Spring 2026 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 throughout 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. 
2. Courses for which a section number is given (e.g. GLOA 396-002) are usually “special topics” courses and may not be offered on a recurring basis.  
3. 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. 

The Environment
Global Economy & Management
Global Governance
Global Inequalities & Responses
Human Security
International Development
Media, Communication, & Culture
Africa
Asia
Europe
Latin America
Middle East & North Africa
North America
Russia & Central Asia

THE ENVIRONMENT
GLOA 490-001 - Globalization in/of Latin America
EVPP 336 - Tackling Wicked Problems in Society the Environment
EVPP 377 - Applied Ecology
EVPP 361 - Introduction to Environmental Policy
EVPP 475 - Global Biodiversity Governance
GEOL 309 - Oceanography
GGS 302 - Global Environmental Hazards
GGS 303 - Geography of Resource Conservation
GGS 311 - Geographic Information Systems
INTS 334 - Environmental Justice
PHIL 243 - Global Environmental Ethics
TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism
SPECIAL TOPICS 
CONF 475 - Engaging Environmental Conflict
HIST 379-DL1: History of the Climate Crisis
INTS 401 - Conserv Bio-Fund 21 Cent

GLOBAL ECONOMY AND MANAGEMENT
GLOA 386 - Media, Technology, and Globalization
GLOA 490-001 - Globalization in/of Latin America
GLOA 490-002 - Europe in Crisis
GLOA 490-DL1 - Political Economy of Africa
ECON 310 - Money and Banking
ECON 360 - Economics of Developing Areas
ECON 362 - African Economic Development
ECON 380 - Economies in Transition
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 BULE director)
BULE 402 - Commercial Law (BULE courses require the approval of the BULE director)
SPECIAL TOPICS  
ANTH 308 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
HIST 394-001: Globalization and History
 
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE 
GLOA 387 - Human Security, Globalization, and Development
GLOA 396-DL1 - Refugees in Europe
GLOA 490-001 - Globalization in/of Latin America
GLOA 490-002 - Europe in Crisis
GLOA 490-DL1 - Political Economy of Africa
ANTH 312 - Political Anthropology
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 346 - American Security Policy
GOVT 347 - International Security
GOVT 412 - Media and Political Controversy
GOVT 434 - Democracy in Global Perspective (Arlington Campus)
GOVT 446-DL1 - International Law and Organization
GOVT 447 - Revolution and International Politics
INTS 305 - Conflict Resolution and Transformation
SOCI 340 - Power, Politics, and Society
SPECIAL TOPICS  
ANTH 308 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
GOVT 444-003 - Model UN
HIST 394-001: Globalization and History
 
GLOBAL INEQUALITIES AND RESPONSES
GLOA 396-001 – Post-Soviet Life
GLOA 396-DL1 - Refugees in Europe
GLOA 490-001 - Globalization in/of Latin America
GLOA 490-DL1 - Political Economy of Africa
CRIM 405 - Law and Justice around the World
GCH 332 - Health and Disease
GOVT 414 - Politics of Race and Gender
SOCI 308 - Race and Ethnicity in a Changing World
WMST 100 - Global Representations of Women
WMST 200 - Introduction to Women and Gender Studies
SPECIAL TOPICS
ANTH 308 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
CONF 408: Global Peace Education
CHIN328 Asian American Women Writers
CHIN 338: Gender, Sexuality, and representation in China
HIST 389-003: Women and Work
HIST 394-001: Globalization and History
HIST 462-001: Women in Islamic Society

HUMAN SECURITY
GLOA 387 - Human Security, Globalization, and Development
GLOA 490-002 - Europe in Crisis
GLOA 490-001 - Globalization in/of Latin America
GLOA 396-DL1 - Refugees in Europe
GLOA 490-DL1 - Political Economy of Africa
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 305 - Conflict Resolution and Transformation
SOCI 320 - Globalization and Social Change
SPECIAL TOPICS 
ANTH 308 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
HIST 394-001: Globalization and History

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
GLOA 387 - Human Security, Globalization, and Development
GLOA 396-DL1 - Refugees in Europe
GLOA 490-001 - Globalization in/of Latin America
GLOA 490-DL1 - Political Economy of Africa
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 (Arlington Campus)
GOVT 446-DL1 - International Law and Organization
INTS 401 - Conservation Biology
PHIL 344 - Ethical Issues in Global Health
TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism
SPECIAL TOPICS  
ANTH 308 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
CONF 475 - Engaging Environmental Conflict

