Global Studies BA Approved Courses Fall 2019
All courses below are approved for credit toward the Global Studies undergraduate major and appear in the Registrar’s course listings for Fall 2019. This list was updated on March 13, 2019 and changes could occur in course offerings between when this list was generated and the start of the Fall 2019 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. Course Description and Objectives
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
MEJO 446 International Communication and Comparative Journalism
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 111 Human Societies
SOCI 121 Population Problems
SOCI 124 Sex and Gender in Society
GLBL Courses
GLBL110 Global Policy Issues
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 383 Global Whiteness
GLBL 691H Honors in Global Studies
Theme Courses
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, NATION STATES, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
AAAD 101 Introduction to Africa
AAAD 315 Political Protest and Conflict in Africa
ANTH 280 Anthropology of War and Peace
ENEC/POLI 254 International Environmental Politics
GEOG 453 Political Geography
GLBL 383 Global Whiteness
HIST 276 Modern Middle East
HIST 577 United States Foreign Relations
MUSC 291 Music and Politics
POLI 130 Introduction to Comparative Politics
POLI/PWAD 150 International Relations and World Politics
POLI 238 Contemporary Latin American Politics
POLI 239 Introduction to European Government
POLI 260 Crisis and Change in Russia and Eastern Europe
POLI 433 Politics of the European Union
POLI 435 Democracy and Development in Latin America
POLI 438 Democracy and International Institutions in an Undivided Europe
POLI 442 International Political Economy
POLI 443 American Foreign Policy: Formulation and Conduct
POLI 444 Terrorism and International Peace
POLI/PWAD 469 Conflict and Intervention in the Former Yugoslavia
SOCI 111 Human Societies
SOCI 121 Population Problems
WGST 388 The International Politics of Sexual Reproduction
GLOBAL ECONOMICS, TRADE, DEVELOPMENT
BUSI 617 Global Marketing
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
GEOG 428 Global Cities
GEOG 453 Political Geography
GEOG 458 Urban Latin America: Politics, Economy, and Society
POLI 435 Democracy and Development in Latin America
POLI 442 International Political Economy
GLOBAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
ANTH 147 Comparative Healing Systems
ANTH 238 Human Ecology of Africa
ANTH 318 Human Growth and Development
ANTH 443 Cultures and Politics of Reproduction
ENEC 370 Agriculture and Environment
ENEC/POLI 254 International Environmental Politics
ENGL 268 Literature, Medicine, and Culture
ENVR 600 Environmental Health
ENVR 610 Global Perspectives on Environmental Health Inequalities
GEOG 237 Natural Resources
GEOG 269 Human-Environmental Interactions in the Galapagos Islands
GEOG/ENEC 451 Population, Development, and the Environment
HPM 660 International and Comparative Health Systems
SOCI 469 Medicine and Society
WGST 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/WGST 200 Gender and Sexuality in Africa
ANTH 102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 147 Comparative Healing Systems
ANTH 259 Culture and Identity
ANTH 280 Anthropology of War and Peace
ANTH 284 Culture and Consumption
ANTH 429 Culture and Power in Southeast Asia
ARTH 155 African Art Survey
ASIA 150 Asia: An Introduction
CMPL 143 History of Global Cinema
COMM 574 War and Culture
DRAM 486 Latin American Theater
FREN 375 Francophone Studies
GLBL 383 Global Whiteness
MUSC 146 Introduction to World Musics
RELI 121 Introduction to Religion and Culture
SPAN 344 Contemporary Latin America: Mexico, Central American and the Andean Region
WGST/SOCI 124 Sex and Gender in Society
Area Courses
AFRICA
AAAD 101 Introduction to Africa
AAAD 200 Gender and Sexuality in Africa
AAAD 201 Intro to African Literature
AAAD 315 Political Protest and Conflict in Africa
AAAD 421 Introduction to the Languages of Africa
ANTH 238 Human Ecology of Africa
HIST 279 Modern South African History
ASIA
ASIA 150 Asia: An Introduction
ASIA 231 Bollywood Cinema
ASIA 261 India Through Western Eyes
ASIA 331 Cracking India: Partition and Its Legacy in South Asia
CHIN 253 Chinese Language and Society
CHIN 463 Narrative Ethics in Modern China
HIST 133 Introduction to Chinese History
JAPN 375 The Culture of Modern Imperial Japan
LATIN AMERICA
AAAD 260 Blacks in Latin America
GEOG 259 Latin America
GEOG 458 Urban Latin America: Politics, Economy, and Society
HIST 532 History of Cuba
LTAM 101 Introduction to Latin American Studies
MUSC 147 Intro to Latin American Music
POLI 238 Contemporary Latin American Politics
POLI 434 Politics of Mexico
POLI 435 Democracy and Development in Latin America
SPAN 344 Latin@ American Cultural Topics
WGST 280 Women and Gender in Latin American History
WGST 388 International Politics of Sexual Reproductive Health
MIDDLE EAST
HIST 276 Modern Middle East
RELI 064 Re-introducing Islam
RELI 180 Introduction to Islamic Civilization
WESTERN EUROPE/EUROPEAN UNION
EURO/HIST 159 20th Century Europe
FREN 372 French and Francophone Studies since 1789
GERM 302 Contemporary German Society
ITAL 335 Themes in Italian Film
POLI 232H Politics of the United Kingdom
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
HIST 161 Russia Becomes an Empire
POLI 469 Conflict and Intervention in the Former Yugoslavia
POLI/PWAD/RUES/SOCI 260 Crisis and Change in Russia and East Europe