Global Studies BA Approved Courses Spring 2018
All courses below are approved for credit toward the Global Studies undergraduate major and appear in the Registrar’s course listings for Spring 2018. This list was compiled on October 18, 2017 and changes could occur in course offerings between when this list was generated and the start of the Spring 2018 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
ARTH 150 World Art
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
GEOG 232 Agriculture, Food, Society
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
RELI 181 Later Islamic Civilization and Modern Muslim Cultures
SOCI 111 Human Societies
SOCI 121 Population Problems
SOCI 124 Sex and Gender in Society
SOCI 133 Sociology of Politics
GLBL Courses
GLBL 210.001 Global Issues & Globalization- Dr. Nina Martin
GLBL 210.002 Global Issues & Globalization (majors only)- Dr. Michal Osterweil
GLBL 281 Phillips Ambassadors (open only to Phillips Ambassadors)
GLBL 381 Great Decisions
GLBL 382 Latin American Migrant Perspectives: Ethnography & Action- Dr. Hannah Gill
GLBL 390 Special Topics (Colonization, Migration, and National Identity)- Dr. Michael Tsin
GLBL 394 Great Decisions and International Relations
GLBL 401 Paradigms of Development and Social Change- Dr. Michal Osterweil
GLBL 413 Anthropocene Capital & Climate- Dr. Mark Driscoll
GLBL 481 NGO Politics- Dr. Erica Johnson
GLBL 492H Global Food Films- Dr. Inger Brodey
Theme Courses
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, NATION STATES, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
AAAD 101 Introduction to Africa
AAAD 307 21st Century Scramble for Africa
ANTH 319 Global Health
ARTH/HIST 514 Monuments and Memory
GEOG 435 Environment and Geography
GEOG 452 Mobile Geographies
GEOG 464 Europe Today
HIST 276 Middle East in the Modern Era
HIST 577 United States Foreign Relations
MUSC 291 Music and Politics
POLI 130 Introduction to Comparative Politics
POLI 150 International Relations and World Politics
POLI 236 Politics of East-Central Europe
POLI 238 Latin American Politics
POLI 239 Introduction to European Government
POLI 252 International Organizations and Global Issues
POLI 253 Problems in World Order
POLI 442 International Political Economy
POLI 444 Seminar on Terrorism
PWAD 252 International Organization Global Issues
PWAD 350 National and International Security
RELI 181 Later Islamic Civilization and Modern Muslim Cultures
SOCI 111 Human Societies
SOCI 121 Population Problems
SOCI 133 Sociology of Politics
GLOBAL ECONOMICS, TRADE, DEVELOPMENT
AAAD 212 Africa in the Global System
AAAD 307 The 21st Century Scramble for Africa
BUSI 611 International Development
ECON 434 History of Economic Doctrines
ECON 460 International Economics
ECON 461 European Economic Integration
ECON 465 Economic Development.
ECON 469 Western and Asian Economic Systems
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 151 Anthropological Perspectives on Food and Culture
ANTH 319 Global Health
ANTH 445 Migration and Health
ANTH 470 Medicine and Anthropology
ENVR 600 Health and Environment
GEOG 435 Environmental Politics
PLCY 565 Global Health Policy
SOCI 469 Medicine and Society
TRANSNATIONAL CULTURES, IDENTITIES, ARTS
ANTH 102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 147 Comparative Healing Systems
ARTH/HIST 514 Memories and Monuments
CMPL 143 History of Global Cinema
COMM 574 War and Culture
ENGL 364 Introduction to Latina/o Studies
GEOG 452 Mobile Geographies
MUSC 146 Introduction to World Musics
SPAN 344 Contemporary Latin America: Mexico, Central American and the Andean Region
Area Courses
AFRICA
AAAD 101 Introduction to African Civilization
AAAD 201 African Literature
AAAD 212 Africa in the Global System
AAAD 307 21st Century Scramble for Africa
AAAD 318 Politics of Cultural Production in Africa
AAAD 412 Regional Seminar in African Studies
AAAD 414 Senegalese Society and Culture
AAAD 421 Introduction to the Languages of Africa
AAAD 487 Intellectual Currents in African and African Diaspora Studies
HIST 130 20th Century Scramble for Africa
HIST 279 Modern South African History
ASIA
ANTH 330 Melancholy Japan: Myth, Memory, and Everyday Life
CHIN 252 Introduction to Chinese Culture through Narrative
CHIN 354 Chinese Culture through Calligraphy
JAPN 161 Geisha in History, Fantasy, and Fiction
JAPN 162 Japanese Pop Culture
JAPN 375 The Culture of Modern Imperial Japan
LATIN AMERICA
AAAD 260 Blacks in Latin America
GEOG 259 Latin America
GLBL 382 Latin American Migrant Perspectives: Ethnography & Action
HIST 142 Latin America under Colonial Rule
HIST 143 Latin America Since Independence
HIST 528 Guerrillas and Revolution in 20th Century Latin America
LTAM 101 Introduction to Latin American Studies
POLI 238 Contemporary Latin American Politics
POLI 434 Politics of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
SPAN 344 Contemporary Latin America: Mexico, Central America and the Andean Region
MIDDLE EAST
HIST 276 Modern Middle East
RELI 180 Introduction to Islamic Civilization
RELI 181 Modern Islamic Civilization
RELI 581 Sufism
SOCI 419 Sociology of Islam
WESTERN EUROPE/EUROPEAN UNION
ARTH 152 History of Western Art
ECON 461 European Economic Integration
FREN 350 Advanced Oral and Written French
GEOG 464 Europe Today
GERM 302 Language and Culture: Immigration to Germany from 1955-Present
HIST 259 Towards Emancipation? Women in Modern Europe
HIST 262 History of the Holocaust
ITAL 335 Topics on Italian Film and Culture: Social Issues in Italy from the 1960s-Present
ITAL 398 Undergraduate Seminar in Italian
POLI 239 Introduction to European Government
SPAN 340 Cultures of Contemporary Spain
RUSSIA/EASTERN EUROPE
HIST 161 Russia Becomes an Empire
HIST 162 Russia 1861-Present
POLI 236 Politics of East-Central Europe