Global Studies B.A. Courses
The Academic Catalog hosts the most up-to-date 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 started pursuing the degree before Fall 2024 do not have to worry about meeting this requirement.
Spring 2025 GLBL Course Descriptions
No courses fulfilling major requirements may be taken pass/fail.| Course Name | Title | Meeting Pattern |
| GLBL 210 | Global Issues and Globalization | M/W, 10:10-11:00 AM |
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GLBL 281 |
Phillip’s Ambassadors Course |
N/A |
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GLBL 290 |
Global Dilemmas Across Disciplines |
M/W, 11:15-12:30 PM |
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GLBL 381 |
Great Decisions |
Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00PM |
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GLBL 383 |
Global Whiteness |
T/Th, 12:30-1:45 PM |
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GLBL 394 |
Teaching Great Decisions II |
Mondays, 4:40-5:30 PM |
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GLBL 435H |
Love and Liberation |
Thursdays, 2:00-5:00 PM |
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GLBL 483 |
Comparative Health Systems |
M/W, 11:15 AM-12:30 PM |
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GLBL 490 |
The Special Olympics |
Th 02:00 PM-05:00 PM |
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GLBL 692H |
Honors Thesis II |
Tu, 3:30-6:00 PM |
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GLBL 700 |
Introduction to Research in Global Studies |
Tu, 9:30 AM-12:15 PM |
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GLBL 701 |
Political Economy |
T/Th, 2:00 PM-03:15 PM |
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GLBL 703 |
Global Migration and Labor Rights |
Th 9:30 AM-12:15 PM |
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GLBL 709 |
Conflict Transformation |
F, 12:20 PM-03:20 PM |
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GLBL 710 |
Monitoring and Evaluation |
F, 12:20 PM-03:20 PM |
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GLBL 730 |
Identities & Transitions |
W, 2:30 PM-05:15 PM |
Courses that satisfy Major requirements Being Offered in Spring 2025
Core Courses
| Course Name | Description | Fulfills |
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GLBL 210 |
Global Issues and Globalization |
Gateway Course |
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GLBL 290 |
Global Dilemmas Across Disciplines |
Methods Course |
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AMST 203 |
Approaches to American Indian Studies |
Methods Course |
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GEOG 124 |
Feminist Geographies |
Methods Course |
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PLCY 310 |
Microeconomic Foundations of Public Policy |
Methods Course |
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SOCI 251 |
Research Methods |
Methods Course |
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SOCI 252 |
Data Analysis |
Methods Course |
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ANTH 142 |
Local Cultures, Global Forces |
Additional Core Class |
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ARTH 150 |
The Visual World |
Additional Core Class |
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ASIA 181 |
Modern Muslim Societies |
Additional Core Class |
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ENEC 201 |
Introduction to Environment and Society |
Additional Core Class |
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GEOG 121 |
Geographies of Globalization |
Additional Core Class |
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GEOG 130 |
Development and Inequality: Global Perspectives |
Additional Core Class |
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GEOG 212 |
Environmental Conservation and Global Change |
Additional Core Class |
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GEOG/PWAD 120 |
World Regional Geography |
Additional Core Class |
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HIST 140 |
History Since 1945 |
Additional Core Class |
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MUSC 146 |
Introduction to World Musics |
Additional Core Class |
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PHIL/POLI/PWAD 272 |
The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense |
Additional Core Class |
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PLCY 110 |
Global Policy Issues |
Additional Core Class |
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POLI 130 |
Introduction to Comparative Politics |
Additional Core Class |
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POLI 150 |
International Relations and Global Politics |
Additional Core Class |
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SOCI 121 |
Population Problems |
Additional Core Class |
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SOCI/WGST 124 |
Sex and Gender in Society |
Additional Core Class |
Thematic Courses
International Politics, Nation States, Social Movements
| Course Name | Description |
|---|---|
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AAAD 101 |
Introduction to Africa |
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AAAD 315 |
Political Protest and Conflict in Africa |
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AAAD 403 |
Human Rights: Theories and Practices in Africa |
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AMST 277 |
America’s Role in the Global Environment |
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ANTH 319 |
Global Health |
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ENGL 279 |
Migration and Globalization |
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GEOG 435 |
Global Environmental Justice |
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GEOG 460 |
Geographies of Economic Change |
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GLBL 383 |
Global Whiteness |
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HIST 276 |
