Global Studies (GST)
What does it mean to be a global citizen? How do local and global beliefs, events, and institutions travel across and structure the world we live in today?
GST addresses these questions by exploring the economic, cultural, and political systems that unite and divide people across the world. Faculty who teach in GST work across a wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary fields, including history, anthropology, sociology, political economy, cultural and media studies, environmental science, and the scholarship of human rights. GST students learn to think critically about the history and practice of globalization through interpretation, empirical research, and project-based learning.
Graduating GST students are particularly well-equipped to pursue professional careers or advanced study in public policy, business, international relations, community and non-governmental organizations, law, education, media and cultural studies, and area studies.
GST Sample Courses
All Global Studies (GST) Courses
- BIS 303 History and Globalization
- BIS 313 Issues in Media Studies
- BIS 324 International Political Economy
- BIS 339 Issues in Global Culture Studies: Transnationalism and Performance
- BIS 344 International Relations
- BIS 353 Human Rights in Theory and Practice
- BIS 362 Contemporary Political Ideas and Ideologies
- BIS 369 Women Across Cultures
- BIS 402 Modern China
- BIS 441 Global Labor Markets
Global Studies Core & Affiliate Faculty
The Global Studies option prepared me well for one of the top graduate programs for Policy Studies in the country. UW Bothell's interdisciplinary emphasis on critical analysis and written communication gave me an advantage over other graduate students. Thanks to GST, today I am using my skills to form cohesive policy recommendations for the federal government.Greg Matyas Class of 2007
GST Core & Affiliate Faculty
Leslie Ashbaugh, Constantin Behler, Bruce Burgett, Steve Collins, Colin Danby, Ben Gardner, Martha Groom, Susan Harewood, Bruce Kochis, Ron Krabill, Keith Nitta, Alan Wood
GST Core & Affiliate Staff
Preparation For This Degree Option
While there are no official requirements, students choosing this degree option will find it especially helpful to have completed college coursework in economics, world history and culture, statistics, political science, geography, anthropology, and foreign languages.