NOTE: This index is for the selection of Thematic Tier III Electives for Global Studies students who declared their major in Fall 2018.
Africana Studies | American Studies | Ancient Studies | Anthropology | Asian Studies | Dance | Economics | English | Gender + Women’s Studies | Geography & Environmental Systems | Global Studies | Health Administration and Policy Program | History | Judaic Studies | Media and Communication Studies | Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication | Music | Philosophy | Political Science | Religious Studies | Sociology | Social Work | Spanish | Theater | Visual Arts
For a list of courses scheduled for Fall 2022 which meet the GLBL electives requirement, click [HERE]
To complete the GLBL Registration Clearance form, click HERE.
Students should choose seven courses from the GLBL Thematic Elective index. Please note when selecting Foundational and Thematic elective courses, Of the 9 courses required (2 T2 courses and up to 7 T3 electives):
(a) no more than 4 of the 9 courses may be from the same department
(b) at least 3 of the 9 courses must be upper level,
When selecting among the Global electives, you may choose to focus on certain themes such as: Culture, Place, and Identity; Development, Health, and the Environment; Global Governance, Human Rights, and Civil Society; or you may choose to organize your own electives from a combination of the above mentioned themes.
***Please note: Because the Global Studies curriculum draws from over 15 departments and programs, it is impossible to note all the prerequisites in the Course Index. It is the student’s responsibility to consult the UMBC catalog for the most up to date list of any prerequisites that may be required before taking particular upper-level courses.***
Global Theme Recommendation
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Africana Studies
AFST 212 – Introduction to African History
AFST 213 – Africa: Culture and Development
AFST 215/ DANC 260 – Introduction to African Dance
AFST 312 – West African History
AFST 314 – Islam in Africa
AFST 320 – Contemporary African Politics
AFST 323 – Economic Development in Africa
AFST 370/ GWST 370 – Black Women: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
AFST 411 – American Foreign Policy and Africa
AFST 420/ HIST 405 – Comparative Slavery: Africa and the New World
AFST 430 – Health Care in Africa
AFST 439 – Women in Africa and the Diaspora
AFST 442/ MUSC 468 – African-Caribbean Music
AFST241 – The Making of the Caribbean
AFST 368/ RLST 370 – African Religions in Africa and the Diaspora
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AMERICAN STUDIES
AMST 200 – What is an American?
AMST 324 – The Road Movie in America and Abroad
AMST 352 – American Culture in Global Perspective
AMST 372 – American Food
AMST 375 – Studies in Asian American Culture
AMST 420 – Seminar in Global America
AMST 464 – Narratives of Contemporary U.S. Immigration
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ANCIENT STUDIES
ANCS 330/ HIST 330 Ancient Science and Technology
ANCS 200/ JDST 200/ RLST 201 Israel and the Ancient Near East
ANCS 301 Ancient Civilizations — STUDY ABROAD
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ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTH 214/ASIA214 Focused Cultural Study: South Asia
ANTH 311 – Urban Anthropology
ANTH 312 – Medical Anthropology
ANTH 316 – Anthropology of Religion
ANTH 318 – Anthropology of Science and Technology
ANTH 367 – The Anthropology of Gender
ANTH 382 – Global Flows in Local Worlds: The Anthropology of Globalization
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ASIAN STUDIES
ASIA 207/ HIST 207 Asian Diasporas
ASIA 300 – Topics in Asian Studies
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DANCE
DANC 101 Dance Appreciation
DANC 201 Dance History I: Cultural and Classical Forms
DANC 202 Dance History II: Contemporary Forms
DANC 301 special Studies in Dance: Caribbean Dance
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ECONOMICS
ECON 380 – The Global Economy
ECON 382 – Asian Economic History
ECON 385 – Economic Development
