Global Studies at Trent University
We are all becoming increasingly aware of how integrated our world is. Economics, politics, culture as well as social and environmental issues are taking on greater international and global dimensions today. “Thinking globally” has become a requirement of living in this era of globalization. Trent’s International Studies degree options are designed for students who want to meet this challenge.
Trent is one of the few universities in Canada to offer undergraduate degree options in Global Studies. The degree options are innovative and interdisciplinary ones designed to meet the needs of students whose international interests cannot be accommodated within a major in a particular department or program. Courses in global and international studies are offered by many departments and programs at Trent including Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Economics, English Literature, Environmental and Resource Studies/Science, Geography, History, International Development Studies, Modern Languages and Literatures, Native Studies, Philosophy, Political Studies, Sociology, and Women’s Studies. While students interested in global and international studies are encouraged to pursue majors or joint majors in these fields, they can also choose from three degree options in Global Studies: 1) a Special Concentration Honours in Global Studies, 2) a Joint Major Honours program in Globalization: Communities and Identities, and 3) a Joint-Major Honours program in International Political Economy. In addition, students in other single or joint-major Honours or General programs may qualify for 4) an Emphasis in Global Studies, 5) an Emphasis in Globalization: Communities & Identities, or 6) an Emphasis in International Political Economy.
Special Concentration Degree in Global Studies
Students enrolled in the Special Concentration spend one year of undergraduate study in another country and devise their own program of study in consultation with the Program Co-ordinator. Students must include among their courses at least two of: International Development 100 (Human inequality in global perspective), History 170 (World history) and Politics 220 (Global politics), and are expected to study a language other than English to the intermediate level. Other courses are chosen from an approved list (see information sheet on Special Concentration). At least twelve courses, including those at the 100-level, must be in Global Studies. See Trent Calendar for degree requirements. For a list of courses currently approved within the Special Concentration, click here. The advisor for the Special Concentration is Dr. Michael Allcott, Trent International Program Director, 302 Champlain College, Tel: (705) 748 1280
Joint-Major Globalization:
Communities and Identities
Please note the joint-major Honours program in Globalization: Communities & Identities will not be available to students registering at the university for the first time in 2009-2010 or in subsequent years.
Current students already pursuing the joint-major will be able to complete it and should refer to the 2008-2009 Academic Calendar for details or contact Hugh Hodges at hughhodges@trentu.ca.
The joint-major Honours program in Globalization: Communities & Identities is intended for students with a particular interest in the human and cultural dimensions of globalization, which they wish to explore while pursuing a joint-major Honours option in another discipline. Encouraging students to combine relevant courses in the social sciences with those in the humanities, the program focuses on debates about globalization and its effects on culture, identity, community and diaspora. Themes include the impact of globalization on gender, race, ethnicity and aboriginal rights; postcolonialism; the globalization of popular culture, film, music and mass media; border cultures and hybrid literatures; world cities and their networks; and human rights in a global perspective. Students take a minimum of seven courses (which may not be double-counted towards another joint-major) including Anthropology 200 (Sociocultural anthropology), Cultural Studies-Native Studies 230 (Postcolonial theory), and Politics 220 (Global politics). See Trent Calendar for full description. The advisor for the Joint-Major in Globalization is Professor Hugh Hodges, English Department, 748-1011 x:1778, Traill College, Wallis Hall 124.
Joint Major in International Political Economy
The joint-major Honours program in International Political Economy (IPE) is intended for students with a particular interest in the interconnected nature of the study of politics and economics at the international and global levels, which they wish to explore while pursuing a joint-major Honours option in another discipline or program. The globalization of economic life has raised the prominence of the study of IPE in recent years among scholars and students from a wide variety of academic backgrounds such as Economics, International Development Studies, and Political Studies, as well as Anthropology, Business Administration, Canadian Studies, Environmental & Resource Science/Studies, Geography, History, Native Studies, Sociology and Women’s Studies.
