This list contains courses that have been pre-approved to count for each concentration. Other relevant courses may be applied to a concentration with the permission of the program. Some of the courses listed here may have prerequisites and/or require the permission of the instructor before you can enroll. Check the course listing in the University Catalog for details (catalog.gmu.edu). Offerings may change through the enrollment period.
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.
A course for which a section number is given (e.g. GLOA 450-002) is usually a “special topic” course and 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
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ANTH 370 - Environment and Culture |
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BIOL 301 - Biology and Society |
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ECON 335 - Environmental Economics |
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ECON 435 - Economics of Energy |
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EVPP 336 - Human Dimensions of the Environment |
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EVPP 337 - Applied Ecology |
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EVPP 475 - Global Biodiversity Governance |
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GGS 302 - Global Environmental Hazards |
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GGS 303 - Geography of Resource Conservation |
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GGS 307 - Geographic Approaches for Sustainable Development |
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GGS 311 - Geographic Information Systems |
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GOVT 361 or EVPP 361 - Introduction to Environmental Policy |
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INTS 334 - Environmental Justice |
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PHIL 243 - Global Environmental Ethics |
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TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism |
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SPECIAL TOPICS |
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ANTH 394 - Archaeology of Climate Change |
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ECON 310 - Money and Banking |
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ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas |
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ECON 362 - African Economic Development |
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ECON 380- Economies in Transition |
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MGMT 461 - Cross Cultural and Global Management |
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MBUS 305 - Introduction to International Business |
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BULE 303 - Legal Environment of Business (BULE courses require the approval of the director) |
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BULE 402 - Commercial Law (BULE courses require the approval of the director) |
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SPECIAL TOPICS |
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GOVT 368 - Tools for Economic Policy Analysis |
| EVPP 322: Business and Sustainability |
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COMM 305 - Foundations of Intercultural Communication |
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CRIM 405 - Law and Justice around the World |
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CRIM 475 - Theory and Politics of Terrorism |
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EVPP 475 - Global Biodiversity Governance |
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GGS 301 - Political Geography |
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GOVT 342 - Diplomacy |
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GOVT 346 - American Security Policy |
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GOVT 347 - International Security |
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SOCI 340 - Power, Politics, and Society |
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SPECIAL TOPICS |
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HIST 387-002 - The U.S. and World Power |
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HIST 387- DL5: The Global History of Drugs |
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RELI 368 - Islam, Democracy, and Human Rights |
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CONF 394 - Human Rights and Inequality |
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CRIM 405 - Law and Justice around the World |
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GCH 332 - Health and Disease |
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GCH 450 - Culture, Sexuality and the Global AIDS Epidemic |
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GOVT 414 - Politics of Race and Gender |
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INTS 304 - Social Movements and Community Activism |
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SOCI 307 - Social Movements and Political Protest |
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SOCI 308 - Race and Ethnicity in a Changing World |
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SOCI 315 - Contemporary Gender Relations |
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SOCI 355 - Social Inequality |
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WMST 100 - Global Representations of Women |
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WMST 200 - Introduction to Women and Gender Studies |
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SPECIAL TOPICS |
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GLOA 450-002 - Humanitarianism, Just/Reparatn |
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HIST 397-002: Public History and Racial Justice |
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HIST 387-005: Black Lives Next Door |
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RELI 399 001 - The Holocaust |
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RELI 368 - Islam, Democracy, and Human Rights |
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CONF 345 - Social Dynamics of Terrorism, Security, and Justice |
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CRIM 475 - Theory and Politics of Terrorism |
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ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas |
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EVPP 436 - The Human Dimensions of Global Climate Change |
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GCH 332 - Health and Disease |
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GGS 311 - Geographic Information Systems |
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GOVT 346 - American Security Policy |
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GOVT 347 - International Security |
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INTS 314 - Conflict, Trauma and Healing |
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SOCI 340 - Power, Politics, and Society |
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SPECIAL TOPICS |
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GLOA 450-002 - Humanitarianism, Just/Reparatn |
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RELI 399 001 - The Holocaust |
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ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas |
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ECON 362 - African Economic Development |
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EVPP 475 - Global Biodiversity Governance |
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GCH 205 - Global Health |
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GGS 303 - Geography of Resource Conservation |
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GGS 307 - Geographic Approaches for Sustainable Development |
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INTS 401 - Conservation Biology |
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TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism |
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SPECIAL TOPICS |
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GLOA 450-002 - Humanitarianism, Just/Reparatn |
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INTS 370-001 - Sustainable Food Systems |
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ANTH 395 - Work, Technology, and Society: An IT Perspective (Mason Core) |
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COMM 305 - Foundations of Intercultural Communication |
