Spring 2027 concentration course list

Spring 2027 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 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.

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
Russia & Central Asia

The Environment
BIOL 301 - Biology and Society
ECON 335 - Environmental Economics - Recommended Prerequisite: ECON 103 and 104
EVPP 377 - Applied Ecology
EVPP 475 - Global Biodiversity Governance
GEOL 309 - Oceanography
GGS 303 - Geography of Resource Conservation
GGS 311 - Geographic Information Systems
GOVT 362 - Intermediate Environmental Policy
INTS 334 - Environmental Justice
PHIL 243 - Global Environmental Ethics
TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism
SPECIAL TOPICS

Global Economy & Management
GLOA 374 - Europe and Globalization
CULT 362 - AI Culture
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 402 - Commercial Law

Global Governance
GLOA 374 - Europe and Globalization
GLOA 387 - Human Security, Globalization, and Development
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
CULT 362 - AI Culture
EVPP 475 - Global Biodiversity Governance
GGS 301 - Political Geography
GOVT 342 - Diplomacy
GOVT 346 - American Security Policy
GOVT 347 - International Security
GOVT 446 DL2 - International Law and Organization
GOVT 447 - Revolution and International Politics
SOCI 340 - Power, Politics, and Society
SPECIAL TOPICS

Global Inequalities & Responses
GLOA 374 - Europe and Globalization
GLOA 396 Post-Soviet Life
CRIM 405 - Law and Justice around the World
GCH 332 - Health and Disease
HIST 366 - Comparative Slavery
INTS 304 - Social Movements and Community Activism
SOCI 308 - Race and Ethnicity in a Changing World
WMST 100 - Global Representations of Women
WMST 200 - Introduction to Women and Gender Studies

Human Security
GLOA 374 - Europe and Globalization
GLOA 387 - Human Security, Globalization, and Development
GLOA 396 Post-Soviet Life
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
SOCI 320 - Globalization and Social Change

International Development
GLOA 387 - Human Security, Globalization, and 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 446 DL2 - International Law and Organization
INTS 401 - Conservation Biology
TOUR 340 - Sustainable Tourism

Media, Communication, & Culture
GLOA 374 - Europe and Globalization
COMM 305 - Foundations of Intercultural Communication
COMM 380 - Media Criticism
CULT 362 - AI Culture
ENGH 371 - Global TV
ENGH 367 - World Literatures in English
FRLN 330 - Topics in World Literature
PSYC 379 - Applied Cross-Cultural Psychology
SOCI 314 - Sociology of Culture

Africa
ECON 362 - African Economic Development
HIST 261 - Survey of African History

Asia
ARTH 203 - Survey of Asian Art
ARTH 383 - Arts of Southeast Asia
ARTH 385 - Arts of Japan
CHIN 310 - Survey of Chinese Literature
CHIN 311 - Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
CHIN 311 - Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
CHIN 320 - Contemporary Chinese Film
CHIN 328 - Asian American Women Writers
CHIN 470 - Special Topics in Chinese Studies
HIST 252 - Survey of East Asian History
JAPA 310 - Japanese Culture in a Global World
RELI 212 - Introduction to Religions of Asia
RELI 315 - Buddhism
SPECIAL TOPICS
GGS 317 - Modern China
GOVT 335 - Politics of South Asia
HIST 363 - History of Modern South Asia
HIST 387 Section DL1 - History of Taiwan

Europe
GLOA 374 – Europe and Globalization
GLOA 396 Post-Soviet Life
GGS 320 - Geography of Europe
GOVT 334 - Politics of Europe
HIST 304 - Western Europe in the Middle Ages
SPAN 325 - Major Hispanic Writers
SPECIAL TOPICS
GGS 326 - Geography of Eastern Europe and Russia
HIST 387 Section DL2 – The Ottoman Empire

Latin America
ANTH 302 - Peoples and Cultures of Latin America
ANTH 307 - Ancient Mesoamerica
GGS 316 - Geography of Latin America
GOVT 331 - Politics of Latin America
HIST 272 - Survey of Latin American History
SPAN 325 - Major Hispanic Writers
SPAN 390 - Introduction to Literary and Cultural Analysis
SPAN 466 - Latin American Civilization and Culture
SPECIAL TOPICS
HIST 387 Section 001 - Food & Drugs in Latin America

Middle East & North Africa
ARTH 319 – Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
GOVT 332 - 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 310 - Judaism
RELI 312 - Islam
RELI 338 - Qur'an and Hadith
RELI 352 - Judaism from Exile to Talmud
SPECIAL TOPICS
HIST 387 Section DL2 – The Ottoman Empire

Russia & Central Asia
ECON 380 - Economies in Transition
GOVT 447 - Revolution and International Politics
HIST 329 - Modern Russia and the Soviet Union
RUSS 325 - Major Russian Writers