Global Studies BA Approved Courses Spring 2019
All courses below are approved for credit toward the Global Studies undergraduate major and appear in the Registrar’s course listings for Spring 2019. This list was updated on October 8, 2018 and changes could occur in course offerings between when this list was generated and the start of the Spring 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
ENEC 201 Environment and Society
ENGL 141 World Literatures in English
GEOG 056 FYS: Local Places in a Globalizing World
GEOG 120 World Regional Geography
GEOG 121 People and Places
GEOG 123 Cultural Geography
GEOG 130 Geographical Issues in 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/GLBL 110 Global Policy Issues
POLI 130 Introduction to Comparative Politics
POLI 150 International Relations and World Politics
RELI 180 Introduction to Islamic Civilization
SOCI 121 Population Problems
SOCI 124 Sex and Gender in Society
WGST 281 Gender and Global Change
GLBL Courses
GLBL 210.001 Global Issues & Globalization
GLBL 210.002 Global Issues & Globalization (majors only)
GLBL 281 Phillips Ambassadors
GLBL 381 Great Decisions
GLBL 382 Latin American Migrant Perspectives: Ethnography & Action
GLBL 394 Great Decisions and International Relations
GLBL 413 Anthropocene Capital & Climate
GLBL 450 Social Changes in Times of Crisis: Knowledge, Action, and Ontology
GLBL 481H NGO Politics
GLBL 692H Honors in Global Studies
Theme Courses
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, NATION STATES, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
AAAD 101 Introduction to Africa
ANTH 319 Global Health
ASIA/HIST/PWAD 281 The Pacific War
GEOG 452 Mobile Geographies
GEOG 464 Europe Today: Transnationalism, Globalisms, and the Geographies of Pan-Europe
GLBL 450 Social Change in Times of Crisis: Knowledge, Action, and Ontology
GLBL 481H NGO Politics
HIST 276 The Modern Middle East
HIST 577 United States Foreign Relations in the 20th Century
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 431 African Politics & Societies
POLI 433 Politics of the European Union
POLI 444 Terrorism and International Peace
POLI 448 The Politics of Multilevel Governance
POLI 471 Contemporary Political Thought
PWAD 350 Introduction to Peace & Security Studies
SOCI 121 Population Problems
GLOBAL ECONOMICS, TRADE, DEVELOPMENT
AAAD 212 Africa in the Global System
BUSI 611 International Development
BUSI 617 Global Marketing
ECON 434 History of Economic Doctrines
ECON 460 International Economics
ECON 461 European Economic Integration
ECON 465 Economic Development.
ECON 469 Asian Economic Systems
GEOG 464 Europe Today: Transnationalism, Globalisms, and the Geographies of Pan-Europe
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 457 Rural Latin America: Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources
PLCY 565 Global Health Policy
SOCI 469 Health and Society
TRANSNATIONAL CULTURES, IDENTITIES, ARTS
AAAD 284 Contemporary Perspectives on the African Diaspora in the Americas
ANTH 102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 147 Comparative Healing Systems
CMPL 143 History of Global Cinema
GEOG 056 FYS: Local Places in a Globalizing World
GEOG 452 Mobile Geographies
MUSC 146 Introduction to World Musics
RELI 121 Introduction to Religion and Culture
RELI 284 The Buddhist Tradition: East Asia
SPAN 344 Latin@ American Cultural Topics
WGST/SOCI 124 Sex and Gender in Society
Area Courses
AFRICA
AAAD 101 Introduction to Africa
AAAD 201 African Literature
AAAD 212 Africa in the Global System
AAAD 214 Africa through the Ethnographic Lens
AAAD 318 Politics of Art in Africa
AAAD 414 Senegalese Society and Culture
AAAD 421 Introduction to the Languages of Africa
AAAD 487 Intellectual Currents in African and African Diaspora Studies
ARTH 255 African Art and Culture
HIST 130 Modern African History
POLI 431 African Politics & Societies
ASIA
CHIN 252 Introduction to Chinese Culture through Narrative
CHIN 354 Chinese Culture through Calligraphy
CHIN 463 Narrative Ethics in Modern China
JAPN 161 Geisha in History, Fantasy, and Fiction
JAPN 162 Japanese Popular Culture
JAPN 375 The Culture of Modern Imperial Japan, 1900-1945
LATIN AMERICA
GEOG 259 Geography of Latin America
GEOG 457 Rural Latin America: Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources
GLBL 382 Latin American Migrant Perspectives: Ethnography & Action
HIST 143 Latin America Since Independence
HIST 242 United States-Latin American Relations
MEJO 447 International Media Studies
POLI 238 Contemporary Latin American Politics
POLI 434 Politics of Mexico
SPAN 344 Latin@ American Cultural Topics
MIDDLE EAST
HIST 276 Modern Middle East
RELI 180 Introduction to Islamic Civilization
RELI 584 The Qur’an as Literature
WESTERN EUROPE/EUROPEAN UNION
DRAM 286 Modern Irish Drama
ECON 461 European Economic Integration
ENGL 278 Irish Writing, 1800-2000
FREN 350 Advanced Oral and Written French
GEOG 464 Europe Today: Transnationalism, Globalisms, and the Geographies of Pan-Europe
GERM 302 Contemporary German Society
HIST 259 Towards Emancipation? Women in Modern Europe
HIST 262 History of the Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jews
POLI 232H Politics of the United Kingdom
POLI 239 Introduction to European Government
POLI 433 Politics of the European Union
POLI 630 Political Contestation in Europe
SPAN 340 Iberian Cultural Topics
RUSSIA/EASTERN EUROPE
HIST 162 Russia under the Last Tsars and Soviet Commissars
POLI/PWAD/RUES/SOCI 260 Crisis and Change in Russia and East Europe