Fall 2021 Concentration Course list

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:

  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

North America

Russia & Central Asia

 

AFRICA

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



ASIA

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

 

 

EUROPE

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

 

THE ENVIRONMENT

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

 

 

GLOBAL ECONOMY AND MANAGEMENT

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 

 

 

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 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

 

HUMAN SECURITY

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

 

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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 

 

 

LATIN AMERICA

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

 

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

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 

 

NORTH AMERICA

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

 

RUSSIA & CENTRAL ASIA

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