Students take a minimum of seven courses (which may not be double-counted towards another joint-major) including Economics 101H & 102H (Introductory microeconomics and macroeconomics), International Development 100 (Human inequality in global perspective), and Politics 220 (Global politics). See the International Political Economy website at http://www.trentu.ca/ipe for more details or the Trent Calendar for other courses. The advisor for the Joint Major in International Political Economy is Dr. Michael Allcott, Trent International Program Director, 302 Champlain College, Tel: (705) 748 1280 Fax: 705-748-1626.
Emphasis in Global Studies
The Emphasis in Global Studies is available to students in any Honours or General program who fulfil the following requirements: a year of study abroad and successful completion of six courses in international and global studies from a list approved by the Global Studies Advisory Committee, and including at least two of: International Development 100 (Human inequality in global perspective), History 170 (World history) and Politics 220 (Global politics).
Emphasis in Globalization:
Communities and Identities
Please note the Emphasis in Globalization: Communities & Identities will not be available to students registering at the university for the first time in 2009-2010 or in subsequent years.
Current students already pursuing the joint-major will be able to complete it and should refer to the 2008-2009 Academic Calendar for details or contact Hugh Hodges at hughhodges@trentu.ca.
The Emphasis in Globalization: Communities & Identities is available to students in any Honours or General program except a joint-major in Globalization: Communities & Identities. Like the joint-major (see above), it is intended for students with a particular interest in the human and cultural dimensions of globalization. To qualify for this Emphasis, students take a minimum of six courses (which may be double-counted towards other majors) including Anthropology 200 (Sociocultural anthropology), Cultural Studies-Native Studies 230 (Postcolonial theory), and Politics 220 (Global politics). See Trent Calendar for other courses.
Emphasis in International Political Economy
The Emphasis in International Political Economy (IPE) is available to students in any Honours or General program except a joint-major in International Political Economy. Like the joint-major (see above), it is intended for students with a particular interest in the interconnected nature of the study of politics and economics at the international and global levels. To qualify for this Emphasis, students take a minimum of six courses (which may be double-counted towards other majors) including Economics 101H & 102H (Introductory microeconomics and macroeconomics), International Development 100 (Human inequality in global perspective), and Politics 220 (Global politics). See the International Political Economy website at http://www.trentu.ca/ipe for more details or the Trent Calendar for other courses.
International Development Studies Program
The emergence and consolidation of a global market economy has generated both crises and opportunities for the non-Western world of Latin America, Asia and Africa. IDS at Trent focuses on the critical analysis of social and economic change as they arise in different regions and spheres. The aim is to uncover the forces behind this transformation and examine their implications at both the local and global levels. The International Development Studies Program at Trent offers both single and joint major honours degrees, as well as a joint major general degree.
IDST offers a wide variety of course options from first year to fourth year, as well as two year abroad programs in Ecuador and Ghana (generally undertaken at the third or fourth year level). For more information, go to the Department website at www.trentu.ca/ids, or e-mail ids@trentu.ca.
Global Politics stream in the Department of Political Studies
In an age of globalization, Trent is an excellent place to study global politics. The university has special strengths in this field, and our Political Studies Department is one of the first to revamp its curriculum to meet the global challenge. For more information go to the department website at http://www.trentu.ca/politics/
Emphasis in Travel Studies
Available to students in any Honours program. It is intended for students who have a particular interest in the broad sociocultural dimensions of travel and tourism. The required courses speak specifically to the phenomenon of travel and tourism. Students will be exposed to a dialogue of critical thinking about the history of tourism in the Western World, the fascination that the motif of "travel" and "journey" has held in that world, and the social, cultural and environmental impact that the phenomenon of tourism has had, and increasingly has, around the world. The transcripts of students graduating with an Honours degree, who have successfully completed the requirements of the Emphasis, will contain the notation "with an Emphasis in Travel Studies." For more information, contact jharrison@trentu.ca.
For more information, please contact the Trent International Program at tip@trentu.ca.
