The Minor in International and Global Studies is an interdisciplinary minor offered under the auspices of the Geography Department in the School of Arts and Sciences (SAS), but is open to ALL Rutgers University Students. The Minor promotes an interdisciplinary understanding of global processes and relationships between places, while fostering specialization in a particular world region and its language(s). The purpose of the Minor is to prepare our students to meet the challenges of the 21st Century, including appreciating human difference from multiple disciplinary perspectives and grappling with questions of social justice.
Minor Requirements
The Minor requires 18 credits (six 3 credit courses) in the distribution below, and an approved language proficiency.
- Requirement 1: General Core: A total of 6 credits
- Requirement 2: Track Core: A total of 6 credits (students select Track 1 ,Track 2 or Track 3).
Track 1: International Politics, Economics and Business. Will enable students to address issues relating to the management of global political and economic relationships and systems.
Track 2: Global Cultures and Social Systems. Will enable students to better understand forms of human difference and their relation to social justice in diverse cultural settings.
Track 3: Environment and Development. Will enable students to address pressing global issues of the 21st century, including environmental change, human health and well being.
- Requirement 3a: Regional Specialization: A total of 6 credits (students select one of the six regions below)
- East Asia and the Pacific
- Europe and Central Asia
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Middle East and North Africa
- South Asia
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Requirement 3b: Language Proficiency: Intermediate college-level proficiency in a language approved for the selected region (Requirement 3a, see list of what languages are pre-approved for each region on degree navigator and below).
- Requirement 4: Upper level courses: A total of 9 credits in the minor must be earned at the 300-level or above. This requirement overlaps with requirements 1, 2 and 3a.
Students must receive a C or higher in each course that counts toward the MIGS minor.
Languages and Regions
East Asia and the Pacific
Chinese
French
Japanese
Korean
Europe and Central Asia
Armenian (please check with AMESALL if Intermediate studies are possible)
French
German
Greek (modern)
Hungarian
Italian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Turkish
French
Portuguese
Latin America and the Carribean
Spanish
Middle East and North Africa
Arabic
French
Hebrew
South Asia
Persian
Hindi
Sub-Saharan Africa
Twi
French
