Global Studies and Maritime Affairs Major – CSUM

The Global Studies and Maritime Affairs ( GSMA ) course of study leads to a Bachelor of Arts degree. Students in the major develop a solid theoretical background in the social sciences, applied to the needs of the greater nautical and exile industries .
Students besides develop applied cognition relevant to government agencies, non-profit organizations, external organizations, and businesses dealing with nautical issues. specifically, students acquire a solid foundation in economic and political globalization theories, and the theories of the policy process ; an understand of global maritime history and the importance of maritime power to the might of the state of matter ; and an awareness of, and facility with, stream ball-shaped maritime issues as they relate to security, trade, and the environment .
Students gain the intellectual tools necessary to understand maritime policy issues in an increasingly globalize world. These include critical thinking, quantitative and non-quantitative research capability, leadership skills, and cultural and diversity awareness.

The GSMA major emphasizes four nautical policy areas :

• International Maritime Security
  This policy area focuses on maritime issues from a security perspective. These issues
  include the different threats in the coastal and near-coastal zones, in international
  waters, and on the high seas. Topics covered include: sea-lane security, maritime
  piracy and terrorism, illegal immigration, innocent passage, force majure, and changing
  naval policies both in the United States and in key countries around the world. A
  specific focus is on the identification of emerging maritime threats and the policies
  needed to counter these threats effectively.
• International Maritime Environmental Policy
  This policy area focuses on maritime environmental issues. The course offerings extend
  to marine policy in general, rather than just policies with a focus on shipping and
  trade. Whaling, fisheries management, and the environmental standards of shipbuilding
  are examples of issues covered. Policy ramifications of each are examined in depth.
• Maritime Law and Organizations
  This policy area focuses on international maritime law and international maritime
  organizations, such as the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III), the
  International Maritime Organization, the International Maritime Bureau, and the U.S.
  Maritime Administration (MARAD). Policy impacts of these and other organizations are
  examined in detail.
• International Maritime Trade and Policy
  This policy area focuses on maritime issues from the perspective of international
  political economy. Economic globalization is one of the most profound and far-reaching
  events of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. Its implications reach
  well into the trade and economic relations of all nations, the United States included.
  Here, the specific focus is on changing patterns of international trade and transportation,
  the globalization of the shipping industry, and the global political and economic
  forces behind these phenomena.

The objective in each of these core areas is to give students a theoretical foundation garment draw from the social science fields of international relations, political skill, public policy, history, and economics .
The theoretical tools employed will allow students to understand and analyze ship and nautical policies in a ball-shaped economic, political, and environmental context .