Foothill College – Global Studies AA-T

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Required Core – Complete ALL of the following courses:

GLST 1 Introduction to Global Studies (4 Units)*

GLST 2 Global Issues (4 Units)*

Support Courses (24-29 units)

List A – Complete SIX courses from at least four of the five areas:

Area 1: Culture and Society:

ANTH 2A Cultural Anthropology (4 Units)*

or ANTH 2AH Honors Cultural Anthropology (4 Units)

HIST 8 History of Latin America (4 Units)

Area 2: Geography:

GEOG 1 Physical Geography (5 Units)*

or GEOG 5 Introduction to Economic Geography (4 Units)*

GEOG 2 Human Geography (4 Units)

GEOG 10 World Regional Geography (4 Units)*

Area 3: Economics:

ECON 1A Principles of Macroeconomics (5 Units)*

ECON 1A Principles of Microeconomics (5 Units)*

ECON 9 Political Economy (4 Units)*

or ECON 9H Honors Political Economy (4 Units)*

Area 4: Political Science:

POLI 2 Comparative Government & Politics (4 Units)*

or POLI 2H Honors Comparative Government & Politics (4 Units)

POLI 9 Political Economy (4 Units)

or ECON 9H Honors Political Economy (4 Units)

POLI 15 International Relations/World Politics (4 Units)*

or POLI 15 International Relations/World Politics (4 Units)*

Area 5: Humanities:

ART 2E A History of Women in Art (4.5 Units)*

or HUMN 1 Cultures, Civilizations & Ideas: The Ancient World (4 Units)*

and** HUMN 2 Cultures, Civilizations & Ideas: Of Empires & Conflict (4 Units)*

or HUMN 1H Honors Cultures, Civilizations & Ideas: The Ancient World (4 Units)

and** HUMN 2 Cultures, Civilizations & Ideas: Of Empires & Conflict (4 Units)*

or PHIL 24 Comparative World Religions: East (4 Units)

and** PHIL 25 Comparative World Religions: West (4 Units)*

ENGL 47A World Literature I (5 Units)*

or ENGL 47AH Honors World Literature I (5 Units)

ENGL 47B World Literature II (5 Units)

or ENGL 47BH Honors World Literature II (5 Units)

JAPN 4 Intermediate Japanese I (5 Units)

or SPAN 4 Intermediate Spanish I (5 Units)*

JAPN 5 Intermediate Japanese II (5 Units)*

or SPAN 5 Intermediate Spanish II (5 Units)*

JAPN 6 Intermediate Japanese III (5 Units)*

or SPAN 6 Intermediate Spanish III (5 Units)*

**Both courses must be completed to fulfill the requirement.

*The courses noted with an asterisk were offered online at least once at this college during Summer 2020, Fall 2020, Winter 2021, or Spring 2021 academic terms.

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Foothill College Global Studies AA-T

In addition to the courses listed above, complete one of the following general education patterns:

  • Option 2 – CSU General Education Breadth
  • Option 3 – IGETC – Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum

Important Note: Some of the courses listed above may require the completion of prerequisites and/or they may also satisfy general education requirements. We encourage all students to meet with a counselor, onsite or online, to create an education plan that will provide the most efficient pathway to degree completion.

The courses listed above, along with Option 2 and Option 3 may or may not be offered online every term at this college. Visit the college’s website (below) for online options in its class schedule.  If you don’t find what you need, search our online course finder to locate an equivalent online course currently available from a partner college.

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On February 23, 2021   /   Uncategorized