ECON 387 – Economic Development of Latin America
ECON 439 – Environmental Economics
ECON 442 – European Economic History
ECON 467 – Health Economics
ECON 481 – International Trade Theory
ECON 482 – International Finance
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ENGLISH
ENGL 190/ MLLI 190The World of Language I
ENGL 206 Introduction to World Literature and History
ENGL 231/ LING 231 Introduction to World Literature I
ENGL 232/ LING 232 Introduction to World Literature II
ENGL 318/ LING 342 Myth and Literature
ENGL 366 World Literature Written in English
ENGL 191/ MLLI 191 (cross-listed MLL191) The World of Language II
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GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS
GES 328 – Environmental Policy
GES 329 – Geography of Disease and Health
GES 330 – Geography of Economic Development
GES 363 – World Regions: Contemporary International Issues
GES 429 – Seminar in Geography of Disease and Health
GES 435 – Global Patterns of Production and Trade
GES 436 – Global Environmental Change
GES 437 – Conservation & Development in the Tropics
GES 440: Global Poverty (contingent on UGC approval)
GES 441: Urbanization and Development (contingent on UGC approval)
GES 462 – GIS and Human-Environmental Systems
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GLOBAL STUDIES
GLBL 386 – The Politics of Development
GLBL 401 – Individual Study in Global Studies
GLBL 409 – Selected Topics in Global Studies
GLBL 483 – International Negotiation
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GENDER AND WOMENS STUDIES
GWST 320 – Transnational Feminist Film
GWST 340 – Women, Gender and Globalization
GWST 342 – Gender in Modern South Asia
GWST 343 – Gender, Human Rights, and Political Violence in Latin America
GWST 344 Transnational Femininities
GWST 366 – Doing It: Case Studies in the History of Western Sexuality
GWST 367/ ANTH 367- The Anthropology of Gender
GWST 370/ AFST 370- Black Women: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
GWST 374/ HST 374 Eur. Women’s History 1200-1750
GWST 375/ HIST 375 Eur Women’s History, 1750-1914
GWST 433/ SOCY 433 – Gender, Work, and Family in Cross-Cultural Perspective
GWST 480 – Theories of Feminism
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HEALTH ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC POLICY
HAPP 380 – Global Issues in Health and Disease
HAPP 403 – Introduction to International Field Research
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HISTORY
HIST 103 E. Asia Civilization
HIST 110 W. Civ. To 1700
HIST 111 W. Civ. 1700 to Present
HIST 203 Film & History: Representations of Imperialism in Modern History (as broad elective)
HIST 204 Don’t Buy It: The Global History of Commodities (as broad elective)
HIST 206 Entrepreneurs in the Early Modern World (as broad elective)
HIST 207/ ASIA 207 Asian Diasporas (as broad elective)
HIST 242/ AFST 211 Intro. To Contemp. Africa
HIST 243/ AFST 212 Intro. To African History
HIST 255/ RLST 255 Hist of Christianity: Origins to Reformation
HIST 273/ JDST 273/ RLST 273 Hist of the Jews in Modern Times
HIST/JDST 274/ RLST 274 Contemporary Jewish History
HIST 303 – The Second World War
HIST 306 – The First World War
HIST 313 – America as a Great Power? U.S. Foreign Relations in the Twentieth Century
HIST 327 – Modern Latin American History
HIST 328 Colonial Latin American History
HIST 330/ ANCS 330 Ancient Science and Technology
HIST 340 – Atlantic Revolutions
HIST 350 History of Medicine
HIST 354/ AFST 312 West African History
HIST 355 Special Topics seminar (when topic is in Global History)
HIST 360/ AFST 314/ RLST 314 Islam in Africa
HIST 362 Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean World
HIST 363 Crusades
HIST 364 Rise of Islam
HIST/JDST 373 Hist of the Holocaust
HIST 374/ GWST 374 Eur. Women’s History 1200-1750
HIST 375/ GWST 375 Eur Women’s History, 1750-1914
HIST 376 – European Women’s History, 1914 – Present
HIST 380 – Women and Gender in Asia
HIST 382 – Pacific Crossings: Race, War, and Gender in Asian Migrations
HIST 389 Islamic Culture and Society 570-1560 C.E.
