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Star formation plays a central role in the evolution of galaxies and of theUniverse as a whole. Studies of star-forming regions in the local universe haveshown that star formation typically occurs in a clustered fashion. Building acoherent picture of how star clusters form and evolve is therefore critical toour overall understanding of the star formation process. Most clusters disruptafter they form, thus contributing to the field star population. However, themost massive and dense clusters remain bound and survive for a Hubble time.These globular clusters provide unique observational probes of the formationhistory of their host galaxies. In particular, the age and metallicity can bedetermined for each globular cluster individually, allowing the distribution ofages and metallicities within host galaxies to be constrained. We show howspace-based UV-to-near-IR imaging covering a wide field of view (>= 20 arcminper axis) and deep UV/Optical multi-object spectroscopy of globular clustersystems in nearby galaxies would allow one to place important new constraintson the formation history of early-type galaxies and their structuralsubcomponents (e.g., bulge, halo).

Space-Based UV/Optical Wide-Field Imaging and Spectroscopy: Near-Field Cosmology and Galaxy Evolution Using Globular Clusters in Nearby Galaxies