Spring 2021 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 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

Russia & Central Asia

 

Africa

ARTH 206 - Survey of African Art

HIST 360 - History of South Africa

SPECIAL TOPICS

FAVS 399:DL3 – Afrofuturism and Their Kin

FREN 454: Topics in Caribbean Francophone Literature and Culture (taught in French)

GLOA 400-002: Pan-African Identities: African Perspectives (cannot double count with capstone requirement)

GGS 333 - 002 Geography Sub-Saharan Africa

 

Asia

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 252 - Survey of East Asian History

HIST 358 - Post-1949 China

JAPA 310 - Japanese Culture in a Global World

JAPA 320 - Japanese Cinema

RELI 212 - Religions of Asia

RELI 315 - Buddhism

RUSS 353 - Russian Civilization 

SPECIAL TOPICS

GOVT 444-019: History of Taiwan

JAPA 340-002: Japanese Tales of SuprNatural 

KORE 300: Korean Culture and Society

 

Europe

GERM 325 - Major Writers

GOVT 338 - Government and Politics of Russia

HIST 305 - The Renaissance

HIST 306 - The Reformation

HIST 309 - Europe in Crisis: 1914-1948

RUSS 353 - Russian Civilization

SPECIAL TOPICS

GLOA 400-DL1: Globalization of/in Europe (cannot double count with synthesis/capstone)

GOVT 490-014: European Union in Crisis 

GGS 326: Geography of Eastern Europe and Russia

ITAL 325 - Literature of the Black Death

 

The Environment

ECON 335 - Environmental Economics

ECON 435 - Economics of Energy

EVPP 336 - Human Dimensions of the Environment

EVPP 361 Introduction to Environmental Policy

EVPP 377 - Applied Ecology

EVPP 475 - Global Biodiversity Governance

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

INTS 334 - Environmental Justice

PHIL 343 - Topics in Environmental Philosophy

TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism

SPECIAL TOPICS

EVPP 423: Beekeeping and Sustainability

EVPP 432: Energy Policy

EVPP 434: Food-Energy-Water Nexus

 

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

MGMT 461 - Cross Cultural and Global Management

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

MBUS 491 - Special Topics: Business Minor

BULE 303 - Legal Environment of Business 

BULE 402 - Commercial Law

SPECIAL TOPICS

GLOA 400-DL1: Globalization of/in Europe (cannot double count with synthesis/capstone)

GOVT 433 - Political Economy of East Asia

GOVT 467 - Current Issues in Economic Policy 

WMST 307: Women and Work

 

Global Governance

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 344 - American Foreign Policy

GOVT 346 - American Security Policy

GOVT 347 - International Security

GOVT 412 - Politics and the Mass Media

GOVT 446 DL2 - International Law and Organization

SOCI 340 - Power, Politics, and Society

SPECIAL TOPICS

GLOA 400-DL1: Globalization of/in Europe (cannot double count with synthesis/capstone)

GLOA 450-DL2: Diplomatic Simulations

GOVT 444-005: Foreign Intelligence & Civil Liberties

 

Global Inequalities & Responses 

CRIM 405 - Law and Justice around the World

GCH 332 - Health and Disease

GGS 304 - Population Geography

GOVT 414 - Politics of Race and Gender

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

CULT 390-004: Global Masculinities 

GLOA 400-DL1: Globalization of/in Europe (cannot double count with synthesis/capstone)

GLOA 400-DL2: Pan-African Identities: African Perspectives (cannot double count with capstone requirement)

GLOA 400-DL3: Global Politics of Food (cannot double count with capstone requirement)

WMST 408: Gender, Sexuality, 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

GGS 311 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

GOVT 346 - American Security Policy

GOVT 347 - International Security

INTS 314 - Conflict, Trauma and Healing

SOCI 320 - Globalization and Social Change 

SPECIAL TOPICS

CULT 390-003: Poverty and Criminal Justice

GLOA 400-DL1: Globalization of/in Europe (cannot double count with synthesis/capstone)

GLOA 400-DL3: Global Politics of Food (cannot double count with capstone requirement)

GOVT 444-005: Foreign Intelligence & Civil Liberties

 

International Development

ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas

ECON 361 - Economic Development of Latin America

EVPP 475 - Global Biodiversity Governance

GCH 205 - Global Health

GGS 303 - Geography of Resource Conservation

GGS 307 - Geographic Approaches on Sustainable Development

GOVT 446 DL2 - International Law and Organization

INTS 401 - Conservation Biology

TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism

SPECIAL TOPICS

EVPP 434: Food-Energy-Water Nexus

 

Latin America

ECON 361 - Economic Development of Latin America

HIST 272 - Survey of Latin American History

SPAN 390 - Introduction to Hispanic Literary Analysis

SPECIAL TOPICS

FREN 454: Topics in Caribbean Francophone Literature and Culture (taught in French)

GOVT 444-003 - Humn Rights & Justce in Lat Am

 

Media, Communication, & Culture

ANTH 395 - Work, Technology, and Society: An IT Perspective 

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

IT 300 - Modern Telecommunications

INTS 348 - Digital Futures

PSYC 379 - Applied Cross-Cultural Psychology

SPECIAL TOPICS

FAVS 225 - The History of World Cinema

FAVS 300 - 001 Global Horror Film 

FAVS 399:DL3 – Afrofuturism and Their Kin

FREN 454: Topics in Caribbean Francophone Literature and Culture (taught in French)

GLOA 400-DL1: Globalization of/in Europe (cannot double count with synthesis/capstone)

GLOA 400-002: Pan-African Identities: African Perspectives (cannot double count with capstone requirement)

 

Middle East & North Africa

ARTH 319 - Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East 

GOVT 332 - Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa

GOVT 345 - Islam and Politics

HIST 282 - Survey of Middle Eastern Civilization

RELI 211 - Religions of the West 

RELI 272 - Islam

RELI 375 - Qur'an and Hadith

SPECIAL TOPICS

ARAB 360 or FRLN 331 - 003: New Arab Cinema 

ARAB 440: Topics in Arabic Religious Thought and Texts 

ENGH 362-002: Film and Media of the M.E.

GLOA 450: Repression and Dissent in the Modern Middle East

GOVT 444 - 024 - The Syrian Uprising 

GOVT 444 - DL1- Israel/Pales: Hist,Pol, & Soc 

HIST 387: Race & Slavery in Islamic Wrld

 

Russia & Central Asia

GOVT 338 - Government and Politics of Russia

HIST 329 - Modern Russia and the Soviet Union

RUSS 327 - A Survey of Russian Literature

RUSS 353 - Russian Civilization

SPECIAL TOPICS

GGS 326: Geography of Eastern Europe and Russia