Fall 2021 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:
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.
GGS 325 - Geography of North Africa and the Middle East |
HIST 262 - Survey of African History |
SPECIAL TOPICS |
ARTH 399 - DL1: Nubia & the Black Pharaohs |
HIST 300 - DL1: Introduction to Historical Method: Colonialism in Africa |
ARTH 203 - Survey of Asian Art |
CHIN 310 - Survey of Chinese Literature |
CHIN 311 - Modern Chinese Literature in Translation |
CHIN 328 - Asian American Women Writers |
CHIN 470 - Special Topics in Chinese Studies |
GOVT 333 - Government and Politics of Asia |
GOVT 341 - Chinese Foreign Policy |
GOVT 433 - Political Economy of East Asia |
HIST 251 - Survey of East Asian History |
HIST 354 - Modern China |
HIST 357 - Postwar Japan |
JAPA 320 - Japanese Cinema |
RELI 212 - Religions of Asia |
RELI 313 - Hinduism |
SPECIAL TOPICS |
CHIN 470-001: Food in Chinese Literature |
GGS 317: Geography of China |
HIST 387-003: Indian Ocean History |
HIST 387 - 006 Korean Philosophy & Religions |
JAPA 360 - Intro to Japanese Popular Culture |
GOVT 334 - GOVT/Politics of Europe |
HIST 308 - Nineteenth-Century Europe |
HIST 314 - History of Germany |
SPAN 325 - Major Hispanic Writers |
SPECIAL TOPICS |
ENGH 333: British Novel 18th Century |
GGS 326: Geography of Eastern Europe and Russia |
HIST 301: Classical Greece |
HIST 387-DL5 History of the Mafia in Italy and the United States |
HIST 388: Topics in European History |
ITAL 320 - Contemporary Italian Cinema |
ANTH 370 - Environment and Culture |
BIOL 301 - Biology and Society |
ECON 335 - Environmental Economics (Note the prerequisites for this course) |
EVPP 336 - Human Dimensions of the Environment |
EVPP 361 or GOVT 361 - Introduction to Environmental Policy |
EVPP 377 - Applied Ecology |
GEOL 309 - Introduction to Oceanography |
GGS 302 - Global Environmental Hazards |
GGS 303 - Geography of Resource Conservation |
GGS 307 - Sustainable Development |
GGS 311 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems |
INTS 334 - Environmental Justice |
TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism |
SPECIAL TOPICS |
EVPP 322 - Business and Sustainability |
EVPP 423: Beekeeping and Sustainability |
INTS 311 - Animal Migration/Conservation |
ECON 310 Money and Banking |
ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas |
ECON 390 - International Economies |
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 303 - Marketing in a Global Economy |
MBUS 305 - Introduction to International Business |
BULE 303 - Legal Environment of Business |
BULE 303: Legal Environment of Business |
BULE 402 - Commercial Law |
SPECIAL TOPICS |
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 446-DL1 - International Law and Organization |
GOVT 447 - Revolution and International Politics |
INTS 416 - Refugee and Internal Displacement |
SOCI 340 - Power, Politics, and Society |
SPECIAL TOPICS |
GLOA 450-001: Palestine/Israel: Politics, Policy and Debates |
INTS 362 - Social Justice/Human Rights |
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 |
INTS 304 - Social Movements and Community Activism |
INTS 416 - Refugee and Internal Displacement |
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 - Representations of Women |
WMST 200 - Introduction to Women and Gender Studies |
SPECIAL TOPICS |
AFAM 390: Gender, Race, Sexuality, and TV |
GLOA 450-DL1: Myth, Magic, and Mind |
HIST 387-004: Global History of Disease |
INTS 362 - Social Justice/Human Rights |
INTS 417 - Human Trafficking |
PHIL 429: Responsibility and Mass Atrocity |
SOCI 332 - The Urban World |
SOCI 352 - Social Problems and Solutions |
ANTH 331 - Refugees |
CONF 345 - Social Dynamics of Terrorism, Security, and Justice |
CRIM 475 - Theory and Politics of Terrorism |
ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas |
EVPP 436 - 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 |
INTS 416 - Refugee and Internal Displacement |
SOCI 320 - Social Structure and Globalization |
SPECIAL TOPICS |
INTS 417 - Human Trafficking |
PHIL 429: Responsibility and Mass Atrocity |
SOCI 332 - The Urban World |
SOCI 352 - Social Problems and Solutions |
ANTH 331 - Refugees |
ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas |
GCH 205 - Global Health |
GCH 405 - Global Health Interventions: History and Systems |
GGS 303 - Geography of Resource Conservation |
GGS 307 - Sustainable Development |
GOVT 446- DL1 - International Law and Organization |
HEAL 350 - Interventions for Populations and Communities at Risk |
INTS 416 - Refugee and Internal Displacement |
TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism |
SPECIAL TOPICS |
ARTH 376 - Twentieth-Century Latin American Art |
GOVT 331 - Government and Politics of Latin America |
HIST 271 - Survey of Latin American History |
SPAN 325 - Major Hispanic Writers |
SPAN 388 - Introduction to Latina/o Studies (cannot count for both the Foreign Language and the concentration) |
SPAN 390 - Introduction to Hispanic Literary Analysis |
SPECIAL TOPICS |
FRLN 330-DL1: Borders and Migration |
MEDIA, COMMUNICATION, & CULTURE
ANTH 395 - Work, Technology, and Society: An IT Perspective |
AVT 372 - Hip Hop Culture |
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 - Topics in World Cinema |
INTS 348 - Digital Futures |
PSYC 379 - Applied Cross-Cultural Psychology |
THR 359 - World Stages |
SPECIAL TOPICS |
AFAM 390: Gender, Race, Sexuality, and TV |
ENGH 309: Contemporary International Writers |
GLOA 450-DL1: Myth, Magic, and Mind |
FAVS 300: Global Horror Film |
JAPA 360 - Topics in Japanese Popular Culture |
GGS 325 - Geography of North Africa and 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 |
HIST 462 - Women in Islamic Society |
RELI 211 - Religions of the West |
RELI 272 - Islam |
RELI 370 - Judaism |
SPECIAL TOPICS |
GLOA 450-001: Poli Reprsn & Dssnt in MidEast |
GOVT 444 - 021: Jihadism & Radical Islamism |
HIST 387-001: Hist of Sectarianism & Islam |
ARTH 371 - American Architecture and Material Culture |
GOVT 301 - Public Law and the Judicial Process |
GOVT 307 - Legislative Behavior |
GOVT 420 - American Political Thought |
HIST 370 - War and American Society |
SPECIAL TOPICS |
AFAM 390: Gender, Race, Sexuality, and TV |
CRIM 401 - Policing in America |
HIST 341 - History of Sport United States |
HIST 387-DL5 History of the Mafia in Italy and the United States |
SOCI 330 - 001: US Immigrants and Immigration |
GOVT 447 - Revolution and International Politics |
HIST 328 - Rise of Russia |
HIST 329 - Modern Russia and the Soviet Union |
RUSS 325 - Major Russian Writers |
RUSS 326 - A Survey of Russian Literature |
SPECIAL TOPICS |