Spring 2022 Concentration course list

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:

  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

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

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

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 

 Europe

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

 The Environment

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

 Global Economy & 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

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  

 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 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

 Global Inequalities & Responses 

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

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

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

 

 International Development

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

 Latin America

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

 Media, Communication, & Culture

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

RUSS 353 - Russian Civilization

 Middle East & North Africa

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

 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