Approved Fall 2016 Courses
All courses below are approved for credit toward the Global Studies major and appear in the Registrar’s course listings for Fall 2016. This list was compiled on March 28, 2016 and changes could occur in course offerings between when this list was generated and the start of the Fall 2016 semester. We cannot update this list with every course change that could occur so please make sure to reference the All Courses Approved for the Major page as well.
You must read this carefully:
Many departments have special topic numbers. These are denoted by an asterisk in our course lists. All special topics classes require approval from Director of Undergraduate Studies in order to receive GLBL credit. Do not assume you will receive GLBL credit for taking a special topics class if you have not petitioned the Global Studies office. Petitions will no longer be accepted via e-mail and must be submitted through our new Course Credit Request System. This system also serves students seeking to request any other type of UNC course to count towards the GLBL major.
Don’t forget, you can petition to have a class count for major credit. For courses taken as part of a study abroad program, please see the Study Abroad page.
Core Courses
GLBL 210 Global Issues & Globalization (required)
Two required, each from a different department:
ANTH 142 Local Cultures, Global Forces
DRAM 117 Perspectives in World Drama
ENEC 201 Environment and Society
ENGL 141 World Literatures in English
ENGL 265 Literature & Race, Literature and Ethnicity: La Vida Loca
GEOG 120 World Regional Geography
GEOG 121 People and Places
GEOG 123 Cultural Geography
HIST 140 The World Since 1945
PHIL/POLI/PWAD 272 Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense
PLCY 110 Global Policy Issues
POLI 130 Introduction to Comparative Politics
POLI 150 International Relations and World Politics
SOCI 111 Human Societies
SOCI 121 Population Problems
WMST 281 Gender and Global Change: Militarization and Transnational Latino/a Literature
GLBL Courses
GLBL 89H First-Year Seminar: Special Topics
GLBL 181 Teaching Great Decisions
GLBL 193 Global Studies Internship
GLBL 196 Independent Study
GLBL 210.001 Global Issues & Globalization
GLBL 210.002 Global Issues & Globalization (majors only)
GLBL 281 Phillips Ambassadors
GLBL 290 Current Topics in Global Studies
GLBL 382 Latin American Migrant Perspectives: Ethnography and Action
GLBL 381 Great Decisions
GLBL 383 Global Whiteness
GLBL 390 Current Topics in Global Studies
GLBL 394 Great Decisions and International Relations
GLBL 405 Comparative Political Economics and Development
GLBL 406 Transitions to Democracy
GLBL 450 Social Changes in Times of Crisis: Knowledge, Action, and Ontology
GLBL 481 NGO Politics
GLBL 482 Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Institutions
GLBL 483 Comparative Health Systems
GLBL 484 History and Politics of Central Asia
GLBL 485 Comparative Development
GLBL 486 Sports and Globalization
GLBL 487 Social Movements: Rethinking Globalization
GLBL 488 International Migration and Citizenship
GLBL 490 Current Topics
GLBL 560 Human Rights, Ethics, and Global Issues
GLBL 691H Honors in Global Studies
GLBL 692H Honors in Global Studies
Theme Courses
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, NATION STATES, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
AAAD 101 Introduction to Africa
ENEC/POLI 254 International Environmental Politics
GEOG 423 Social Geography
GEOG 435 Environmental Politics
GEOG 447 Gender, Space and Place in the Middle East
GEOG 453 Political Geography
GEOG 460 Geographies of Economic Change
GEOG 464 Europe Today
GLBL 450 Social Changes in Times of Crisis: Knowledge, Action, and Ontology
HNRS 352 Seminar in Social and Behavioral Sciences
POLI 130 Introduction to Comparative Politics
POLI 236 Politics of East-Central Europe
POLI 238 Latin American Politics
POLI 239 Introduction to European Government
POLI 433 Politics of the European Union
POLI 442 International Political Economy
PLCY 520 Environment and Development
PWAD 350 National and International Security
SOCI 111 Human Societies
SOCI 121 Population Problems
GLOBAL ECONOMICS, TRADE, DEVELOPMENT
AAAD 212 Africa in the Global System
ECON 434 History of Economic Doctrines
ECON 460 International Economics
ECON 465 Economic Development.
