Paul Bowles, Professor Emeritus
Jacqueline Holler, Professor and Chair
Heather Smith, Professor
Agnieszka Pawlowska-Mainville, Associate Professor
Gabrielle Daoust, Assistant Professor
Luna KC, Assistant Professor
Ami Hagiwara, Senior Instructor
Website: www.unbc.ca/international-studies
Major in Global and International Studies (BA)
Joint Major in Economics and Global and International Studies (BA)
Joint Major in Global and International Studies and Political Science (BA)
Minor in Global and International Studies
Minor in Global Sustainability
Minor in Japanese Language and Culture
Our world is rapidly globalizing, bringing exciting opportunities and daunting challenges. Global and International Studies, hereafter referred to as Global Studies, seeks to tackle this brave new world in all its complexity. We train students to be global citizens, global thinkers, and global problem-solvers, and prepare them for global careers in academia, business, government, and the non-profit sector, among others. A unique feature of our program is that we train students in foreign languages.
Global Studies is a holistic and timely field of study whose scope is the whole Earth and whose eyes are on the future, aiding a global transformation toward healthy, just, peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable societies for all. The focus of our program is on the ‘big picture,’ international to global. Using multi-disciplinary, multi-perspective, local-to-global, and critical ways of thinking, students emerge from our program with knowledge of the macro-level structures, actors, processes, ideas, issues, and events shaping our planet and its societies.
Language Study in the Global and International Studies Department
Global and International Studies is the home of global language learning at UNBC. Join us for regularly scheduled courses in French, Japanese, and Spanish, and for beginner programming in other languages. Students may also minor in Japanese language and culture.
Introductory language courses offered by the Department of Global and International Studies are not designed for heritage speakers (speakers who have learned a given language at home or during childhood) or for students who have prior knowledge of the language in question. To ensure proper placement, such students must consult with the instructor, complete a language skill evaluation, and receive the permission of the instructor before registering for a language course.
French
| INTS 171-3 | Beginning French I |
| INTS 172-3 | Beginning French II |
| INTS 271-3 | Intermediate French I |
| INTS 272-3 | Intermediate French II |
Japanese
| INTS 121-3 | Beginning Japanese I |
| INTS 122-3 | Beginning Japanese II |
| INTS 221-3 | Intermediate Japanese I |
| INTS 222-3 | Intermediate Japanese II |
| INTS 321-3 | Japanese Conversation and Composition I |
| INTS 322-3 | Japanese Conversation and Composition II |
Spanish
| INTS 181-3 | Beginning Spanish I |
| INTS 182-3 | Beginning Spanish II |
| INTS 281-3 | Intermediate Spanish I |
Other
| INTS 151-3 | Beginning International Language I |
Major in Global and International Studies
The Global and International Studies major requires 57 credit hours of Global and International Studies coursework of which 21 credit hours are at the lower level, 30 credit hours at the upper level, and 6 credit hours from the Cultures and Regions requirement at either second- or third-year levels.
The minimum requirement for completion of a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Global and International Studies is 120 credit hours.
Program Requirements
Lower-Division Requirement
100 and 200 Level
| ANTH 213-3 | Peoples and Cultures |
| HIST 240-3 | The Global Age of Expansion |
| INTS 100-3 | Introduction to Global Studies |
| INTS 210-3 | Globalizations |
| INTS 211-3 | Contemporary Economic Issues |
| INTS 225-3 | Global Environmental Change |
| POLS 202-3 | Canada in Comparative Perspective |
Cultures and Regions Requirement
Two of the following:
| GEOG 220-3 | World Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean |
| HIST 281-3 | Republican Latin America |
| INTS 208-3 | Japanese Culture and Society |
| INTS 234-3 | Introduction to Islamic Civilizations |
| INTS 240-3 | Contemporary Circumpolar North |
| INTS 311-3 | Russian Politics and Society |
| INTS 312-3 | Chinese Politics and Society |
| INTS 314-3 | European Politics and Society |
| INTS 315-3 | American Politics and Society |
| INTS 328-3 | African Politics and Society |
| INTS 340-3 | Changing Arctic: Human and Environment Systems |
| Or two language courses (6 credit hours) of any one language | |
Upper Division Requirement
300 and 400 Level
INTS Upper-Division Courses (24 credit hours)
| INTS 320-3 | The Global and the Everyday |
| INTS 490-3 | Global Capstone |
Any six additional INTS upper-division courses (18 credit hours) not including any 300-level courses used to fulfil the Cultures and Regions Requirement.
No more than 6 credit hours may be drawn from INTS 423-(3-9).
