Global Studies Concentration
About the Program
This program explores the complex global issues facing our world in the 21st century. It is built around the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Global Challenges project, which uses the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Seven Revolutions framework. The course, POLS 805: Global Challenges, was created in collaboration with several scholars from institutions around the USA. The seven areas of future global challenges include: population, resources, technology, information, economies, conflict, and governance. All seven challenges will be introduced in POLS 805: Global Challenges, which is required before taking other courses in the concentration. Additional concentration courses will focus upon more knowledge acquisition in each challenge area.
In addition to becoming a more intelligent and responsible citizen, students with this degree may enter careers in advocacy, law or legal studies, media, non-profit, local/state/national/international government, education, or community programs.
Master of Liberal Studies is endorsed by the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs
Program Admissions Requirements
This concentration requires a 2.5 GPA on the last 60 undergraduate credit hours. The personal statement (1-2 pages) should be inspired by the following questions:
- What does it mean to engage in graduate study?
- What are three of the most crucial qualities needed to be a graduate student?
- Describe for us something you're especially proud of having achieved in your life.
One of the two required letters of recommendation should be an academic reference.
The program has a rolling admissions process, and will review completed applications as they are submitted.
Program Curriculum
MLS Core Courses: 10 credit hours (required)
- IDS 801: Introduction to Graduate Liberal Studies
- IDS 802: Ways of Knowing in Comparative Perspective
- IDS 803: Origins and Implications of the Knowledge Society
- IDS 804: Information Literacy
Concentration Core: 3 credit hours (required)
- POLS 805: Global Challenges
Students must successfully complete POLS 805 before enrolling in other concentration courses.
Choose five of the following: 15 credit hours
- HHP 610G: Global Health
- INF 610G: Public Policy, Law, and Ethics in Telecommunications
- INF 660G: Global Telecommunications Policy
- INF 684G: Foundations of Information Systems Security
- LDRS 802: Organizational Systems, Change and Leadership
- POLS 611G: Policy Analysis
- POLS 630G: International Organizations and World Politics
- POLS 631G: American Foreign Policy
- POLS 632G: Problems and Issues in World Politics
- SOC 681G: Non-Governmental Org: Global Social Innovation
Culminating Experience: 3 credit hours
- IDS 820: Projects in Liberal or Professional Studies
- Course approved by MLS Coordinator
Total Hours Required: 31 Credit Hours
Program Contact
Contact Dr. Jian Sun to see if the Master of Liberal Studies concentration in Global Studies is right for you. Once you have been admitted to this concentration, please follow the MLS Checklist, and carefully read the MLS Student Handbook.