Global Studies BA Approved Course List Spring 2022
All courses below are approved for credit toward the Global Studies undergraduate major and appear in the Registrar’s course listings for Spring 2022. This list was updated on October 7, 2021 and changes could occur in course offerings between when this list was generated and the start of the Spring 2022 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. Students can also find the Global Studies B.A. major requirements and course approvals on our Course Catalog page.
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Students interested in receiving GLBL major approval for courses that do not appear on the approved course list should submit a petition through our new Course Credit Request System. Petitions will no longer be accepted via e-mail.
Students can also find the Global Studies B.A. major requirements and course approvals on our Course Catalog page.
Core Courses
| GLBL 210 | Global Issues and Globalization | |
| Two core courses, each from a different department: | ||
| ANTH 142 | Local Cultures, Global Forces H | |
| ASIA/RELI 181 | Modern Muslim Societies | |
| ENEC 201 | Introduction to Environment and Society H | |
| ENGL 141 | World Literatures in English | |
| GEOG 121 | Geographies of Globalization | |
| GEOG 130 | Development and Inequality: Global Perspectives H | |
| GEOG 212 | Environmental Conservation and Global Change | |
| GEOG 232 | Agriculture, Food, and Society | |
| GEOG/PWAD 120 | World Regional Geography | |
| HIST 140 | The World since 1945 | |
| MUSC 146 | Introduction to World Musics | |
| PHIL/POLI/PWAD 272 | The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense | |
| PLCY/GLBL/PWAD 110 | Global Policy Issues H | |
| POLI 130 | Introduction to Comparative Politics H | |
| POLI 150 | International Relations and Global Politics H | |
| SOCI 121 | Population Problems | |
| SOCI/WGST 124 | Sex and Gender in Society | |
GLBL Courses
GLBL 110. Global Policy Issues. 3 Credits.
Global issues are challenges whose sources, impacts, and solutions extend beyond the borders of any one country. This course introduces students to some of the most pressing issues facing populations around the globe and to possible policy responses. Honors version available
GLBL 193. Global Studies Internship. 1 Credit.
Internship in a sponsoring organization whose work or mission is meaningfully connected to a global studies topic.
GLBL 196. Independent Study. 1-12 Credits.
Permission of the instructor. Reading and research on special topics in global studies.
GLBL 210. Global Issues and Globalization. 3 Credits.
Survey of international social, political, and cultural patterns in selected societies of Africa, Asia, America, and Europe, stressing comparative analysis of conflicts and change in different historical contexts.
GLBL 281. Phillips Ambassadors Program. 3 Credits.
This academic course is mandatory for Phillips Ambassadors. Course open only to Phillips Ambassadors.
GLBL 290. Xi Jinping’s “Chinese Dream” and Taiwan, Xinjiang, and Hong Kong (must be taken for 3 credit hours- can be counted towards Asia area requirement for Global Studies major)
This course explores and analyzes the process of nation-building — not from the center of governmental power as is usually the case but from the edges — using the case of “China” as an example. It will examine this process by tracing the ways in which different boundaries were demarcated and negotiated — and re-negotiated — and their impact on people’s lives and identities. The course will pay special attention to three regions that lie on the margins, both literally and metaphorically, of the People’s Republic of China: 1) Hong Kong (a Special Administrative Region of the PRC) before and after its re-incorporation into China in 1997; 2) the territory of Taiwan that China claims to be one of its provinces but has been for years a de facto independent entity; and 3) Xinjiang (an Autonomous Region of the PRC) that is home to many of the country’s Muslim population. In addition, we will also explore the category of so-called “overseas Chinese” and Beijing’s evolving policies towards this particular “marginal constituency” as migratory patterns changed
GLBL 381. Great Decisions. 1 Credit.
Eight evening guest lectures, with a discussion session after each, on eight issues in current foreign policy. May be repeated for credit.
GLBL 394. Teaching Great Decisions II. 2 Credits.
This course links the Great Decisions lecture series with readings and analyses of international relations. Its purpose is to provide the students on the Great Decisions coordinating committee with a practical and intellectual engagement with United States foreign policy and global issues.
GLBL 415. Dealing with Difference: Criminal Justice, Race, and Social Movements in Globalization. 3 Credits.