The Modern Middle East |
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HIST 570 |
The Vietnam War |
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MUSC 291 |
Music and Politics |
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POLI 130 |
Introduction to Comparative Politics |
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POLI/PWAD 150 |
International Relations and Global Politics |
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POLI 238/238H |
Politics of the Global South: Latin America |
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POLI 239 |
Introduction to European Government |
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POLI 252H |
International Organizations and Global Issues |
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POLI 255 |
International Migration and Citizenship Today |
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POLI 433H |
Politics of the European Union |
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POLI 435 |
Democracy and Development in Latin America |
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POLI 438 |
Democracy and International Institutions in an Undivided Europe |
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POLI 442 |
International Political Economy |
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POLI 448 |
The Politics of Multilevel Government |
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POLI 470 |
Social and Political Philosophy |
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POLI/PWAD 469H |
Conflict and Intervention in the Former Yugoslavia |
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PWAD 250 |
Introduction to Peace and Security Studies |
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PWAD 252H |
International Organizations and Global Issues |
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PWAD 489 |
Empire and Diplomacy |
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RELI 181 |
Modern Muslim Societies |
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SOCI 111H |
Human Societies |
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SOCI 121 |
Population Problems |
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SOCI 274 |
Social and Economic Justice |
Global Economics, Trade, Development
| Course Name | Description |
|---|---|
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ANTH 320 |
Anthropology of Development |
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BUSI 611 |
International Development: Focus on Indigenous Issues |
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ECON 450 |
Health Economics: Problems and Policy |
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ECON 469 |
Asian Economic Systems |
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GEOG 460 |
Geographies of Economic Change |
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POLI 435 |
Democracy and Development in Latin America |
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POLI 442 |
International Political Economy |
Global Health and Environment
| Course Name | Description |
|---|---|
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ANTH 147 |
Comparative Healing Systems |
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ANTH 151 |
Anthropological Perspectives on Food and Culture |
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ANTH 238 |
Human Ecology of Africa |
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ANTH 319 |
Global Health |
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ANTH 473 |
Anthropology of the Body and the Subject |
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ENEC 325/325H |
Water Resource Management and Human Rights |
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ENGL 268H |
Medicine, Literature, and Culture |
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ENVR 600 |
Environmental Health |
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FREN 305 |
Healthcare in France and the Francophone World |
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GEOG 212 |
Environmental Conservation and Global Climate |
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GEOG 435 |
Global Environmental Justice |
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SOCI 469 |
Health and Society |
Transnational Cultures, Identities, Arts
| Course Name | Description |
|---|---|
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AAAD 284 |
Contemporary Perspectives on the African Diaspora in the Americas |
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ANTH 102 |
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology |
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ANTH 147 |
Comparative Healing Systems |
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ANTH 284 |
Culture and Consumption |
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ANTH 320 |
Anthropology of Development |
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CMPL 143 |
History of Global Cinema |
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ENGL 164 |
Introduction to Latino/a Studies |
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FREN 355 |
Visual Francophone Studies |
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GEOG 56 |
Local Places in a Globalizing World |
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GLBL 383 |
Global Whiteness |
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HIST 139 |
History of Muslim Societies since 1500 |
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MEJO/WGST 442 |
Gender, Class, Race, and Mass Media |
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MUSC 146 |
Introduction to World Musics |
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RELI 285 |
Monks, Magic, and Meditation: Theravada Buddhism Across Space & Time |
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RELI 345 |
Black Atlantic Religions |
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SPAN 344 |
Latin@ American Cultural Topics |
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WGST 124 |
