Core Courses
GLBL 210 Global Issues in the 20th Century (required)
ANTH 142 Local Cultures, Global Forces
COMM 82 Globalizing Organizations
DRAM 117 Perspectives in World Drama
ENEC 201 Introduction to Environment and Society
ENGL 265 Literature and Race, Literature and Ethnicity
GEOG 56 Local Places in a Globalizing World
GEOG 120 World Regional Geography
GEOG 121 Geographies of Globalization
GEOG 130 Geographical Issues in the Developing World
HIST 140 The World Since 1945
JOMC 446 Global Communication and Comparative Journalism
MUSC 146 Introduction to World Musics
PHIL/POLI/PWAD 272 The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense
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 Latina/o Literature
GLBL Courses
GLBL 181 Teaching Great Decisions
Permission of the department. This course gives credit to the Great Decisions coordinating committee for organizing the eight lectures in GLBL 381.
GLBL 193 Global Studies Internship
Department consent required.
GLBL 196 Independent Study
Permission of the instructor. Reading and research on special topics in global studies.
GLBL 210 Global Issues in the 20th Century
Survey of international social, political, and cultural patterns in selected societies of Africa, Asia, America, and Europe, stressing comparative analysis of 20th-century conflicts and change in different historical contexts.
GLBL 281 Phillips Ambassadors Program
This course is for Phillips Ambassadors only.
GLBL 383 Global Whiteness
This course looks at race as a theory and practice as it has been constructed in academic disciplines, popular culture, and social struggle.
GLBL 481 NGO Politics
This course will investigate how nongovernmental organizations emerge, how they structure their organizations, how they function, and how they influence public policy.
GLBL 490 Major Issues in Human Rights
This course will explore numerous facets of human rights. We will survey some of the major theoretical approaches to human rights: Western Liberal, Feminist, Socialist and Relativist. We will also explore the problem of genocide and the question of whether humanitarian intervention is justified to thwart the most serious human rights abuses. Additionally, we will consider how the end of the cold war and the emergence of the “era of globalization” might influence our understanding of what should properly be considered human rights abuses and whether an approach that focuses primarily on state violations of individual rights, rather than violations committed by non-state and private actors, adequately accounts for prevailing political, social and economic dynamics. We will consider the influence of the United States on global human rights, including the degree to which its foreign policy interests are in conflict with those rights and their conceptualization.
GLBL 692H Honors in Global Studies
Department Consent Required. Juniors or Seniors with a 3.3 GPA or higher. Completion of the honors thesis and an oral examination of the thesis.
Theme Courses
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, NATION STATES, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
AAAD 101 Introduction to Africa
AAAD 307 21st Century Scramble for Africa
ANTH 468 State Formation
COMM 390 Special Topics in Communication Study*
ENEC/POLI 254 International Environmental Politics
GEOG 423 Social Geography
GEOG 447 Gender, Space, and Place in the Middle East
GEOG 453 Political Geography
GEOG 460 Geographies of Economic Change
GEOG 464 Europe Today
HIST 276 The Modern Middle East
HNRS 352 Seminar in Social & Behavioral Sciences
JOMC 446 Global Communication and Comparative Journalism
POLI 130 Introduction to Comparative Politics
POLI 131 Political Change and Modernization
POLI 236 Politics of East-Central Europe
POLI 238 Contemporary Latin American Politics
POLI 239 Introduction to European Government
POLI 431 African Politics and Societies
POLI 433 Politics of the European Union
POLI 442 International Political Economy
POLI 443 American Foreign Policy: Formulation and Conduct
POLI 444 Seminar on Terrorism
POLI 457 International Conflict Processes
POLI 471 Recent Contemporary Political Thought
PWAD 350 National and International Security
SOCI 111 Human Societies
SOCI 121 Population Problems
SOCI 290 Special Topics in Sociology*
WMST 388 The International Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health
GLOBAL ECONOMICS, TRADE, DEVELOPMENT
AAAD 212 Africa in the Global System
