Global Perspectives
Courses approved for the Global Perspectives requirement must examine topics that are global in scope (i.e., that involve different parts of the world), and must compare and contrast human experiences and perspectives, whether in the present or the past.
- AA S 320 Chinese in the United States [AERM][GP][SJ]
- AA S 323 Chinese American Identities [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
- AA S 352 Filipina/o American Literature, Art, and Culture [AERM][GP][SJ]
- AA S 360 Koreans in the United States [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
- AA S 370 Vietnamese in the United States [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
- AA S 540 South Asians in the United States [AERM][GP]
- AA S 570 Southeast Asians in the United States [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
- AA S 585 Asian American Religiosities [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
- AFRS 200 Introduction to Black Psychology [AERM][GP][SJ]
- AFRS 208 Introduction to African American History [AERM][GP][SJ]
- AFRS 215 Introduction to Black Family Studies [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
- AFRS 335 The Black Woman: A Cultural Analysis [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
- AIS 300 American Indian Studies Research Methodologies [AERM][GP][SJ]
- AIS 310 American Indian Religion and Philosophy [AERM][GP][SJ]
- AIS 400 American Indian Education [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
- ANTH 110 Introduction to Archaeology [GP]
- ANTH 327/ Anthropology and Film [GP]
- CINE 327 Anthropology and Film [GP]
- ANTH 609/ Approaches to the African Past [GP]
- HIST 609 Approaches to the African Past [GP]
- ARAB 101 First Semester Arabic (5) [GP]
- CHIN 101 First Semester Chinese (5) [GP]
- CHIN 102 Second Semester Chinese (5) [GP]
- CHIN 311 Conversation and Reading [GP]
- CHIN 312 Speech and Writing [GP]
- CHIN 401 Advanced Chinese [GP]
- CHIN 411/ Media Chinese [GP]
- I R 413/ Media Chinese [GP]
- JOUR 411 Media Chinese [GP]
- CHIN 501 Introduction to Classical Chinese [GP]
- CHIN 521 Chinese Modern Fiction [GP]
- CHIN 601 GW The Poetic Tradition - GWAR [GP]
- CHIN 611 The Revolutionary Tradition in Modern Chinese Literature [GP]
- CHIN 612 GW Negotiating Chineseness in the Late 20th and 21st Centuries - GWAR [GP]
- CINE 102 Introduction to Contemporary Cinema [GP]
- CLAR 250 Archaeology of the Ancient World [GP]
- CLAS 260 Greek and Roman Mythology [GP]
- CWL 210 Reading Beyond Boundaries: An Introduction to Comparing Literatures [GP]
- CWL 230 World Literature [GP]
- CWL 250 Fables and Tales [GP]
- CWL 260 Myths of the World [GP]
- CWL 422 Imaging the Constructed Body: From Statues to Cyborgs [GP]
- CWL 440 Typical American: Narratives of Multiculturalism in the Americas from 1492 to the Present [GP]
- CWL 520 Modern Prose of the Americas [GP]
- CWL 450 Literacy Crossings [GP]
- DANC 350 Dance Aesthetics: Cultural/Historical Perspectives [GP]
- DANC 657/ Ethnology of Dance [GP]
- ANTH 657 Ethnology of Dance [GP]
- ECON 612 International Finance and Macroeconomics [GP]
- ENG 380/ British and American Travellers to Greece [GP]
- MGS 380 British and American Travellers to Greece [GP]
- ENG 420 Introduction to the Study of Language [GP]
- ENG 565 The Short Story: Global Literature in English [GP]
