International and Global Studies - Thematic Sub-categories

Courses in the following sub-categories deal with transnational forms of political, economic, and cultural organization and practice in both the past and the present.

Global Capitalism

Courses in this sub-category deal with issues related to the rise and spread of capitalism as well as the growing economic integration of the world’s economies. Themes covered include the history of capitalism, socialism, and other forms of economic activity, social and economic development, trade networks and practices, the experiences of work and social life as these are transformed through economic integration, and strategies for addressing economic inequality and poverty.

Global Capitalism (attribute ITGC)
BUSI 351Dynamics of International Business II2
ECON 310Economic Development4
ECON 312Health Economics4
ECON 335Environmental Economics4
ECON 336Energy Economics4
ECON 339Economics of Immigration4
ECON 343International Trade4
ECON 344International Finance4
FREN 416From the Household to the Department Store: Reimagining Economy4
HIST 346History of Socialism4
HIST 403Capitalism in Britain and the United States4
HIST 410Five Centuries of Atlantic Slavery, 1400-19004
HIST 421The History of Sustainability and Sustainable Development4
INGS 104Oil: The Fuel of Globalization4
INGS 325Globalization and the Challenges of Development in Ghana4
INGS 326Baltics and Caucasus: Empires, Revolutions and Future Innovations4
POLS 280The Politics of Development and Foreign Aid4
POLS 366International Political Economy4
POLS 402Topics in Political Economy4

Global Culture and Society

Courses in this sub-category are focused on the transnational circulation of people, ideas, and culture, especially shared symbolic media and knowledge transfers, but also the histories of interaction such as missionization, colonialism, and migration that help to produce them. Issues addressed include global cultural aspirations, the creation of hybrid cultural forms, and the specter of a homogenized global culture.

Global Culture and Society (attribute ITGS)
ANTH 290Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective4
ANTH 319Medical Anthropology4
ARTH 327To Delight and to Move: The Global Baroque, 1600-18004
ARTH 496Islamic Spain and Spanish Art4
ENGL 316The Novel in the Global Age4
ENGL 399World Literature in English4
FILM 105Introduction to World Cinema4
FREN 314Introduction to Literature, Culture, and History of the French-Speaking World4
FREN 321Studies in Culture and Literature Abroad4
FREN 405The Eighteenth Century4
FREN 416From the Household to the Department Store: Reimagining Economy4
GRMN 356Nazis and Nazisploitation4
GRMN 357German Queer Cinema4
GRMN 358Borders, Margins, and Identities in German Culture4
HIST 210Early Modern Cities4
HIST 270European Women in War, Revolution, and Terrorism4
HIST 271The French Revolutionary Era, 1789-18144
HIST 298History of Islam4
HIST 324Colonial and Imperial Warfare in North America and Southern Africa4
HIST 335Monsters, Marvels, and Museums4
HIST 337Nature, Magic, and Machines in Early Modern Europe4
HIST 346History of Socialism4
HIST 382Global Segregation, Race, and Popular Culture in the United States and South Africa4
HIST 385Political Islam4
HIST 387Slavery and the Slave Trade in Africa4
HIST 472Marriage and Imagined Families in the Modern World4
INGS 100Media and Globalization4
INGS 102… and the World was Round: Sixteenth-Century Roots of Globalization4
INGS 103The Global Detective4
INGS 105Globalization and Culture in the Americas4
INGS 107Sports in Global Perspective4
INGS 108Globalization and Culture in Africa4
INGS 201Youth Cultures in Urban Africa4
INGS 207Globalization, Popular Culture, and Politics in West Africa4
INGS 208West and Central Africa in the Atlantic World4
INGS 210Cultures of the Middle East4
INGS 211Special Topics in Ghana: Intercultural Communication and Competency4
INGS 212The End of the World as We Know It: Global Climate Change, Crisis, and Catastrophe4
INGS 302Global Cities4
INGS 313"Foreigners" of the Middle East4
INGS 314The History of Current Events in the Middle East4
INGS 316Global Migration and Border Crises4
INGS 317The Body and the Body Politic in the Middle East4
INGS 318Middle Eastern Diasporas4
INGS 323Race and Asia4
INGS 326Baltics and Caucasus: Empires, Revolutions and Future Innovations4
INGS 327African Cities4
POLS 433Human Rights4
RELG 220Holocaust, Religion, Morality4
RELG 232God and Empire: Biblical Texts and Colonial Contexts4
RELG 262Buddhist Traditions4
RUSN 365Multicultural Russia: Race, Ethnicity, and Narrative in Russian Literature and Culture4
SPAN 330Middle Ages in Spanish Culture and Literature4
SPAN 334The Culture of Chivalry4
SPAN 364Spanish Women Writers4
SPAN 388Women Authors of the Hispanic Caribbean and Diaspora4
SPAN 389U.S. Latino and Latina Literature and Culture4
SPAN 404Spanish Civil War and its Legacy4
SPAN 426Indigeneity and Race in Latin American Cultures4