Recommended preparation, GLBL 210. This course is dedicated to understanding how sameness and difference are used and contested globally, in particular through the criminal justice system and its intersection with race and capitalism. The course pays particular attention to popular social movement responses, and what they say to theories of difference, globalization, and social change.
GLBL 481H. NGO Politics. 3 Credits.
This course will investigate how nongovernmental organizations emerge, how they structure their organizations, how they function, and how they influence public policy.
GLBL 490. Globalized and Deglobalized Russia (can be counted towards Russia/Eastern Europe area requirement for Global Studies major)
How many waves of globalization are there? Deglobalization: how is it happening? Are there regional differences in the ways deglobalization unfolds? How do political regimes control ideologies of globalization? What is the impact of contemporary globalization on urban and social development? What is the role of cultural policy in promoting both globalization and deglobalization? In this course, we apply these and similar questions to the current trends in Russian politics, economics and culture using theoretical frameworks offered by Western and Russian scholars.
GLBL 692H. Honors in Global Studies. 3 Credits.
Permission of the instructor. 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 | 3 |
| ANTH 319 | Global Health | 3 |
| GEOG 447 | Gender, Space, and Place in the Middle East | 3 |
| GEOG 464 | Europe Today: Transnationalism, Globalisms, and the Geographies of Pan-Europe | 3 |
| GEOG 480 | Liberation Geographies: The Place, Politics, and Practice of Resistance | 3 |
| GLBL 415 | Dealing with Difference: Criminal Justice, Race, and Social Movements in Globalization | 3 |
| GLBL 481 | NGO Politics H | 3 |
| HIST 276 | The Modern Middle East | 3 |
| POLI 130 | Introduction to Comparative Politics H | 3 |
| POLI 235 | The Politics of Russia and Eurasia H | 3 |
| POLI 238 | Politics of the Global South: Latin America H | 3 |
| POLI 239 | Introduction to European Government H | 3 |
| POLI 438 | Democracy and International Institutions in an Undivided Europe | 3 |
| POLI 448 | The Politics of Multilevel Governance | 3 |
| POLI/PWAD 150 | International Relations and Global Politics H | 3 |
| PWAD 250 | Introduction to Peace and Security Studies | 3 |
| RELI 181 | Modern Muslim Societies | 3 |
| SOCI 121 | Population Problems | 3 |
| SOCI 274 | Social and Economic Justice | 3 |
GLOBAL ECONOMICS, TRADE, DEVELOPMENT
| AAAD 212 | Africa in the Global System | 3 |
| ECON 434 | History of Economic Doctrines | 3 |
| ECON 460 | International Economics | 3 |
| ECON 469 | Asian Economic Systems | 3 |
| ECON 560 | Advanced International Economics | 3 |
| GEOG 428 | Global Cities: Space, Power, and Identity in the Built Environment | 3 |
| GEOG 464 | Europe Today: Transnationalism, Globalisms, and the Geographies of Pan-Europe | 3 |
| PLAN 574 | Political Economy of Poverty and Inequality | 3 |
GLOBAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
| ANTH 147 | Comparative Healing Systems | 3 |
| ANTH 151 | Anthropological Perspectives on Food and Culture | 3 |
| ANTH 319 | Global Health | 3 |
| ANTH 470 | Medicine and Anthropology | 3 |
| ENEC 325 | Water Resource Management and Human Rights H | 3-4 |
| ENEC 330 | Principles of Sustainability | 3 |
| ENEC/GEOG 437 | Social Vulnerability to Climate Change | 3 |
| ENGL 268 | Medicine, Literature, and Culture H | 3 |
| ENVR 600 | Environmental Health | 3 |
| FREN 305 | Healthcare in France and the Francophone World | 3 |
| GEOG 237 | Natural Resources | 3 |
| GEOG 437 | Social Vulnerability to Climate Change | 3 |
| PLCY 565 | Global Health Policy | 3 |
| SOCI 469 | Health and Society | 3 |
