Spring 2014 Courses
You must read this carefully:
Many departments have special topic numbers. These are denoted by an asterisk in our course lists. All special topics classes require approval from Director of Undergraduate Studies Dr. Jonathan Weiler to receive GLBL credit. Do not assume you will receive GLBL credit for taking a special topics class if you have not petitioned Dr. Jonathan Weiler in advance.
Don’t forget, you can petition to have a class count for major credit. For courses taken as part of a study abroad program, please see the Study Abroad page.
Course offerings are subject to change. To confirm whether a course is being offered, check the online Directory of Classes in Connect Carolina. For course descriptions, see the Undergraduate Bulletin.
Course list last updated October 16, 2013.
FYS = first-year seminar; * = departmental approval for credit still necessary
Core Courses
GLBL 210 | Global Issues |
DRAM 117 | Perspectives in World Drama |
ENGL 141 | World Literatures |
ENST 201 | Environment and Society |
GEOG 120 | World Regional Geography |
GEOG 121 | People and Places |
GEOG 130 | Developing World |
HIST 140 | The World since 1945 |
JOMC 446 | International Communication and Comparative Journalism |
MUSC 146 | Introduction to Latino American Music |
PHIL/POLI/PWAD 272 | Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense |
RELI 181 | Later Islamic Civilization and Modern Muslim Cultures |
POLI 130 | Introduction to Comparative Politics |
POLI 150 | International Relations and World Politics |
SOCI 111 | Human Societies |
SOCI 121 | Population Problems |
SOCI 133 | Sociology of Politics |
Theme Courses
International Politics, Nation-States, Social Movements
AAAD 101 | Introduction to Africa |
ANTH 280 | Anthropology of War and Peace |
ANTH 319 | Global Health |
COMM 390* | Special Topics |
ENGL 365 | Migration and Globalization |
ENST 370 | Agriculture and the Environment |
GEOG 435 | Environmental Politics |
GEOG 453 | Political Geography |
GEOG 460 | Geographies of Economic Change |
GLBL 390* | Special Topics in Global Studies |
HIST 577 | United States Foreign Relations in the 20th Century |
HNRS 352* | Seminar in Social and Behavioral Sciences |
JOMC 446 | International Communication and Comparative Journalism |
MUSC 390H* | Honors Seminar in Music |
POLI 130 | Introduction to Comparative Politics |
POLI 238 | Contemporary Latin American Politics |
POLI 239 |
Introduction to European Government |
POLI 433 | Politics of the European Union |
POLI 438 | Democracy and International Institutions in an Undivided Europe |
POLI 442 | International Political Economy |
POLI 443 | American Foreign Policy |
POLI 444 | Seminar on Terrorism |
POLI 457 | International Conflict Processes |
POLI 471 | Recent Contemporary Political Though |
PWAD 252 | International Organizations and Global Issues |
PWAD 350 | National and International Security |
RELI 181 | Later Islamic Civilization and Modern Muslim Cultures |
RUES 469 | Conflict and Intervention in the Former Yugoslavia |
SOCI 111 | Human Societies |
SOCI 121 | Population Problems |
SOCI 133 | Sociology of Politics |
WMST 388 | The International Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health |
GLOBAL ECONOMICS, TRADE, AND DEVELOPMENT
AAAD 212 | Africa in the Global System |
ANTH 320 | Anthropology of Development |
ECON 434 | History of Economic Doctrines |
ECON 450 | Health Economics: Problems and Policy |
ECON 460 | International Economics |
ECON 461 | European Economic Integration |
ECON 465 | Economic Development |
ECON 469 | Western and Asian Economic Systems |
ECON 560 | Advanced International Economics |
ENST 490* | Special Topics in Environmental Science and Studies |
GEOG 453 | Political Geography |
GEOG 458 | Urban Latin America: Politics, Economy, and Society |
GEOG 460 | Geographies of Economic Change |
GLBL 390* | Special Topics in Global Studies |
GLOBAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
Note: Global Health and Environment theme courses may count toward the Global Economics theme for students who declared the major prior to Fall 2008
ANTH 147 | Comparative Healing Systems |
ANTH 151 | Anthropological Perspectives on Food and Culture |
ANTH 318 | Human Growth and Development |
ANTH 319 | Global Health |
ANTH 470 | Medicine and Anthropology |
ENST 370 | Agriculture and the Environment |
ENST 490* | Special Topics in Environmental Science and Studies |
ENVR 600 | Health and Environment |
GEOG 434 | Cultural Ecology of Disease, Agriculture, and Urbanization |
GEOG 435 | Environmental Politics |
HNRS 352* | Seminar in Social and Behavioral Sciences |
PLCY 565 | Global Health Policy |
WMST 388 | The International Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health |
TRANSNATIONAL CULTURES, IDENTITIES, ARTS
ANTH 102 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology |
ANTH 147 | Comparative Healing Systems |
ANTH 280 | Anthropology of War and Peace |
ANTH 320 | Anthropology of Development |
ANTH 435 | Consciousness and Symbols |
