Global Studies Honors Track

Expand Your Horizons with Global Studies - Interdisciplinary coursework focused on globalization, culture, and society in an ever changing world.

Honors Educational Tracks

In preparation for the interconnected world of the 21st century, the Global Studies track provides scholars with interdisciplinary, national, and international opportunities to become creative problem-solvers in a global context. Honors courses in this track introduce scholars to a broad range of historical and present-day cultures from around the world. In addition to coursework and co-curricular opportunities, this track includes a study abroad component.

Components of the Global Studies Honors Track: 

  • Coursework
    • Three global studies-related, area studies (non-US), or foreign language courses 
    • One research methodology honors course 
    • Three elective honors courses
      • ENGL102 Honors is required as of Fall 2025 for all Dorman Scholars and applies here.
    • One major capstone course
    • One HSS capstone global studies-related course
  • Study abroad experience (at least 1 from the options below)
    • NJIT honors course with faculty-led study abroad component (short or long-term)
    • Semester, summer or winter abroad through NJIT exchange partner, including Global E3 and ISEP
    • Semester, summer or winter abroad through NJIT approved 3rd party provider
    • Pre-approved short-term study abroad experiences
  • Two colloquia per semester (required to attend one Global Studies Colloquium per semester)
  • Appropriate community service (15 internal hours + 15 external hours)
  • Optional approved milestone experience: research, service abroad (such as Engineers without Borders, GlobeMed, etc.), co-ops, and internships*

*This counts as a course reduction

Educational Outcomes

  • Students will develop global awareness by learning of the interconnectedness of local, global, international, and intercultural issues, trends, and systems.
  • Students will gain global perspective and insight of local, global, international, and intercultural problems.
  • Students will engage problem solving intercultural problems at the local, global, and international scale.

Read about our short term study abroad trips to Taiwan through NJIT's collaboration with Taipei Tech, and Italy as part of Dean Hamilton's course "Dante: Heaven, Hell, and Medieval Florence."