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    Irvine Valley College
   
    Jun 26, 2025  
2023-2024 Catalog: September 2023 Edition 
    
2023-2024 Catalog: September 2023 Edition [ARCHIVED]

Global Studies


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Dean: Traci Fahimi, EdD
Academic Chair: Shirin Sahani
Faculty: Shirin Sahani; Joon Kil, PhD

General Information

Global Studies is an interdisciplinary program designed to enhance student knowledge and understanding of global processes and their implications for societies, markets, governments, cultures, and environments around the world. The program also introduces students to the study of global issues and perspectives while providing the methodological tools and techniques necessary to analyze them at multiple (local, regional, and international) levels. An understanding of the world’s social, economic, political, cultural, and natural systems and their growing interdependence will not only enable students to think globally, but prepare them to live, work, and participate in an increasingly globalized world as well.

Potential Careers

Examples of careers for the global studies major include the following:

  • Civil service worker

  • Congressional aide

  • Consular/embassy assistant

  • Management consultant

  • Humanitarian relief worker

  • International development consultant

  • International relations specialist

  • HR for a global company

  • Journalist

  • Legal assistant

Programs

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