Fall 2019 BA Concentration Course List

Fall 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

GGS 325 - Geography of North Africa and the Middle East

HIST 335 - The African American Experience in the United States: African Background to 1885

SPECIAL TOPICS

ANTH 320 - Global Africa

FREN 325 - Sub-Saharan African Authors

FRLN 430-002 Diversity, Conflict, and Citizenship Africa

HIST 387-003: Early Modern Atlantic World



ASIA

ANTH 309 - Peoples and Cultures of India

ARTH 203 - Survey of Asian Art

CHIN 310 - Survey of Chinese Literature

CHIN 311 - Modern Chinese Literature in Translation

GOVT 333 - Government and Politics of Asia

GOVT 338 - Government and Politics of Russia

HIST 251 - Survey of East Asian History

HIST 354 - Modern China

HIST 357 - Postwar Japan

JAPA 310 - Japanese Culture in a Global World

RELI 212 - Religions of Asia

RELI 314 - Chinese Philosophies and Religious Traditions

RELI 315 - Buddhism

SPECIAL TOPICS

CHIN 320 - Contemporary Chinese Film

CHIN 470-001: Food in Chinese Literature

HIST 387-004: South Asia and the British Empire

JAPA 360 - Intro to Japanese Popular Culture

KORE 320: Korean Popular Culture in a Global World



EUROPE

ARTH 360 - Nineteenth-Century European Ar

GERM 340 - Topics in German Literature and Film

GOVT 334 - GOVT/Politics of Europe

GOVT 338 - Government and Politics of Russia

HIST 309 - Europe in Crisis: 1914-1948

HIST 314 - History of Germany

SPECIAL TOPICS

ENGH 333: British Novel 18th Century

GGS 333: Geography of Eastern Europe

HIST 301: Classical Greece

HIST 387-003: Early Modern Atlantic World

HIST 387-004: South Asia and the British Empire

HIST 388-003: Post-Soviet Life

ITAL 320 - Contemporary Italian Cinema



THE ENVIRONMENT

BIOL 301 - Biology and Society

ECON 335 - Environmental Economics (Note the prerequisites for this course)

EVPP 336 - Human Dimensions of the Environment

EVPP 361 or GOVT 361 - Introduction to Environmental Policy

EVPP 377 - Applied Ecology

GEOL 309 - Introduction to Oceanography

GGS 302 - Global Environmental Hazards

GGS 303 - Geography of Resource Conservation

GGS 307 - Sustainable Development

GGS 311 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

INTS 334 - Environmental Justice

TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism

SPECIAL TOPICS

EVPP 322 - Business and Sustainability

EVPP 423: Beekeeping and Sustainability

EVPP 490: Food, Energy, Water Nexus

INTS 311 - Animal Migration/Conservation



GLOBAL ECONOMY AND MANAGEMENT

ECON 310 Money and Banking

ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas

ECON 390 - International Economies

FNAN 440 - International Financial Management

GOVT 367 - Money Markets and Economic Policy

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

BULE 402 - Commercial Law



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 347 - International Security

GOVT 412 - Politics and the Mass Media

GOVT 434 - Democracy in Global Perspective

GOVT 446-001 - International Law and Organization (Arlington campus)

