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