Fall 2023 concentration course list

This list contains courses that have been pre-approved to count for each concentration. Other relevant courses may be applied to a concentration with the permission of the program. Some of the courses listed here may have prerequisites and/or require the permission of the instructor before you can enroll. Check the course listing in the University Catalog for details (catalog.gmu.edu). Offerings may change through the enrollment period. 

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.  

A course for which a section number is given (e.g. GLOA 450-002) is usually a “special topic” course and may not be offered on a recurring basis. 

Thematic Concentrations

The Environment
Global Economy & Management 
Global Governance 
Global Inequalities & Responses 
Human Security 
International Development 
Media, Communication, & Culture 
 
Regional Concentrations 
Africa 
Asia 
Europe 
Latin America 
The Middle East & North Africa 
North America
Russia & Central Asia 

 

The Environment (EVT) 

BIOL 301 - Biology and Society   

ECON 335 - Environmental Economics   

ECON 435 - Economics of Energy  

EVPP 336 - Human Dimensions of the Environment  

EVPP 377 - Applied Ecology  

EVPP 475 - Global Biodiversity Governance    

GGS 302 - Global Environmental Hazards  

GGS 303 - Geography of Resource Conservation   

GGS 307 - Geographic Approaches for Sustainable Development  

GGS 311 - Geographic Information Systems  

EVPP 361 - Introduction to Environmental Policy  

EVPP 362 - Intermediate Environmental Policy  

INTS 334 - Environmental Justice   

PHIL 343 - Topics in Environmental Philosophy   

TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism  

Special Topics  

EVPP 434 - Food-Energy-Water-ClimateNexus

HIST 387-DL2: History of the Climate Crisis  

Global Economy and Management (GEM) 

ECON 310 - Money and Banking  

ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas   

ECON 361 - Economic Development of Latin America   

ECON 362 - African Economic Development   

ECON 390 - International Economics  

GOVT 343 - International Political Economy  

GOVT 367 - Money, Markets and Economic Policy   

MGMT 461 - Cross Cultural and Global Management  

MKTG 407 - Global Marketing  

MBUS 305 - Introduction to International Business   

BULE 303 - Legal Environment of Business   

BULE 402 - Commercial Law   

Special Topics   

GLOA 450-001 - Global Econ Gvrnance & Dvlpmnt   

Global Governance (GLGV) 

COMM 305 - Foundations of Intercultural Communication   

CRIM 405 - Law and Justice around the World   

CRIM 475 - Theory and Politics of Terrorism  

GGS 301 - Political Geography    

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 447 - Revolution and International Politics  

Special Topics  

GLOA 387 - 001 - Human Sec, Global, Develop  

GLOA 400 – DL1 Global Peace and Conflict (cannot be used to fulfill a concentration and capstone simultaneously)

GLOA 450-001 - Global Econ Gvrnance & Dvlpmnt   

GOVT 444 - 002 - Foreign Intel/ Civil Liberties  

GOVT 490 - DL2 - Diplomatic Solutions   

HIST 387-007 - Global History of Disease: From the Black Death to the Walking Dead  

HIST 387-DL- Urban Disasters, Real and Imagined  

INTS 475-001 - Human Borders & Migrations 

Global Inequalities and Responses (GIR) 

ANTH 365 - Scientific Racism and Human Variation  

CRIM 405 - Law and Justice around the World   

GCH 332 - Health and Disease  

GGS 304 - Population Geography  

INTS 304 - Social Movements and Community Activism   

SOCI 307 - Social Movements and Political Protest  

SOCI 308 - Race and Ethnicity in a Changing World   

SOCI 315 - Contemporary Gender Relations   

SOCI 355 - Social Inequality   

WMST 100 - Global Representations of Women  

WMST 200 - Introduction to Women and Gender Studies   

Special Topics 

GLOA 450-001 - Global Econ Gvrnance & Dvlpmnt  

HIST 387-005 - Global History of Antisemitism  

INTS 475-003 - Global Food Justice 

Human Security (HMSC) 

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

CRIM 475 - Theory and Politics of Terrorism  

ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas   

EVPP 436 - The Human Dimensions of Global Climate Change  

GCH 332 - Health and Disease  

GCH 405 - Global Health Interventions: History and Systems  

GGS 311 - Geographic Information Systems  

GOVT 346 - American Security Policy  

GOVT 347 - International Security  

SOCI 320 - Globalization and Social Change   

Special Topics   

EVPP 434 - Food-Energy-Water Nexus  

GLOA 387 - 001 - Human Sec, Global, Develop 

GLOA 400 – 001 - The Refugee Crisis in Europe (cannot be used to fulfill a concentration and capstone simultaneously)

GLOA 400 – DL1 Global Peace and Conflict (cannot be used to fulfill a concentration and capstone simultaneously) 

GLOA 450-001 - Global Econ Gvrnance & Dvlpmnt  

HIST 387-007 - Global History of Disease: From the Black Death to the Walking Dead  

HIST 387-DL- Urban Disasters, Real and Imagined  

INTS 475-003 - Global Food Justice  

International Development (IDEV) 

ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas   

ECON 361 - Economic Development of Latin America   

ECON 362 - African Economic Development   

GCH 205 - Global Health  

GCH 405 - Global Health Interventions: History and Systems  

GGS 303 - Geography of Resource Conservation   

GGS 307 - Geographic Approaches for Sustainable Development  

GOVT 434 - Democracy in Global Perspective  

HEAL 350 - Health Interventions for Vulnerable Populations  

PHIL 344 - Ethical Issues in Global Health  

TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism  

Special Topics 

GLOA 387 - 001 - Human Sec, Global, Develop  

GLOA DL2 - Globalization in/of Africa (cannot be used to fulfill a concentration and capstone simultaneously)

GLOA 450-001 - Global Econ Gvrnance & Dvlpmnt  

Media, Communication, and Culture (MCC) 

COMM 202 - Media and Society  

COMM 305 - Foundations of Intercultural Communication  

COMM 380 - Media Criticism  

ENGH 315 - Folklore and Folklife   

FRLN 330 - Topics in World Literature   

PSYC 379 - Applied Cross-Cultural Psychology   

THR 359 - World Stages   

Special Topics  

FAVS 300 - Global Horror Film  

ENGH 371 - Global TV

ENGH 374 - Screening the Global City

 

Africa (AFR) 

ECON 362 - African Economic Development   

HIST 262 - Survey of African History   

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

HIST 387 - Colonialism & Lib in ModAfrica

Special Topics  

AFAM 390 - 001 - Colonialism & Lib in ModAfrica  

FREN 467 - 001 - France & the African Diaspora  

GLOA 400-DL2 - Globalization in/of Africa (cannot be used to fulfill both the concentration and capstone simultaneously). 

HIST 335-001 - African American Experience in the U.S.  

INTS 475 - 002 - S Africa: Legacies/Colonialism   

Asia (ASA) 

ARTH 384 - Arts of China   

CHIN 310 - Survey of Chinese Literature   

CHIN 311 - Modern Chinese Literature in Translation   

CHIN 325 - Major Chinese Writers  

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 356 - Modern Japan   

JAPA 310 - Japanese Culture in a Global World   

JAPA 320 - Japanese Cinema  

RELI 212 - Introduction to Religions of Asia   

RELI 313 - Hinduism    

RUSS 353 - Russian Civilization   

Special Topics  

GOVT 444 - 003 - Korean Politics    

HIST 387-003 - The Second World War  

Europe (EU) 

ARTH 360 - Nineteenth-Century European Art   

GOVT 338 - Government and Politics of Russia   

HIST 308 - Nineteenth Century Europe  

HIST 314 - History of Germany  

RUSS 353 - Russian Civilization   

SPAN 325 - Major Hispanic Writers   

Special Topics  

ARTH 311-001 - Design of Cities, Pompeii  

ARTH 334-001 - Western Medieval Art  

ARTH 344-001 - Faith, Power, Spectacle: Baroque Art in Italy, France and Spain  

GLOA 400-001 - The Refugee Crisis in Europe (cannot be used to fulfill both the concentration and capstone simultaneously). 

HIST 301-001 - Classical Greece  

HIST 387-003 - The Second World War  

HIST 388-001 - True Crime in Early Modern Europe  

HIST 388-003 - Scientific Revolution  

HIST 388-004 - Byzantium, Islam, and the Medieval World     

RELI 345 - Catholicism  

Latin America (LA) 

ANTH 302 - Peoples and Cultures of Latin America   

ANTH 307 - Ancient Mesoamerica   

ARTH 204 - Survey of Latin American Art   

ECON 361 - Economic Development of Latin America   

HIST 271 - Survey of Latin American History   

SPAN 325 - Major Hispanic Writers    

SPAN 388 - Introduction to Latina/o Studies   

SPAN 390 - Introduction to Hispanic Literary Analysis  

Special Topics  

ARTH 472-001 - Frida Kahlo

ARTH 204 - Survey of Latin American Art

GOVT 444 - DL2 - Humn Rights & Justce in Lat Am  

HIST 387-001 - Music and Sports in Latin America 

Middle East and North Africa (MNA) 

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 - Introduction to Religions of the "West"   

RELI 310 - Judaism   

Special Topics  

ARTH 317-DL1 - Art and Archaeology of Ancient Nubia  

HIST 387-004/RELI 250 - Religion and History in Ancient Israel  

HIST 388-004 - Byzantium, Islam, and the Medieval World  

RELI 312 - Islam  

RELI 358 - Islamic Thought   

North America (NA) 

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 335-001 - African American Experience in the U.S.   

HIST 340-001 - Basketball and the American Experience  

HIST 370-DL- War and American Society  

HIST 387-003- The Second World War  

HIST 389-002 - Native American History: Ancestors to 1803 

HIST 389-DL1: Queer History in the U.S. 

HIST 401-001 - Colonial America 

INTS 336 - DL1 - Poverty Wealth Inequality US  

 

Russia and Central Asia (RCA) 

GOVT 338 - Government and Politics of Russia  

GOVT 447 - Revolution and International Politics  

HIST 328 - Rise of Russia  

RUSS 326 - 19th Century Literature in Translation   

Special Topics