COMM 574 | War and Culture |
ENGL 364 | Introduction to Latina/o Studies |
FREN 375 | Francophone Studies |
GLBL 390* | Special Topics in Global Studies |
JOMC 446 | International Communication and Comparative Journalism |
MUSC 147 | Introduction to Latino American Musics |
RELI 121 | Introduction to Religion and Culture |
RELI 285 | The Buddhist Tradition: Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka |
RELI 428 | Religion and Anthropology |
SPAN 344 | Contemporary Latin America: Mexico, Central America and the Andean Region |
SPAN 345 | Contemporary Latin America: Caribbean and the Southern Cone |
WMST 124 | Sex and Gender in Society |
WMST 290* | ST: Women, Empire, and the Law in Africa and the Middle East or Women & Islam in Africa |
Area Courses
AFRICA
AAAD 101 | Introduction to Africa |
AAAD 201 | The Literature of Africa |
AAAD 212 | Africa in the Global System |
GLBL 390* | Special Topics |
HIST 130 | Africa in the 21st Century |
GLBL 390* | Special Topics in Global Studies |
WMST 237 | African Gender History |
WMST 290* | Special Topics in Women’s Studies |
ASIA
ASIA 285 | The Buddhist Tradition: Southeast Asia And Sri Lanka |
ASIA 490* | Topics in Asian Studies |
CHIN 252 | Introduction to Chinese Culture through Narrative |
CHIN 354 | Chinese Culture through Calligraphy |
CHIN 463 | Narrative Ethics in Modern China |
GLBL 390* | Special Topics in Global Studies |
HIST 136 | History South Asian History since 1750 |
HIST 288 | Japan in the 20th Century at University |
JAPN 161 | Geisha in History |
JAPN 162 | Japanese Popular Culture |
JAPN 375 | The Culture of Modern, Imperial Japan, 1900-1945 |
KOR 151 | Education and Social Changes in Contemporary Korea |
RELI 183 | Asian Religions |
RELI 285 | The Buddhist Tradition: Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka |
LATIN AMERICA
GEOG 458 | Urban Latin America |
HIST 143 | Latin America since Independence |
HIST 528 | FYS: Ideology and Revolution in Latin American History |
GLBL 390* | Special Topics in Global Studies |
JOMC 447 | International Media Studies |
LTAM 101 | Introduction to Latin American Studies |
MUSC 147 | Introduction to Latin(o) American Music |
POLI 238 | Contemporary Latin American Politics |
POLI 434 | Politics of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean |
PORT 275 | Portuguese and Brazilian Fiction |
SPAN 330 | Cultural History of the Hispanic World |
SPAN 344 | Contemporary Latin America: Mexico, Central America, and the Andean Region |
SPAN 345 | Contemporary Latin America: The Caribbean and the Southern Cone |
WMST 290* | Special Topics in Women’s Studies |
WMST 388 | The International Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health |
MIDDLE EAST
ASIA 490* | Topics in Asian Studies |
HIST 490* | Special Topics |
RELI 64 | FYS: Reintroducing Islam |
RELI 181 | Later Islamic Civilization and Modern Muslim Cultures |
RELI 480 | Modern Muslim Literatures |
RELI/ASIA 581 | Sufism |
WESTERN EUROPE AND THE EUROPEAN UNION
ECON 461 | European Economic Integration |
GERM 255 | Germany and the Cold War: From Allied Occupation to Division and Reunification (1945–1990) |
GERM 257 | Society and Culture in Postwar Germany |
GERM 302 | German Language and Culture |
HIST 259 | Women And Gender In Europe Since 1750 |
HIST 262 | History of the Holocaust: the Destruction of the European Jews |
HRNS 353* | Seminar in Historical Analysis |
ITAL 333 | Italian Film and Culture |
ITAL 398 | Undergraduate Seminar in Italian |
POLI 239 | Introduction to European Government |
POLI 433 | Politics of the European Union |
SPAN 340 | Cultures of Contemporary Spain |
RUSSIA AND EASTERN EUROPE
HIST 162 | Russia Since 1861 |
POLI/RUES/PWAD/SOCI 260 | Crisis and Change in Russia and Eastern Europe |
RUSS 273 | Russian Culture and Society: 1890-1917 |
RUSS 442 | Russian Literature and Culture: From Cold War to Capitalism |
GLBL COURSES
GLBL 193: Global Studies Internship
Professor Michal Osterweil
GLBL 196: Independent Study in Global Studies
Section 001: Professor Andrew Reynolds
Section 002: Professor Jonathan Weiler
Section 003: Professor Michal Osterweil
Section 004: Professor Erica Johnson
GLBL 210 section 001: Global Issues
Professor Michal Osterweil
GLBL 210 section 002: Global Issues
Professor Jonathan Weiler
GLBL 281: Phillips Ambassadors Program
Professor Michael Tsin
GLBL 381: Great Decisions
Professor Jonathan Weiler
GLBL 382: Latin American Migrant Perspectives
Professor Hannah Gill
GLBL 390: Current Topics
Section 001: Professor Mark Driscoll
This class will serve as both an advanced introduction to liberalism and neoliberalism as well as an in-depth historical examination of three of the most important moments in their respective conditions of possibility. The first will be the two Opium Wars waged by the Euro-American powers against China from 1839 until 1860. The second will be the movement towards financialization and away from commodity and fixed capital in the United States and Western Europe in the mid-1970s. The third will be the market reforms that the Chinese Communist leadership introduced in the early 1980s, a significant event in economic history. The class will feature a diverse set of texts such as Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations, Milton Friedman’s Capitalism and Freedom, Naomi Klein’s Shock Doctrine, and novels by the postcolonial writer Amitav Ghosh and the Chinese writer Yu Hua.
