Global Studies Registration Guide: Spring 2027

ADVISING/REGISTRATION PERIOD

Advising for Spring 2027 begins Monday, October 26 with registration start Monday, November 2 for current seniors. Check your registration times. Advisor Meetings/Communications needs to include the following: 

1. Connect with your GS faculty advisor well before your assigned registration time. Unsure who your GS advisor is? Consult GradTracker, if GS is your first major.

2. BannerWeb Must Do: Your official faculty advisor must tag BannerWeb status to “Advised” before you can access registration. If you are a double major, and GS is not your first major, the advisor for your primary or first major will change your status to “Advised,” but you should still consult with your GS advisor or the Program coordinator. Students studying abroad should email their advisors but can also find detailed registration information on the Registrar’s Office Website: Registrar’s Office Website.

3. Questions:  For questions about registration, transfer credits, approval of courses for the major, and so forth please talk with your advisor before reaching out to the GS program coordinator. 

4. Majors: Requirements for the major are listed here.   These requirements include a semester of study abroad relevant to the concentration within the major. Please consult with your GS faculty advisor before making a decision.

UPCOMING SPRING 2027 COURSES

GS 210 Planet Earth: People & Place, Finley-Brook,
2 sections/TR 10:30-11:45 or Noon-1:15

Introduces our earth as home to people and place through geographic approaches that analyze cultural, societal, economic, political, and environmental change. (AISO, FSSA, GSHC, IFEB, SLPA, SUSS)

GS 290 Introduction to Global Studies, Howell, MW 1:30-2:45

Introduces methods and questions of the international studies field through regionally diverse case studies and analyses. Topics may include identity, culture, geopolitics, war, environment, health, media, migration, and inequality. Fulfills General Education Requirement(s): AI-Social Inquiry (AISO), IF-Power/Equity/Identity/Cult (IFPE)

GS 400 Senior Seminar: Power and Space, Finley-Brook, MW 1:30-2:45 pm

Students will analyze a specific international or cross-national case study that interests them. They will use interdisciplinary methodologies to explore institutional power in a particular space, territory or borderland. Prerequisite is GS 290. Fulfills General Education Requirement(s): IF-Written Communication (IFWC)

 4. Courses by Concentration 

Go to Concentration pages on this website for Spring 2027 attributed elective course lists. GS majors must adhere to taking no more than three courses in any one department that will be applied toward a concentration. In addition to the courses listed in our schedules under the GS heading, consult listings under Anthropology, Art, Economics, English, Geography, History, Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Studies, Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Political Science, Religion, Sociology, or other departments for courses relevant to your concentration.  

 5. Internships and Independent Studies:  If interested in a GS 388 Internship or GS 390 Independent Study, please consult with your GS advisor and the GS Program Coordinator.