MEDIA, COMMUNICATION, & CULTURE
GLOA 386 - Media, Technology, and Globalization
GLOA 490-001 - Globalization in/of Latin America
GLOA 490-002 - Europe in Crisis
COMM 305 - Foundations of Intercultural Communication
COMM 380 - Media Criticism
ENGH 315 - Folklore and Folklife
FRLN 330 - Topics in World Literature
PSYC 379 - Applied Cross-Cultural Psychology
SOCI 314 - Sociology of Culture
SPECIAL TOPICS  
ANTH 308 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
ARAB 360-DL1 - Arab Cinema
ENGH 371 - Global TV
INTS 346 - Art as Social Action 

AFRICA
ECON 362 - African Economic Development
HIST 336 - The African American Experience in the United States: Reconstruction to the Present
SPECIAL TOPICS  
ARTH 206 - Survey of African Art 

ASIA
ARTH 203 - Survey of Asian Art
ARTH 382 - Arts of India
CHIN 310 - Survey of Chinese Literature
CHIN 311 - Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
CHIN 325 - Major Chinese Writers
HIST 358 - Post-1949 China
JAPA 310 - Japanese Culture in a Global World
RELI 212 - Introduction to Religions of Asia
RELI 315 - Buddhism
SPECIAL TOPICS  
ARTH 303-001 - Modern & Contemp Chinese Art
ARTH 382 - Arts of India
CHIN 338 – Gender, Sexuality, and Representation in China
GOVT 444-DL1 or HIST 387-DL1 - History of Taiwan

EUROPE
GLOA 396-DL1 – Refugees in Europe
GLOA 490-002 - Europe in Crisis
GERM 325 - Major Writers
GOVT 334 - Politics of Europe
HIST 304 - Western Europe in the Middle Ages
SPAN 325 - Major Hispanic Writers
SPECIAL TOPICS  
ARTH 311-001: Design of Cities: Rome, Pompeii, and Ostia
HIST 317-001: Nazi Germany
HIST 321-001: Modern France 

LATIN AMERICA
GLOA 490-001 - Globalization in/of Latin America
GGS 316 - Geography of Latin America
GOVT 331 - Politics of Latin America
HIST 272 - Survey of Latin American History
HIST 365 - Conquest and Colonization in Latin America
SPAN 390 - Introduction to Hispanic Literary Analysis
SPAN 466 - Latin American Civilization and Culture

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
ANTH 308 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
GOVT 332 - Politics of the Middle East and North Africa
HIST 282 - Survey of Middle Eastern Civilization
HIST 462 - Women in Islamic Society
RELI 211 - Introduction to Religions of the "West"
RELI 310 - Judaism
RELI 312 - Islam
RELI 338 - Qur'an and Hadith
SPECIAL TOPICS  
ARAB 360-DL1 - Arab Cinema
ARAB 365 - Black and Minority Cultures in Arabic Literature
GOVT 444-002 - Israel and Palestine
HIST 387-001: Modern Middle East
HIST 462-001: Women in Islamic Society
 
NORTH AMERICA
ENGH 355 - Contemporary Fiction
ENGH 356 - Contemporary Poetry
GOVT 301 - Public Law and the Judicial Process
GOVT 308 - The American Presidency
HIST 336 - The African American Experience in the United States: Reconstruction to the Present
SPECIAL TOPICS 
ARTH 370 - Arts of the United States
ARTH 471 – Vision & Justice in African American Art
HIST 334-001: American Scriptures
HIST 336-001: African-American Experience in the U.S.
HIST 389-001: Native American Histories, 1835 to Present
HIST 391-001: History of Virginia to 1800
HIST 397-001: Mason Legacies

RUSSIA & CENTRAL ASIA
GLOA 396-001 – Post-Soviet Life
GLOA 490-002 - Europe in Crisis
ECON 380 - Economies in Transition
GOVT 447 - Revolution and International Politics
HIST 329 - Modern Russia and the Soviet Union
RUSS 325 - Major Russian Writers
RUSS 354 - Contemporary Post-Soviet Life
SPECIAL TOPICS  
HIST 326-001: Stalinism