 120 credit hours.
Program Requirements
Lower-Division Requirement
100 and 200 Level
| Peoples and Cultures | |
| The Global Age of Expansion | |
| Introduction to Global Studies | |
| Globalizations | |
| Contemporary Economic Issues | |
| Global Environmental Change | |
| Canada in Comparative Perspective |
Cultures and Regions Requirement
Two of the following:
| World Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean | |
| Republican Latin America | |
| Japanese Culture and Society | |
| Islamic Civilizations | |
| Contemporary Circumpolar North | |
| Russian Politics and Society | |
| Chinese Politics and Society | |
| European Politics and Society | |
| American Politics and Society | |
| Changing Arctic: Human and Environment Systems |
Upper Division Requirement
300 and 400 Level
At the upper-division level, students must take eight INTS upper-division courses and two non-INTS upper-division courses from the list of ancillary courses below.
INTS Upper-Division Courses (24 credit hours)
Twelve credit hours in 300-level INTS courses, not including any 300-level courses used to fulfil the Cultures and Regions Requirement.
Twelve credit hours in 400-level INTS courses, of which no more than 6 credit hours may be drawn from INTS 423-(3-9).
Non-INTS Upper-Division Courses (6 credit hours)
Students must take two courses (6 credit hours) from the list of courses below.
Note: Some of these courses have prerequisites that are not met by INTS lower-division required courses. Students must ensure that all prerequisites are fulfilled prior to registering in any course.
| Circumpolar Ethnography | |
| Comparative Study of Indigenous Peoples of the World | |
| Theory of Nation and State | |
| International Economic Relations | |
| Economics of Developing Countries | |
| Poverty, Inequality and Development | |
| Trade and the Environment | |
| Gender, Environment and Sustainability | |
| Global Environmental Policy: Energy and Climate | |
| Indigenous Issues in International Perspective | |
| Critical Development Geographies | |
| Environmental Justice | |
| Geographies of Culture, Rights and Power | |
| Global History of Public Health | |
| Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World 1 | |
| Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World 2 | |
| Aboriginal Perspectives on Land and Resource Management | |
| Society, Policy and Administration | |
| Democracy and Democratization | |
| Theories of Justice | |
| Politics of Climate Change | |
| Democracy and Diversity | |
| Comparative Federalism | |
| Comparative Northern Development | |
| Indigenous Women: Perspectives | |
| History of Feminism | |
| Contemporary Feminist Theories |
Elective and Academic Breadth
Electives at any level in any subject sufficient to ensure completion of a minimum of 120 credit hours, including any additional credits necessary to meet the Academic Breadth requirement of the University (see Academic Regulation on Academic Breadth).
Joint Major in Economics and Global and International Studies (BA)
See Calendar entry under Economics
Joint Major in Global and International Studies and Political Science (BA)
The minimum requirement for completion of a Bachelor of Arts with a joint major in Global and International Studies and Political Science is 120 credit hours.
Lower-Division Requirement
| Microeconomics | |
| Macroeconomics | |
| Statistics for Business and the Social Sciences | |
| or | Basic Statistics |
| Introduction to Global Studies | |
| Globalizations | |
| Contemporary Political Issues | |
| Canadian Government and Politics | |
| Canada in Comparative Perspective | |
| International Relations | |
| Political Philosophy: Antiquity to Early Modernity |
Upper-Division Requirement
| Origins and Evolution of Our Globalizing World | |
| Global Capstone | |
| Democracy and Democratization | |
| Political Philosophy: Early Modernity to Post-Modernity |
One of the following:
| American Politics and Society | |
| Chinese Politics and Society | |
| Russian Politics and Society | |
| European Politics and Society | |
| Contemporary Issues in the Circumpolar World | |
| Law and Indigenous Peoples |
One of the following:
| Comparative Federalism | |
| Comparative Northern Development | |
| Law and Politics in the Arctic |
Nine additional credit hours of upper division Global and International Studies (INTS) courses.
Six additional credit hours of 400-level Political Science (POLS) courses.
Six additional credit hours of 300- or 400-level Global and International Studies (INTS) or Political Science (POLS) courses.
Language and Regional Studies Requirement
One of the following:
| World Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean | |
| Republican Latin America | |
| Contemporary Circumpolar North |
Twelve credit hours of Global and International Studies (INTS) language courses. At least 6 credit hours must be in one language.
Elective and Academic Breadth
Electives at any level in any subject sufficient to ensure completion of a minimum of 120 credit hours, including any additional credits necessary to meet the Academic Breadth requirement of the University (see Academic Regulation on Academic Breadth).
Minor in Global and International Studies
Students must complete a total of 21 credit hours of Global and International Studies course work, of which 6 credit hours are and .
Students must complete:
| Introduction to Global Studies | |
| Globalizations |
Three additional credit hours of lower-level Global and International Studies coursework.
Twelve additional credit hours of upper-level Global and International Studies (INTS) courses.
A maximum of two courses (6 credit hours) used to fulfill the requirements for a major (or another minor) may also be used to fulfill the requirements for the minor in Global and International Studies.
Minor in Global Sustainability
Students must complete a total of 21 credit hours of Global and International Studies coursework:
| Globalizations | |
| Contemporary Economic Issues | |
| Global Environmental Change | |
| International Development | |
| Changing Arctic: Human and Environment Systems | |
| The Political Economy of Natural Resource Extraction | |
| Sustainability Problem-Solving |
Minor in Japanese Language and Culture
Students must complete a total of 21 credit hours of Global and International Studies coursework:
| Beginning Japanese I | |
| Beginning Japanese II | |
| Japanese Culture and Society | |
| Intermediate Japanese I | |
| Intermediate Japanese II | |
| Japanese Conversation and Composition I | |
| Japanese Conversation and Composition II |
Updated: June 26, 2024