Global Studies Major

Arcadia’s Global Studies major examines all forms of historical and contemporary global issues, including environmental injustices, migration, and war. The program provides an interdisciplinary, immersive experience that integrates rigorous, academic learning in the classroom with applied experiences outside of it, both at home and abroad. Our graduates are prepared to enter the workforce as Human Rights advocates. Many of our students go on to law school, graduate school or take on leadership positions in think tanks, international governmental organizations, and nonprofit organizations. Whether studying abroad at top universities overseas or engaging in applied, experiential learning with Glenside faculty, Global Studies majors combine pragmatic approaches with critical thinking and situate global processes in local contexts. By thinking through innovative solutions to global challenges and learning to be human rights advocates, students work alongside faculty to create a just world. By experiencing the interconnectedness of the world, our students are truly prepared for life in a rapidly changing global society.

Stress is put on the interconnectedness of the global and the local as well as historical and contemporary events. Lectures, readings in original and secondary sources, group discussion and presentations, fieldwork, research projects, and seminars provide a variety of techniques for understanding the world.