GOVT 447 - Revolution and International Politics

INTS 305 - Conflict Resolution and Transformation

INTS 416 - Refugee and Internal Displacement

SOCI 340 - Power, Politics, and Society

SPECIAL TOPICS

ANTH 396-001: Policy and Culture

GLOA 400-004: Global Protests

GOVT 333 - Government and Politics of Asia

GOVT 338 - Government and Politics of Russia

GOVT 334: Government and Politics of Europe

GOVT 340 - Central Asian Politics

GOVT 345: Islam and Politics

GOVT 444-004: Global Issues with UN Amb 

GOVT 444-009: Foreign Intel/ Civil Liberties

GOVT 444-015: Global Security & Narco-Terrorism

INTS 362 - Social Justice/Human Rights



GLOBAL INEQUALITIES AND RESPONSES

ANTH 365 - Scientific Racism and Human Variation

CONF 394 - Human Rights and Inequality

CRIM 405 - Law and Justice around the World

GCH 332 - Health and Disease

INTS 304 - Social Movements and Community Activism

INTS 416 - Refugee and Internal Displacement

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

GLOA 400-004: Global Protests

HIST 387-007: Global History of Disease

INTS 362 - Social Justice/Human Rights

INTS 417 - Human Trafficking

PHIL 344 - Ethical Issues Global Health

SOCI 394-001 - Sociology of Human Rights

SOCI 332 - The Urban World

SOCI 352 - Social Problems and Solutions

SOCI 355 - Social Inequality



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

EVPP 436 - Human Dimensions of Global Climate Change

GCH 332 - Health and Disease

GCH 405 - Global Health Interventions: History and Systems

GGS 311 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

GOVT 347 - International Security

INTS 305 - Conflict Resolution and Transformation

INTS 416 - Refugee and Internal Displacement

SOCI 320 - Social Structure and Globalization

SPECIAL TOPICS

INTS 417 - Human Trafficking

PHIL 344 - Ethical Issues Global Health

SOCI 332 - The Urban World

SOCI 352 - Social Problems and Solutions



INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

ANTH 331 - Refugees

ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas

GCH 205 - Global Health

GCH 405 - Global Health Interventions: History and Systems

GGS 303 - Geography of Resource Conservation

GGS 307 - Sustainable Development

GOVT 446-001 - International Law and Organization (Arlington campus)

HEAL 350 - Interventions for Populations and Communities at Risk

INTS 416 - Refugee and Internal Displacement

PHIL 344 - Ethical Issues in Global Health

TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism

SPECIAL TOPICS

EVPP 490: Food, Energy, Water Nexus



LATIN AMERICA

ANTH 307 - Ancient Mesoamerica

GOVT 331 - Government and Politics of Latin America

HIST 271 - Survey of Latin American History

HIST 365 - Conquest and Colonization in Latin America

SPAN 388 - Introduction to Latina/o Studies (cannot count for both the Foreign Language and the concentration)

SPECIAL TOPICS

CONF 341 - Simulatn Globl Confl: US/Mexic

FRLN 331-003: Spanish Language Film and TV

HIST 387-008: Art and Culture of Ancient Americas

SPAN 335-001: Latin American Film (cannot count for both the Foreign Language and the concentration)




MEDIA, COMMUNICATION, & CULTURE

ANTH 332 - Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Globalization

COMM 202 - Media and  Society

COMM 305 - Foundations of Intercultural Communication

COMM 380 - Media Criticism

COMM 412 - Politics and the Mass Media

ENGH 315 - Folklore and Folklife

ENGH 362 - Global Voices

FRLN 331 - Topics in World Cinema

INTS 345 - Introduction to Multimedia

INTS 348 - Digital Futures

PSYC 379 - Applied Cross-Cultural Psychology

SPECIAL TOPICS

AFAM 390-007: Race, Class, Media & Entertainment

FAVS 300: Global Horror Film

HIST 387-001: History at the Movies

HIST 387-008: Art and Culture of Ancient Americas

INTS 346 - Art as Social Action

ITAL 320 - Contemporary Italian Cinema

JAPA 360 - Intro to Japanese Popular Culture

 



MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

ARTH 318 - Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Egypt

ARTH 320 - Art of the Islamic World

GGS 325 - Geography of North Africa and the Middle East

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

GOVT 345 - Islam and Politics

HIST 281 - Survey of Middle Eastern Civilization

HIST 462 - Women in Islamic Society

RELI 211 - Religions of the West

SPECIAL TOPICS

GLOA 450-001: Globalization & Devel: MENA

GOVT 444-001: Text, Film, and Arab Uprisings

RELI 350 - Religion and History of Ancient Israel

RELI 374 - Islamic Thought

RELI 365 - Muhammad: Life and Legacy

ENGH 362-003 - Global Voices: Film and Media in the Middle East



NORTH AMERICA

GOVT 301 - Public Law and the Judicial Process

GOVT 308 - The American Presidency

HIST 352 - The South since 1865

SPECIAL TOPICS

CRIM 401 - Policing in America

HIST 341 - History of Sport United States

HIST 373 - The Civil War & Reconstruction

INTS 336 - Poverty Wealth Inequality US

 



RUSSIA & CENTRAL ASIA

GOVT 338 - Government and Politics of Russia

GOVT 340 - Central Asian Politics

GOVT 447 - Revolution and International Politics

HIST 328 - Rise of Russia

HIST 329 - Modern Russia and the Soviet Union

RUSS 326 - A Survey of Russian Literature

RUSS 354 - Contemporary Post-Soviet Life

SPECIAL TOPICS

HIST 388-003: Post-Soviet Life