Fall 2026 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 throughout 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 396-002) are usually “special topics” courses and may not be offered on a recurring basis.
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
ANTH 370 - Environment and Culture
BIOL 301 – DL1 Infectious Diseases
EVPP 336 - Tackling Wicked Problems in Society the Environment
EVPP 377 - Applied Ecology
EVPP 475 - Global Biodiversity Governance
GEOL 309 - Oceanography
GGS 302 - Global Environmental Hazards
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
TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism
SPECIAL TOPICS
EVPP 322 - Business and Sustainability
EVPP 434 - Food-Energy-Water-Climate Nexus
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)
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
GLOA 387 - Human Security, Globalization, and Development
COMM 305 - Foundations of Intercultural Communication
ANTH 331 - Refugees
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
GOVT 342 - Diplomacy
GOVT 343 - International Political Economy
GOVT 344 - American Foreign Policy
GOVT 412 - Media and Political Controversy
GOVT 434 - Democracy in Global Perspective
GOVT 445 - Human Rights
GOVT 448 - Ethics and International Politics
SPECIAL TOPICS
GOVT 444-001 - Foreign Intel/ Civil Liberties
GOVT 490 DL1 - US Foreign Policy: Middle East
GOVT 490 DL3 - US/Mexico Border Policy
GLOBAL INEQUALITIES AND RESPONSES
GLOA 387 - Human Security, Globalization, and Development
GLOA 388 - Global Health and Development
ANTH 331 - Refugees
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
INTS 304 - Social Movements and Community Activism
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
HUMAN SECURITY
GLOA 387 -Human Security, Globalization, and Development
GLOA 388 - Global Health and Development
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
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
GLOA 387 - Human Security, Globalization, and Development
GLOA 388 - Global Health and 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 307 - Geographic Approaches for Sustainable Development
GOVT 434 - Democracy in Global Perspective
GOVT 445 - Human Rights
GOVT 446 - International Law and Organization
HEAL 350 - Health Interventions for Vulnerable Populations
INTS 401 - Conservation Biology
TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism
MEDIA, COMMUNICATION, & CULTURE
ANTH 332 - Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Globalization
ANTH 380 - Language and Culture
ANTH 395 - Work, Technology, and Society: An IT Perspective
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
ENGH 316-001: The Ramayana: Lives of Ind Epic
AFRICA
GLOA 387 -Human Security, Globalization, and Development
ARTH 206 - Survey of African Art
GGS 325 - Geography of North Africa and the Middle East
ASIA
ANTH 309 - Peoples and Cultures of India
ARTH 384 - Arts of China
CHIN 310 - Survey of Chinese Literature
CHIN 328 - Asian American Women Writers
GOVT 333 - Politics of East Asia
GOVT 338 - Politics of Eurasia
HIST 354 - Modern China
HIST 357 - Postwar Japan
JAPA 310 - Japanese Culture in a Global World
JAPA 320 - Japanese Cinema
RELI 212 - Introduction to Religions of Asia
RELI 313 - Hinduism
SPECIAL TOPICS
ENGH 316-001: The Ramayana: Lives of Ind Epic
GOVT 490-003 - US Versus China
KORE 320 - Pop Cult in Global Wrld
KORE 350 Korean Cinema Global Contexts
EUROPE
ENGH 361 - Continental Fiction, 1880-1950
GERM 325 - Major Writers
GOVT 338 - Politics of Eurasia
HIST 308 - Nineteenth-Century Europe
SPECIAL TOPICS
GOVT 490-006 - European Union in Crisis
LATIN AMERICA
ECON 361 - Economic Development of Latin America
GOVT 331 - Politics of Latin America
HIST 271 - Survey of Latin American History
SPAN 390 - Introduction to Hispanic Literary Analysis
SPECIAL TOPICS
GOVT 490 DL3 - US/Mexico Border Policy
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
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
RELI 368 - Islam, Democracy, and Human Rights
SPECIAL TOPICS
ARAB 325 – Major Arabic Writers
ARAB 360 - Neorealist Cinema
GOVT 490 DL1 - US Foreign Policy: Middle East
NORTH AMERICA
ENGH 355 - Contemporary Fiction
GGS 315 - Geography of the United States
GOVT 301 - Public Law and the Judicial Process
GOVT 307 - Legislative Behavior
HIST 351 - History of the Old South
HIST 370 - War and American Society
SPECIAL TOPICS
GOVT 490-003 - US Versus China
GOVT 490 DL3 - US/Mexico Border Policy
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