Global Studies BA Approved Course List Spring 2023
All courses below are approved for credit toward the Global Studies undergraduate major and appear in the Registrar’s course listings for Spring 2023. This list was updated on September 27, 2022 and changes could occur in course offerings between when this list was generated and the start of the Spring 2023 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
ANTH 142, Local Cultures, Global Forces
ARTH 150, The Visual World
ASIA/RELI 180, Introduction to Islamic Civilization
ASIA/RELI 181, Modern Muslim Societies
COMM 82, First-Year Seminar: Food Politics from an Organizational Communication Perspective,
ENEC 201, Introduction to Environment and Society
ENGL 141, World Literatures in English
GEOG 121, Geographies of Globalization
GEOG 130, Development and Inequality: Global Perspectives
GEOG 212, Environmental Conservation and Global Change
GEOG/PWAD 120, World Regional Geography
HIST 140, The World since 1945
PHIL/POLI/PWAD 272, The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense
PLCY/GLBL/PWAD 110, Global Policy Issues
POLI 130, Introduction to Comparative Politics
POLI 150, International Relations and Global Politics
SOCI 121, Population Problems
SOCI/WGST 124, Sex and Gender in Society
GLBL Courses
GLBL 210.001: Global Issues and Globalization, Monday-Wednesday, 10:10-11:00am, GEC 1015, Dr. Michal Osterweil
GLBL 221 (FY Launch): The Migratory Experience, Tuesday-Thursday, 9:30am-10:45am, GEC 1005, Dr. Carmen Huerta- Bapat
GLBL 281: Phillips Ambassadors Program, Dr. Michael Tsin
GLBL 290: Xi Jinping’s Chinese Dream and Taiwan, Xinjiang, and Hong Kong, Thursday, 2:00-4:30pm, Hanes Hall 112, Dr. Michael Tsin (can be requested to count towards Asia area)
GLBL 381: Great Decisions, Tuesday, 7:00-8:00pm, Murphey 116, Dr. Jonathan Weiler
HNRS 390.001:Love and Freedom: Spirituality and Social Change, a Global Perspective, Thursday, 12:30pm-3:00pm, Graham Memorial 35, Dr. Michal Osterweil
GLBL 394: Teaching Great Decisions II, Monday, 5:00-6:00pm, GEC 3024, Dr. Jonathan Weiler
GLBL 413: Socialist and Decolonial Ecologies, Tuesday-Thursday, 11:00am-12:15pm, GEC 1009, Dr. Mark Driscoll
GLBL 483H: Comparative Health Systems, Monday-Wednesday, 11:15am-12:30pm, GEC 3024, Dr. Erica Johnson
GLBL 486H: Sport and Globalization, Tuesday-Thursday, 9:30am-10:45am, GEC 1009, Dr. Jonathan Weiler
GLBL 490: Destruction and Reconstruction of Cities in an Age of Crisis, Tuesday-Thursday, 3:30-4:45pm, GEC 3024, Dr. Elena Trubina (can be requested to count towards Russia/Eastern Europe area)
GLBL 491H: Major Controversies in Human Rights, Tuesday-Thursday, 11:00am-12:15pm, Phillips 220, Dr. Eunice Sahle
GLBL 692H: Honors in Global Studies, Wednesday, 2:00-4:30pm, Graham Memorial 213, Dr. Erica Johnson
Theme Courses
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, NATION STATES, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
AAAD 101, Introduction to Africa, 3
AAAD 315, Political Protest and Conflict in Africa, 3
ANTH 319, Global Health, 3
ENGL 279, Migration and Globalization, 3
GEOG 423, Social Geography, 3
GEOG 435, Global Environmental Justice, 3
GEOG 453, Political Geography, 3
GLBL 221, The Migratory Experience , 3
HIST/PWAD 207, The Global Cold War, 3
HIST 276, The Modern Middle East, 3
POLI 130, Introduction to Comparative Politics, 3
POLI 238, Politics of the Global South: Latin America , 3
POLI 239, Introduction to European Government , 3
POLI 433, Politics of the European Union , 3
POLI 438, Democracy and International Institutions in an Undivided Europe, 3
POLI 448, The Politics of Multilevel Governance, 3
POLI 457, International Conflict Processes, 3
POLI 459, Trans-Atlantic Security , 3
POLI/PWAD 150, International Relations and Global Politics, 3