TRANSNATIONAL CULTURES, IDENTITIES, ARTS
| ANTH 102 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 147 | Comparative Healing Systems | 3 |
| ANTH 429 | Culture and Power in Southeast Asia | 3 |
| ARTH 155 | African Art Survey | 3 |
| CMPL 143 | History of Global Cinema | 3 |
| COMM 574 | War and Culture | 3 |
| ENGL 164 | Introduction to Latina/o Studies H | 3 |
| FREN 280 | French “Discoveries” of the Americas in Translation | 3 |
| GEOG 447 | Gender, Space, and Place in the Middle East | 3 |
| ITAL 385 | Italian Landscapes: Italy in the UNESCO World Heritage List | 3 |
| MUSC 146 | Introduction to World Musics | 3 |
| RELI 285 | The Buddhist Tradition: Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka | 3 |
| SPAN 344 | Latin@ American Cultural Topics | 3 |
| WGST 124 | Sex and Gender in Society | 3 |
Area Courses
AFRICA
| AAAD 101 | Introduction to Africa | 3 |
| AAAD 201 | Introduction to African Literature | 3 |
| AAAD 212 | Africa in the Global System | 3 |
| AAAD 388 | Global Black Feminisms and Women’s Apocalyptic Writing | 3 |
| AAAD 400 | Contemporary African Politics | 3 |
| AAAD 487 | Intellectual Currents in African and African Diaspora Studies | 3 |
| HIST 130 | Modern African History | 3 |
| HIST 279 | Modern South Africa H | 3 |
| WGST/HIST 313 | Women and the Law in Africa and the Middle East | 3 |
ASIA
| ANTH 330 | Melancholy Japan: Myth, Memory, and Everyday Life | 3 |
| ASIA 231 | Bollywood Cinema | 3 |
| ASIA/RELI 285 | The Buddhist Tradition: Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka | 3 |
| CHIN 252 | Introduction to Chinese Culture through Narrative | 3 |
| CHIN 463 | Narrative Ethics in Modern China | 3 |
| HIST 288 | Japan in the 20th Century | 3 |
| JAPN 162 | Japanese Popular Culture | 3 |
| KOR 346 | Body Politics in Modern Korean Literature H | 3 |
| RELI 285 | The Buddhist Tradition: Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka | 3 |
LATIN AMERICA
| AAAD 460 | Race, Culture, and Politics in Brazil | 3 |
| AAAD 461 | Race, Gender, and Activism in Cuba | 3 |
| HIST 142 | Latin America under Colonial Rule | 3 |
| HIST 143 | Latin America since Independence | 3 |
| HIST 242 | United States-Latin American Relations | 3 |
| POLI 238 | Politics of the Global South: Latin America H | 3 |
| POLI 434 | Politics of Mexico | 3 |
| PORT 375 | Portuguese and Brazilian Fiction in Translation | 3 |
| SPAN 344 | Latin@ American Cultural Topics | 3 |
| WGST 280 | Women and Gender in Latin American History | 3 |
| WGST 352 | Rahtid Rebel Women: An Introduction to Caribbean Women | 3 |
| WGST 465 | Gender, (Im)migration, and Labor in Latina Literature | 3 |
MIDDLE EAST
| ARAB 150 | Introduction to Arab Cultures | 3 |
| GEOG 447 | Gender, Space, and Place in the Middle East | 3 |
| HIST 276 | The Modern Middle East | 3 |
| RELI 181 | Modern Muslim Societies | 3 |
| RELI 480 | Modern Muslim Literatures | 3 |
| SOCI 419 | Sociology of the Islamic World | 3 |
WESTERN EUROPE/EUROPEAN UNION
| ARTH 152 | History of Western Art II H | 3 |
| ENGL 278 | Irish Writing, 1800-2000 | 3 |
| FREN 305 | Healthcare in France and the Francophone World | 3 |
| FREN 372 | French and Francophone Studies since 1789 | 3 |
| FREN 386 | French New Wave Cinema | 3 |
| GEOG 464 | Europe Today: Transnationalism, Globalisms, and the Geographies of Pan-Europe | 3 |
| GERM 302 | Advanced Communication in German: Media, Arts, Culture | 3 |
| HIST 259 | Towards Emancipation? Women in Modern Europe | 3 |
| HIST 262 | History of the Holocaust: The Destruction of the European Jews | 3 |
| POLI 239 | Introduction to European Government H | 3 |
| POLI 438 | Democracy and International Institutions in an Undivided Europe | 3 |
| SPAN 340 | Iberian Cultural Topics | 3 |
RUSSIA/EASTERN EUROPE
| POLI 235 | The Politics of Russia and Eurasia H | 3 |