Fall 2024 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 on 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: 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 under “special topics” may not be offered on a recurring basis.
Thematic Concentrations
The Environment
Global Economy & Management
Global Governance
Global Inequalities & Responses
Human Security
International Development
Media, Communication, & Culture
Regional Concentrations
Africa
Asia
Europe
Latin America
The Middle East & North Africa
North America
Russia & Central Asia
THE ENVIRONMENT
ANTH 370 - Environment and Culture
BIOL 301 - Biology and Society
EVPP 336 - Tackling Wicked Problems in Society the Environment
EVPP 361 - Introduction to Environmental Policy
EVPP 362 - Intermediate Environmental Policy
EVPP 377 - Applied Ecology
GEOL 309 - Oceanography
GGS 302 - Global Environmental Hazards
GGS 303 - Geography of Resource Conservation
GGS 307 - Geographic Approaches for Sustainable Development
GGS 311 - Geographic Information Systems
GLOA 388 - Global Health and Development
INTS 334 - Environmental Justice
PHIL 343 - Topics in Environmental Philosophy
TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism
SPECIAL TOPICS
ANTH 331 - Refugees
ANTH 370 - Environment and Culture
INST 311-001 - Animal Migratn/Consrvatn
INTS 403 - Conservation Behavior
GLOBAL ECONOMY AND MANAGEMENT
ECON 310 - Money and Banking
ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas
ECON 361 - Economic Development of Latin America
ECON 362 - African Economic Development
ECON 390 - International Economics
GOVT 367 - Money, Markets and Economic Policy
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 director)
BULE 402 - Commercial Law (BULE courses require the approval of the director)
SPECIAL TOPICS
ANTH 331 - Refugees
ANTH 308 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
INTS 332 - Business and Sustainability
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
COMM 305 - Foundations of Intercultural Communication
CRIM 405 - Law and Justice around the World
CRIM 475 - Theory and Politics of Terrorism
GGS 301 - Political Geography
GLOA 387 - Human Security, Globalization, and Development
GOVT 342 - Diplomacy
GOVT 343 - International Political Economy
GOVT 344 - American Foreign Policy
GOVT 346 - American Security Policy
GOVT 347 - International Security
GOVT 447 - Revolution and International Politics
Special Topics:
ANTH 331 - Refugees
ANTH 308 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
WMST 407: Transnational Sexualities
GLOBAL INEQUALITIES AND RESPONSES
CRIM 405 - Law and Justice around the World
GCH 332 - Health and Disease
GGS 304 - Population Geography
GLOA 388 - Global Health and Development
INTS 304 - Social Movements and Community Activism
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 - Global Representations of Women
WMST 200- Introduction to Women and Gender Studies
Special Topics
ANTH 308 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
ANTH 331 - Refugees
INTS 362: Social Justice and Human Rights
WMST 407: Transnational Sexualities
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
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
GOVT 347 - International Security
SOCI 320 - Globalization and Social Change
Special Topics:
ANTH 308 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
ANTH 331 - Refugees
WMST 407: Transnational Sexualities
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ANTH 331 - Refugees
ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas
ECON 361 - Economic Development of Latin Americ
ECON 362 - African Economic Development
GCH 205 - Global Health
GCH 405- Global Health Interventions: History and Systems
GGS 303 - Geography of Resource Conservation
GGS 307 - Geographic Approaches for Sustainable Development
GLOA 387 - Human Security, Globalization, and Development
GLOA 388 - Global Health and Development
HEAL 350 - Health Interventions for Vulnerable Populations
PHIL 344 - Ethical Issues in Global Health
TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism
SPECIAL TOPICS
ANTH 308 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
MEDIA, COMMUNICATION, & CULTURE
COMM 305 - Foundations of Intercultural Communication
COMM 380 - Media Criticism
ENGH 315 - Folklore and Folklife
FRLN 330 - Topics in World Literature
PSYC 379 - Applied Cross-Cultural Psychology
SOCI 314 - Sociology of Culture
SPECIAL TOPICS
ANTH 331 - Refugees
ANTH 308 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
ENGH 374 - Screening the Global City
INTS 348 - Digital Futures
AFRICA
ECON 362 - African Economic Development
GGS 325 - Geography of North Africa and the Middle East
HIST 335 - The African American Experience in the United States: African Background to 1885
SPECIAL TOPICS
AFAM 390-001 - South African History
FREN 325 - Sub-Saharan African Authors
RELI 322-001 - Religions of Africa
ASIA
ARTH 383 - Arts of Southeast Asia
CHIN 310 - Survey of Chinese Literature
CHIN 311 - Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
CHIN 325 - Major Chinese Writers
GOVT 333 - Government and Politics of Asia
HIST 252 - Survey of East Asian History
HIST 354 - Modern China
JAPA 310 - Japanese Culture in a Global World
JAPA 320 - Japanese Cinema
RELI 313 - Hinduism
SPECIAL TOPICS
ANTH 309 - Peoples and Cultures of India
HIST 387-004 - History of Modern South Asia
EUROPE
ARTH 340 - Early Renaissance Art in Italy, 1300-1500
ENGH 361 - Continental Fiction, 1880-1950
FREN 470 - French and Francophone Cinema
GERM 325 - Major Writers
GOVT 338 - Government and Politics of Russia
HIST 308 - Nineteenth-Century Europe
HIST 314 - History of Germany
SPAN 325 - Major Hispanic Writers
SPECIAL TOPICS
ANTH 308 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
ANTH 331 - Refugees
GLOA 396-001- Post-Soviet Life
HIST 308-002 - 19th Century Europe
HIST 326 - Stalinism
LATIN AMERICA
ECON 361 - Economic Development of Latin America
HIST 271 - Survey of Latin American History
SPAN 325 - Major Hispanic Writers
SPAN 388 - Introduction to Latina/o Studies
SPAN 390 - Introduction to Hispanic Literary Analysis
SPECIAL TOPICS
ANTH 331 - Refugees
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
RELI 211 - Introduction to Religions of the "West"
RELI 310 - Judaism
RELI 312 - Islam
RELI 368 - Islam, Democracy, and Human Rights
SPECIAL TOPICS
ANTH 308 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
ANTH 331 - Refugees
GOVT 490 DL1 - US Foreign Policy: Middle East
HIST 387 001 - Hist Reli of Modern Israel
NORTH AMERICA
ENGH 355 - Recent American Fiction
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
ANTH 308 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
ANTH 331 - Refugees
RUSSIA & CENTRAL ASIA
GOVT 338 - Government and Politics of Russia
GOVT 447 - Revolution and International Politics
HIST 329 - Modern Russia and the Soviet Union
RUSS 325 - Major Russian Writers
RUSS 326 - 19th-Century Literature in Translation
RUSS 354 - Contemporary Post-Soviet Life
SPECIAL TOPICS
GLOA 396-001- Post-Soviet Life
GGS 333 DL1 – Geography of Central Asia