Global Politics

Courses in this sub-category illuminate transnational political processes in both the past and present. Training provides key conceptual frameworks related to the study of global power relations as they are made manifest in political, economic, and cultural realms, and the operation of the global political system through the medium of inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations. These conceptual frameworks provide the essential context for students’ understanding of global problems such as international conflict and cooperation, development, security, social inequality, and human rights.

Global Politics (attribute ITGP)
ENGL 368Fictions of Empire4
HIST 215Southern African History4
HIST 219History of Africa to 18804
HIST 220History of Africa Since 18804
HIST 273The Haitian Revolution4
HIST 283Environmental History4
HIST 307Revolutions and Revolutionaries in the Middle East4
HIST 319The Arab-Israeli Conflict4
HIST 324Colonial and Imperial Warfare in North America and Southern Africa4
HIST 359United States and Latin America since 18984
HIST 382Global Segregation, Race, and Popular Culture in the United States and South Africa4
HIST 385Political Islam4
HIST 421The History of Sustainability and Sustainable Development4
HIST 455European Empires in Asia4
INGS 101Geopolitics of Everyday Life4
INGS 201Youth Cultures in Urban Africa4
INGS 207Globalization, Popular Culture, and Politics in West Africa4
INGS 208West and Central Africa in the Atlantic World4
INGS 312Africa and the West Since 18004
INGS 314The History of Current Events in the Middle East4
INGS 316Global Migration and Border Crises4
INGS 324Africa and International Summitry4
INGS 327African Cities4
POLS 209Immigration, Politics, and Identity4
POLS 220International Conflict4
POLS 227Africa in World Politics4
POLS 228The Politics of the Modern Middle East and North Africa4
POLS 270Introduction to International Security4
POLS 311Politics of Central America and the Caribbean4
POLS 314Civil Wars4
POLS 318Comparative Politics: South America and Mexico4
POLS 319Global Gender Issues4
POLS 320Gender and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa4
POLS 321Global Health Governance4
POLS 327The Politics of Transitional and Post-Conflict Justice4
POLS 329Comparative African Politics4
POLS 346Contemporary Social Movements4
POLS 351Modern European Politics4
POLS 363Comparative Democratization4
POLS 365Global Institutions and Policies4
POLS 366International Political Economy4
POLS 370International Law in International Relations4
POLS 402Topics in Political Economy4
POLS 411The Politics of Aids4
POLS 412Terrorism and Global Security4
POLS 431Ethnicity and Political Violence4
POLS 433Human Rights4
POLS 441Gender, Violence, and Power4
RELG 344Sacralized Violence4

Global Environment

Courses in this sub-category focus on the global environment, positioning students to think about the effect of the environment on economic, political, cultural, and social systems, as well as the environment’s role in past, present, and future change to global networks, connections, and hierarchies.

Global Environment (attribute ITGE)
ECON 335Environmental Economics4
ECON 336Energy Economics4
ENST 201Foundations of Food and Agriculture4
ENST 209Ecosystems of the Ocean4
ENST 211Sustainability and Global Environmental Change Seminar2
ENST 212Sustainability and Global Environmental Change Field Studies2
ENST 235Freshwater Conservation4
ENST 305Ecological Integrity in Agriculture4
ENST 306Ecosystem Services4
ENST 334Environmental Policy and Law4
GRMN 313Special Topics in the Environment and Sustainability4
HIST 283Environmental History4
HIST 337Nature, Magic, and Machines in Early Modern Europe4
HIST 421The History of Sustainability and Sustainable Development4
INGS 104Oil: The Fuel of Globalization4
INGS 212The End of the World as We Know It: Global Climate Change, Crisis, and Catastrophe4
INGS 319Ecologies of the Middle East and North Africa4
PHIL 230Environmental Ethics4
PHIL 337Philosophy of Science4
POLS 248China's Environmental Crisis4
POLS 260Political Theory of the Environment4
POLS 313Environmental Politics and Policy4
POLS 382International Environmental Policy4
RELG 307Religious Environmentalism4
RELG 341Religion and Ecology4
RELG 353Greening Buddhism4
RUSN 363Environmental Literature and the History of Science and Ecocide in the USSR4
SPAN 390Latin American Literature and the Environment4