The Academic Catalog hosts a current list of all GLBL undergraduate-level courses. Note: The new methodology core course requirement listed in the Academic Catalog only applies to students starting their Global Studies degree in Fall 2024. Those that began pursuing the degree before Fall 2024 do not have to worry about meeting this requirement.
Fall 2024 GLBL Course Descriptions
No courses fulfilling major requirements may be taken pass/fail.
| Course Name |
Description |
| GLBL 210: Global Issues and Globalization |
Survey of international social, political, and cultural patterns in selected societies of Africa, Asia, America, and Europe, stressing comparative analysis of conflicts and change in different historical contexts. |
| GLBL 181: Great Decisions |
Eight evening guest lectures, with a discussion session after each, on eight issues in current foreign policy. |
| GLBL 221: The Migratory Experience |
The course will critically analyze the migrant experience in both North America and Europe. Migration is a calculated decision that individuals, families, and groups make in an effort to improve their living conditions. We will adopt an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the motivation of migrants, the nature of the migrant journey to their destination states, and their integration into their new societies. *FY-LAUNCH* |
| GLBL 691H: Honors in Global Studies |
Honors thesis writing seminar pt. 1. |
| GLBL 702: Global Politics, Institutions, and Societies |
This course will address global governance and global public policy; interactions among states, international organizations, businesses, social movements, and NGOs. It addresses the diffusion and promotion of democracy and other norms and the interactions between political institutions and social cleavages. Students with this concentration must take one appropriate methodology class.
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Courses that satisfy GLBL requirements for Fall 2024
Core Courses
| Course Name |
Description |
| GLBL 210 |
Global Issues and Globalization |
| ASIA/RELI 180 |
Introduction to Islamic Societies |
| COMM 82 |
Food Politics |
| ENEC 201 |
Introduction to Environment and Society |
| FREN 150 |
Globalization and the French Speaking World |
| 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 |
| PLCY/PWAD 110 |
Global Policy Issues |
| POLI 130 |
Introduction to Comparative Politics |
| POLI/PWAD 150 |
International Relations and Global Politics |
| SOCI/WGST 124 |
Sex and Gender in Society |
Thematic Courses
International Politics, Nation States, Social Movements
| Course Name |
Description |
| AAAD 101 |
Introduction to Africa |
| ANTH/PWAD 280 |
Anthropology of War and Peace |
| ANTH 360 |
Latin American Economy and Society |
| ANTH 375 |
Memory, Massacres, and Monuments in Southeast Asia |
| GEOG 423 |
Social Geography |
| GEOG 435 |
Global Environmental Justice |
| GLBL 221 |
The Migratory Experience |
| HIST 101 |
A History of Lies, Conspiracies, and Misinformation |
| HIST 207 |
The Global Cold War |
| HIST 577 |
United States Foreign Relations in the 20th Century |
| MUSC 291 |
Music and Politics |
| POLI 130 |
Introduction to Comparative Politics |
| POLI 238H |
Politics of the Global South: Latin America |
| POLI 239 |
Introduction to European Government |
| POLI 252 |
International Organizations and Global Issues |
| POLI 255 |
International Migration and Citizenship Today |
| POLI 435H |
Democracy and Development in Latin AmericaH |
| POLI 438 |
Democracy and International Institutions in an Undivided Europe |
| POLI 442 |
International Political Economy |
| POLI 444 |
Terrorism and International Peace |
| POLI 459 |
Trans-Atlantic Security |
| POLI/PWAD 150 |
International Relations and Global Politics |
| PWAD 250 |
Introduction to Peace and Security Studies |
| PWAD 252 |
International Organizations and Global Issues |
