Global Studies is a humanities-oriented major that emphasizes cultural literacy, integrative thinking, and the development of solutions-oriented understandings and approaches to complex global issues. A major in Global Studies prepares students for careers in education, international development, non-profit agencies and NGOs, translating and interpreting, public relations and marketing, government service, international law, international business, engineering, global health, and research. 

The study of languages and culture are the foundations of the GLST curriculum. Courses focus on making connections across human and natural systems, and how people experience the cultures they live in. Course topics emphasize how literature, films, new media, arts, and built environments convey values; how ideas shape the world; and how people, communities, languages, and cultures circulate around the globe. A study abroad experience, language fluency, and a required minor are all parts of the GLST curriculum.