Students who intend to declare Global Studies as their major after reading GL1101E, are required to submit their Theme, Region and Language choices for approval through the Study Plan System(Study Plan System is only applicable to Cohort 2017 and before).

Cohort 2016 onwards

The exposure course for the major will fulfil either the Faculty Exposure requirements or Unrestricted Electives credit requirement. The credits for the major do not include the exposure course for the major. You would however, need to pass the course.

Second Major in Global Studies is offered to students from Cohort 2020 onwards.

Global Studies students are encouraged to go on exchange to develop skills in not only communication but in areas where the exchange University is able to complement the major. Having said this, we do not want students to start on a language before they have chosen their Theme or Region. To narrow down on a Theme or Region, students must have done the Global Studies exposure course: GL1101E Global Issues.

The courses fulfilling the CORE (GL coded), Theme and Region are computed under the major requirement. Whereas the Language is fulfilled using the Unrestricted Electives. As such students have at least 8 Units (4Units for Cohort 2016 onwards) of elective space to read outside of their chosen Theme or Region in a three-year track. Students from Cohort 2016 onwards have only one elective space within their major.

Please be reminded that students should not read more than 50% of electives from a single discipline towards the GL major.

No, there will be no such issue with Global Studies Programme or the majors offered by the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences.

Students who with prior knowledge in a language and place in high will be allowed to read to the highest level in that language and split their language credits between two languages to fulfil the major requirements. The choice of your language must complement your Theme and/or Region and must be approved by the Academic Advisor for the programme. The choice of your language must complement your Theme and/or Region and must be approved by the Academic Advisor for the programme.

Global Studies is an open major in which students admitted to the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences can declare after they have read the exposure course GL1101E.

To minor in Global Studies, students must read the following: GL1101E, GL2101, GL2102, and GL2103 and one course from any of the Themes.

Global Studies Majors will graduate with a B.A. (Global Studies) Degree. The Theme and Region components will not be reflected on their transcript. However, the programme provides a certificate for its graduates which reflects their theme, region and language combination, if they request for it.

Yes, the MT-related courses can concurrently fulfil your MTBP and your GL major requirements as long as they are (1) part of the GL recognised list of courses, and (2) relevant to your approved theme/region or you may exercise your elective component within your major for this purpose.

Please be reminded that students should not read more than 50% from a single discipline towards the GL major.

Do take note that you may have to overload your unrestricted electives nonetheless to fulfil pre-requisites required by higher level modules which are not recognised under the GL curriculum, if necessary.

Students from Cohort 2015 may read Spanish as the Centre for Language Studies has started offering higher level courses in the language.

YaleNUS languages are also recognised to fulfil the major’s language requirements.