Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
South Dakota State University. Global Studies Program
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Global Studies major and minor were first offered at South Dakota State University in 2004. It is an interdisciplinary program to give students a wide variety of classes and background. This program is designed to produce graduates who are globally literate, open to diverse societies and cultures, and skilled in a modern, foreign language.
This program seeks to provide students with an up-to-date understanding of the components of global studies, appraisals of the current status of global events, and job opportunities in small international businesses, global corporations, various governmental agencies within the United States and abroad, non-governmental organizations and others. A primary objective of this program is to provide global citizen training and general learning essential for understanding and appreciating the relationship of the individual to the world community. / Global Studies is now offered through the Department of Modern Languages and Global Studies.