{"id":58,"date":"2014-07-28T13:27:40","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T13:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2026-01-12T10:09:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:09:44","slug":"specializations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/specializations\/","title":{"rendered":"Specializations and Streams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Specializations and Streams\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"what-are-specializations-and-streams\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are Specializations and Streams?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"#Specializations_BGInS_Honours\"><strong>Specializations<\/strong> (BGInS Honours)<\/a> and <a href=\"#Streams_BGInS_General\"><strong>Streams<\/strong> (BGInS 15.0 Credit Degree)<\/a> provide depth of knowledge in a particular subject area of global and international studies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The BGInS program offers a choice of 18 different Specializations or Themes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students must choose one Specialization upon admission.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is possible to switch during the course of the degree.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is not possible to register in more than one Specialization\/Stream at a time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>15 of the Specialization are <strong>thematic<\/strong>, focusing on a disciplinary or multi-disciplinary topic in global and international studies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Three of the Specialization are <strong>regional<\/strong>, covering a geographically-defined region of the world from a multi-disciplinary perspective.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each Specialization and Stream is sponsored by a Carleton&nbsp;academic unit or faculty grouping.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"athematic-specializations-and-streams\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">a)Thematic Specializations and Streams<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized wp-image-6258\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2970\" height=\"3712\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/Brooklyn.jpg\" alt=\"Image of a student looking at the Manhattan skyline while on an International Placement\" class=\"wp-image-6258\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/Brooklyn.jpg 2970w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/Brooklyn-160x200.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/Brooklyn-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/Brooklyn-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/Brooklyn-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/Brooklyn-360x450.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2970px) 100vw, 2970px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">International Placement &#8211; New York<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/global-development\/\">Global Development<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/global-genders-and-sexualities\/\">Global Genders and Sexualities<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/global-inequalities-and-social-change\/\">Global Inequalities and Social Change<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/global-law-and-social-justice\/\">Global Law and Social Justice<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/global-media-and-communication\/\">Global Media and Communication<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/global-politics\/\">Global Politics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/global-religions\/\">Global Religions: Identity and Community&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/global-and-transnational-history\/\">Global and Transnational History<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/globalization-culture-and-power\/\">Globalization, Culture and Power<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/globalization-and-the-environment\/\">Globalization and the&nbsp;Environment<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/international-economic-policy\/\">International Economic Policy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/teaching-english-in-global-contexts\/\">Teaching English in Global Contexts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"b-regional-specializations-and-streams\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"Regional\"><\/a>b) Regional Specializations and Streams<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/africa-and-globalization\/\">Africa and Globalization<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/europe-and-russia-in-the-world\/\">Europe and Russia in the World<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/latin-american-and-caribbean-studies\/\">Latin American and Caribbean Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"specializations-bgins-honours\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"Specializations_BGInS_Honours\"><\/a><br>\nSpecializations (BGInS Honours)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The BGInS Honours degree offers a choice of 18 different Specializations.&nbsp; All students must choose one Specialization upon admission, though it is possible to switch Specializations during the first or subsequent years of study if upon entry to the new specialization they would be in good academic standing. It is not possible to register in more than one Specialization at a time.&nbsp; Each Specialization requires 7.5 credits and allows students to explore in much greater depth a particular aspect of global and international studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the Specializations build upon, and complement, the core course sequence.\u00a0\u00a0Some of the Specializations are <em>disciplinary<\/em>, offering the global and international dimension of an established academic discipline.\u00a0 Other Specializations are <em>multi-disciplinary, <\/em>providing many disciplinary perspectives on some theme or region. They are roughly equivalent in credit weight to a major within the Honours Bachelor of Arts degree.\u00a0 For those students intending to go on to graduate school, the Specializations provide the basis for entrance into cognate graduate disciplines.\u00a0 (Note, however, that students intending to go on to graduate school in Economics will most likely have to take additional elective courses in quantitative economics; see the Specialization in International Economic Policy for further details.) Each Specialization is sponsored by a Carleton\u00a0academic unit or faculty grouping.<br><a id=\"Streams_BGInS_General\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"streams-bgins-15-0-credit-degree\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Streams (BGInS 15.0 Credit Degree)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Students in the BGInS 15.0 credit degree must register in a 4.0 credit Stream.&nbsp; It is possible to switch Streams during the first or subsequent years of study if upon entry to the new Stream they would be in good academic standing; it is not possible to register in more than one Stream at a time. The Streams are in the same 18 subject areas as the Specializations. Each Stream is sponsored by a Carleton academic unit or faculty grouping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are Specializations and Streams? a)Thematic Specializations and Streams b) Regional Specializations and Streams Specializations (BGInS Honours) The BGInS Honours degree offers a choice of 18 different Specializations.&nbsp; All students must choose one Specialization upon admission, though it is possible to switch Specializations during the first or subsequent years of study if upon entry to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[],"class_list":["post-58","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10890,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions\/10890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}