Spring 2025 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.
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 - Biology and Society
ECON 335 - Environmental Economics
ECON 435 - Economics of Energy
EVPP 336 - Tackling Wicked Problems in Society the Environment
EVPP 377 - Applied Ecology
EVPP 475 - Global Biodiversity Governance
GGS 303 - Geography of Resource Conservation
GGS 311 - Geographic Information Systems
GOVT 361 or EVPP 361 - Introduction to Environmental Policy
INTS 334 - Environmental Justice
PHIL 243 - Global Environmental Ethics
TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism
SPECIAL TOPICS
EVPP 338 - Economics Environmental Policy
GLOA 396 001 - Justice and the Global Environment
GLOA 396 DL1 - Gender, Race & Animal Rights
Global Economy & Management
ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas
ECON 362 - African Economic Development
ECON 380 - Economies in Transition
ECON 390 - International Economics
MGMT 461 - Cross Cultural and Global Management
MBUS 305 - Introduction to International Business
BULE 303 - Legal Environment of Business *BULE courses require the approval of the director.
BULE 402 - Commercial Law *BULE courses require the approval of the director.
SPECIAL TOPICS
GLOA 396 002 - Actors in Global Governance
Global Governance
ANTH 312 - Political Anthropology
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 347 - International Security
GOVT 412 - Politics and the Mass Media
GOVT 446 DL1 - International Law and Organization
SOCI 340 - Power, Politics, and Society
SPECIAL TOPICS
CONF 399 – Democracy and Development
GLOA 396 001 - Justice and the Global Environment
GLOA 396 002 - Actors in Global Governance
PHIL 243 - Global Environmental Ethics
Global Inequalities & Responses
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
SOCI 308 - Race and Ethnicity in a Changing World
SOCI 315 - Contemporary Gender Relations
WMST 100 - Global Representations of Women
WMST 200 - Introduction to Women and Gender Studies
SPECIAL TOPICS
CONF 399 – Democracy and Development
GLOA 396 001 - Justice and the Global Environment
GLOA 396 002 - Actors in Global Governance
GLOA 396 DL1 - Gender, Race & Animal Rights
INTS 475 001 - Global Food Justice
PHIL 243 - Global Environmental Ethics
Human Security
CONF 345 - Social Dynamics of Terrorism, Security, and Justice
CRIM 475 - Theory and Politics of Terrorism
ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas
EVPP 436 - Politics of Climate Change Governance
GCH 332 - Health and Disease
GGS 311 - Geographic Information Systems
GOVT 347 - International Security
INTS 314 - Conflict, Trauma and Healing
SPECIAL TOPICS
CONF 337 - Restorative Justice
INTS 475 001 - Global Food Justice
PHIL 243 - Global Environmental Ethics
International Development
ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Area
ECON 362 - African Economic Development
EVPP 475 - Global Biodiversity Governance
GCH 205 - Global Health
GGS 303 - Geography of Resource Conservation
GOVT 446 DL1 - International Law and Organization
INTS 401 - Conservation Biology
TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism
SPECIAL TOPICS
CONF 337 - Restorative Justice
CONF 399 – Democracy and Development
GCH 406: Global Health Interventions: Emerging Issues
GLOA 396 001 - Justice and the Global Environment
GLOA 396 002 - Actors in Global Governance
Media, Communication, & Culture
ANTH 380 - Language and Culture
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 330 - Topics in World Literature
PSYC 379 - Applied Cross-Cultural Psychology
SPECIAL TOPICS
ENGH 362 - Middle East Media and Global Culture
FAVS 225 - Introduction to World Cinema
Africa
ARTH 206 - Survey of African Art
ECON 362 - African Economic Development
SPECIAL TOPICS
AAAS 390 - Colonialism & Lib in ModAfrica
ANTH 320 – Global Africa
GLOA 396 002 - Actors in Global Governance
GOVT 319 002 – Politics of Africa
INTS 375 001 - Colonialism & Lib in ModAfrica
Asia
ARTH 203 - Survey of Asian Art
ARTH 385 - Arts of Japan
CHIN 310 - Survey of Chinese Literature
CHIN 311 - Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
CHIN 328 - Asian American Women Writers
GOVT 341 - Chinese Foreign Policy
HIST 357 - Postwar Japan
HIST 358 - Post-1949 China
RELI 212 - Introduction to Religions of Asia
RELI 315 - Buddhism
RUSS 353 - Russian Civilization
SPECIAL TOPICS
GOVT 319 001 - Politics of South Asia
HIST 377 - The Vietnam War
HIST 387 DL! - History of Taiwan
HIST 387 DL2 - Arts of Japan
Europe
GERM 325 - Major Writers
GOVT 334 - Politics of Europe
HIST 309 - Europe in Crisis: 1914-1948
RUSS 353 - Russian Civilization
SPAN 325 - Major Hispanic Writers
SPAN 483 - Medieval and Early Modern Literature of Spain
SPECIAL TOPICS
ARTH 303-001: British Art: Tudors to Today
HIST 388-001: True Crime in Early Modern Europe
Latin America
GGS 316 - Geography of Latin America
GOVT 331 - Politics of Latin America
HIST 272 - Survey of Latin American History
SPAN 325 - Major Hispanic Writers
SPAN 390 - Introduction to Hispanic Literary Analysis
SPAN 466 - Latin American Civilization and Culture
SPECIAL TOPICS
PHIL338-002/WMST300-002: Philosophy, Race and Gender
Middle East & North Africa
ANTH 308 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
GOVT 332 - Politics of the Middle East and North Africa
HIST 282 - Survey of Middle Eastern Civilization
HIST 462 - Women in Islamic Society
RELI 211 - Introduction to Religions of the "West"
RELI 338 - Qur'an and Hadith
SPECIAL TOPICS
ENGH 362 - Middle East Media and Global Culture
GOVT 345 - Islam and Politics
North America
ARTH 373 - Studies in 20th-Century Art of the United States
ENGH 355 - Contemporary Fiction
GGS 315 - Geography of the United States
GOVT 301 - Public Law and the Judicial Process
GOVT 308 - The American Presidency
Special Topics
HIST 341-001: History of Sport in the United States
HIST 345-001: Women’s Activism: From Jim Crow to Black Power
HIST 389-003: Why the Midwest Matters?
Russia & Central Asia
ECON 380 - Economies in Transition
HIST 329 - Modern Russia and the Soviet Union
RUSS 327 - 20th-Century Literature in Translation
RUSS 353 - Russian Civilization
SPECIAL TOPICS
GGS 326 – Geography of E. Europe & Russia