Spring 2026 Electives

As a reminder, students must take 27 credits in elective courses, of which 9 (three courses) should be from foundational and 18 (six courses) from thematic electives. Of the 27 elective credits:

  • no more than 12 credits may be from the same department
  • at least 9 credits must be upper-level

If you believe a course that is not listed below applies to one of our three thematic areas, contact Grace Castle (castl@umbc.edu) to check if it could count towards your degree!

Foundational Electives

AMST 200 – What is an American                                      GWST 340 – Women, Gender and Globalization

ANTH 211 – Cultural Anthropology                                     MLL 305 – Introduction to Intercultural Communication

GLBL/POLI 383 – Global Citizenship                                  MUSC 230 – Musics of the World

Thematic Electives

AFST 320 – Contemporary African Politics

AMST 372 – American Food

ANTH 311 – Urban Anthropology

ANTH 312 – Medical Anthropology

ASIA 300 – Topics in Asian Studies

ECON 385 – Economic Development

ECON 439 – Environmental Economics

ENGL 318 – Myth and Literature

GES 328 – Environmental Policy

GES 436 – Global Environmental Change

GES 440 – Global Poverty

GLBL 401 – Individual Study in Global Studies

GLBL 410 – I’m a Cyborg But That’s OK

GLBL 483 – International Negotiation

GWST 320 – Transnational Feminist Film

HIST 306 – The First World War

HIST 327 – Modern Latin American History

HIST/JDST 373 – History of the Holocaust

HIST 463 – Jews Christians and Muslims in the Middle Ages

HIST 488 – Europe, 1914 to the Present

JDST 373/HIST 373 – History of the Holocaust
MCS 334 – Media & Globalization

MLL 306 – Intercultural Communication: Issues Confronting Immigrant and Heritage Communities (4.00)

MLL 320 – Transnational Feminist Film

MLL 410 – I’m a Cyborg, but That’s OK

PHIL 322 – Early Modern European Philosophy

PHIL 357 – Philosophy and Human Rights

POLI 378/AFST 320 – Contemporary African Politics

POLI 483/GLBL 483 – International Negotiation

POLI 487 – International Political Economy

PBHL 280 – Global Issues in Health and Disease

SPAN 308 – Historias, culturas y políticas de Latinoamérica
ART 325 History of Film and Video – 1965 to Present