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.

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Hours
ECON 310	Economic Development	4
ECON 312	Health Economics	4
ECON 335	Environmental Economics	4
ECON 336	Energy Economics	4
ECON 339	Economics of Immigration	4
ECON 343	International Trade	4
ECON 344	International Finance	4
FREN 416	From the Household to the Department Store: Reimagining Economy	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 421	The History of Sustainability and Sustainable Development	4
INGS 104	Oil: The Fuel of Globalization	4
POLS 280	The Politics of Development and Foreign Aid	4
POLS 366	International Political Economy	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 311	Gender and Class in Latin America	4
ANTH 314	Gender, Colonialism, and Culture in Greater Mexico	4
ANTH 319	Medical Anthropology	4
ARTH 327	To Delight and to Move: The Global Baroque, 1600-1800	4
ARTH 496	Islamic Spain and Spanish Art	4
ENGL 316	The Novel in the Global Age	4
ENGL 399	World Literature in English	4
FILM 105	Introduction to World Cinema	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 416	From the Household to the Department Store: Reimagining Economy	4
FREN 419	Introduction to French Linguistics	4
GRMN 356	The Nazi Period	4
GRMN 357	German Queer Cinema	4
GRMN 358	Borders, Margins, and Identities in German Culture	4
HIST 210	Early Modern Cities	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 335	Monsters, Marvels, and Museums	4
HIST 337	Nature, Magic, and Machines in Early Modern Europe	4
HIST 346	History of Socialism	4
HIST 382	Global Segregation, Race, and Popular Culture in the United States and South Africa	4
HIST 387	Slavery and the Slave Trade in Africa	4
HIST 430	Political Islam	4
HIST 472	Marriage and Imagined Families in the Modern World	4
INGS 100	Media and Globalization	4
INGS 102	… and the World was Round: Sixteenth-Century Roots of Globalization	4
INGS 103	The Global Detective	4
INGS 105	Globalization and Culture in the Americas	4
INGS 201	Youth Cultures in Urban Africa	4
INGS 207	Globalization, Popular Culture, and Politics in West Africa	4
INGS 208	West and Central Africa in the Atlantic World	4
INGS 210	Cultures of the Middle East	4
INGS 302	Global Cities	4
INGS 313	"Foreigners" of the Middle East	4
INGS 314	The History of Current Events in the Middle East	4
INGS 316	Global Migration and Border Crises	4
INGS 317	The Body and the Body Politic in the Middle East	4
INGS 318	Middle Eastern Diasporas	4
POLS 433	Human Rights	4
RELG 220	Holocaust, Religion, Morality	4
RELG 232	God and Empire: Biblical Texts and Colonial Contexts	4
RELG 262	Buddhist Traditions	4
RUSN 365	Multicultural Russia: Race, Ethnicity, and Narrative in Russian Literature and Culture	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 409	Marvel and Margin in Latin American Culture	4

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.

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Hours
ANTH 314	Gender, Colonialism, and Culture in Greater Mexico	4
ENGL 368	Fictions of Empire	4
HIST 215	Southern African History	4
HIST 219	History of Africa to 1880	4
HIST 220	History of Africa Since 1880	4
HIST 283	Environmental History	4
HIST 307	Revolutions and Revolutionaries in the Middle East	4
HIST 319	The Arab-Israeli Conflict	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 382	Global Segregation, Race, and Popular Culture in the United States and South Africa	4
HIST 421	The History of Sustainability and Sustainable Development	4
HIST 430	Political Islam	4
HIST 455	European Empires in Asia	4
INGS 101	Geopolitics of Everyday Life	4
INGS 201	Youth Cultures in Urban Africa	4
INGS 207	Globalization, Popular Culture, and Politics in West Africa	4
INGS 208	West and Central Africa in the Atlantic World	4
INGS 312	Africa and the West Since 1800	4
INGS 314	The History of Current Events in the Middle East	4
INGS 316	Global Migration and Border Crises	4
INGS 324	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 228	The Politics of the Modern Middle East and North Africa	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 320	Gender and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa	4
POLS 321	Global Health Governance	4
POLS 327	The Politics of Transitional and Post-Conflict Justice	4
POLS 329	Comparative African Politics	4
POLS 346	Contemporary Social Movements	4
POLS 351	Modern European Politics	4
POLS 363	Comparative Democratization	4
POLS 365	Global Institutions and Policies	4
POLS 366	International Political Economy	4
POLS 370	International Law in International Relations	4
POLS 402	Topics in Political Economy	4
POLS 411	The Politics of Aids	4
POLS 412	Terrorism and Global Security	4
POLS 431	Ethnicity and Political Violence	4
POLS 433	Human Rights	4
POLS 441	Gender, Violence, and Power	4
RELG 344	Sacralized Violence	4