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 MLL 305 – Introduction to Intercultural Communication
ANTH 211 – Cultural Anthropology
POLI 280– International Relations
MUSC 230 – Musics of the World
Thematic Electives
AFST 312 – West African History
AFST 370 – Black Women: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
AFST 420 – Comparative Slavery: Africa and the New World
AMST 375 – Studies in Asian American Culture
ANTH 318 – Anthropology of Science and Technology
ECON 382 – Asian Economic History
Geography and Environmental Systems
GES 329 – Geography of Disease and Health
GES 330 – Economic Geography
GLBL 401 – Individual Study in Global Studies
GLBL 409 – Selected Topics in Global Studies
HIST/JDST 373 – History of the Holocaust
JDST 373/HIST 373 – History of the Holocaust
JDST 321/MLL 321 – Jewish Writing in World Literature
Media and Communication Studies
MCS 334 – Media & Globalization
Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communications
MLL 306 – Intercultural Communication: Issues Confronting Immigrant and Heritage Communities (4.00)
MLL 311 – Introduction to Korean Culture
MLL 321/JDST 321– Jewish Writing in World Literature
PHIL 456 – Justice and Climate Change
POLI 484L – Model United Nations
POLI 390 – American Foreign Policy
PBHL 280 – Global Issues in Health and Disease
PBHL 329 – Geography of Disease and Health
SPAN 308 – Historias, culturas y políticas de Latinoamérica
RLST 370 – African Religions in Africa and the Diaspora
THTR 310 – History of the Theatre