Non-INTS Upper-Division Courses (6 credit hours)
Students must take two courses (6 credit hours) from the following disciplines: Anthropology, Economics, Environmental Studies, First Nations Studies, Geography, History, Northern Studies, Natural Resources and Environmental Management, Political Science, and Women’s Studies.
Note: Some courses have prerequisites that are not met by INTS lower-division required courses. Students must ensure that all prerequisites are fulfilled prior to registering in any course.
Elective and Academic Breadth
Elective credit hours must be taken as necessary to ensure completion of a minimum of 120 credit hours, including any additional credits necessary to meet the Academic Breadth requirement of the University (see Academic Regulation on Academic Breadth).
Joint Major in Economics and Global and International Studies (BA)
See Calendar entry under Economics
Joint Major in Global and International Studies and Political Science (BA)
The minimum requirement for completion of a Bachelor of Arts with a joint major in Global and International Studies and Political Science is 120 credit hours.
Lower-Division Requirement
| INTS 100-3 | Introduction to Global Studies |
| INTS 210-3 | Globalizations |
| POLS 100-3 | Contemporary Political Issues |
| POLS 200-3 | Canadian Government and Politics |
| POLS 202-3 | Canada in Comparative Perspective |
| POLS 230-3 | International Relations |
| POLS 270-3 | Political Philosophy: Antiquity to Early Modernity |
Upper-Division Requirement
| INTS 320-3 | The Global and the Everyday |
| INTS 490-3 | Global Capstone |
| POLS 303-3 | Democracy and Democratization |
| POLS 320-3 | Canadian Politics and Policy |
| POLS 370-3 | Political Philosophy: Early Modernity to Post-Modernity |
One of the following:
| POLS 305-3 | American Politics and Society |
| POLS 309-3 | Chinese Politics and Society |
| POLS 311-3 | Russian Politics and Society |
| POLS 314-3 | European Politics and Society |
| POLS 315-3 | Contemporary Issues in the Circumpolar World |
| POLS 328-3 | African Politics and Society |
| POLS 380-3 | Law and Indigenous Peoples |
One of the following:
| POLS 414-3 | Comparative Federalism |
| POLS 415-3 | Comparative Northern Development |
| POLS 416-3 | Gender and Politics |
An additional 9 credit hours of upper division Global and International Studies (INTS) courses.
An additional 6 credit hours of 400-level Political Science (POLS) courses.
An additional 6 credit hours of 300- or 400-level Global and International Studies (INTS) or Political Science (POLS) courses.
Language and Regional Studies Requirement
One of the following:
| GEOG 220-3 | World Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean |
| HIST 281-3 | Republican Latin America |
| INTS 208-3 | Japanese Culture and Society |
| INTS 240-3 | Contemporary Circumpolar North |
| INTS 328-3 | African Politics and Society |
A minimum of 6 credit hours of Global and International Studies (INTS) language courses in one language.
Elective and Academic Breadth
Elective credit hours must be taken as necessary to ensure completion of a minimum of 120 credit hours, including any additional credits necessary to meet the Academic Breadth requirement of the University (see Academic Regulation on Academic Breadth).
Minor in Global and International Studies
Students must complete a total of 21 credit hours of Global and International Studies course work, of which 6 credit hours are INTS 100-3 and INTS 210-3.
Students must complete:
| INTS 100-3 | Introduction to Global Studies |
| INTS 210-3 | Globalizations |
Three additional credit hours of lower-level Global and International Studies coursework.
Twelve additional credit hours of upper-level Global and International Studies (INTS) courses.
A maximum of two courses (6 credit hours) used to fulfill the requirements for a major (or another minor) may also be used to fulfill the requirements for the minor in Global and International Studies.
Minor in Global Sustainability
Students must complete a total of 21 credit hours of Global and International Studies coursework:
| INTS 210-3 | Globalizations |
| INTS 211-3 | Contemporary Economic Issues |
| INTS 225-3 | Global Environmental Change |
| INTS 304-3 | International Development |
| INTS 340-3 | Changing Arctic: Human and Environment Systems |
| INTS 421-3 | The Political Economy of Natural Resource Extraction |
| INTS 425-3 | Sustainability Problem-Solving |
Minor in Japanese Language and Culture
Students must complete a total of 21 credit hours of Global and International Studies coursework:
| INTS 121-3 | Beginning Japanese I |
| INTS 122-3 | Beginning Japanese II |
| INTS 208-3 | Japanese Culture and Society |
| INTS 221-3 | Intermediate Japanese I |
| INTS 222-3 | Intermediate Japanese II |
| INTS 321-3 | Japanese Conversation and Composition I |
| INTS 322-3 | Japanese Conversation and Composition II |
Updated: May 9, 2025