AAAD 307 21st Century Scramble for Africa
ANTH 468 State Formation
ECON 434 History of Economic Doctrines
ECON 460 International Economics
ECON 461 European Economic Integration
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 428 Urban Social Geography
GEOG 453 Political Geography
GEOG 460 Geographies of Economic Change
GEOG 464 Europe Today
POLI 442 International Political Economy
SOCI 290 Special Topics in Sociology*
GLOBAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
ANTH 147 Comparative Healing Systems
ANTH 238 Human Ecology of Africa
ANTH 318 Human Growth and Development
ENEC 370 Agriculture and the Environment
ENEC/GEOG 264 Conservation of Biodiversity in Theory and Practice
ENEC/POLI 254 International Environmental Politics
ENGL 268 Medicine, Literature, and Culture
ENVR 600 Environmental Health
GEOG 269 Human-Environment Interactions in the Galapagos Islands
GEOG 445 Medical Geography
HNRS 352 Seminar in Social & Behavioral Sciences
HPM 660 International and Comparative Health Systems
SOCI 469 Medicine and Society
WMST 388 The International Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health
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
ANTH 477 Visual Anthropology
ARTH 153 Introduction to South Asian Art
ARTH 155 African Art Survey
ARTH 157 Introduction to Latin American Visual Culture
ASIA 150 Asia: An Introduction
COMM 574 War and Culture
GEOG 56 FYS: Local Places in a Globalizing World
GEOG 447 Gender, Space, and Place in the Middle East
GLBL 490 Current Topics
JOMC 446 Global Communication and Comparative Journalism
MUSC 146 Introduction to World Musics
RELI 121 Introduction to Religion and Culture
SPAN 344 Contemporary Latin America: Mexico, Central America, and the Andean Region
SPAN 345 Contemporary Latin America: The Caribbean and the Southern Cone
WMST 124 Sex and Gender in Society
Area Courses
AFRICA
AAAD 101 Introduction to Africa
AAAD 200 Gender and Sexuality in Africa
AAAD 201 The Literature of Africa
AAAD 212 Africa in the Global System
AAAD 214 Ethnography of Africa
AAAD 307 21st Century Scramble for Africa
AAAD 400 The Challenges of Democratic Governance in Africa
AAAD 421 Introduction to the Languages of Africa
ANTH 226 The Peoples of Africa
ANTH 238 Human Ecology of Africa
HIST 130 20th Century Scramble for Africa
POLI 431 African Politics and Societies
ASIA
ASIA 150 Asia: An Introduction
ASIA 490 Advanced Topics in Asian Studies*
ASIA/RELI 285 The Buddhist Tradition: Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka
CHIN 463 Narrative Ethics in Modern China
HIST 136 History of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh: South Asia since 1750
JAPN 490 Topics in Japanese Language and Literature
KOR 150 History, Memory, and Reality in Contemporary Korea
LATIN AMERICA
AAAD 260 Blacks in Latin America
GEOG 259 Geography of Latin America
HIST 142 Latin America under Colonial Rule
HIST 528 Guerrillas and Counterinsurgencies in Latin America
HIST 532 History of Cuba
LATM 101 Introduction to Latin American Studies
POLI 238 Contemporary Latin American Politics
POLI 434 Politics of Mexico
PORT 270 Modern Brazilian Literature in English Translation
PORT 388 Portuguese, Brazilian, and African Identity in Film
SPAN 330 Cultural History of the Hispanic World
SPAN 344 Contemporary Latin America: Mexico, Central America, and the Andean Region
SPAN 345 Contemporary Latin America: The Caribbean and the Southern Cone
WMST 290 Special Topics in Women’s Studies*
WMST 352 Rahtid Rebel Women: An Introduction to Caribbean Women
WMST 388 The International Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health
MIDDLE EAST
ARAB 452 Imagining Palestine
ASIA 490 Advanced Topics in Asian Studies*
GEOG 447 Gender, Space, and Place in the Middle East
HIST 276 The Modern Middle East
RELI 180 Introduction to Islamic Civilization
WESTERN EUROPE/EUROPEAN UNION
DRAM 286 Modern Irish Drama
ECON 461 European Economic Integration
EURO 159 20th Century Europe
FREN 372 Survey of French Literature III
FREN 377 The Evolution of Frenchness since WWII
GEOG 464 Europe Today
GERM 302 German Language and Culture
HIST 262 History of the Holocaust
HIST 390 Special Topics in History*
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
PORT 388 Portuguese, Brazilian, and African Identity in Film
SPAN 340 Cultures of Contemporary Spain
RUSSIA/EASTERN EUROPE
If your declared area in GLBL is Russia/Eastern Europe and you are trying to find classes for the fall, please contact Dr. Jonathan Weiler.