Sex and Gender in Society |
Area Courses
Africa
| Course Name | Description |
|---|---|
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AAAD 101 |
Introduction to Africa |
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AAAD 201 |
Introduction to African Literature |
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AAAD 300 |
Cultures of Health and Healing in Africa |
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AAAD 315 |
Political Protest and Conflict in Africa |
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AAAD 329 |
Islamic Cultures and Literatures in Africa |
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AAAD 391 |
Human Development and Sustainability in Africa and the African Diaspora |
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AAAD 403 |
Human Rights: Theories and Practices in Africa |
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AAAD 487 |
Intellectual Currents in African and African Diaspora Studies |
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ANTH 238 |
Human Ecology of Africa |
Asia
| Course Name | Description |
|---|---|
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ANTH 330 |
Melancholy Japan: Myth, Memory, and Everday life |
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ASIA/HIST 133 |
Introduction to Chinese History |
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ASIA/RELI 285 |
– The Buddhist Tradition: Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka |
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ASIA 427 |
Cold War Culture in East Asia: Transnational and Intermedial Connections |
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CHIN 252 |
Introduction to Chinese Culture through Narrative |
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CHIN 253 |
Chinese Language and Society |
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CHIN 463 |
Narrative Ethics in Modern China |
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GEOG 266 |
Society and Environment in Southeast Asia |
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JAPN 162 |
Japanese Popular Culture |
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JAPN 375 |
The Culture of Modern, Imperial Japan: 1900-1945 |
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PHIL 213 |
Asian Philosophy |
Latin America
| Course Name | Description |
|---|---|
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GEOG 259 |
Society and Environment in Latin America |
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LTAM 101 |
Introduction to Latin American Studies |
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MUSC 147 |
Introduction to the Music of the Americas |
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POLI 238H |
Politics of the Global South: Latin America |
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POLI 434 |
Politics of Mexico |
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POLI 435 |
Democracy and Development in Latin America |
|
PORT 388 |
Portuguese, Brazilian, and African Identity in Film |
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RELI 151 |
Religion in Latin America |
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SPAN 344 |
Latin@ American Cultural Topics |
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WGST 352 |
Rahtid Rebel Women: An Introduction to Caribbean Women |
The Middle East
| Course Name | Description |
|---|---|
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ARAB 151 |
Arabic Literature Through the Ages |
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ARAB 337 |
Borders and Walls in the Arab World |
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ASIA 462 |
The Arab-Jews: Culture, Community, Coexistence |
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HIST 139 |
History of Muslim Societies Since 1500 |
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HIST 276 |
The Modern Middle East |
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RELI 181 |
Modern Muslim Societies |
Western Europe/European Union
| Course Name | Description |
|---|---|
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ARTH 152 |
Art in Life: An Introduction to Western Art from the Renaissance to the Modern Period |
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ENGL 278 |
Irish Writing, 1800-2000 |
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EURO 270 |
Religion in Western Europe |
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FREN 305 |
Healthcare in France and the Francophone World |
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GERM 302 |
Advanced Communication in German: Media, Arts, and Culture |
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GSLL 255 |
Germany and the Cold War: Occupation, Division, Reunification, Renewed Conflict with Russia (1945-Today) |
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HIST 259 |
Towards Emancipation? Women in Modern Europe |
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HIST 262 |
History of the Holocaust: The Destruction of the European Jews |
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ITAL 320 |
Italian Cities and Cultures: History, Power, and Ecology |
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ITAL 333 |
Italian Film and Culture |
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ITAL 343 |
Italian Culture Today: Modern Italy as a Nation 1860-Present |
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POLI 232H |
Politics of the United Kingdom |
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POLI 239 |
Introduction to European Government |
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POLI 433H |
Politics of the EU |
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POLI 438 |
Democracy and International Institutions in an Undivided Europe |
|
PORT 388 |
Portuguese, Brazilian, and African Identity in Film |
|
SPAN 340 |
Iberian Cultural Topics |
Russia/Eastern Europe
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POLI 469H |
Conflict and Intervention in the Former Yugoslavia |