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GLBL ST 1Introduction to Globalization

Global Studies · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)

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Introduction to concept and history of globalization, and to political, economic, social, and environmental dimensions of global integration today. Topics include finance and trade, colonialism, Industrial Revolution, urbanization, immigration, and climate change, among others.

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GLBL ST 1

  • GLBL ST 102Globalization: Markets and Resources
    • GLBL ST 112ADGlobalization in Context: Markets and Resources
      • GLBL ST 112BDGlobalization in Context Seminar: World Markets and Resourcesanother path to it
    • GLBL ST 112BDGlobalization in Context Seminar: World Markets and Resources
      • GLBL ST 112ADGlobalization in Context: Markets and Resourcesanother path to it
    • GLBL ST 191Variable Topics Research Seminars: Global Studies—Senior Seminar
  • GLBL ST 103Globalization: Governance and Conflict
    • GLBL ST 113ADGlobalization in Context: Governance and Conflictanother path to it
    • GLBL ST 113BDGlobalization in Context Seminar: World Governanceanother path to it
    • GLBL ST 191Variable Topics Research Seminars: Global Studies—Senior Seminaranother path to it
  • GLBL ST 104Globalization: Culture and Society
    • GLBL ST 114ADGlobalization in Context: Culture and Society
      • GLBL ST 114BDGlobalization in Context Seminar: World Culture and Societyanother path to it
    • GLBL ST 114BDGlobalization in Context Seminar: World Culture and Society
      • GLBL ST 114ADGlobalization in Context: Culture and Societyanother path to it
    • GLBL ST 191Variable Topics Research Seminars: Global Studies—Senior Seminaranother path to it
  • GLBL ST 113ADGlobalization in Context: Governance and Conflict
    • GLBL ST 113BDGlobalization in Context Seminar: World Governanceanother path to it
  • GLBL ST 113BDGlobalization in Context Seminar: World Governance
    • GLBL ST 113ADGlobalization in Context: Governance and Conflictanother path to it
  • GLBL ST 145Rethinking Global Capitalism: Race, Class, Gender, History

6 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 21 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

  • Fall 2025
  • Winter 2026
  • Summer 2026
  • Fall 2026
  • Winter 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.