Fall 2025 Concentration Course List
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.
The Environment
Global Economy & Management
Global Governance
Global Inequalities & Responses
Human Security
International Development
Media, Communication, & Culture
Africa
Asia
Europe
Latin America
Middle East & North Africa
North America
Russia & Central Asia
THE ENVIRONMENT
BIOL 301 – DL1 Infectious Diseases
EVPP 336 - Tackling Wicked Problems in Society the Environment (Mason Core)
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 243 - Global Environmental Ethics
PHIL 343 - Topics in Environmental Philosophy
TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism
SPECIAL TOPICS
GLOA 396-001 - Globalization in/of Asia
GLOBAL ECONOMY AND MANAGEMENT
ECON 310 - Money and Banking
ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas
ECON 361 - Economic Development of Latin America
ECON 390 - International Economics
GOVT 343 - International Political Economy
MGMT 461 - Cross Cultural and Global Management
MKTG 407 - Global Marketing
MBUS 305 - Introduction to International Business
BULE 303 - Legal Environment of Business (BULE courses require the approval of the BULE director)
BULE 402 - Commercial Law (BULE courses require the approval of the BULE director)
SPECIAL TOPICS
GLOA 396-001 - Globalization in/of Asia
GLOA 396 DL1 – Global Revolution and Politics
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
COMM 305 - Foundations of Intercultural Communication
CRIM 405 - Law and Justice around the World
CRIM 475 - Theory and Politics of Terrorism
EVPP 475 - Global Biodiversity Governance
GGS 301 - Political Geography
GLOA 387 - Human Security, Globalization, and Development
GOVT 342 - Diplomacy
GOVT 343 - International Political Economy
GOVT 344 - American Foreign Policy
GOVT 346 - American Security Policy
GOVT 447 - Revolution and International Politics
GOVT 448 - Ethics and International Politics
SPECIAL TOPICS
CONF 347 - Mobilizing for Change and Justice
GLOA 396-001 - Globalization in/of Asia
GLOA 396 DL1 – Global Revolution and Politics
Jurisprudence Learning Community
HIST 382-001: Law and History
GLOBAL INEQUALITIES AND RESPONSES
ANTH 365 - Scientific Racism and Human Variation
CRIM 405 - Law and Justice around the World
GCH 332 - Health and Disease
GOVT 414 - Politics of Race and Gender
SOCI 307 - Social Movements and Political Protest
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
CONF 347 - Mobilizing for Change and Justice
GLOA 396-001 - Globalization in/of Asia
GLOA 396 DL1 – Global Revolution and Politics
HIST 364-001: Revolutionary and Radical Politics in Latin America
HIST 387-003: Globalization and History
HIST 387-005: Global History of Disease: From the Black Death to the Walking Dead
PHIL 421 - Migration, Ethics, and Health
HUMAN SECURITY
ANTH 331 - Refugee
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
GCH 405 - Global Health Interventions: History and Systems
GGS 311 - Geographic Information Systems
GLOA 387 - Human Security, Globalization, and Development
GOVT 346 - American Security Policy
SPECIAL TOPICS
CONF 347 - Mobilizing for Change and Justice
GLOA 396-001 - Globalization in/of Asia
GLOA 396 DL1 – Global Revolution and Politics
HIST 387-005: Global History of Disease: From the Black Death to the Walking Dead
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
GCH 405 - Global Health Interventions: History and Systems
GGS 303 - Geography of Resource Conservation
GGS 307 - Geographic Approaches for Sustainable Development
GLOA 387 - Human Security, Globalization, and Development
HEAL 350 - Health Interventions for Vulnerable Populations
TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism
Special Topics
GLOA 396-001 - Globalization in/of Asia
