Global Studies
St. Michael’s College
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Minor Requirements:
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GL 201 – Foundations of Global Studies
1 post-proficiency Language course OR Applied Linguistics course
Study Abroad OR Study Trip experience
2 Global Studies Elective courses (see College Catalogue for GL Electives)
GL 410 – Global Studies Senior Seminar
GL Program Objectives:
 Cultivate a deeper understanding of the processes that drive globalization and the
way that globalizing forces affect our lives
 Develop an understanding of the impact of technologies on geographical, economic,
cultural, and political systems throughout the world
 Provide a forum for discussion of ethical and social issues that arise in our global
political, economic, cultural, technical, and environmental interactions
 Offer opportunities to investigate the interplay of local and global forces in
communities anywhere in the world
 Encourage the use and refinement of a second or third language, through study and
cultural immersion
 Cultivate a sophisticated perspective on global issues through study abroad or
community-engaged learning experiences linked to global justice and peace
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Contact, for more information:
Katherine E. Kirby, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Philosophy & Director of the Global Studies Program
St. Michael’s College, One Winooski Park, Colchester, VT 05439
kkirby@smcvt.edu (802) 654-2873
Why Global Studies?
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International Study – Use your Study Abroad or Community-Engaged
Learning experience to enhance your understanding of global issues and
advance your language skills
 Focus on Global Issues – Direct your academic study (in economics,
media studies, anthropology, political science, philosophy, linguistics, etc.)
toward understanding what’s happening in our global world today.
 Understand Globalization & its Effects – Gain theoretical
understanding, across disciplines, of the phenomenon of globalization and how
it affects regions of our world, local communities, and individuals.
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What are the looming water issues in South America?
What is happening in Africa regarding population, AIDS, and genocide?
How does Russia, or China, fit into the global in the 21st picture century?
How does globalization affect my local community (culture, business, food, etc.)?
How is the individual’s life different in this modern era of globalization?
After Graduation?
 International Business
 International Law
 International Media
& Marketing
 International Health
& Public Policy
 The Foreign Service
 The Peace Corps
 United Nations
 International Social Justice
 International politics
 Environmental Studies &Conservation
 Immigration Policy
or Refugee Resettlement
 Modern Languages, Translation,
Interpretation
 International NGO’s (Red Cross,
Doctors w/o Borders, etc.)
 Teaching Internationally
 International Education in the US
Some Examples of Outstanding Students’ Graduate Study…
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Jamila Headley,
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Michelle Kayser,
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Kate Mooney,
Rhodes Scholar, continued on to Oxford Graduate Studies
in International Health Policy
Pickering Fellow, continued on to graduate studies at
Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs
Katherine Fairbanks Memorial Award winner, continued on to
graduate study in Public Policy at UMASS Amherst