Spring 2022 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:
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.
Global Inequalities & Responses
Media, Communication, & Culture
ECON 362 - African Economic Development |
SPECIAL TOPICS |
ARTH 324 - Alexander to Cleopatra |
GLOA 400-002: Human Securty, Glblztn & Devel (cannot count for the capstone and concentration course simultaneously) |
GGS 333-001: Geography Sub-Saharan Africa |
Virtual - Africa Zooms Ahead: African-Led Development, African Solutions to African Challenges This is a winter virtual study abroad course |
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 |
GOVT 338 - Government and Politics of Russia |
GOVT 341 - Chinese Foreign Policy |
HIST 252 - Survey of East Asian History |
HIST 353 - History of Traditional China |
HIST 358 - Post-1949 China |
JAPA 310 - Japanese Culture in a Global World |
RELI 212 - Religions of Asia |
RELI 314 - Chinese Philosophies and Religious Traditions |
RELI 315 - Buddhism |
RUSS 353 - Russian Civilization |
SPECIAL TOPICS |
ANTH 330 - East Asian Cultures |
ARTH 482: Colonial India |
GLOA 450-DL1: Decolonization |
GOVT 444-026: History of Taiwan |
GOVT 444-028: Korean Politics |
HIST 387-DL2: The Vietnam War |
JAPA 340-002: Japanese Tales of SuprNatural |
KORE 300: Korean Culture and Society |
RELI 376 DL1 -- Yoga |
ARTH 360 - Nineteenth-Century European Art |
GERM 340 - Topics in German Literature and Film |
GOVT 338 - Government and Politics of Russia |
HIST 304 - Western Europe in the Middle Ages |
RUSS 353 - Russian Civilization |
SPECIAL TOPICS |
GOVT 490-009: European Union in Crisis |
GLOA 400-001: Nationalism in Modern Europe (cannot count for the capstone and concentration course simultaneously) |
HIST 388-001: Nazi Germany |
ITAL 325 - Literature of the Black Death |
RELI 363 -- Catholicism |
RELI 376 004 -- Holocaust, Genocide & Religion |
BIOL 301 - Biology and Society |
ECON 335 - Environmental Economics |
ECON 435 - Economics of Energy |
EVPP 108 - Ecosphere - Introduction to Environmental Science I-Lecture |
EVPP 336 - Human Dimensions of the Environment |
EVPP 377 - Applied Ecology |
EVPP 475 - Global Biodiversity Governance |
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 |
INTS 334 - Environmental Justice |
PHIL 243 - Global Environmental Ethics |
TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism |
SPECIAL TOPICS |
EVPP 423: Beekeeping and Sustainability |
EVPP 432: Energy Policy |
EVPP 434: Food-Energy-Water Nexus |
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 |
MGMT 461 - Cross Cultural and Global Management |
MBUS 301 - Managing People and Organizations in a Global Economy |
MBUS 303 - Marketing in a Global Economy |
MBUS 305 - Introduction to International Business |
MBUS 491 - Special Topics: Business Minor |
MIS 303 - Introduction to Business Information Systems |
BULE 303 - Legal Environment of Business |
BULE 402 - Commercial Law |
SPECIAL TOPICS |
GOVT 467 - Current Issues in Economic Policy |
EVPP 322-002: Business and Sustainability |
EVPP 338 - The Economics of Environmental Policy |
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 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 DL2 - International Law and Organization |
SOCI 340 - Power, Politics, and Society |
SPECIAL TOPICS |
CONF 394: Human Rights and Inequality |
GLOA 400-001: Nationalism in Modern Europe (cannot count for the capstone and concentration course simultaneously) |
GLOA 400-002: Human Securty, Glblztn & Devel (cannot count for the capstone and concentration course simultaneously) |
GLOA 400-DL3 - Global Health & Development (cannot count for the capstone and concentration course simultaneously) |
GLOA 450-002: Big Data, Cryptocurrency, and the Spatial Web |
GLOA 450-003 - US Foreign Plcy in Mid East |
