Fall 2020 Concentration Course List

Fall 2020 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 the instructor - check the course listing in the University Catalog for details (catalog.gmu.edu). Offerings may change through the enrollment period.

Note that:

  1. 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

Russia & Central Asia

 

Africa

GGS 325 - Geography of North Africa and the Middle East

HIST 262 - Survey of African History

SPECIAL TOPICS

ANTH 320 -  Global Africa

FREN 325 - Major African Writers

HIST 387-003: History of Foreign Intervention in Africa

 

Asia

ARTH 385 - Arts of Japan

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

GOVT 341 - Chinese Foreign Policy

GOVT 433 - Political Economy of East Asia

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 - Religions of Asia 

RELI 317 - Daoism

SPECIAL TOPICS

ANTH 330-003: Sinophone Ppls & Chinese Ppls

CHIN 325 - Major Chinese Writers

CHIN 470 - Arts of China

GGS 317 - Geography of China

HIST 388-002: South Asia and the British Empire

JAPA 360 - Intro to Anime and Manga

KORE 320 - Korean Pop Culture in Global World

 

Europe

ARTH 340 - Early Renaissance Art in Italy, 1300-1500

GOVT 334 - Government and Politics of Europe

GOVT 338 - Government and Politics of Russia

HIST 304 - Western Europe in the Middle Ages

HIST 308 - Nineteenth-Century Europe

HIST 314 - History of Germany

SPAN 483 - Medieval and Early Modern Literature of Spain

SPECIAL TOPICS

HIST 388 - Topics in European History

GGS 333-001: Geography of Eastern Europe

ITAL 320 - Italian Society

 

The Environment

BIOL 301 - Biology and Society

ECON 335 - Environmental Economics

EVPP 336 - Human Dimensions of the Environment

EVPP 377 - Applied Ecology

GEOL 309 - Introduction to Oceanography

GGS 302 - Global Environmental Hazards

GGS 303 - Geography of Resource Conservation

GGS 307 - Geographic Approaches on Sustainable Development

GGS 311 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

GOVT 361 - Introduction to Environmental Policy  

or EVPP 361 - Introduction to Environmental Policy

PHIL 343 - Topics in Environmental Philosophy

TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism

SPECIAL TOPICS

EVPP 423: Beekeeping and Sustainability

EVPP 432: Energy Policy

INTS 334 - Environmental Justice

 

Global Economy & Management

ECON 310 - Money and Banking

ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas

ECON 361 - Economic Development of Latin America

ECON 390 - International Economics

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 

SPECIAL TOPICS

GOVT 433 - Political Economy of East Asia

 

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 344 - American Foreign Policy

GOVT 346 - American Security Policy

GOVT 347 - International Security

GOVT 412 - Politics and the Mass Media

GOVT 446 - International Law and Organization

SOCI 340 - Power, Politics, and Society

SPECIAL TOPICS

GOVT 444-001: Terrorism and Counterterrorism

GOVT 444-009: Foreign Intelligence & Civil Liberties

GOVT 444-015: Global Issues with UN Ambassadors

 

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 Activism 

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 - Ethical Issues Global Health

INTS 362 - Social Justice and Human Rights

 

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 - The 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 346 - American Security Policy

GOVT 347 - International Security

SOCI 320 - Globalization and Social Change

SPECIAL TOPICS

INTS 362 - Social Justice and Human Rights

INTS 371 - Food Systems and Policy

GLOA 450 - Ethical Issues Global Health

 

International Development

ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas

ECON 361 - Economic Development of Latin America

GCH 205 - Global Health

GCH 405 - Global Health Interventions: History and Systems

GGS 303 - Geography of Resource Conservation

GGS 307 - Geographic Approaches on Sustainable Development

GOVT 446 - International Law and Organization

HEAL 350 - Interventions for Populations and Communities at Risk

INTS 401 - Conservation Biology

PHIL 344:Ethical Issues Global Health

TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism

SPECIAL TOPICS

INTS 362 - Social Justice and Human Right

SOCI 326-DL1: Conflict, Violence, and Peace

 

Latin America

ARTH 204 - Survey of Latin American Art

ECON 361 - Economic Development of Latin America

GOVT 331 - Government and Politics of Latin America

HIST 271 - Survey of Latin American History

HIST 364 - Revolution and Radical Politics in Latin America

SPAN 325-DL1: Moving Stories

SPAN 388 - Introduction to Latina/o Studies

SPAN 390 - Introduction to Hispanic Literary Analysis

SPECIAL TOPICS

SPAN 430: Spanish in the US

 

Media, Communication, & Culture

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

FRLN 331 - Topics in World Cinema

INTS 348 - Digital Futures

PSYC 379 - Applied Cross-Cultural Psychology

THR 359 - World Stages

SPECIAL TOPICS

ANTH 308 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East 

FAVS 225 - The History of World Cinema

FAVS 399:DL2 - Afrofuturism

INTS 346 - Art as Social Action

 

Middle East & North Africa

ARTH 320 - Art of the Islamic World

ANTH 308 - Peoples and Cultures of 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 

RELI 211 - Religions of the West

SPECIAL TOPICS

ARAB 325: Major Arabic Writers

HIST 387-007: Modern Middle East

GOVT 444-017: Jihad in Islam in Theory/Practice

RELI 374 - Islamic Thought

 

Russia & Central Asia

GOVT 338 - Government and Politics of Russia

HIST 327 - The Soviet Union and Russia Since World War II

HIST 329 - Modern Russia and the Soviet Union

RUSS 326 - A Survey of Russian Literature

RUSS 470 - Topics in (Post) Soviet Film

SPECIAL TOPICS

GOVT 444-016: Russian Foreign Policy