Spring 2019 Concentration Course List (Including Special Topics)

This list is in addition to the courses listed for each concentration in the University Catalog. For the day, time and location of the course, see the current Schedule of Classes in Patriot Web. Some of these courses may have prerequisites and/or permission of instructor, check the course listing in the University Catalog for details (catalog.gmu.edu). Offerings may change through the enrollment period. Note that:
  • Any course counted toward a concentration cannot count toward any other requirement, including, for example, the Mason Core, a minor, a second major, or a second GLOA concentration.
  • Courses for which a section number is given (e.g. GLOA 450-002) are usually “special topics” courses and may not be offered on a recurring basis.
 

Africa

Asia

Europe

The Environment

Global Economy & Management

Global Governance

Global Inequalities & Responses

Human Security

International Development

Latin America

Media, Communication, & Culture

Middle East & North Africa

North America

Russia & Central Asia

 
 

Africa

HIST 262 - Survey of African History

HIST 360 - History of South Africa

SPECIAL TOPICS

HIST 387-001: The Ottoman Empire

WMST 316: Gendered Pan-Africanism

 

Asia

ARTH 382 - Arts of India

ARTH 384 - Arts of China

CHIN 310 - Survey of Chinese Literature

CHIN 311 - Modern Chinese Literature in Translation

HIST 252 - Survey of East Asian History

HIST 358 - Post-1949 China

JAPA 320 - Japanese Cinema

RELI 212 - Religions of Asia

RELI 313 - Hinduism

RUSS 353 - Russian Civilization

SPECIAL TOPICS

GGS 333-001: Geography of China

GLOA 400-001: Globalization in Asia (cannot double count with synthesis)

HIST 387 - 003: The History of Taiwan            

 

Europe

GERM 325 - Fantasy & Imagination German Lit

GOVT 338 - Government and Politics of Russia

HIST 305 - The Renaissance

HIST 312 - Nationalism in Eastern Europe

RUSS 353 - Russian Civilization

SPECIAL TOPICS

ENGH 336: British Novel of the 19th Century

GOVT 490-010: Brexit: Implicatns in UK & EU 

HIST 387-009: World War II

HIST 388-DL1 - Medieval Irish Art & Culture

HIST 388-004: Early Modern England       

 

The Environment

BIOL 301 - Biology and Society

ECON 335 - Environmental Economics

ECON 435 - Economics of Energy

EVPP 336 - Human Dimensions of the Environment

EVPP 361 - Introduction to Environmental Policy or GOVT 361 - Introduction to Environmental Policy

EVPP 377 - Applied Ecology

EVPP 475 - Global Biodiversity Governance

GGS 303 - Geography of Resource Conservation

GGS 307 - Sustainable Development

GGS 311 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

GOVT 362 - Intermediate Environmental Policy or EVPP 362 - Intermediate Environmental Policy

INTS 334 - Environmental Justice

PHIL 243 - Global Environmental Ethics

TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism

SPECIAL TOPICS

EVPP 322: Business and Sustainability

EVPP 338 - Economics of Environmental Policy

EVPP 432: Energy Policy

EVPP 490 - Food Energy Water Nexus

 

Global Economy & Management

ECON 310 Money and Banking

ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas

ECON 361 - Economic Development of Latin America

ECON 390 - International Economics

FNAN 440 - International Financial Management

GOVT 343 - International Political Economy

MGMT 461 - Cross Cultural and Global Management

MKTG 407 - Global Marketing

MBUS 301: Managing People and Organizations in a Global Economy

MBUS 302 - Managing Information in a Global Economy

MBUS 303 - Marketing in a Global Economy

MBUS 305 - Introduction to International Business

BULE 303 - Legal Environment of Business

SPECIAL TOPICS

GLOA 400-001: Globalization in Asia (cannot double count with synthesis)

GLOA 400-002: Cities and Urbanization (cannot double count with synthesis)

GOVT 467-001: Current Issues Economic Policy

EVPP 322: Business and Sustainability

EVPP 338 - Economics of Environmental Policy

 

Global Governance

COMM 305 Foundations of Intercultural Communication

CRIM 405 - Law and Justice around the World

CRIM 475 - Theory and Politics of Terrorism

GOVT 342 - Diplomacy

GOVT 343 - International Political Economy

GOVT 344 - American Foreign Policy

GOVT 346 - American Security Policy

GOVT 347 - International Security

GOVT 412 - Politics and the Mass Media

GOVT 434 - Democracy in Global Perspective

GOVT 445 - Human Rights

GOVT 446 - International Law and Organization

GOVT 448 - Ethics and International Politics

INTS 305 - Conflict Resolution and Transformation

SOCI 340 - Power Politics and Society

SPECIAL TOPICS

CRIM 350 - Counter Intelligence

CRIM 308: Human Rights and Justice

GLOA 450-002: Political Repression and Dissent in the Middle East

GLOA 450-003: Diplomatic Simulations 

GOVT 444-017: War on Terror

GOVT 444-012 - Israeli and Palestinian Politics

GOVT 444-014: Russian Foreign Policy

GOVT 490-008: US/Mexico Border Policy

HIST 387-001: History of Peace

EVPP 432: Energy Policy

EVPP 475: Global Biodiversity Governance

EVPP 490-014 - Food Energy Water Nexus

SOCI 307: Social Movements and Political

SOCI 395 - Immigration Policy

 