GLOA 450-005: Borders and Migration in the Co |
GOVT 444-002: Terrorism and Counterterrorism |
GOVT 444-027: Diplomatic Simulation |
GOVT 490-003: US/Mexico Border Policy |
GOVT 490-005 - U.S. Democracy in Crisis |
GOVT 490-009: European Union in Crisis |
HIST 387-005: History of Peace |
INTS 362: Social Justice and Human Rights |
CONF 394 - Human Rights and Inequality |
CRIM 405 - Law and Justice around the World |
GCH 332 - Health and Disease |
GCH 450 - Culture, Sexuality and the Global AIDS Epidemic |
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 |
CONF 394: Human Rights and Inequality |
GLOA 400-DL3 - Global Health & Development (cannot count for the capstone and concentration course simultaneously) |
INTS 362: Social Justice and Human Rights |
RELI 320: Religion and Revolution in Latin America |
RELI 376 002 -- Religion and Medicine |
RELI 376 004 -- Holocaust, Genocide & Religion |
SOCI 395:003 - Social Change & The Next System |
WMST 408: Gender, Sexuality, and Human Rights |
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 |
CONF 394: Human Rights and Inequality |
GLOA 400-002: Human Securty, Glblztn & Devel (cannot count for the capstone and concentration course simultaneously) |
GLOA 400-001: Nationalism in Modern Europe (cannot count for the capstone and concentration course simultaneously) |
GLOA 450-005: Borders and Migration in the Co |
RELI 376 004 -- Holocaust, Genocide & Religion |
SOCI 395:003 - Social Change & The Next System |
ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas |
ECON 361 - Economic Development of Latin America |
ECON 362 - African Economic Development |
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 |
TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism |
SPECIAL TOPICS |
GLOA 400-002: Human Securty, Glblztn & Devel (cannot count for the capstone and concentration course simultaneously) |
GLOA 400-DL3 - Global Health & Development (cannot count for the capstone and concentration course simultaneously) |
EVPP 434: Food-Energy-Water Nexus |
ARTH 204 - Survey of Latin American Art |
ECON 361 - Economic Development of Latin America |
GGS 316 - Geography of Latin America |
HIST 272 - Survey of Latin American History |
HIST 364 - Revolution and Radical Politics in Latin America |
HIST 365 - Conquest and Colonization in Latin America |
SPAN 325 - Major Hispanic Writers |
SPAN 390 - Introduction to Hispanic Literary Analysis |
SPAN 466 - Latin American Civilization and Culture |
SPECIAL TOPICS |
GOVT 444-029 - Humn Rights & Justce in Lat Am |
GOVT 490-003: US/Mexico Border Policy |
RELI 320: Religion and Revolution in Latin America |
RELI 235-004: Religion and Literature -- the Popol Vuh and other Maya religious narratives |
AVT 372 - Hip Hop Culture |
COMM 305 - Foundations of Intercultural Communication |
COMM 380 - Media Criticism |
ENGH 315 - Folklore and Folklife |
ENGH 362: Global Voices |
FRLN 331 - Topics in World Cinema |
INTS 348 - Digital Futures |
PSYC 379 - Applied Cross-Cultural Psychology |
SPECIAL TOPICS |
GLOA 450-002: Big Data, Cryptocurrency, and the Spatial Web |
HIST 387-DL3: The Global History of Soccer |
FAVS 225 - Introduction to World Cinema |
FAVS 300 - 001 Global Horror Film |
RELI 235-004: Religion and Literature -- the Popol Vuh and other Maya religious narratives |
ANTH 308 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East |
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 352 - Judaism from Exile to Talmud |
RELI 355 - Sufism |
SPECIAL TOPICS |
ARAB 360 or FRLN 331 - 001: New Arab Cinema |
ENGH 362-002: Film and Media of the M.E. |
GLOA 450-003 - US Foreign Plcy in Mid East |
HIST 387-004: Ottoman Empire 1300-1914 |
GOVT 338 - Government and Politics of Russia |
HIST 329 - Modern Russia and the Soviet Union |
RUSS 327 - A Survey of Russian Literature |
SPECIAL TOPICS |