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COMM 380 - Media Criticism |
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ENGH 362 Global Voices |
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PSYC 379 - Applied Cross-Cultural Psychology |
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SPECIAL TOPICS |
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GOVT 444-DL3 - Text, Film, and Arab Uprisings |
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INTS 370-001 - Sustainable Food Systems |
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INTS 375-DL1 - Sustainable Fashion |
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ECON 362 - African Economic Development |
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SPECIAL TOPICS |
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AVT 496-013: Feminist Artist of the African Diaspora |
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AFAM 390 - Black Joy and Resistance |
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English 412-001 - African Folklore |
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ARTH 203-001: Survey of Asian Art |
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ARTH 385 - Arts of Japan |
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CHIN 310 - Survey of Chinese Literature |
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CHIN 311 - Modern Chinese Literature in Translation |
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CHIN 470 - Special Topics in Chinese Studies |
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GOVT 333 - Government and Politics of Asia |
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GOVT 341 - Chinese Foreign Policy |
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HIST 252 - Survey of East Asian History |
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HIST 357 - Postwar Japan |
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HIST 358 - Post-1949 China |
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JAPA 310 - Japanese Culture in a Global World |
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RELI 212 - Introduction to Religions of Asia |
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RELI 315 - Buddhism |
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RUSS 353 - Russian Civilization |
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SPECIAL TOPICS |
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ANTH 317 - East Asian Cultures |
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CHIN 470 - Food and Culture in China |
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CONF 399-003 - Peacebuilding in Asia |
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GOVT 444-004 - Korean Politics |
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GOVT 444-DL2 or HIST 387-DL1 - History of Taiwan |
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HIST 387-008: South Asia and the British Empire |
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RELI 399 DL1 - Yoga |
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ARTH 362 - Twentieth-Century European Art |
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GERM 325 - Major Writers |
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HIST 304 - Western Europe in the Middle Ages |
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HIST 305 - The Renaissance |
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RUSS 353 - Russian Civilization |
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SPAN 325 - Major Hispanic Writers |
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SPAN 484 - Modern and Contemporary Literature of Spain |
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SPECIAL TOPICS |
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ARTH 321-001: Greek Art |
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ARTH 333-001: Early Christian and Byzantine Art |
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ARTH 342-001: High Renaissance Art, 1480-1570 |
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GOVT 490-001 - European Union in Crisis |
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HIST 302-001: Classical Rome |
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HIST 326-001: Stalinism |
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HIST 387-008: South Asia and the British Empire |
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HIST 388-001: England in the High Middle Ages |
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HIST 388-DL1: Tudor and Stuart England |
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HIST 395-001: Invisible Histories of the Italian Renaissance |
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GGS 316 - Geography of Latin America |
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GOVT 331 - Government and Politics of Latin America |
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HIST 272 - Survey of Latin American History |
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SPAN 325 - Major Hispanic Writers |
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SPAN 390 - Introduction to Hispanic Literary Analysis |
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SPAN 466 - Latin American Civilization and Culture |
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SPECIAL TOPICS |
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RELI 420 - Inventing Indians and Religion |
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GOVT 332 - Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa |
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GOVT 345 - Islam and Politics |
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RELI 211 - Introduction to Religions of the "West" |
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RELI 338 - Qur'an and Hadith |
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RELI 368 - Islam, Democracy, and Human Rights |
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SPECIAL TOPICS |
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ARTH 333-001: Early Christian and Byzantine Art |
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GOVT 444-001 - Iran in the Middle East |
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GOVT 444-006 - Islam Democracy/Human Rights |
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GOVT 444-DL1 - Jihadism & Political Violence |
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GOVT 444-DL3 - Text, Film, and Arab Uprisings |
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HIST 387-004: The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1914 |
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ARTH 373 - Studies in 20th-Century Art of the United States |
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ENGH 356 - Recent American Poetry |
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GOVT 301 - Public Law and the Judicial Process |
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GOVT 307 - Legislative Behavior |
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GOVT 308 - The American Presidency |
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HIST 352 - The South since 1865 |
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SPECIAL TOPICS |
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HIST 387-006: The History of the Olympics and the U.S. |
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HIST 387-002: The U.S. and World Power |
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HIST 389-002: Black Social Movements |
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HIST 389-003: Indigenous Histories after 1830 |
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HIST 389-004: Pandemics in American History |
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HIST 389-006: Origins of Modern Surveillance |
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HIST 389-DL1: Women, Gender, and War: American Revolution to Present |
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HIST 389-007: Era of the Second World War |
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ECON 380 - Economies in Transition |
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RUSS 325 - Major Russian Writers |
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RUSS 353 - Russian Civilization |
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RUSS 354 - Contemporary Post-Soviet Life |
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SPECIAL TOPICS |
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HIST 326-001: Stalinism |
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RELI 399 007 - Eastern Orthodox Christianity |