ECON 468 Principles of Soviet and Post-Soviet Economic Systems
ECON 469 Western and Asian Economic Systems
ECON 560 Advanced International Economics
GEOG 453 Political Geography
GEOG 458 Urban Latin America
GEOG 460 Geographies of Economic Change
GEOG 464 Europe Today: Transnationalism, Globalisms and the Geographies of Pan-Europe
POLI 442 International Political Economy
GLOBAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
ANTH 147 Comparative Healing Systems
ANTH 318 Human Growth and Development
ENEC 370 Agriculture and Environment
ENEC/GEOG 264 Biodiversity Conservation
ENEC/POLI 254 International Environmental Politics
ENGL 268 Literature, Medicine, and Culture
ENVR 600 Health and Environment
GEOG 269 Human-Environmental Interactions in the Galapagos Islands
GEOG 435 Environmental Politics
GEOG 445 Medical Geography
HPM 660 International and Comparative Health Systems
SOCI 469 Medicine and Society
TRANSNATIONAL CULTURES, IDENTITIES, ARTS
AAAD 284 Contemporary Perspectives on the African Diaspora in the Americas
AAAD/WMST 200 Gender and Sexuality in Africa
ANTH 102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 123 Habitat and Humanity
ANTH 147 Comparative Healing Systems
ANTH 284 Culture and Consumption
ASIA 150 Asia: An Introduction
COMM 574 War and Culture
FREN 375 Francophone Studies
GEOG 447 Gender, Space and Place in the Middle East
GLBL 383 Global Whiteness
JOMC 446 International Communication and Comparative Journalism
RELI 121 Introduction to Religion and Culture
SPAN 344 Contemporary Latin America: Mexico, Central American and the Andean Region
WMST 124 Sex and Gender in Society
Area Courses
AFRICA
AAAD 101 Introduction to African Civilization
AAAD 200 African Women: Changing Ideals and Realities
AAAD 212 Africa in the Global System
AAAD 214 Ethnography of Africa
AAAD 400 The Challenges of Democratic Governance in Africa
AAAD 414 Senegalese Society and Culture
HIST 130 20th Century Scramble for Africa
ASIA
ASIA 150 Asia: An Introduction
CHIN 253 Chinese Language and Society
HIST 136 South Asian History since 1750
LATIN AMERICA
GEOG 259 Latin America
GEOG 458 Urban Latin America: Politics, Economy, and Society
HIST 143 Latin America Since Independence
HIST 532 History of Cuba
LTAM 101 Introduction to Latin American Studies
POLI 238 Contemporary Latin American Politics
SPAN 344 Contemporary Latin America: Mexico, Central America and the Andean Region
WMST 280 Women in Latin America
MIDDLE EAST
GEOG 447 Gender, Space, and Place in the Middle East
RELI 180 Introduction to Islamic Civilization
WESTERN EUROPE/EUROPEAN UNION
DRAM 286 Modern Irish Drama
EURO/HIST 159 20th Century Europe
GEOG 464 Europe Today
GERM 280 20th Century German Philosophy and Modern Youth Cultures
GERM 302 Language and Culture: Immigration to Germany from 1955-Present
HIST 262 History of the Holocaust
HNRS 353 Seminar in Historical Analysis
ITAL 330 Italian Civilization I
ITAL 333 Italian Film and Culture
POLI 239 Introduction to European Government
POLI 433 Politics of the European Union
SPAN 340 Cultures of Contemporary Spain
RUSSIA/EASTERN EUROPE
HIST 161 Russia Becomes an Empire
POLI 236 Politics of East-Central Europe