- ENG 631 Post-Colonial Literature in English [GP]
- ENVS 470 Climate Politics and Policy [ES][GP]
- ENVS 600/ Environmental Problems and Solutions [ES][GP]
- GEOG 600 Environmental Problems and Solutions [ES][GP]
- ETHS 100/ Introduction to Ethnic Studies [AERM][GP][SJ]
- RRS 100 Introduction to Ethnic Studies [AERM][GP][SJ]
- ETHS 260 Ethnic Studies: The African American and Western Racism [AERM][GP][SJ]
- FR 215 Intermediate French I [GP]
- FR 216 Intermediate French II [GP]
- FR 301 French Phonetics [GP]
- FR 305 French Composition [GP]
- FR 400 GW French Culture - GWAR [GP]
- FR 410 Contemporary French Civilization [GP]
- FR 450 French/Francophone Literature, Linguistics, and/or Culture [GP]
- FR 500 Introduction to Literary Texts [GP]
- FR 501 Contes et Poemes [GP]
- GEOG 102 The Human Environment [ES][GP]
- GEOG 107 World Regions and Interrelations [GP]
- GEOG 160 Introduction to Environmental Science (4) [ES][GP]
- GEOG 430 Transforming Food and Agriculture Systems: Local to Global [ES][GP][SJ]
- GEOG 432/ Urban Geography (4) [ES][GP]
- USP 432 Urban Geography (4) [ES][GP]
- GER 101 First Semester German [GP]
- GER 350 GW Translation Workshop – GWAR [GP]
- GPS 315/ Introduction to Global Peace Studies [ES][GP][SJ]
- I R 315/ Introduction to Global Peace Studies [ES][GP][SJ]
- PHIL 315 Introduction to Global Peace Studies [ES][GP][SJ]
- GPS 375/ Peace Law and Human Rights in the U.S. [GP][SJ]
- PHIL 375 Peace Law and Human Rights in the U.S. [GP][SJ]
- H ED 200 Global Health [LLD][GP][SJ]
- H ED 290 Promoting Positive Health [LLD][GP]
- H ED 315 Drugs and Society [AERM][GP][SJ]
- H ED 417 AIDS: Contemporary Health Crisis [AERM][GP][SJ]
- HH 380 Holistic Health: Western Perspectives [LLD][GP]
- HH 381 Holistic Health: Eastern Perspectives [LLD][GP]
- HH 540 Meditation and Imagery in Healing [LLD][GP]
- HH 545 Imagery and Healing in Tibetan Culture [LLD][GP]
- HH 650 Anthroposophical Health Studies [LLD][GP]
- HH 670 Alternative Health Practices [LLD][GP]
- HIST 110 History of Western Civilization I [GP]
- HIST 111 History of Western Civilization II [GP]
- HIST 114 World History to 1500 [GP]
- HIST 115 World History Since 1500 [GP]
- HIST 313 Comparative History of Love and Sexuality [GP][SJ]
- HIST 327 The Medieval Mediterranean [GP]
- HIST 464 American Ethnic and Racial Relations I: 1740-1890 [AERM][GP]
- HTM 339/ Information Technology for International Hospitality and Tourism [GP]
- ISYS 339 Information Technology for International Hospitality and Tourism [GP]
- HUM 220 Values and Culture [GP]
- HUM 361 Cultural Expression in Islam [GP]
- HUM 377/ Jerusalem [GP]
- JS 377 Jerusalem [GP]
- HUM 526 Culture of Japan before 1850 [GP]
- HUM 527 Japan and Modernity [GP]
- HUM 531 Images of Modern China [GP]
- I R 104 Introduction to World Affairs [ES][GP][SJ]
- I R 306 U.S.-Central American Relations (4) [GP]
- I R 322/ Latin American Policy Analysis (4) [GP]
- PLSI 322 Latin American Policy Analysis (4) [GP]
- I R 324 Middle East and North Africa in International Relations (4) [GP]
- I R 326 South and Southeast Asia Foreign Relations (4) [GP]
- IBUS 130 Globalization and Business of the 21st Century [GP]
- IBUS 330 International Business and Multicultural Relations [GP]
- ITAL 101 First Semester Italian (5) [GP]
- ITAL 560 The Italian Novel [GP]
