Capstone in Global Studies: Directed Readings
Prerequisites: Course requires permission of instructor; GLST will enroll approved students directly (no self-enrollment or non-GLST advisors); Course is open only to junior and senior majors and minors.
This course number may be used only exceptionally for a course of study that a student contracts with a faculty mentor of their choosing and that is not offered otherwise at Loyola. The contracted course must function as a way for students to draw together their undergraduate studies in a "capstone" fashion and in a way that is relevant to the concerns of the Global Studies Program. Students must arrange this course of study with their chosen faculty mentor. The faculty mentor should send the syllabus to the director of global studies at least one month before the start of the term in which the student plans to undertake their course of study. Students will complete a very substantial research project or paper of approximately 20,000 to 25,000 words (about 40-50 double-spaced pages) that they work on over the course of the entire semester with their faculty mentor.
Outcomes: Students will improve their research and writing skills and will acquire an in-depth knowledge of an issue critical to a comprehensive understanding of the interdisciplinary field of global studies.
This course number may be used only exceptionally for a course of study that a student contracts with a faculty mentor of their choosing and that is not offered otherwise at Loyola. The contracted course must function as a way for students to draw together their undergraduate studies in a "capstone" fashion and in a way that is relevant to the concerns of the Global Studies Program. Students must arrange this course of study with their chosen faculty mentor. The faculty mentor should send the syllabus to the director of global studies at least one month before the start of the term in which the student plans to undertake their course of study. Students will complete a very substantial research project or paper of approximately 20,000 to 25,000 words (about 40-50 double-spaced pages) that they work on over the course of the entire semester with their faculty mentor.
Outcomes: Students will improve their research and writing skills and will acquire an in-depth knowledge of an issue critical to a comprehensive understanding of the interdisciplinary field of global studies.