The Department of Global Studies at UC Santa Barbara is one of the first interdisciplinary undergraduate majors in international studies in the country to focus on globalization. Faculty in the Department teach and conduct research in three thematic concentrations: 1. global culture, ideology, and religion; 2. global political economy, development, and environment; and 3. global governance, civil society, and human rights. Gifts to the Department of Global Studies contribute to the education of the next generation of leaders and global citizens, through student internships and fellowships, faculty research, as well as conference and programmatic support.