Weinberg College
of Arts & Sciences

Perspectives 2: Global Perspectives on Power, Justice, and Equity

NOTE: Students who started taking classes at Northwestern in Spring 2023 or earlier are not required to complete the US or Global perspectives (see the prior degree requirements). The information below pertains to students who start at Northwestern after Spring 2023.

About Global Perspectives on Power, Justice and Equity

The global perspective addresses the geographic and environmental conditions, historical and present social and political structures, linguistic and cultural formations of groups and individuals primarily outside the United States, focusing on the interaction among cultures.

Fulfilling Global Perspectives on Power, Justice and Equity

Students may complete Global Perspectives through completion of an approved course with a grade of D or higher. Courses are approved by the Weinberg College faculty committees and can be identified in the Undergraduate Catalog and the quarterly CAESAR class listings. Each year some courses are added to the list and others are deleted; a course must be on the approved list for the year you take it to satisfy the requirement.

A course that is used by a student to satisfy the Global Perspectives may at the same time be applied towards a different requirement (such as a major requirement, minor requirement, foundational discipline, or the advanced expression requirement), but one course may not satisfy U.S. and Global Perspectives at the same time.

2024-2025 Global Perspectives Courses

See Perspectives on Power, Justice and Equity in the Undergraduate Catalog for learning objectives and a list of courses. Some courses on the list will not be offered in 2024-25, but in a future year. Some courses on the list have prerequisites.

Mid-year updates will appear below as they become available.

¹Also FD-Social and Behavioral Sciences

²Also FD-Historical Studies

³Also FD-Ethical and Evaluative Thinking

⁴Also FD-Literature and Arts