Supplementary Global Affairs Major
Supplementary Global Affairs Major
Notice to students:
Starting fall 2022, the supplementary major will cease to accept new students. Students interested in global affairs are advised to declare global affairs as either their first primary major or a second primary major. Students currently enrolled in the supplementary major may finish the program.
The Keough School undergraduate supplementary major in global affairs is an interdisciplinary and integrated study of contemporary global issues, grounded in a human-centered approach. This approach demands that future policymakers consider those affected by the world’s most daunting challenges first.
A supplementary major
Our program is designed to enhance and add breadth to work in your primary major at Notre Dame. It offers you the opportunity to overlay a global, disciplinary way of thinking to your primary studies in business, engineering, science, architecture, or arts & letters. You must complete the credit requirements of your primary major, in addition to the requirements of the global affairs major at the Keough School.
IN BRIEF:
30 credits
5 core courses
5 concentration options
2 cultural competency requirements
Core Courses
Develop foundational skills and an integrated mindset for a global career.
- KSGA 10001 Introduction to Global Affairs and Integral Human Development (3 credits)
- KSGA 10002 Principles of Economics (3 credits)
- KSGA 30001 International Economics (3 credits)
- A global politics course (3 credits)*
- A global cultures course (3 credits)*
*For the global cultures and global politics course requirements, you will select from a list of courses offered in different departments across campus as well as in the Keough School; approved courses are listed each semester under Course Attribute GLBC (global cultures) and GLBP (global politics).
Concentrations
Select five courses* in a concentration of your choosing.
- Global Asia (ASIA)
- Transnational Europe (EURO)
- International Development Studies (IDS)
- Irish Studies (IRST)
- Peace Studies (IIPS)
- Civil & Human Rights (CHR)
- Global Policy Studies
- Religion and Global Affairs
- Latin American Studies
- African Studies
*To complete your concentration course requirements, you will select from a list of courses offered by the Keough School, its global institutes, and other colleges and schools across the Notre Dame campus; approved courses are listed each semester under their respective Subject Codes (shown above).
Cultural Competency
All students are required to attain a proficiency in a contemporary or spoken second language and participate in an immersive cross-cultural experience.
You will work with a Keough School advisor to plan and complete these two cross-cultural requirements.
Many courses in the global affairs major can also fulfill university and college requirements.
Contact the Keough School Academic Advisor for further guidance and information.