Section 002: Professor Michal Osterweil
This course seeks to explore paradigms of development and social justice. It asks how experiences of global, as well as domestic development and service connect to social change projects and paradigms. By deliberately juxtaposing questions of global development with an investigation of approaches in community organizing —both through course material and service learning assignments—, the course encourages students to develop a more critical understanding of the relationship between development projects and social change or emancipatory frameworks. The course will briefly go through the history of development paradigms, from modernization theory to alternative development approaches, emphasizing the changing understandings and theories that went behind them. It then asks how notions of development relate to paradigms of community development, including community organizing and resistance paradigms. What is the difference between an organization working from a community organizing perspective, and one that speaks about community development? What can we learn from historical and contemporary examples, both in the US and elsewhere? This course combines service-learning, with a community-research component, offering students the ability to not only reflect on their own experiences working with and serving a community organization, but also encouraging research into, and potentially dialogue about, the very models those organizations are using, as well as diverse volunteer/service models that have been employed in domestic and international development projects. As such the students will be intentionally placed with organizations with diverse models/mission statements, as long as they fit within a community organizing/community development or community empowerment rubric.
Section 003: Professor Aseem Hasnain
This interdisciplinary course uses findings from recent field research to engage with theories of collective identity. Comparative-historical sociology as well as ethnographic and visual methods form the core of this course. Field research about the Shia-Muslim community in modern India, combines with discussion of select cases from USA, Europe, and the Middle East for a global classroom experience.
Section 004: Professor Michael Tsin
Colonization, Migration, and National Identity
It is fashionable to speak of a “globalized” world these days, but how did this world come into being and what does the term exactly mean? More specifically, while the global movement of commodities, information and services seems mostly rather unrestrained these days, why is the movement of people often subjected to rigorous controls and restrictions? Indeed, why does one need a “passport” to travel across borders? What are borders? How are they established? What is a “citizen”? What is a “migrant” or “immigrant”? What are the differences between “empire” and “nation-state”? Or “subjects” and “citizens”? What are “global” institutions? Why do people seem to cling onto their “national identity” as a primary marker of their own identity in this increasingly globalized world? What are the obligations, if any, of the developed countries to the developing world and why? How are these questions related to each other?
The language of globalization and citizenship as well as debates on (im)migration are, of course, familiar to most Americans, although the answers to the questions above are often not as straightforward as they might first appear. People had always, of course, moved, although they have been moving in greater numbers and over longer distances in the “modern” era. As always, human migration provides both opportunities and challenges for communities everywhere. However, the issue of human migration has, more often than not, been presented as a “problem” in search of solutions in our current political and popular discourse. The objective of this course is, then, to explore the processes through which we came to perceive this age-old human activity as a “problem,” to ask howand why that happened and to understand its impacts on other spheres of our political and social life. By tracing the variegated histories that inform our contemporary discourses, it is hoped that participants in this class will be able to generate an informed and nuanced discussion of this critical issue in the contemporary world.
GLBL 394: Great Decisions Coordinating Committee
Professor Jonathan Weiler
GLBL 482: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics
TBD
GLBL 691H: Honors in Global Studies
Professor Erica Johnson
GLBL 789: Teaching LAC
Professor Tanya Kinsella