Spring 2024 Concentration course list
Spring 2024 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 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 that: 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.
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
Africa
| ARTH 206 - Survey of African Art |
| ECON 362 - African Economic Development |
| HIST 336 - The African American Experience in the United States: Reconstruction to the Present |
| SPECIAL TOPICS |
| ANTH 320 - Global Africa |
Asia
| ARTH 203-001: Survey of Asian Art |
| CHIN 310 - Survey of Chinese Literature |
| CHIN 311 - Modern Chinese Literature in Translation |
| CHIN 320 - Contemporary Chinese Film |
| CHIN 470 - Special Topics in Chinese Studies |
| GOVT 333 - Government and Politics of Asia |
| GOVT 341 - Chinese Foreign Policy |
| HIST 353 - History of Traditional China |
| RELI 212 - Introduction to Religions of Asia |
| RUSS 353 - Russian Civilization |
| SPECIAL TOPICS |
| ANTH 317 - East Asian Cultures |
| CHIN 320 - Contemp Chinese Film |
| CHIN 470 - Food and Culture in China |
| GLOA 400-001: Globalization in Asia (Cannot simultaneously count for Mason Core capstone and concentration) |
| GOVT 444 - DL1 - History of Taiwan |
| GGS 317 - Geography of China |
| HIST 387-DL3: History of Taiwan |
| JAPA 360 - Topics in Japanese Popular Culture |
| KORE 300 - Korean Culture and Society |
| KORE 320 - Korean Popular Culture in a Global World |
Europe
| GERM 325 - Major Writers |
| GOVT 334 - Government and Politics of Europe |
| HIST 304 - Western Europe in the Middle Ages |
| HIST 305 - The Renaissance |
| RUSS 353 - Russian Civilization |
| SPAN 325 - Major Hispanic Writers |
| SPAN 484 - Modern and Contemporary Literature of Spain |
| SPAN 484 - Modern and Contemporary Literature of Spain |
| SPECIAL TOPICS |
| ARTH 341-001: Renaissance Art in Northern Europe |
| HIST 302-001: Classical Rome |
| HIST 388-001: Nazi Germany |
| HIST 388-002: Pagans and Christians |
| HIST 388-003: Modern Britain: Downton Abbey to the Beatles, 1900-1970 |
The Environment
| BIOL 301 - Biology and Society |
| ECON 335 - Environmental Economics |
| ECON 435 - Economics of Energy |
| EVPP 336 - Tackling Wicked Problems in Society the Environment |
| EVPP 377 - Applied Ecology |
| EVPP 475 - Global Biodiversity Governance |
| GGS 302 - Global Environmental Hazards |
| GGS 303 - Geography of Resource Conservation |
| GGS 311 - Geographic Information Systems |
| GOVT 361 or EVPP 361 - Introduction to Environmental Policy |
| INTS 334 - Environmental Justice |
| PHIL 243 - Global Environmental Ethics |
| TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism |
| SPECIAL TOPICS |
| CONF 399 - Environmental Movements |
| GGS 317 Geography of China |
Global Economy & Management
| ECON 310 - Money and Banking |
| ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas |
| ECON 362 - African Economic Development |
| ECON 380 - Economies in Transition |
| ECON 390 - International Economics |
| MGMT 461 - Cross Cultural and Global Management |
| 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) |
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 |
| INTS 416 - Refugee and Internal Displacement |
| SOCI 340 - Power, Politics, and Society |
| SPECIAL TOPICS |
| GLOA 400-001: Globalization in Asia (Cannot simultaneously count for Mason Core capstone and concentration) |
| GLOA 400-003: Applied Approaches in Diplomacy (Cannot simultaneously count for Mason Core capstone and concentration) |
| GLOA 400-DL1: Human Rights and Globalization (Cannot simultaneously count for Mason Core capstone and concentration) |
| GOVT 490 - 007 - US/Mexico Border Policy |
| HIST 387-005: America in the World |
| HIST 387-DL4: The Global History of Drugs |
| INTS 375 - 002 : Global Childhoods |
Global Inequalities & Responses
| CONF 394 - Human Rights and Inequality |
| CRIM 405 - Law and Justice around the World |
| GCH 332 - Health and Disease |
| INTS 304 - Social Movements and Community Activism |
| INTS 416 - Refugee and Internal Displacement |
| 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 399-001: Global Migration and Experiences of Displacement |
| CONF 399-004 - Genocide |