PWAD 250, Introduction to Peace and Security Studies, 3
RELI 181, Modern Muslim Societies, 3
SOCI 121, Population Problems, 3
GLOBAL ECONOMICS, TRADE, DEVELOPMENT
BUSI 611, International Development, 3
ECON 469, Asian Economic Systems, 3
GEOG 428, Global Cities: Space, Power, and Identity in the Built Environment, 3
GEOG 453, Political Geography, 3
GLBL 413, Socialist and Decolonial Ecologies, 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 446, Poverty, Inequality, and 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
GEOG 237, Natural Resources, 3
GEOG 435, Global Environmental Justice, 3
GEOG 437, Social Vulnerability to Climate Change, 3
GLBL 483H, Comparative Health Systems, 3
PLCY 565, Global Health Policy, 3
SOCI 469, Health and Society, 3
TRANSNATIONAL CULTURES, IDENTITIES, ARTS
AAAD 284, Contemporary Perspectives on the African Diaspora in the Americas, 3
ANTH 102, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, 3
ANTH 147, Comparative Healing Systems, 3
CMPL 143, History of Global Cinema, 3
ENGL 164, Introduction to Latina/o Studies H, 3
FREN 375, Francophone Literature and Film, 3
GLBL 486H, Sports and Globalization, 3
MEJO/WGST 442, Gender, Class, Race, and Mass Media, 3
RELI 285, The Buddhist Tradition: Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka, 3
SPAN 344, Latin@ American Cultural Topics, 3
SPAN 378, Afro-Hispanic Language Contacts, 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 214, Africa through the Ethnographic Lens, 3
AAAD 315, Political Protest and Conflict in Africa, 3
AAAD 318, Politics of Art in Africa, 3
AAAD 388, Global Black Feminisms and Women’s Apocalyptic Writing, 3
AAAD 487, Intellectual Currents in African and African Diaspora Studies, 3
HIST 130, Modern African History, 3
ASIA
ASIA/RELI 285, The Buddhist Tradition: Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka, 3
CHIN 150, Introduction to Chinese Civilization, 3
JAPN 162, Japanese Popular Culture, 3
KOR 232, Imagining the City in Modern Korea: Text, Image, Space, 3
KOR 346, Body Politics in Modern Korean Literature H, 3
RELI 285, The Buddhist Tradition: Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka, 3
*GLBL 290: Xi Jinping’s Chinese Dream and Taiwan, Xinjiang, and Hong Kong, Thursday, 2:00-4:30pm, Hanes Hall 112, Dr. Michael Tsin (can be requested to count towards Asia area)
LATIN AMERICA
ARTH 267, Latin American Modernisms, 3
HIST 142, Latin America under Colonial Rule, 3
MUSC 147, Introduction to the Music of the Américas, 3
POLI 238, Politics of the Global South: Latin America H, 3
POLI 434, Politics of Mexico, 3
PORT 388, Portuguese, Brazilian, and African Identity in Film, 3
SPAN 344, Latin@ American Cultural Topics, 3
MIDDLE EAST
ASIA 471, Gender and Sexuality in Middle Eastern Literature, 3
HIST 276, The Modern Middle East, 3
HIST 538, The Middle East and the West, 3
RELI 180, Introduction to Islamic Civilization, 3
RELI 181, Modern Muslim Societies, 3
RELI 581, Sufism, 3
WESTERN EUROPE/EUROPEAN UNION
ARTH 152, Art in Life: An Introduction to Western Art from the Renaissance to the Modern Period H, 3
ENGL 278, Irish Writing, 1800-2000, 3
FREN 389, History of French Cinema II: 1950 to the Present, 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 433, Politics of the European Union H, 3
POLI 438, Democracy and International Institutions in an Undivided Europe, 3
POLI 630, Political Contestation in Europe, 3
PORT 388, Portuguese, Brazilian, and African Identity in Film, 3
SPAN 340, Iberian Cultural Topics, 3
RUSSIA/EASTERN EUROPE
RUSS 270, Crimes and Punishments: Russian Literature of the 19th Century, 3
*GLBL 490: Destruction and Reconstruction of Cities in an Age of Crisis, Tuesday-Thursday, 3:30-4:45pm, GEC 3024, Dr. Elena Trubin (can be requested to count towards Russia/Eastern Europe area