Global Inequalities & Responses

CRIM 405 - Law and Justice around the World

GCH 332 - Health and Disease

GCH 450 - Culture, Sexuality and the Global AIDS Epidemic

GOVT 414-002: Politics of Race and Gender

INTS 304 - Social Movements and Community Activism

SOCI 307 - Soci Movements/Poli Protest

SOCI 308 - Race and Ethnicity in a Changing World

SOCI 355: Social Inequality

WMST 100 - Representations of Women

WMST 200 - Introduction to Women and Gender Studies

SPECIAL TOPICS

ANTH 382 - Urban Anthropology

CONF 302: Culture, Identity, and Conflict

CULT 390: Global Social Movements

GLOA 400-002: Global Crises: Cities and Urbanization (cannot double count with synthesis)

GLOA 450-002: Political Repression and Dissent in the Middle East

GOVT 444-015: Global Population Trends

INTS 362 - Social Justice and Human Rights

INTS 417: Human Trafficking and the International Community

SOCI 332: The Urban World

WMST 309 - Black Social Movements: Gendering of Violence and activism

 

Human Security

ANTH 331 - Refugees

CONF 345 - Social Dynamics of Terrorism, Security, and Justice

CRIM 475 - Theory and Politics of Terrorism

ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas

GCH 332 - Health and Disease

GGS 311 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

GOVT 346 - American Security Policy

GOVT 347 - International Security

INTS 305 - Conflict Resolution and Transformation

INTS 314 - Conflict, Trauma and Healing

SOCI 320 - Social Structure and Globalization

SPECIAL TOPICS

CONF 302: Culture, Identity, and Conflict

CULT 390: Global Social Movements

GLOA 400-002: Global Crises: Cities and Urbanization (cannot double count with synthesis)

HIST 387-002: History of Peace

INTS 417: Human Trafficking and the International Community

 

International Development

ANTH 331 - Refugees

ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas

ECON 361 - Economic Development of Latin America

EVPP 475 - Global Biodiversity Governance

GCH 205 - Global Health

GGS 303 - Geography of Resource Conservation

GGS 307 - Sustainable Development

GOVT 434 -Democracy in Global Perspective

GOVT 445 - Human Rights

GOVT 446 - International Law and Organization

INTS 401 - Conservation Biology

TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism

SPECIAL TOPICS

ANTH 382 - Urban Anthropology

CRIM 308: Human Rights and Justice

CULT 390: Global Social Movements

GLOA 400-001: Globalization in Asia (cannot double count for synthesis)

 

Latin America

ARTH 204 - Survey of Latin American Art

ECON 361 - Economic Development of Latin America

GGS 316 - Geography of Latin America

HIST 272 - Survey of Latin American History

SPAN 390 - Introduction to Hispanic Literary Analysis

SPECIAL TOPICS

ARTH 472: Mexican Muralism

GOVT 490-012: Politics in Latin America

GOVT 490-008: US/Mexico Border Policy

HIST 499-002: Senior Seminar: Latin America in the Cold War

RELI 320 - Religion/Revolution Latin America

SPAN 326-001: Multimedia Storytelling

SPAN 336-001: Sport in the Hispanic World

RELI 320-001 Religion and Revolution in Latin America

RELI 235-002 Religion and Literature

 

Media, Communication, & Culture

COMM 305 - Foundations of Intercultural Communication

COMM 380 - Media Criticism

ENGH 315 - Folklore and Folklife

FRLN 331 - Topics in World Cinema

IT 300 - Modern Telecommunications

INTS 345 - Introduction to Multimedia

INTS 348 - Digital Futures

PSYC 379 - Applied Cross-Cultural Psychology

SPECIAL TOPICS

ANTH 379 - Andean Archaeology

CULT 390: Global Social Movements

ENGH 372 - Introduction to Film

FAVS 225 - The History of World Cinema

FAVS 300 - Global Horror Film

FAVS 399-003: Video Production for Social Change

GLOA 400-002: Global Crises: Cities and Urbanization (cannot double count)

GOVT 412: Politics and the Mass Media

INTS 347: Gender Representation in Popular Culture

SPAN 326-001: Multimedia Storytelling (taught in Spanish)

 

Middle East & North Africa

GOVT 332 - Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa

GOVT 345 - Islam and Politics

HIST 282 - Survey of Middle Eastern Civilization

RELI 211 - Religions of the West

RELI 272 - Islam

SPECIAL TOPICS

ARAB 325: Major Arab Writers/Stories

GLOA 450-002: Political Repression and Dissent in the Middle East

GOVT 444-012 - Israeli and Palestinian Politics

HIST 387-004: Crusade and Jihad: From Medieval to Modern

HIST 387-001: The Ottoman Empire

RELI 375: Qur'an and Hadith

 

North America

ENGH 355 - Recent American Fiction

ENGH 356 - Recent American Poetry

GOVT 301 - Public Law and the Judicial Process

GOVT 307 - Legislative Behavior

GOVT 308 - The American Presidency

HIST 370 - War and American Society

SPECIAL TOPICS

HIST 387-005: World War II

HIST 389-002: Crime in Modern America

HIST 389-003: Roots of American Popular Music

HIST 389-008: Asian American Women’s Voices

HIST 389-009: Mem, Mourn & Rac Violence in America

SOCI 330 - US Immigrants and Immigration

WMST 300-003: Voices of Black Women

 

Russia & Central Asia

ECON 380 - Economies in Transition

GOVT 447 - Revolution and International Politics

HIST 327 - The Soviet Union and Russia Since World War II

HIST 329 - Modern Russia and the Soviet Unio

RUSS 327 - A Survey of Russian Literature

RUSS 353 - Russian Civilization

SPECIAL TOPICS

GOVT 444-014: Russian Foreign Policy