| PWAD 489/CMPL 489 |
Empire and Diplomacy |
Global Economics, Trade, Development
| Course Name |
Description |
| ECON 450 |
Health Economics: Problems and Policy |
| ECON 460 |
International Economics |
| ECON 468 |
Socialism, Planning, and the Contemporary Russian Economy |
| POLI 442 |
International Political Economy |
Global Health and Environment
| Course Name |
Description |
| ANTH 147 |
Comparative Healing Systems |
| ANTH 318 |
Human Growth and Development |
| ENEC 330 |
Principles of Sustainability |
| ENEC 370 |
Agriculture and the Environment |
| ENEC 437/GEOG 437 |
Social Vulnerability to Climate Change |
| ENGL 268 |
Medicine, Literature, and Culture |
| GEOG 212 |
Environmental Conservation and Global Change |
| GEOG 222 |
Health and Medical Geography |
| GEOG 237 |
Natural Resources |
| GEOG 435 |
Global Environmental Justice |
| GEOG 437 |
Social Vulnerability to Climate Change |
| PLCY 565/HPM 565 |
Global Health Law & Policy |
| SOCI 469 |
Health and Society |
Transnational Cultures, Identities, Arts
| Course Name |
Description |
| AAAD 200 |
Gender and Sexuality in Africa |
| AAAD 284 |
Contemporary Perspectives on the African Diaspora in the Americas |
| ANTH 123 |
Habitat and Humanity |
| ANTH 147 |
Comparative Healing Systems |
| ANTH 280 |
Anthropology of War and Peace |
| ARTH 155 |
African Art Survey |
| ASIA 150 |
Asia: An Introduction |
| DRAM 486 |
Latin American Theatre |
| GEOG 56 |
Local Places in a Globalizing World *FY-SEMINAR* |
| RELI 121 |
Introduction to Religion and Culture |
| SPAN 344 |
Latin@ American Cultural Topics |
| SPAN 378 |
Afro-Hispanic Language Contacts |
| WGST 124 |
Sex and Gender in Society |
Area Courses
Africa
| Course Name |
Description |
| AAAD 101 |
Introduction to Africa |
| AAAD 200 |
Gender and Sexuality in Africa |
| AAAD 214 |
Africa through the Ethnographic Lens |
| AAAD 320 |
Music of Africa |
| AAAD 391 |
Human Development and Sustainability in Africa and the African Diaspora |
| AAAD 421 |
Introduction to the Languages of Africa |
| HIST 279 |
Modern South Africa |
Asia
| Course Name |
Description |
| ANTH 375 |
Memory, Massacres, and Monuments in South Asia |
| ASIA 150 |
Asia: An Introduction |
| CHIN 361 |
Chinese Traditional Theater |
| HIST 136 |
History of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh: South Asia since 1750 |
Latin America
| Course Name |
Description |
| AAAD 260 |
Blacks in Latin America |
| GEOG 259 |
Society and Environment in Latin America |
| HIST 143 |
Latin America since Independence |
| HIST 242 |
United States-Latin American Relations |
| HIST 532 |
History of Cuba |
| LTAM 101 |
Introduction to Latin American Studies |
| POLI 238/238H |
Politics of the Global South: Latin America |
| POLI 434 |
Politics of Mexico |
| POLI 435H |
Democracy and Development in Latin AmericaH |
| PORT 310 |
Advanced Communication in Portuguese: Media & Entertainment |
| SPAN 344 |
Latin@ American Cultural Topics |
| WGST 352 |
Rahtid Rebel Women: An Introduction to Caribbean Women |
The Middle East
| Course Name |
Description |
| HIST 538 |
The Middle East and the West |
| RELI 181 |
Modern Muslim Societies |
Western Europe/European Union
| Course Name |
Description |
| ARTH 152 |
Art in Life: An Introduction to Western Art (History of Western Art II) |
| EURO 159/HIST 159 |
From War to Prosperity: 20th-Century Europe |
| FREN 372 |
French and Francophone Studies since 1789 |
| GERM 302 |
Advanced Communication in German: Media, Arts, Culture |
| HIST/EURO/POLI 257 |
Politics, Society, and Culture in Postwar Germany |
| ITAL 335 |
Themes in Italian Film |
| POLI/EURO 239 |
Introduction to European Government |
| POLI 438 |
Democracy and International Institutions in an Undivided Europe |
| SPAN 340 |
Iberian Cultural Topics |
Russia/Eastern Europe
| HIST 162 |
Russia under the Last Tsars and Soviet Commissars |
