Courses in this category 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.

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Hours
ANTH 317	The Anthropology of Development	4
ECON 309	Women in the Economy	4
ECON 310	Economic Development	4
ECON 311	Health and Development	4
ECON 312	Health Economics	4
ECON 326	Growth Theory	4
ECON 335	Environmental Economics	4
ECON 336	Energy Economics	4
ECON 343	International Trade	4
ECON 344	International Finance	4
ECON 345	Economic Development in China	4
ECON 346	Introduction to Asian Development	2
ECON 347	Microfinance Institutions in South Asia	4
ECON 348	Social Entrepreneurship	4
ECON 381	The Political Economy of Sustainable Development	4
FREN 417	Topics of the French-Speaking World	4
HIST 346	History of Socialism	4
HIST 403	Capitalism in Britain and the United States	4
HIST 410	Five Centuries of Atlantic Slavery, 1400-1900	4
HIST 420	The History of International Development	4
INGS 301	The Global Financial Crisis: Causes and Effects	4
POLS 280	The Politics of Development and Foreign Aid	4
POLS 366	International Political Economy	4
POLS 367	Political Economy of Asia and Latin America	4
POLS 381	The Political Economy of Sustainable Development	4
POLS 382	International Environmental Policy	4
POLS 402	Topics in Political Economy	4

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.

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Hours
ANTH 290	Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective	4
ANTH 319	Medical Anthropology	4
ARTH 496	Islamic Spain and Spanish Art	4
ASIA 203	Chinese Martial Arts Cinema	4
ASIA 204	Themes in New Chinese Cinema	4
ASIA 233	The Fantastical World of Anime	4
ENGL 316	The Novel in the Global Age	4
ENGL 399	World Literature in English	4
FILM 105	Introduction to World Cinema	4
FILM 108	History of Film: Invention to Mid-Century	4
FILM 109	History of Film: Mid-Century to the Present	4
FREN 314	Introduction to Literature, Culture, and History of the French-Speaking World	4
FREN 321	Studies in Culture and Literature Abroad	4
FREN 405	The Eighteenth Century	4
FREN 411	Culture through History	4
FREN 413	Modern France Through Film and Text	4
FREN 417	Topics of the French-Speaking World	4
FREN 419	Introduction to French Linguistics	4
GRMN 356	The Nazi Period	4
HIST 210	Early Modern Cities	4
HIST 218	The Age of Enlightenment	4
HIST 270	European Women in War, Revolution, and Terrorism	4
HIST 271	The French Revolutionary Era, 1789-1814	4
HIST 298	History of Islam	4
HIST 324	Colonial and Imperial Warfare in North America and Southern Africa	4
HIST 331	Modern Cities	4
HIST 335	Monsters, Marvels, and Museums	4
HIST 337	Nature, Magic, and Machines in Early Modern Europe	4
HIST 346	History of Socialism	4
HIST 353	The Nazi Period	4
HIST 385	Missionaries, Mullahs, and Marabouts: African Encounters with Christianity and Islam	4
HIST 387	Slavery and the Slave Trade in Africa	4
HIST 430	Political Islam	4
HIST 470	Ways of Seeing and Knowing in the Early Modern World	4
HIST 472	Marriage and Imagined Families in the Modern World	4
INGS 100	Media and Globalization	4
INGS 201	African Youth Cultures in Post-Colonial Urban Africa	4
INGS 207	Globalization, Popular Culture, and Politics in West Africa	4
INGS 302	Global Cities	4
INGS 304	Politics and Society in Modern India	4
INGS 305	Narrating Place/Space in Contemporary World Film	4
INGS 308	Body Film: Representing the Body in Contemporary World Cinema	4
INGS 311	Islam and Ecology	4
INGS 313	"Foreigners" of the Middle East	4
INGS 314	The History of Current Events in the Middle East	4
MUSC 105	Introduction to World Music	4
POLS 333	Human Rights	4
POLS 382	International Environmental Policy	4
POLS 404	Race, Politics, and Empire	4
RELG 220	Holocaust, Religion, Morality	4
RELG 232	God and Empire: Biblical Texts and Colonial Contexts	4
RELG 262	Buddhist Traditions	4
RELG 264	Hinduism	4
SPAN 330	Middle Ages in Spanish Culture and Literature	4
SPAN 334	The Culture of Chivalry	4
SPAN 364	Spanish Women Writers	4
SPAN 388	Women Authors of the Hispanic Caribbean and Diaspora	4
SPAN 389	U.S. Latino and Latina Literature and Culture	4
SPAN 404	Spanish Civil War and its Legacy	4
SPAN 406	Cultural Icons in Latin America	4
SPAN 408	Migrations in Latin American and Latino Literature and Film	4
SPAN 409	Marvel and Margin in Latin American Culture	4

Global Politics

Courses in this sub-category are focused on explaining 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 manifested 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.

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Hours
ECON 381	The Political Economy of Sustainable Development	4
ENGL 368	Fictions of Empire	4
FREN 417	Topics of the French-Speaking World	4
HIST 215	Southern African History	4
HIST 219	History of Africa to 1880	4
HIST 220	History of Africa Since 1880	4
HIST 324	Colonial and Imperial Warfare in North America and Southern Africa	4
HIST 359	United States and Latin America since 1898	4
HIST 386	African Environmental History	4
HIST 430	Political Islam	4
HIST 455	European Empires in Asia	4
HIST 456	Partition and Its Meanings: India, Ireland, and Palestine	4
INGS 101	Geopolitics of Everyday Life	4
INGS 207	Globalization, Popular Culture, and Politics in West Africa	4
INGS 303	Transition to Democracy: The Case of East Germany, 1989	4
INGS 312	Africa and the West Since 1800	4
INGS 314	The History of Current Events in the Middle East	4
INGS 315	Borders, Mobilities, and Resistance in the Arab World	4
INGS 406	From Berlin to Addis Ababa: Africa and International Summitry	4
POLS 209	Immigration, Politics, and Identity	4
POLS 220	International Conflict	4
POLS 227	Africa in World Politics	4
POLS 270	Introduction to International Security	4
POLS 311	Politics of Central America and the Caribbean	4
POLS 314	Civil Wars	4
POLS 318	Comparative Politics: South America and Mexico	4
POLS 319	Global Gender Issues	4
POLS 321	Global Health Governance	4
POLS 329	Comparative African Politics	4
POLS 333	Human Rights	4
POLS 339	The Political Economy of Development in Zambia and Botswana	4
POLS 346	Contemporary Social Movements	4
POLS 351	Modern European Politics	4
POLS 355	The Art of Diplomacy	4
POLS 363	Comparative Democratization	4
POLS 364	European Union	4
POLS 365	Global Institutions and Policies	4
POLS 370	International Law in International Relations	4
POLS 381	The Political Economy of Sustainable Development	4
POLS 382	International Environmental Policy	4
POLS 390	The United Nations	4
POLS 402	Topics in Political Economy	4
POLS 411	The Politics of Aids	4
POLS 412	Terrorism and Global Security	4
POLS 430	Research Seminar: Topics in International Security	4
POLS 431	Ethnicity and Political Violence	4
RELG 344	Religion and Violence	4