A major change to the GSAH curriculum in Fall 2021 revised the “Affiliated Course” requirements. As of Fall 2021, students can now select from a greater variety of Elective Courses with significant global studies content.

To complete the GSAH Major, STUDENTS TAKE 18 CREDITS IN ELECTIVE COURSES.

For the GSAH Minor, STUDENTS TAKE 9 CREDITS IN ELECTIVE COURSES. Electives include any of the courses listed below, or courses selected in consultation with the GSAH Advisor and/or Director to develop an individualized program of study.

Elective Courses in the College of Arts and Letters

  • AAAS 300 Survey in Africana Studies
  • AAAS 495 Advanced Research in African American and African Studies
  • ATD 426 History of Dress and Textiles
  • ATD 430 Dress, Culture and Human Behavior
  • ATD 431 Global Context for Sustainable Design
  • ARB 460 Special Topics in Arabic Culture (W)
  • ARB 461 Introduction to Arabic Literatur
  • ASN 352 Readings in Asian or Asian American Literature
  • CHS 360 Cinematic Studies of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan
  • CHS 366 Chinese Culture: Tradition and Modernity (W)
  • CHS 466 Modern Chinese Literature and Films (W)
  • DAN 455 Dance Studies: Traditions
  • ENG 317 African Diaspora Literature
  • ENG 350 Readings in African, African-American, and African Diaspora Literature
  • ENG 450 Seminar in African American Literature
  • ENG 326 Readings in Drama and Performance Studies
  • ENG 351 Readings in Chicano and Latino Literatures
  • ENG 355 Readings in Sexuality and Literature
  • ENG 356 Readings in Jewish Literature
  • ENG 360 Studies in Postcolonial and Diaspora Literature (W)
  • ENG 426 Seminar in Drama or Performance Studies
  • ENG 448 Seminar in Gender and Literature
  • ENG 449 Seminar in Race, Ethnicity, and Literature
  • ENG 450 Seminar in African American Literature
  • ENG 452 Seminar in 20th and 21st Century British Literature
  • ENG 460 Seminar in Global and Postcolonial Literature
  • ENG 462 Seminar in Transatlantic Literature
  • ENG 464 Studies in the Literature of Asia and the Asian Diaspora (W)
  • ENG 466 Seminar in Literatures of the Pacific Rim
  • ENG 469 Topics in Comparative Literature
  • ENG 473B Law and Literature
  • ENG 481 Seminar in Critical and Cultural Theory
  • ENG 482 Seminar in Feminist Literary and Cultural Theory
  • ENG 478A: Literature, Technology, Representation
  • ENG 478A: Literature, Technology, Representation
  • ENG 478B: Literature and Visual Culture
  • FLM 300: History of Film to Midcentury
  • FLM 301: History of Film after Midcentury
  • FLM 311: Introduction to Documentary Production
  • FLM 350: National and Transnational Cinemas
  • FLM 355: Film Genres
  • FLM 380: Classical Film and Media Theory
  • FLM 381: Contemporary Film and Media Theory
  • FLM 400: Seminar in Film History
  • FLM 438: Film Financing, Programming, and Distribution
  • FLM 450: Studies in Ethnic Film
  • FLM 451: Studies in Postcolonial Cinema
  • FLM 452: Studies in Film, Gender, and Sexuality
  • FLM 455: Experimental Film and Media
  • FLM 460: Seminar in Digital Film and Emergent Media
  • FLM 480: Seminar in Film and Media Theory
  • HA 101 Western Art from the Paleolithic to Medieval Era
  • HA 102 Western Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary
  • HA 260 East Asian Art
  • HA 261 Modern Asian Art
  • HA 271 African Art
  • HA 444 Latin American and Latino Art
  • HA 461 Selected Topics in Modern Asian Art
  • HA 462 The Arts of China
  • HA 463 Japanese Art
  • HA 471 Selected Topics in African Art
  • HA 474 Aesthetic Theory and Modernism Japanese
  • JPN 369 Japanese Literature and Culture I
  • JPN 469 Japanese Literature and Culture II
  • LIN 225 Language and Gender
  • PHL 342 Environmental Ethics
  • PHL 347 Aesthetics
  • PHL 350 Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy
  • PHL 351 African Philosophy
  • PHL 353 Core Themes in Peace and Justice Studies
  • PHL 354 Philosophy of Law
  • PHL 356 Philosophical Aspects of Feminism (D)
  • PHL 357 Philosophy of Karl Marx
  • PHL 360 Philosophy of Language
  • PHL 440 Central Issues in Ethics
  • PHL 452 Ethics and Development
  • PHL 454 Topics in Philosophy of Law
  • PHL 456 Topics in Feminist Philosophy (D)
  • PHL 460 Epistemology
  • PHL 461 Metaphysics
  • PHL 462 Philosophy of Mind
  • REL 101 Exploring Religion
  • REL 150 Introduction to Biblical Literature
  • REL 205 Myth, Self, and Religion
  • REL 215 The Sound Of World Religions
  • REL 230 Shamanism, Trance and Sacred Journeys
  • REL 260 Philosophy of Religion
  • REL 275 Magic and Mysticism: Western Esoteric Traditions and Practices
  • REL 310 Judaism
  • REL 315 Religion and Gender
  • REL 320 Christianity
  • REL 325 East Asian Buddhism
  • REL 330 Islam
  • REL 331 Islam and Gender
  • REL 335 East Asian Religions
  • REL 345 Religions of South Asia
  • REL 355 Southeast Asian Religions
  • REL 360 African Religion
  • REL 411 Modern Jewish Thought (W)
  • REL 480 Comparative Studies in Religion (W)
  • THR 304: Topics in Acting/Directing II: Acting for the Camera
  • STA 112 Art and Design: Concepts and Practices
  • STA 371 Art, Education and Society
  • STA 468 Interactive Web Design
  • WS 153 Introduction to Women Authors
  • WS 201 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies
  • WS 202 Introduction to Contemporary Feminisms and Gender Theories (D)
  • WS 301 Sexual Violence Against Women and Children: Theory and Response
  • WS 302 Jewish Women’s Experiences and Writings
  • WS 312 African American Women
  • WS 315 Religion and Gender
  • WS 320 Gender and Popular Culture
  • WS 353 Readings in Women Writers
  • WS 355 Readings in Sexuality and Literature
  • WS 356 Philosophical Aspects of Feminism
  • WS 401 Feminist Theory
  • WS 403 Women and Change in Developing CountrieS
  • WS 412 Women in Modern European History
  • WS 413 Families in Historical Perspective
  • WS 421 Women and Gender in Africa
  • WS 425 Women and Criminal Justice
  • WS 431C Studies in Film and Gender
  • WS 448 Seminar in Gender and Literature
  • WS 456 Topics in Feminist Philosophy
  • WS 482 Seminar in Feminist Literary and Cultural Theory
  • WRA 260 Rhetoric, Persuasion, and Culture
  • WRA 331 Writing in the Public Interest
  • WRA 415 Digital Rhetoric
  • WRA 441 Social Justice as Rhetorical Practice

