Approved Courses for the GLBL BA- Fall 2017
All courses below are approved for credit toward the Global Studies undergraduate major and appear in the Registrar’s course listings for Fall 2017. This list was compiled on March 15, 2017 and changes could occur in course offerings between when this list was generated and the start of the Fall 2017 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. 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.
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
COMM 82 Globalizing Organizations: Food Politics
ENEC 201 Environment and Society
ENGL 141 World Literatures in English
GEOG 120 World Regional Geography
GEOG 121 People and Places
GEOG 130 Geography of the Developing World
HIST 140 The World Since 1945
MUSC 146 Introduction to World Musics
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
RELI 180 Introduction to Islamic Civilization
SOCI 121 Population Problems
SOCI 124 Sex and Gender in Society
SOCI 133 Sociology of Politics
GLBL Courses
GLBL 181 Teaching Great Decisions (Instructor: Dr. Jonathan Weiler)
GLBL 193 Global Studies Internship
GLBL 196 Independent Study
GLBL 210.001 Global Issues & Globalization (Instructor: Dr. Erica Johnson)
GLBL 210.002 Global Issues & Globalization (majors only) (Instructor: Dr. Jonathan Weiler)
GLBL 281 Phillips Ambassadors
GLBL 383 Global Whiteness (Instructor: Dr. Mark Driscoll)
GLBL 486H Sports and Globalization (Instructor: Dr. Jonathan Weiler)
GLBL 487 Social Movements: Rethinking Globalization (Instructor: Dr. Michal Osterweil)
GLBL 490 Current Topics (Fall 2017 Title: Qualitative Research Methods for Professionals, Instructor: Dr. Hannah Gill)
GLBL 692H Honors in Global Studies (Instructor: Dr. Michal Osterweil)
Theme Courses
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, NATION STATES, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
AAAD 101 Introduction to Africa
AAAD 315 Political Protest and Conflict in Africa
AMST 277 Globalization and National Identity
ANTH 280 Anthropology of War and Peace
ANTH 319 Global Health
ANTH 375 Memory, Massacres, and Monuments in Southeast Asia
ASIA 243 Political and Economic Change in Asia
ENEC/POLI 254 International Environmental Politics
GEOG 453 Political Geography
GEOG 460 Geographies of Economic Change
GEOG 464 Europe Today
GLBL 383 Global Whiteness
HNRS 352 Seminar in Social and Behavioral Sciences
MUSC 291 Music and Politics
POLI 130 Introduction to Comparative Politics
POLI 150 International Relations and World Politics
POLI 235 Politics of Russia and Eurasia
POLI 236 Politics of East-Central Europe
POLI 238 Contemporary Latin American Politics
POLI 239 Introduction to European Government
POLI 252 International Organizations and Global Issues
POLI 431 African Politics and Societies
POLI 433 Politics of the European Union
POLI 438 Democracy and International Institutions in an Undivided Europe
POLI 442 International Political Economy
POLI 443 American Foreign Policy: Formulation and Conduct
POLI 469 Conflict and Intervention in the Former Yugoslavia
PWAD 252 International Organization Global Issues
PWAD 350 National and International Security
RELI 283 The Buddhist Tradition: India, Nepal, and Tibet
SOCI 121 Population Problems
SOCI 133 Sociology of Politics
GLOBAL ECONOMICS, TRADE, DEVELOPMENT
AAAD 212 Africa in the Global System
ECON 434 History of Economic Doctrines
ECON 450 Economics of Health Care
ECON 454 The Economics of Population
ECON 460 International Economics
ECON 465 Economic Development
ECON 468 Principles of Soviet and Post-Soviet Economic Systems
ECON 469 Asian Economic Systems
ECON 560 Advanced International Economics
GEOG 453 Political Geography
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
ANTH 319 Global Health
ENEC 370 Agriculture and Environment
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 445 Medical Geography
GEOG 446 Geography of Health Care Delivery
HPM 660 International and Comparative Health Systems
SOCI 469 Medicine and Society
TRANSNATIONAL CULTURES, IDENTITIES, ARTS
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 280 Anthropology of War and Peace
ANTH 284 Culture and Consumption
ARTH 153 Introduction to South Asian Art
ARTH/ASIA 456 Art and Visual Culture of South Asia
ASIA 150 Asia: An Introduction
ASIA/RELI 183 Asian Religions
COMM 574 War and Culture
GLBL 383 Global Whiteness
MUSC 146 Introduction to World Musics
RELI 284 The Buddhist Tradition: East Asia
RELI 285 The Buddhist Tradition: Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka
SPAN 344 Latin American Cultural Topics
Area Courses
AFRICA
AAAD 101 Introduction to African Civilization
AAAD 200 Gender & Sexuality in Africa
AAAD 201 The Literature of Africa
AAAD 212 Africa in the Global System
AAAD 315 Political Protest and Conflict in Africa
AAAD 320 Music of Africa
AAAD 412 Senegalese Society and Culture
AAAD 414 Senegalese Society and Culture
AAAD 421 Introduction to the Languages of Africa
ARTH 255 African Art and Culture
POLI 431 African Politics and Societies
ASIA
ANTH 375 Memory, Massacres and Monuments in Southeast Asia
ASIA 150 Asia: An Introduction
ASIA/RELI 183 Asian Religions
ASIA 231 Bollywood Cinema
ASIA/RELI 285 The Buddhist Tradition: Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka
HIST 133 Introduction to Chinese History
HIST 136 South Asian History since 1750
JAPN 375 The Culture of Modern Imperial Japan
LATIN AMERICA
AAAD 260 Blacks in Latin America
AAAD 278 Black Caribbeans
GEOG 259 Latin America
GEOG 457 Rural Latin America: Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources
HIST 142 Latin America under Colonial Rule
HIST 143 Latin America Since Independence
MUSC 147 Intro to Latin American Music
POLI 238 Contemporary Latin American Politics
POLI 434 Politics of Mexico
PORT 387 Brazilian Religious Movements through Film and Literature
SPAN 344 Latin American Cultural Topics
MIDDLE EAST
RELI 180 Introduction to Islamic Civilization
WESTERN EUROPE/EUROPEAN UNION
CMPL/GERM 270/ JWST/RELI 239 German Culture and the Jewish Question
DRAM 289 Contemporary Irish Drama
EURO/HIST 159 From War to Prosperity: 20th Century Europe
FREN 372 Survey of French Literature III
GEOG 464 Europe Today: Transnationalism, Globalisms, and the Geographies of Pan-Europe
GERM 302 Contemporary German Society
HIST 262 History of the Holocaust
HNRS 353 Seminar in Historical Analysis
ITAL 330 Italian Civilization I
ITAL 335 Topics on Italian Film and Culture: Social Issues in Italy from the 1960s-Present
POLI 239 Introduction to European Government
POLI 433 Politics of the European Union
POLI 438 Democracy and International Institutions in an Undivided Europe
SPAN 340 Iberian Cultural Topics
RUSSIA/EASTERN EUROPE
POLI 235 Politics of Russia and Eurasia
POLI 236 Politics of East-Central Europe
POLI 469 Conflict and Intervention in the Former Yugoslavia