- ITAL 580 Sciascia/Ginzburg/Calvino/Morazzoni [GP]
- ITAL 600 GW Italian Literature on Film in English - GWAR [GP]
- JAPN 101 First Semester Japanese (5) [GP]
- JAPN 309 Advanced Readings in Japanese [GP]
- JAPN 510 Modern Japanese Literature [GP]
- JS 408/ Israeli Cinema [GP]
- CINE 408 Israeli Cinema [GP]
- JS 430/ Israeli Democracy: Politics, Institutions, and Society [GP]
- I R 430/ Israeli Democracy: Politics, Institutions, and Society [GP]
- PLSI 430 Israeli Democracy: Politics, Institutions, and Society [GP]
- JS 451/ Jewish Literature of the Americas [AERM][GP]
- CWL 451/ Jewish Literature of the Americas [AERM][GP]
- ENG 451 Jewish Literature of the Americas [AERM][GP]
- JS 501/ Judaism, Christianity, and Islam [GP]
- HUM 501/ Judaism, Christianity, and Islam [GP]
- PHIL 501 Judaism, Christianity, and Islam [GP]
- JS 560/ The Arab-Israeli Conflict
- I R 530 The Arab-Israeli Conflict
- JS 633/ Jewish History II: 1650 to Present [GP]
- HIST 633 Jewish History II: 1650 to Present [GP]
- KIN 457 Culture, Gender, and Movement [GP]
- LABR 250 Introduction to the Study of Labor [GP]
- LS 401 Social Sciences Core II [ES] [GP]
- LTNS 210 Latina/Latino Health Care Perspectives [AERM][ES][GP][SJ]
- LTNS 211 Latina/o Families Narrative [AERM][GP][SJ]
- LTNS 222 Latina/o Art History [AERM][GP]
- LTNS 230 Introduction to Latina/o Literature [LLD][AERM][GP]
- LTNS 305 Latina/o Studies Creative Writing Workshop [AERM][GP]
- LTNS 380 Afro/Latina/o Diasporas [AERM][GP]
- LTNS 409/ Latina/o Cinema [AERM][GP][SJ]
- CINE 409 Latina/o Cinema [AERM][GP][SJ]
- LTNS 445/ Gendered Borders: Latinas and Globalization [AERM][GP][SJ]
- WGS 445 Gendered Borders: Latinas and Globalization [AERM][GP][SJ]
- LTNS 460 Central Americans of the U.S.: History and Heritage [AERM][GP][SJ]
- LTNS 467 Caribbeans in the U.S.: History and Heritage [GP][SJ]
- LTNS 470/ Latina/o Immigration to the U.S. [AERM][GP][SJ]
- ETHS 470 Latina/o Immigration to the U.S. [AERM][GP][SJ]
- LTNS 475 Aztec Philosophy [AERM][GP]
- LTNS 660 Latina/o Politics [AERM][GP][SJ]
- LTNS 670/ Mexican Politics and Society [AERM][GP][SJ]
- PLSI 408 Mexican Politics and Society [AERM][GP][SJ]
- LTNS 679 Central American Literature: Roots to the Present [GP]
- MEIS 260/ Turkish Cultures and Identities [GP]
- TURK 260 Turkish Cultures and Identities [GP]
- MEIS 290/ Introduction to Turkish Literature in Translation [GP]
- TURK 290 Introduction to Turkish Literature in Translation [GP]
- MEIS 300 Foundations in Middle East and Islamic Studies [LLD][GP]
- MEIS 431/ Constructing Kurdistan (4) [GP]
- PLSI 431 Constructing Kurdistan (4) [GP]
- METR 100 Our Dynamic Weather [GP]
- METR 356 California Weather Events [ES][GP]
- MGS 452/ Forster, Durrell, and Cavafy [GP]
- CWL 452/ Forster, Durrell, and Cavafy [GP]
- ENG 452 Forster, Durrell, and Cavafy [GP]
- MUS 505 Music of World's Peoples [GP]
- MUS 530 Musics of the Middle East and India [GP]
- PHIL 210 Great Thinkers: East and West [GP]
- PHIL 435 Human Rights in Global Perspective [GP][SJ]
- PHIL 436 Islamic Political Philosophy [GP]
- PHIL 451 Femanist Moral Issues [AERM][GP][SJ]
- PHIL 460 Philosophy of Art [GP]
- PHIL 509 The Buddhist Tradition [GP]
- PHIL 516 Islamic Philosophy [GP]
- PHIL 517 Islamic Mysticism [GP]
- PHIL 525/ The Nature of Religious Experience [LLD][GP]