HIST 405/ AFST 420 Contemporary Slavery: Africa and the new World
HIST 406 – The Atlantic World: The Shared History of Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans
HIST 434 – The Vietnam Wars in International Context
HIST 463/ JDST 463/ RLST 463 Jews, Christians and Muslims in the Middle Ages
HIST 487 Europe, 1815-1914
HIST 488 – Europe, 1914 to the Present
HIST 494 – Seminar in World History
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JUDAIC STUDIES
JDST 200/ ANCS 200/ RLST 200 Israel and the Ancient Near East
JDST 273/ HIST 273/ RLST 273 History of the Jews in Modern Times, From the Middle Ages to1917
JDST 274/ HIST 274/ RLST 274 Contemporary Jewish History: 1917 to the Present
JDST 321/ MLL 321 Jewish Writing in World Literature
JDST 373/ HIST 373 History of the Holocaust
JDST 410/ POLI 485 Dynamics of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
JDST 463/ HIST 463/ RLST 463 Jews, Christians and Muslims in the Middle Ages
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MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS STUDIES
MCS 334 – Media & Globalization
MCS 390 – Transcultural Studies in Global Television
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MODERN LANGUAGES, LINGUISTICS, AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
MLL 218 – Film and Society in Latin America
MLL 240 – Project in Cultural Sustainability
MLL 305 – Introduction to Intercultural Communication
MLL 306 – Intercultural Communication: Issues Confronting Immigrant and Heritage Communities (4.00)
MLL 311 – Introduction to Korean Culture
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MUSIC
MUSC 230 Musics of the World
MUSC 252 Music in Wartime
MUSC 327 Avant-Garde Performance: Youth Rebellion
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PHILOSOPHY
PHIL 322 History of Philosophy: Modern
PHIL 334 Asian Philosophy
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Political-Science
POLI 337 – Comparative Justice
POLI 360 – Comparative Political Analysis
POLI 371 – Comparative Asian Politics
POLI 373 – Comparative Middle Eastern and North African Politics
POLI 374 – European Politics
POLI 377 – Latin American Politics
POLI 378 – Contemporary African Politics
POLI 380 – International Relations Theory
POLI 381 – International Relations of the Asia-Pacific Region
POLI 384 International Organizations
POLI 384L Model United Nations
POLI 385 – International Security
POLI 386 – The Politics of Development
POLI 387 – The Basics of Political Economy
POLI 390 – American Foreign Policy
POLI 437 – International Human Rights Law
POLI 467 – Comparative Foreign Policy
POLI 470 – Politics of Human Rights
POLI 471 – Globalization and Transitional Justice
POLI 480 – World Order
POLI 482 – International Law
POLI 483 – International Negotiation
POLI 485 – Dynamics of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
POLI 486 – Middle East International Relations.
POLI 487 – International Political Economy
POLI 488 – Politics and International Relations of South Asia
POLI 499 Selected Topics in American Foreign Policy
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RELIGIOUS STUDIES
RLST 100 Historical Dimensions of Religion
RLST 220 Introduction to Comparative Religion
RLST 230 Comparative African Religions
RLST 235 African Religions
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SOCIOLOGY
SOCY 235 – Sociological Perspectives on Globalization
SOCY 333 – Human Sexuality in Cross-Cultural Perspective
SOCY 335 Terrorism and Social Violence
SOCY 403 – Introduction to International Field Research
SOCY 433 – Gender, Work, and Family in Cross-Cultural Perspective
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SOCIAL WORK
SOWK 374 Social Work with Immigrants and Refugees
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SPANISH
SPAN 308 – Latinoamérica y sus Culturas I
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THEATER
THTR 202 Introduction to Dramatic Literature
THTR 310 History of the Theatre
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VISUAL ARTS
ART 216 Studies in Visual Culture (Prehistory through the 1750s)
ART 324 History of Film: Origins to 1965
ART 325 History of Film and Video: 1965 to Present
ART 327 History and Theory of Photography