Global Perspective (GP) Requirement
All Alfred University undergraduate students must satisfy the Global Perspective Requirement in order to receive a Bachelor's degree.
The Global Perspective Requirement may be satisfied by:
- Taking an approved Global Perspective (GP) course
- Participating in an international co-op program or internship
- Studying Abroad Website
- Going on a course-based faculty-led international study trip
- Completing one semester of secondary or postsecondary education outside the United States (usually the case for international students)
Courses carrying the GP attribute must:
- Have an international or cross-cultural, non-US focus
- Deal substantially with contemporary or 20th century subjects and
- Foster increased understanding of groups, nations, traditions, environments or artistic, technical or scientific developments abroad
Below are some examples of approved GP courses. For a list of GP courses for an upcoming semester please check the Class Schedule on AU BannerWeb. After picking a semester, search for GP classes by using the Degree Requirement: (Attribute) box on the left of the screen, and highlighting AU: Global Perspective tab, then clicking Class Search.
Instructors may petition the Global Perspectives Committee to have their courses carry the GP attribute. For more information, please email Global Perspective Committee Chair Andrew Kless.
- ANTH 110 Cultural Anthropology - 4 Credits
- ANTH 303 Health and Culture - 4 Credits
- ANTH 304 Language and Culture - 4 Credits
- ANTH 309
- ANTH 312
- ANTH 495
- ARTH 210
- ARTH 304 Global Arts: Contemporary Asia - 4 Credits
- ARTH 352 Contemporary Projects in Art - 4 Credits
- ARTH 354 Recent Sculptural Practices - 4 Credits
- ARTH 382
- ARTH 445
- ARTH 466 Histories of Photography in the Non-Western World - 4 Credits
- BUSI 305 German Auto Industry - 4 Credits
- BUSI 457 International Business - 3 Credits
- COMM 221 Pop Culture Goes Global - 4 Credits
- COMM 315 Understanding Global Media and Cultural Change - 4 Credits
- COMM 325 Global Communication - 4 Credits
- ECON 412 International Economics - 3 Credits
- ENGL 226 The Holocaust and Literature - 4 Credits
- ENGL 481
- ENVS 101 Environmental Studies I - Natural Science - 4 Credits
- ENVS 102
- ENVS 310 Ecology of the Bahamas - 3 Credits
- EQUS 228 The Equine Industry in Ireland - 2 Credits
- FIN 458 International Financial Management - 3 Credits
- FREN 210
- FREN 316 Contemporary French Culture - 4 Credits
- FREN 485 Internship in French - 1 to 4 Credits
- GRMN 485 Internship in German - 1 to 4 Credits
- GLBS 101 Introduction to Global Studies - 4 Credits
- GLBS 210
- GLBS 213
- GLBS 215
- GLBS 216
- GLBS 221
- GLBS 315
- GLBS 325 Global Communication - 4 Credits
- GLBS 351
- GLBS 466 Histories of Photography in the Non-Western World - 4 Credits
- GLBS 495 Global Issues Seminar - 4 Credits
- HIST 107 The World in the 20th Century - 4 Credits
- HIST 111 Modern Western History - 4 Credits
- HIST 301 America in War during the 20th Century - 4 Credits
- HIST 321 The History of Fascism - 4 Credits
- HIST 322
- HIST 326
- HIST 327
- HIST 382
- HIST 383 The Nazi Holocaust - 2 Credits
- MKTG 489 International Marketing - 3 Credits
- MUSC 211 World Music - 4 Credits
- POLS 253 Dictatorship and Democracy - 4 Credits
- POLS 271
- POLS 321 The History of Fascism - 4 Credits
- POLS 351 European Politics - 4 Credits
- POLS 373 Terrorism and International Security - 4 Credits
- POLS 382 Latin American Politics - 4 Credits
- RLGS 105 Introduction to Religions of the World - 4 Credits
- RLGS 165 Asian Religions - 4 Credits
- RLGS 274 Hindu Religious Traditions - 4 Credits
- SJST 213
- SJST 217 Exiled from Justice: Equatorial Guinean Writers in Africa and Spain - 4 Credits
- SJST 226 The Holocaust and Literature - 4 Credits
- SJST 382 Gender and Art History: Feminist Art in a Global Frame - 4 Credits
- SOCI 343 Race and Ethnicity - 4 Credits
- SOCI 495
- SPAN 213
- SPAN 215
- SPAN 216
- SPAN 217 Exiled from Justice: Equatorial Guinean Writers in Africa and Spain - 4 Credits
- SPAN 218
- SPAN 312 Peninsular Culture and Literature II: 19th - 20th Century - 4 Credits
- SPAN 316 Latin American Culture and Literature II - 4 Credits
- SPAN 485 Internship in Spanish - 1 to 4 Credits
- WGST 215
- WGST 216
- WGST 382 Gender and Art History: Feminist Art in a Global Frame - 4 Credits
- WGST 481