Global and International Studies examines the drivers and impacts of the planet’s interconnectedness in technology, culture, sustainability, governance, and economics.

You will study critical concepts that promote healthy, just, peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable societies for all. 

This program includes four core themes:

• Global environment and sustainability
• Global cultures and diversity
• Global governance and social justice
• Global political economy and development

The world is rapidly globalizing, bringing exciting opportunities and daunting challenges. Global and International Studies, hereafter referred to as Global Studies, seeks to tackle this brave new world in all its complexity. 

The faculty at UNBC trains students to be global citizens, global thinkers, and global problem-solvers. A unique feature of this program is that it trains students in foreign languages. 

Language is the entry point for understanding the world’s cultures and equips students for studying and working abroad.

The focus of this program is on the ‘big picture,’ from international to global. 

Students emerge from this program with knowledge of the macro-level structures, actors, processes, ideas, issues, and events shaping the planet and its societies. 

Students take courses in each theme, learn to integrate across themes, and can focus on one or more themes if they so choose. 

Special attention is given to British Columbia’s immediate international neighboring regions: Asia-Pacific, Circumpolar North, and the Americas.

• Official Transcripts
• English language proficiency test scores
• Passport

Overall average of 65% minimum in the following:

• English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12
• Three Approved Academic Grade 12 Course
• Additional Grade 12 Course (Elective or Academic)

China:

• 会考 HUIKAO - Senior Secondary School Certificate or 高考GAOKAO - National College Entrance Examination: Minimum overall average grade 70% (B)
• or a pass in English plus three academic subjects and an elective.

India:

• Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC)/Standard 12/Indian School Certificate/All India School Certificate Examination. Minimum average grade 50% or higher in English 12, three academic subjects and an elective for general entry.
• Three-year diploma issued by a state board of technical education: Minimum average grade of 50% or higher for general entry.
• GCE Edexcel or Cambridge International Examinations: Minimum of two Advanced (A) level subjects and three Ordinary (O) level subjects must be completed with an overall grade point average of C or higher in order to be considered for admission.

All A level subjects presented for admission must have a grade of at least C. Students may substitute two Advanced-Subsidiary (AS) level subjects for one A-level. This is for general entry. 

Iran:

• From 2019: High School Diploma (Theoretical Stream): Minimum average grade of 12 in 5 academic courses for general entry.
• Prior to 2019: High School Diploma and pre-University Certificate. Minimum average grade of 12 or higher in pre-university courses for general entry.