| GLOA 400-001: Globalization in Asia (Cannot simultaneously count for Mason Core capstone and concentration) |
| GLOA 400-DL1: Human Rights and Globalization (Cannot simultaneously count for Mason Core capstone and concentration) |
| INTS 375 - 002 : Global Childhoods |
| PHIL 429-DL1: Advanced Topics in Social and Political Philosophy: Critical Philosophies of Race |
| SOCI 395-007: (Im)migration Policies and Applied Methods |
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 - Politics of Climate Change Governance |
| GCH 332 - Health and Disease |
| GGS 311 - Geographic Information Systems |
| GOVT 346 - American Security Policy |
| GOVT 347 - International Security |
| INTS 314 - Conflict, Trauma and Healing |
| INTS 416 - Refugee and Internal Displacement |
| SPECIAL TOPICS |
| ANTH 399-001: Global Migration and Experiences of Displacement |
| CONF 399-004 - Genocide |
| GLOA 400-DL1: Human Rights and Globalization (Cannot simultaneously count for Mason Core capstone and concentration) |
| SOCI 395-007: (Im)migration Policies and Applied Methods |
International Development
| ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas |
| ECON 362 - African Economic Development |
| EVPP 475 - Global Biodiversity Governance |
| GCH 205 - Global Health |
| GGS 303 - Geography of Resource Conservation |
| GOVT 434 - Democracy in Global Perspective |
| INTS 401 - Conservation Biology |
| INTS 416 - Refugee and Internal Displacement |
| TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism |
Latin America
| ANTH 302 - Peoples and Cultures of Latin America |
| ARTH 376 - Twentieth-Century Latin American Art |
| GGS 316 - Geography of Latin America |
| GOVT 331 - Government and Politics of Latin America |
| HIST 272 - Survey of Latin American History |
| 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 |
Media, Communication, & Culture
| COMM 305 - Foundations of Intercultural Communication |
| COMM 380 - Media Criticism |
| COMM 412 - Politics and the Mass Media |
| ENGH 315 - Folklore and Folklife |
| ENGH 362 - Global Voices |
| FRLN 330 - Topics in World Literature |
| FRLN 331 - Contexts for Global Cinema |
| PSYC 379 - Applied Cross-Cultural Psychology |
| THR 359 - World Stages |
| SPECIAL TOPICS |
| ENGH 371 - Television Studies |
| ENGH 372 - Introduction to Film |
| HIST 397-002: Public History in Action |
| INTS 336 - DL1 - Art as Social Action |
| INTS 371 - 001 - Sustainable Fashion |
Middle East & North Africa
| ANTH 308 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East |
| ARTH 319 - Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East |
| ARTH 320 - Art of the Islamic Worl |
| 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 - Introduction to Religions of the "West" |
| RELI 343 - Sufism |
| RELI 352 - Judaism from Exile to Talmud |
| RELI 368 - Islam, Democracy, and Human Rights |
| SPECIAL TOPICS |
| HIST 387-DL2: Race and Slavery in the Islamic World |
| GOVT 490-004 - Geopolitics of Iran |
North America
| ENGH 355 - Recent American Fiction |
| ENGH 356 - Recent American Poetry |
| GGS 315 - Geography of the United States |
| GOVT 301 - Public Law and the Judicial Process |
| GOVT 308 - The American Presidency |
| HIST 336-001: The African American Experience in the United States: From Reconstruction to the Present |
| Special Topics |
| ARTH 375-DL1: Indigenous Arts of the U.S. and Canada |
| CRIM 401 - 001 - Policing in America |
| CRIM 415 - DL1 - Guns and Crime in America |
| GOVT 319 - 006 - Religion and Law in the U.S. |
| HIST 334-001: American Scriptures |
| HIST 341-001: History of Sport in the United States |
| HIST 373-001: The Civil War and Reconstruction |
| HIST 387-005: America in the World |
| HIST 389-003: Native American Histories, 1835 to Present |
| HIST 389-009: Black Communities in the Post-Civil War South |
| HIST 403-001: Revolutionary Era in American History, 1763-1812 |
| INTS 371 - 001 - Food Systems and Policy |
| SOCI 330 - 001 - Poverty Wealth Inequality US |
Russia & Central Asia
| ECON 380 - Economies in Transition |
| GOVT 338 - Government and Politics of Russia |
| HIST 329 - Modern Russia and the Soviet Union |
| RUSS 327 - 20th-Century Literature in Translation |
| RUSS 353 - Russian Civilization |
| SPECIAL TOPICS |
| GGS 326 - Geog E. Europe & Russia |