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Global Futures

Welcome to the Future.

OUR TRANSFORMATION FROM INTERNATIONAL AND AREA STUDIES TO GLOBAL STUDIES IS MORE THAN A NAME CHANGE. AS A GLOBAL STUDIES PROGRAM, WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING YOU WITH A BROAD AND ALSO NUANCED UNDERSTANDING OF OUR INTERCONNECTED WORLD, AND TO EXPLORING THE DIVERSITY AND RICHNESS OF CULTURES.

Check out our core course: Global Futures!

L97 GS 3020 Global Futures

In this core Global Studies (GS) course, students will develop a broad understanding of our interconnected world by exploring a series of global issues that may include but are not limited to: border crossing and forced migration, climate change, human rights, inequality, or war and conflict. We will study these issues and their interrelated qualities from a variety of perspectives and intellectual frameworks. Students will situate major developments in a historical and cultural perspective and identify and understand discipline-specific methodologies as well as the benefits and challenges of a transdisciplinary approach. Throughout the semester students will attain a shared, critical vocabulary and theoretical expertise that will enable them to bring together the range of approaches - quantitative, qualitative, mixed - used in other GS courses. Students will also hone argumentation and communication skills for their post-graduation careers, and different forms of community engagement in global contexts.
This course is required for all GS majors matriculating in Fall 2023.

Course Attributes: AS LCD; AS SSC; FA SSC; AR SSC; EN S   


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Global Futures Grants

Global Studies offers five “Global Futures” Grants of up to $2,000 each year. We aim to support projects that require cross-disciplinary approaches and transnational perspectives. All faculty and graduate students across Washington University are encouraged to apply. Our goal is to support global projects that do not fit within traditional disciplines. 

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    Applications for AY 2024-25 available now!