Elective Global Studies Courses in Other Colleges

  • ANP 330 Race, Ethnicity, and Nation: Anthropological Approaches to Collective Identity
  • ANP 321 Anthropology of Social Movements
  • ANP 322 Peasants and Social Change in the Developing
  • ANP 330 Race, Ethnicity, and Nation
  • ANP 410 Revolution and Social Change in Latin America
  • ANP 424 Culture and Economic Behavior
  • ANP 426 Urban Anthropology
  • ANP 430 Culture, Resources and Power
  • ANP 431 Gender, Environment and Development
  • ANP 436 Globalization and Justice
  • ANP 439 Human Rights: Anthropological Perspectives
  • HST 310 African American History to 1876
  • HST 311 African American History since 1876
  • HST 312 African American Women
  • HST 364 South Africa: From Shaka Zulu to Mandela
  • HST 383 The Caribbean
  • HST 487 Seminar in Comparative History
  • JRN 345 Images and Messages
  • JRN 372 Environment, Science and Health Journalism Special Topics
  • JRN 375 International Journalism and Media
  • MC 324B Regional Politics, Cooperation, and Conflict in Sub Saharan Africa
  • MC 324A – Regional Politics, Cooperation, and Conflict in the Middle East
  • MC 383 African American Politics
  • MC 324B Regional Politics cooperation, and Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • MC 324C Regional Politics, Cooperation, and Conflict in Latin America and the Caribbean
  • MC 324D Regional Politics, Cooperation, and Conflict in Asia
  • MC 337 Global Public Health
  • MC 366 – Film, History, and Nation
  • MC 369 Global Issues and Citizenship
  • MC 372 Comparative Black Political Thought
  • MC 377 Cultural Politics and Post Colonialism
  • MC 382 Social Movements
  • MC 385 Comparative Race and Ethnic Relations
  • MC 386 Women and Power in Comparative Perspective
  • MC 387 Jews and Anti-Semitism
  • MC 388 Sexual Politics: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
  • MC 482 Gender and Violent Conflict
  • PLS 304 Minority Politics
  • PLS 351 African Politics
  • PLS 320 Judicial Politics
  • PLS 344 Politics of Developing Areas
  • PLS 363 Intl and Domestic Political Conflict
  • PLS 364 Politics of UN and Intl Organizations
  • PLS 422  Seminar in Political Science
  • PLS 460 International Political Economy
  • PLS 461 Refugees, Displaced Persons, Exiles
  • PLS 470 Political Thought
  • SOC 310 Global Migration
  • SOC 375 Urban Sociology
  • SOC 331 Political Sociology
  • SOC 452 Environment and Society