PHIL 421 - Migration, Ethics, and Health
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
ENGH 315 - Folklore and Folklife
ENGH 362 - Global Voices
FRLN 330 - Topics in World Literature
FRLN 331 - Contexts for Global Cinema
PSYC 379 - Applied Cross-Cultural Psychology
SPECIAL TOPICS
FAVS 300 - Global Horror Film
GLOA 396-001 - Globalization in/of Asia
GLOA 396 DL1 – Global Revolution and Politics
ARTH 303-DL1: Visualizing Irish Nationalism
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
AFAM 390-001 - History of Modern Africa
FREN 325 - Major African Writers
GLOA 396 DL1 – Global Revolution and Politics
HIST 387-007: Colonialism and Liberation in Modern Africa
ASIA
CHIN 310 - Survey of Chinese Literature
CHIN 311 - Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
CHIN 325 - Major Chinese Writers
CHIN 320 - Contemporary Chinese Film
CHIN 470 - Special Topics in Chinese Studies
GOVT 333 - Politics of East Asia
GOVT 338 - Politics of Eurasia
HIST 252 - Survey of East Asian History
HIST 354 - Modern China
HIST 356 - Modern Japan
RELI 212 - Introduction to Religions of Asia
SPECIAL TOPICS
ARTH 482-001 - Arts of the Indian Ocean Wrld
GGS 333 – Geography of Central Asia
GLOA 396-001 - Globalization in/of Asia
GLOA 396 DL1 – Global Revolution and Politics
EUROPE
ARTH 360 - Nineteenth-Century European Art
GERM 325 - Major Writers
GOVT 338 - Politics of Eurasia
HIST 308 - Nineteenth-Century Europe
HIST 314 - History of Germany
SPECIAL TOPICS
ARTH 322-001: Roman Art
ARTH 343-001: The Art of Venice
GLOA 396 DL1 – Global Revolution and Politics
HIST 318-001: Holocaust: History and Meaning
HIST 324-DL1: Tudor and Stuart England
HIST 387-002: World War II
HIST 388-DL1: Visualizing Irish Nationalism
HIST 388-001: Pagans and Christians
LATIN AMERICA
ARTH 204 - Survey of Latin American Art
ECON 361 - Economic Development of Latin America
HIST 271 - Survey of Latin American History
HIST 364 - Revolution in Latin America
SPAN 390 - Introduction to Hispanic Literary Analysis
SPECIAL TOPICS
ANTH 379 Andean Archaeology
GLOA 396 DL1 – Global Revolution and Politics
HIST 364-001: Revolutionary and Radical Politics in Latin America
HIST 396-001: Introduction to Public History
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
ARTH 320 - Art of the Islamic World
GGS 325 - Geography of North Africa and the Middle East
GOVT 332 - Politics of the Middle East and North Africa
GOVT 345 - Islam and Politics
HIST 281 - Survey of Middle Eastern Civilization
RELI 211 - Introduction to Religions of the "West"
RELI 312 - Islam
SPECIAL TOPICS
ARTH 317-DL1: Art and Archaeology of Ancient Nubia
GOVT 444-02 - Israel and Palestine
GLOA 396 DL1 – Global Revolution and Politics
HIST 387-004 – The Ottoman Empire
NORTH AMERICA
ENGH 355 - Contemporary Fiction
GOVT 301 - Public Law and the Judicial Process
GOVT 307 - Legislative Behavior
SPECIAL TOPICS
GLOA 396 DL1 – Global Revolution and Politics
HIST 335-001: African-American Experience in the U.S.
HIST 343-DL1: Women During the Enslavement Era
HIST 382-001: Law and History
HIST 387-002: World War II
HIST 387-008: The History of the Olympics and the U.S.
HIST 389-002: American Judaism
HIST 389-003: Native American Histories to 1815
HIST 396-001: Introduction to Public History
HIST 401-001: Colonial America
RUSSIA & CENTRAL ASIA
GOVT 338 - Politics of Eurasia
GOVT 447 - Revolution and International Politics
HIST 327 - The Soviet Union and Russia Since World War II,
RUSS 325 - Major Russian Writers
RUSS 326 - 19th-Century Literature in Translation
SPECIAL TOPICS
AFAM 390-DL1 – Women During Enslavement Era
ARTH 320-001: Art of the Islamic World: Art of Iran, Central Asia and Turkey, from the Ilkhanids to the Ottomans
GLOA 396 DL1 – Global Revolution and Politics
HIST 387-002: World War II