- RELS 300 The Nature of Religious Experience [LLD][GP]
- PLSI 404/ Politics of China (4) [GP]
- I R 404 Politics of China (4) [GP]
- PLSI 407/ Politics of Russia [GP]
- I R 407 Politics of Russia [GP]
- PLSI 410 Middle East Politics (4) [GP]
- PLSI 411/ East Asian Politics [GP]
- I R 411 East Asian Politics [GP]
- PLSI 412/ South Asian Politics (4) [GP]
- I R 412 South Asian Politics (4) [GP]
- PLSI 416/ Ethnicity and Nationalism [GP]
- I R 416 Ethnicity and Nationalism [GP]
- PLSI 419 Comparative Political Economy (4) [GP]
- PLSI 425 Imagining Power in the Middle East (4) [GP]
- PRSN 100 Summer Immersion Persian [GP]
- PRSN 101 First Semester Persian [GP]
- PRSN 260 Persian Culture and Civilization in English [GP]
- PRSN 290 Introduction to Persian Literature in Translation [GP]
- PRSN 411 Persian Media in English [GP]
- PRSN 550 Persian Culture Through Films in English [GP]
- RRS 101 Introduction to Arab and Muslin Communities [AERM][GP][SJ]
- RRS 224 Arab-American History, Community, and Activism [AERM][GP]
- RRS 255 Voices in Exile: Arab-American and Civil Liberties post-9/11 [GP][SJ]
- RRS 260 Introduction to Arab and Arab American Feminisms [GP][SJ]
- RRS 310 Arab Revolutions and Social Movements [GP][SJ]
- RRS 370 Islamophobia: Roots, Development, and Contestation of Hatred [AERM][GP]
- RRS 420 Arab American Identity: Memory and Resistance [AERM][GP][SJ]
- RRS 430 Arab Media Images in America: Impact on Arab Americans [AERM][GP]
- RRS 435 National Security and the Racialization of Arabs and Muslims in North America [AERM][GP][SJ]
- RRS 450/ Contemporary Arabic and Arab American Literature [AERM][GP]
- ARAB 450 Contemporary Arabic and Arab American Literature [AERM][GP]
- RRS 630 Palestine: Ethnic Studies Perspective [AERM][GP][SJ]
- RRS 657/ South Asian Diaspora [AERM][GP]
- AA S 541 South Asian Diaspora [AERM][GP]
- SOC 483 Global Sociology (4) [GP]
- SXS 551/ Queer Literatures and Media [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
- WGS 551 Queer Literatures and Media [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
- TH A 407 Popular Theatre/Popular Entertainment [GP]
- TH A 451 Storytelling and Folk Literature [GP]
- USP 515/ Environmental Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Environment (4) [ES][GP]
- GEOG 667 Environmental Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Environment (4) [ES][GP]
- USP 580/ Housing Policy and Planning [AERM][GP][SJ]
- PLSI 580 Housing Policy and Planning [AERM][GP][SJ]
- WGS 200 Introduction to Women and Gender Studies [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
- WGS 304 Gender and Popular Culture [AERM][GP][SJ]
- WGS 536 Gender, Globalization and Women's Human Rights [GP]
- WGS 542 Gender and Popular Music [AERM][GP]
- WGS 552 Transgender Identities and Communities [AERM][GP][SJ]
- WGS 565 Muslim Feminisms [AERM][GP]
- WGS 566/ Gender and Modernity in the Muslim and Arab Worlds [AERM][GP][SJ]
- RRS 566 Gender and Modernity in the Muslim and Arab Worlds [AERM][GP][SJ]
- WGS 593 Gender, Health, and the Environment [ES] [GP]
- WGS 621 Feminist Theories [AERM][GP][SJ]
Overlay abbreviations
LLD: Area E (Lifelong Learning and Self-Development)
AERM: American Ethnic and Racial Minorities
ES: Environmental Sustainability
GP: Global Perspectives
SJ: Social Justice
